Split Family Purse Says Final Say Should Be Shared
A reader asks Ruth Millett if a husband should control all family spending. Millett advises avoiding money fights, using feminine psychology to show value of home improvements, and stressing that a happy home suffers when money disputes erupt.
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Marian as scapegoat in a fractured family tale
A reader hides behind Marian as the story of a father leaving a mother unfolds. Mary Haworth counsels that Marian should refute her mother’s gossip, while the other sister may seek direct confrontation, to healing the rift.
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Ribbon witchery tricks for brightening winter wear
Handy needlework idea uses ribbon instead of yarn for crochet or knitting. Choose from 20 colors to craft hats, belts, bags, and matching accessories. Create a velvet band, flowers, or cabbage roses with simple stitches, gauge checks, and gentle blocking to finish chic ribbon fashion pieces.
Raisins and Lemon Elevate Pear and Apple Compote
Small kitchen tip notes raisins add sweetness to pear or apple compote and lemon provides bright tang. Use to balance fruit tartness and enhance natural flavors.
Abundants February recipes from extension services
Three recipes from state extension bureaus for February use. Smothered chicken from Delaware Agriculture adds cream and optional mushrooms. Potato and Vegetable Soup from the Bureau for Human Nutrition uses meat stock, oats, and tomatoes. Apple crumb bake from New York Extension Service layers apples with sugar and butter, baking until tender and browned.
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Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Menu
A daily meal outline lists breakfast options of orange juice scrambled eggs raisin toast with butter or fortified margarine coffee and milk. Luncheon includes potato vegetable soup whole wheat bread butter baked apples ginger bread cheese tea and milk. Dinner features smothered chicken pan gravy mashed potatoes buttered spinach enriched bread canned grapefruit sections frosted or agent squares coffee and milk.
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