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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
3
Practical tips for preserving gloves and leather care using shoe cream and cloth, removing light marks with care, patching baby items with felt or wool, moth prevention with orange peels, cooking tips for fruit with dates, sugar reduction, and using nettles cooked like spinach to impress and improve complexion.
Miss Alice M. Anderson of the Visiting Nurse Service of Brooklyn offers summer care guidance for infants. Limit sun exposure and heat, avoid lengthy outdoor time, protect eyes, and keep indoor sun access via windows. Light clothing and bedding prevent prickly heat while allowing movement and exercise.
Lee Hollister returns to Circle V ranch to find neglect and pressure from Milton Bradish to sell. Virginia Bradish and Stanley Bradish arrive with concerns over the future, while Lee contends with Josefa Ramirez’s advances and a dwindling hope amid mounting family conflicts.
A retro ice cream recipe for vanilla rennet custard ice cream served in cantaloupe halves. It uses milk, cream, no eggs, and a simple freeze method with ice and salt, garnished with sugared peaches and fresh blackberries for a light, budget friendly summer treat.
The nervous midseason for women's wear sees slim lines and furs amid uncertain Paris cues. Amy Porter notes potential fall drivers include the mannish look with boyish sack suits and masculine tweeds, and a revived South American influence with tambourine hats and Aztec prints.
Practical tips cover keeping evaporated milk chilled using a double boiler with ice in the lower chamber. Advice on removing leather mildew with Vaseline and glycerine, cleaning book mildew with brushing and airing, and using leftover vinegar to flavor boiled or baked ham and gravies.
Rayon varies in washability with weave dye and shrinkage. Even with washing, tension set during manufacture may make fabric shrinkage inevitable. Use mild soap, warm water, run two rinses, press out water gently, and dry indoors away from heat for best results.
This column continues outlines from Rood for Health detailing dinner menus including soup options meat or fish dishes and sides. It cites weekly food costs per adult and child, suggests meal variety and notes milk allowances with remarks on tea coffee and savings.
Louise Lennox presents a three piece sports costume combining playsuit shorts bolero and attachable ballerina skirt. Includes sizing 12 14 16 18 20 with fabric yardage and pattern cost requests from Toronto address. Summer 1940 fashion book promotion follows.
Miss Sadie B. Chambers invites personal letters from readers at 73 West Adelaide Street Toronto. She welcomes topic ideas for her column and is ready to listen to pet peeves. Requests for recipes or special menus are in order with stamped self addressed envelopes for replies.
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