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Fans Make

: Decorator

‘Ingenious

Decorations Ruined By Football Crowds

By ELIZABETH TOOMEY

“ % United Press Stat Correspondent LY NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 29— : Among all the football fans gathering in the Sugar Bowl-|

conscious town is a tiny, blonde! woman who is more concerned; © ‘about yards draped at the stadium than yards gained. s : The yards she's talking about . =15,000 of them—are red, white { and blue bunting draped around : the top of the Sugar Bowl. | § “My dear, you would just be| : surprised at how much trouble

.+ those football crowds go to just to,

pull down the decorations,” sighed Betty Finnin, the nation's only woman city decorator, who_each! year decorates this city for holi-

days, football games and Mardi

Gras. “This is the third year Okla-| homa has played here and this time I think I have everything

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=a 8527 Most Players Use Safe Discard Convention

By OSWALD JACOBY HIS PARTNER said “No. He held nine cards, including four “IT ALWAYS happens to me,” groaned Hard Luck Jala, and ie therefore’Bad great opts of SHURE We Sipcare § : : e. sou A Joe. “No matter hoy good a player my partner is, he Now Joe went into a real huddle. He fingered first one card waits until he cuts me and they plays like a moron.” and then another, and eventuntly jade a oa Tae Fe next Joe's partner was an expert canasta player. Also, he had player slapped a matching on ; pile, known Joe for so-long that he didn't even bo to explain that and proceeded to meld a couple of canastas and several other Joe had brought disaster upon his own shoulders. : goodies. “ Te Joe and partner had started off well on the particular hand. Joe's partner could meld only a couple of cards, and then the J They bad acquired the discard pile after both sides had melded, other opponent completed another canasta and went out. The | an ey were building up toward a fair score. Then one of the total swing against Joe amounted to about 1500 points! | 0 esperate measure. 0'g | OPPonents froze he Sscard Jo. a, desperate partner, but he Now let's see if you readers know Why Joe rather than his > | hoped to gain breathing space and perhaps to meld out before partner was at fault. i WZ lightning struck. Anyway, he was playing against Joe. edt #« = =» na. A #2 = = io ae HERE 1S the reason. Whenever there is a’ large valuable y AS IT HAPPENED, play went round and round; and the discard pile, a player who does not have a safe discard should discard pile grew more and. more valuable. It was worth much Laver ask the question. He should simply go out and get the hand

more to Joe's side because they could make two natural canastas ver with. : . and several other interesting melds if they got it. To put it another way, all good canasta players use this The pile was not worth that much to the opponents, but they .onvention. When there is an important discard pile, a player who would still do pretty well with it. . © asks permission to go out absolutely guarantees that he has a

At the time the pile had been frozen, Joe held seven cards. gare discard. Thus he is able to make a safe play if his partner By the time the trouble arose, he had worked himself down to five chooses to keep the hand alive. = 3

cards—for no good reason. ToT—— Joe drew, looked around the table carefully, asked each player Mr. Jacoby is unable to answer individual; questions on cahow many cards he held, and finally asked: “Partner, may 1 go nasta from readers. However, he will include the most frequently out?” hl asked questions in his column. ’

The Making [ot Wellfor Les ~~ Church Rite Entoriain Prize Chinese Recipe Given Unites Couple

out of their reach,” Miss Finnin/ B C bl k with | : gif ttern printed in- i y GAYNOR MADDOX neat little oblong package said. J tites} 5 % Jat ae.y Mr. and Mrs. James Makin en-|, HERE'S a Chinese specialty ends tucked in. Deep fry in hot| Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Moore, Seems the first year they stood tertained with an open house in| i t b friend Ch cooking oil for two minutes. 3532 BE. New York St., announce on. each others shoulders and 813] SUE BURNETT their home, 5701 N. Pennsylvania |5''¢" ‘0 Me bY my frien ow ; the marriage of their daughter, pulled down a 55-foot “sweep” " y , : St., last night. The party from 8 Quan who operates two Chinese ' : _ Darlene, to Jack E. Boswell. The draped vet Sue Loul sutrance. 3 y™. The Indianapolis Times to 11 o'clock honored Mrs, Mak- Rathskellers in New York. Sunday's Menu— | ceremony was read Des. 30 in the «ast year, the c | btm SetSsmlemat——— . land St. 1 |in’s cousin, Miss Helen Hathaway, It is really hot, tender nuggets BREAKFAST: Grapefruit, Centenary an urch hy called with satisfaction, the fans Ti } d Ch 214 Ww. Mary . | » Apopka, Fla. of chicken meat, deep fried. And! link pork sausage pe yh [the Rev. G. LaVon Fisher. just managed to cut pieces out of | INTE eese Indianapolis 9, Ind. | Assisting the Makins were Mr. this is the way Mr. Quan had it , | Mr, and Mrs. Caleb N. Boswell, the drape. . No. 8130 Price 25¢ | “served to us in his restaurant. bread, butter or fortified |935 Sharon Ave, are the parents aries ala {and Mrs, John Dougherty. Thé : : margarine, jelly, coffee, | Flags Seem Safe No. 8131 Price 2c | cats: included Messrs: ora Mo. x» ma , Jelly, of, the bridegroom, The job of planning fan-proof| Celery pinwheels make a tasty . ni : a=. |. YOU are invited to a party | SIs. . i REE 5 | e couple chose Mrs. ward football decorations is done in as well as pretty appetizer salad. No. 8527 Price 25¢ where there is a guest of hon- |dames N. E. Boyer, Wallace O. THICKER IN CRLLOPHARE NER et stuffed | Neal and Miss Betsy Beard, honor the decorator's cluttered, high- Zo the theese filliog pop vazlety, No. 8668 Price 25¢ | or. | Lee, Connie Stump, Leonard Len- SenoYe Sis Mea! om 2 yours ys gh Wr |aniehdauts: Misses JoSita parry. ceilinged office in an annex of Blend cream cheese wit oque- { Wrong: Don't bother seek- |pninot R 8 b 4 : : ida Andrews an rgie Lin. the city hall. Miss Finnin, a life- fort-type cheese. Add mayonnaise, Size...... . | ing out the guest of honor for ng i ye r Soha ’ Oral pounds of Jest (raw one Janie. Tashed potatoes topped vn ville, bridesmaids; Miss Carol Sue long . resident of New Orleans, or cream until of firm spreading Fashion Book Price 25¢ conversation, if there are | glord, Charles K. McCormack spoon cooking sherry or lemon; gra ’ . iehed Moore, flowergirl; Charles Bos“just sort of worked into the consistency. Season with Worces- * good friends you'd rather jand William Swope, |juice, two tablespoons soy sauce,| Brussels sprou ys . well, best man, and Mr. .Neal, job” 12 years ago. {tershire sauce. NAMO sececessssscrssssssenssnne Zpend the time talking to. | Others attending were Messps, | One-half tablespoon sugar, one! rolls, butter or for mar- |ciigord Dean Landry and Rich-

“The worst time I can remem-|

ber was when I brought in six of Pascal celery. Wash and dry. . tons of sugar cane from the plan- Fill stalks with the cheese MiX- gtreet .,..eseessessssssnssssass| with the guest of honor.

Separate the stalks of a bunch

tations to decorate the top of the ture and press the stalks back

stadium,” Miss Finnin sald. “They [into the original form of the City .....eevseseesesssnscssnas Fruit and Cheese took down those sugar canes and bunch. Roll in waxed paper and hit each other on the head with hold over-night in refrigerator. State .....ceeeeeeesivsscssenss them." Just before serving, slice celery - She vowed then and there that crosswise forming pinwheels. Arnothing more dangerous than range two or three slices on let- class postage to receive pattern and a quick one, too. a

flags would go up in the Sugar tuce cups. more quickly. Bowl. 7 " American Flag Only We, the Women— |

“But even the flags are more

trouble than they used to be,” In-Law Interference Gives

Miss Finnin said. “I used to put

mE ts sus Bride Inferiority Complex

that played in the Sugar Bowl But this year I'm just using the American flag with the school colors.” Along with a growing suspicion of high-spirited football fans, Miss Finnin over the years has had to admit reluctantly that world affairs also affect her decorating plans, “You put up a nation's flag one day, and my dear,” sighed Miss Finnin, “that evening you read that that nation is against you.” P. 8, She thinks the Kentucky- - Oklahoma game will be a tie,.

‘Snaps Lessen

‘Mother's Job

Metal Fasteners Replace Buttons

Times Special NEW YORK, Dec. 29 — Children's clothes with metal snap fasteners will make mother's household tasks easier. Made to replace tiny buttons and minia- . ture buttonholes on small gar. ~ ments, these fasteners reduce the| contents of a mending basket to almost nothing. : | Lately, these snap fasteners have appeared on clothing for| children of all ages, from layette| to grammar school. Such fasten-

reise . RAY riot : yen make slippers of sturdy) . E : he adjustable to individual Dainty Needlework D

foot size, : On a pink corduroy creeper for a small girl, these gripper fasten-| ers are an ald (o easy dressing.| And on dark blue corduroy

overalls for a little boy, gripper) '

fasteners at waistband and straps make dressing simpler and allow extra inches for growing. Since these overalls adjust to a boy's]

growth, they're balm to any bud-|

get. : Flannelgtte pajamas. for a small boy in a gay striped pattern have knitted bands at the wrists and ankles to keep him warm. And with front gripper fasteners, these pajamas encour‘age self-dressing.

Growing boys and girls, whose &

clothes take the roughest wear, 4 can be completely dressed for playtime in corduroy or denim overalls, shirts and play skirts ‘ that have sturdy metal snap fast- « eners. These fasteners also appear on flannelette and seersuck- . er robes and raincoats.

‘Dance Scheduled The Riviera Club will. hold a .New Year's Eve dance beginning “at 10:30 p. m, Sunday. The dance “ig open only in members who « have made reservations, Members may take guests,

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“COULD you write something,” asks a young wife, “about the too-helpful mother-in-law? “I'm so very tired of being ‘oh-so-grateful’ all the

time because my mother-in-law is forever doing things for me that I would much prefer doing for myself, “Maybe I can explain it better if I give you a couple of examples of what I mean by a mother-in- ? law's being ‘too helpful’ “Last Week my mother-in-law dropped by for an early morning call just as 1 was getting set to make curtains for our bedroom. 1 haven't sewed much--but I was excited over the prospect of making something for our house all by myself. : “Well, my mother-in-law insisted on spending the day helping me make the curtains. In fact she did most of the work--and was on hand when my husband came home to tell him with an indulgent laugh how long it would have taken me to make

them. alone--and how easy it was for her : Ruth Millett to ‘run them up in a jiffy’ ” » ~ ” » s

“IF I'M having dinner guests she brings over a pie for dessert—even though I'd planned something I'd just learned to make myself. And so on. It has gotten so I feel as though I can never do anything on my own. Why can't she see that she’s being too helpful and I'm being forced into being too ‘grateful for comfort?” She horned in on the job and grabbed off most of the credit, The best mother-in-law is rarely the one who tries the hardest to be helpful. The best mother-in-law any young wife could wish for is the one who follows a strict “hands off” policy, running her own house and letting her daughter-in-law run hers, i

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