Apron Patterns Require Little Material and Simple Stitches
Each apron takes less than a yard to make and features colorful embroidery easy enough for a learner. Aimed at hostess gifts, Pattern 7277 includes transfer motifs and directions. High demand and war conditions slightly slow some orders. send your order to the address provided.
Desserts for Winter Simplicity and Flavor
Quick thrifty desserts using seasonal fruit and available eggs or milk. Recipes include Fruit Cupcakes with meringue filling, Butterscotch Rice Pudding, Pear Cake with stewed pears, and Orange Crisp cookies. Also mentioned are Spiced Apple Pudding and Chocolate Floating Island, plus a meat roasting chart request from Lynn Chambers.
New car showroom satire and wartime humor
A humorous dialogue mocks postwar car design with a salesman and customer trading jokes about the new 1945 model features such as undented radiators, door hinges, bright glass, inside lights, and hub caps. The piece shifts to a verse about a war bond slacker and ends with a jab at New England buyers and a Christmas gift anecdote.
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Saving sugar with syrups in cookies and desserts
Lynn suggests using syrup in place of sugar for cookies with minimal texture change and recommends % cup honey or corn syrup per cup of sugar plus 2 tablespoons flour. Sweeten fruits with jams jellies or honey, add sweetening last with salt, and use puddings and gelatin mixes with unbaked crusts to save sugar.
Bedspread Cutting Guide for a Double Bed
Instructions for making a double bed spread from 36 inch wide fabric or chintz. Uses eleven and a half yards for a 54 inch bed, follows a cutting diagram to avoid waste, and describes cutting center parts, pillow cover sections, strips, and flounce. Mentions seam welting and cover cable cord and advertises SEWING Book 1.
Quiz Board: Common Knowledge Challenge Answers
Answers explain differences and facts: a Mosquito is a Central American inhabitant. barleycorn equals one third inch. 148 years peace and 21 years war since 1775. harp is the only instrument on a national flag. Brahman is priestly caste. captain rank higher in navy. 24 carats pure gold. first living person on US coin is Calvin Coolidge shown with Washington on the 1926 Sesquicentennial half dollar.
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Retired Army Officers Still Under Military Regulation
After retirement a regular army officer remains subject to military law and may be court-martialed at any time for violations of army regulations including contemptuous or disloyal remarks against the President.
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