Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 March 1950 — Page 38
Problem of Furnishing
Use of New Materials
Modern Pieces Sell at Low Prices But Give Quality Air in Right Setting
By E ELIZABETH TOOMEY nited Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, "Mor 18—Modern i are: ard a work dreaming up special furniture for budget homes.
materials and put together by new and cheaper methods.
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plastic, designed by Charles Eames, are one answer. to the Al. first.glance the open. steel framework and.
“steel coating. Sliding panel doors are plastic.
to be finished in panels. It also means that you can buy an inex
Qe {slide smoothly on Blackwood on Bridg framework.
Gives East A | Designs Changed
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around $45. Another unit,
South Thus Makes Difficult Contract
HERE IS A contract that was| hopeless against perfect defe
To take advantage of less ex-
giving his opponents every chance living room. to go wrong. For instance, a new end table West opened the and South won with the ten. If the diamonds broke favorably he tier end table.
South dealer. Both sides vulnerable.
ers in {expensive .type of antique satin, | saw that he hai four winn made irom
that suit, two in clibs and WO, combed cotton. in spades. Therefore it was neces-| Stylist Margaret Riley demon-| sary to pick up one trick in strated how to change the drap-| hearts. {eries and slipcovers in a sophisti-| dated living room, using washable! Now South figured the naa Cot, fabrics, at a total fabric spades and both high heart “OL Of $75. TUHONOTS, “he was down for ‘sure. But if the heart honors were di-|
spun rayon
sheen prints with black back-| grounds and chartreuse and pink | vided there was an excellent | qo ions for the draperies and the chance for success. couch, Two swivel “television The point. was that the first] | chairs” were covered with plain lead of hearts had to come from | pink damask.
the “right” hand. Trading on the m—————— Eat Well for Less—
fact that many players find it] hard to go up with a high honor Plan Meatless Luncheons
when playing second to a trick, | South entered dummy with the king of diamonds and led back the four of hearts, Alseep at Switch By GAYNOR MADDOX East, as hoped, was asleep ‘at| For 4 meatless luncheon main the switch and played low. South dish salad, use eggs (they are on ing and grumbling softly to him-| with pickle relish. self, won with the ace. West re-| ” : turned the ace and another spade. PIQUANT "DEVILED EGGS On winning the last spade trick, Six hard-cooked eggs. one tea-| declarer led another heart, played spoon prepared mustard, one-half | dummy’s queen and sighed with teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon relief when East proved to have Worcestershire sauce, three table-| the king. {Spoons sweet pickle relish, oneEast returned a heart to dum- quarter cup mayonnaise. my's ten, Declarer then ran off| Carefully cut eggs half | all of his diamonds, ending in his lengthwise and’ remove yolks, own-hand.—On-the-lead ofthe Mash yolks with-a fork. Add relast diamond East-found himself maining ingredients and mix well squeezed, which served him right Pile yolk mixture into halves of for not going up with the king of egg white. Garnish “with thin! hearts at ‘trick three. _islices of sweet pickle. He was down to the good nine, Here's another luncheon main of hearts and three clubs to the! dish perked up to gourmet flavor queen. He had to keép-the heart) With pickle Yellen, | -to-prevent South's eight spot-from’ : . = winning, so he discarded a club. HAM PICKLE "NESTS
* Dummy’s clubs then took the Ten alices fresh white bread, last three tricks. one 12-ounce can luncheon meat, | cn ier. | 81X tablespoons mayonnaise, four
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Trim crusts from slic bread. {and press each slice into a Ruffin! {pan to form cup. Chop luncheon | meat coarsely; combine with | mayonnaise and pickle relish. Mix well, Fill bread eups with mix-| 4 | ture. - Bake in hot oven (400: de-! Igrees F.) 10 to.15 minutes or until [bread is toasted.
‘Monday's Menu— BREAKFAST: Prune juice, oatmeal, soft-cooked eggs, hot cross buns, coffee, milk. LUNCHEON: Ham pickle nests, coleslaw, rye bread, butter or fortified margarine, apple sauce, cake, tea, milk. DINNER: Veal shoulder chops cooked in chicken stock (from - Sunday's chicken), mashed potatoes; spinach timbales, - enriched rolls, butter or fortified margarine, sliced tomatoes, canned. peaches, coffee,
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Miss Margaret Riley
Budget Homes Met by
They don't want cheap copies of fine furniture, but quality pieces which sell for less because they're made of new
New. bookcases and storage units made of metal, plywood and!’ pet
-bright-colored: : panels are a little startling. The framework is of cadmium-plated ; : Shelves of the storage pieces are made of plywood with a plastic | The design does away with costly joints and allows the wood |
pensive storage unit dn which there is no danger of warping or of] — _— drawers sticking. The drawers) metal
One all-shelf unit in the new! group, manufactured by the Her-|
Chance to Err man Miller Furniture Co., will sell!
jo aun open shelf and drawer storage space, will sell for under, { $90. :
nse. | Pensive modern furniture, homeitt {owners first will have to forget But South deserved credit for|,,... conventional picture of the s =
spades! {designed by George Helson; can) six of sp be bought for only $12, but it’s| {a far cry from the familiar, two-| | It is built on a chrome-plated
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By JEAN TABBERT
, QUT ON “Nine Acres,” the Traders Point home of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Lain, there's a facelifting operation kind of change every house should undergo when a new family
moves in.
The Lains bought the place from the William Fortune estate Since then they've been trying
last September. furniture and the new they've type dwelling.
NORTH inches to 29 inches in height. The! But the whole process takes S—J 9 4 square top, which resembles a, more time than the casual obH—Q 10 4 tray, is made in either ash or| server would imagine. There DK Q94 walnut, finished to resist alcohol,| are several reasons for this. C—A K?9 burns and food stains. | Many of the units Mrs. Lain WEST EAST F wants haven't arrived in the abrics Cheaper Boas °} HoKk963 | When it comes to slip-covering| bean so musy here Hag uo time D-762 D—J 3 {the furniture or hanging new; evento select the furnishings C542 C—-Q 10763 drapes, you can stick to- the for several of the rooms ~ SOUTH | budget and still cling to tradition. Mrs. Lain ia su ervisin oxS—K Q 10 New washable decorating fabrics pansion A in hg = Hd 812 [Ser stvery. serviceable and Inex-_ yy, Ft. Wayne and_Indianas 5 A mixture of cotton and rayon | ON Lai Drafting - The bidding: “that looks like silk faille is in-| Ir oy ¥ Toul ess Ope ations SOUTH ne ST NORTH EAST Cluded in new Waverly fabrics. od a 8 80100 1 ie a uss r Pass 10 o It sells for under $2 a yard and bone ana n Biginess INT Pass SNT All Pass Washes easily. The same com.) Colefs and its out-ofcity ee . pany has developed ‘a new; less] The part “that's completed
though gives a hint of the rest to come. Thelma Lain has picked nature's own colors as her basic theme. When she swerved from that rule, there was a sound reason.
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“played the jack and West, frown-'the economy list) made piquant] . 4
The sun porch is an extra room in the Lain menage. The family eats, plays and rests here. Walls are painted pistachio green. The green-and- white hand-blocked hall paper injects another outdoor note in this airy part of the house.
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foot. It's the
to fit their old bought into the country manor
The entrance hall is a good example of this. The hall in the former Lain home was done in raspberry. The shade seemed to change with the daylight, Mrs. Lain observed. Sunlight never made it harsh, the twilight's shadows gave it a soft purplish cast. So satisfactory was fit, in fact, she decided to use it again in the new house. Scarlet and bottle green are the High colors Tn the NvIng — room. -Oyster--beige--carpeting,-wall-to-wall, covers the floor and extends into the raspberry hall. Rooms in the house were so large Mrs. Lain felt warm colors were needed for coziness. Scarlet carpet adds gaiety to the panelled walls in the Ilibrary, sets off the pieces of green - upholstered furniture. One of the Jatter is.a free form sofa 1 in soft green.
Lain feels
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Lains T oiler Traders. Point Home To Fit Their Needs And. Color, Desires.
Lain house. Green fringe ed further carries out the red-an -green color scheme.
The couch is large enough to paper. seat five comfortably. is. situ-. leading to another wing of the ated strategically in the ample house. The hall -opens-onto the - windows to catch large sections of the glorious views.
Fine Landscapes Yellow side draperies in the room help only to break the large window expanse. Mrs. the fine outlooks -
.throughout the house shouldn't be veiled, has planned curtains just where it’s necessary. On the other side of the
Mes. Prey Lain snatches a mine fo rl in the Horry of hor Traders Fait home
Red roses climb up fhe. ‘walls of the breakfast room in the
es the white curtains. The table
library is the driveway hall
sunroom where the family spends a good deal of its time. Glass encloses the sunroom on three sides. The fourth wall is painted pistachio green. Chaise lounges are comfortable for sunning, the glass table and wrought iron chairs convenient for breakfasts and luncheons.
Hand - blocked green and
Eggs and shrimp . , . they'll be a favorite combination.
MATCH EGGS and fish in a main dish; and you've concocted an economical Lenten duo. Top with an unusual tomato wine sauce and the effect is tasty and colorful. EGGS IN: SHERRIED SHRIMPS
1 ¢..cracker crumbs
dey, Worcestershire sa‘ uc,”
garlic (or oniom slice) in remaining. melted butter until golden brown. Remove the gar- - lic clove, add flour and blend. Add the tomatoes all at once. Cook; stirring constantly until uniformly thickened. Add pars-
Bring to boil.
_cream, sherry .and shrimp.
Eggs and Fish Are Basic i in Lenten Meals
Season to taste. Pour into crumb-lined individual baking dishes. a moderately hot oven (375 degrees F.) until sauce is bubbly, ‘about 10 minutes. Arrange one sliced hard cooked egg on top | ~of each dish of sherried Sp __ Serve in baking _dishes.
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John Spickiemire, Times Staff Photographer.
white wallpaper covers. the | driveway hall. The_furnishings here are notably slim because the doorways, large plate glass mirror and coat closet eat up so much space.
Modern. Theme
Red and pink roses clamber up the walls and ‘ceiling of the breakfast room. Here the modern theme throughout the house is carried out, too, with blond table and chairs. Thelma Lain keeps the table covered with a soft red cloth, has green candles in the candelabra and | green fringed napkins.’ Still unfurnished is the dining room, also enclosed on three sides with glass, It's an oblong space, large enough for dances on its inlaid floor. The windows look out on the formal gardens so the views are excellent on every side. Upstairs the rooms are in a
state of flux. “King” David, the |
family’s only son and now the eldest child left at home, is proud of his suite of rooms, obtained by virtue of his senjority. Included are bedroom, bath and “fun” room.” When the
rooms are furnished, they will L
be built around Pa, wall-
a mauve ‘and pistachio - .green color scheme with blue painted . furniture. And Priscilla, the 10-year-old, will have her room done in shades of pink and rose with red accents. Jewell Jean Lain, the oldest daughter who's a Conover mod-
Cedar Chest
Veneer Can Now Be Painted ; GAILE BUGAS By LL SALLE NIGAS NEW YORK. Mar. 18—The 1950 cedar chest has a sophistication and dual purpose which the cedar chest of 20 years ago -never achieved. 3 Today's cedar chest is unde niably a cedar chest, keeping out moths and storing linens, but it may also, with cleverness on the part of a housewife, double as a window seat, miniature buffet in
telephone. stand. The veneer of a cedar chest now can painted, opening up all
scheme possibilities.
might, for example, appear staid. But given two coats of paint in |a decorator color and an applica {tion of attractive decals; a cedar chest becomes a gay piece ‘of furniture, with appeal for ‘the boy who occupies the room. | For such a project, be sure to |use a paint recommended by your { dealer, since veneers differ. Decals {go on in the ordinary way and, in case you didn’t know, you can get decal remover at your paint i3tore and thus change the scenFrid whenever youre bored with
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Simple Matter
| . Giving a lift to a cedar chest {for a teen-ager’s room is a fairly | simple matter, and inexpensive, jt involves chiefly a slight knowle
| edge of sewing and an organdy | with a permanent finish. By | these means, a ruffled skirt can {be created to turn the chest into |a pretty and useful window seat,
For an ordinary ‘chest whose | sides measure 18 inches; front, 43 [inches; and depth, 18 inches, you'll {need a piece of light-weight mus- | lin 18 by 79 inches. You'll also {need five yards of $fgandy, which | you'll cut lengthwise into fourths, Hem one side of each organdy | strip, gather the other side and and attach it to- the muslin
| foundation in tiers five inches.
japart. Sew a piece of tape to each end of the skirt so that the | skirt can be tied at the back of {the chest. | To make the padded top for {the chest, acquire a piece of cote ton quilting 23 by 48 inches. Give {it a one-inch hem all around,
.el in New York, will return home leaving a small slit in the back,
to a green and: white yellow bedroom. The master quarters have sky blue walls.
|Work a white tape through the hem, pull the drawstring and tie Ht at . the back. :
Kitchen Peril
A tipsy pan on the range is both unsafe and ingflicient, house-
U. 8. Agriculture Department remind homemakers. Before buying a saucepan or frying pan, make sure that it stands steady on a flat surface and -that the handle is not so
balance.
An unsteady | pan can tip and spill hot food or water, does not
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w 2 tbsps, flour 1¢: canned tomatoes “1 tbsp. parsley, chopped 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce 13 ec. light ‘cream. 1; ¢. sherry wine 1 cah (5 oz. wet pack) shrimp, drained and cleaned Salt - i Pepper I 4 hard cooked eggs i
Blend the crumbs with half Line four shallow individual ba kin g | "dishes ‘with crumbs. Cook the
~ MIRRORE
Block's anounces Miss Mar-. garet Riley, ‘authority in the decorative fabrics field, will appear in its drapery department Monday and Tuesday, Mar. 27 and 28. She will give two Téctures at - 2:30 p. m. each day. They will be open to the public. Miss Riley, stylist for Waverly Fabrics, -is the designer of a mew group of co-ordinated materials now avaflable at Block's. Her talks will include general home dec: orating advice, how to use color in the home and hew to express personality in the home. Besides studying at the New : York School of Interior Decora~ tion and the Boston School of Interior Decoration, Miss Riley * has written a number of books interior After her
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