Woman's World Reversible Raincoats Into Smart Street Wear
A guide to remodeling worn reversible gabardine raincoats into street wear outfits. It covers inspection for wear, cutting plans, pattern layout, and sewing tips for styles like shirt waist dresses boleros and slim skirts, with details on pockets trims and finishing.
Easy washday dinner ideas with make-ahead casserole tips
The article suggests quick suppers to ease washday fatigue. Plan ahead by prepping main dishes like a cheese and noodle pie and refrigerated casseroles. Assemble parts before washday, serve with beverages and bread, and finish with soft fruit and cookies.
Adjusting to Make Clothes Fit Well
Home sewing offers a route to better fit with simple alterations. Lengthen skirts with banded contrasting fabric about 5 inches for youths and 7 inches for adults, or conceal lengthening with a pieced top. Replace out-of-date sleeves by re making them, and add padded sleeves. Refit by removing the back waist seam and side seams to lift the back, align side seams, and adjust the hem.
Lynn Says Eat More Eggs In Season and Economy
Egg prep tips advocate eggs as in season and economical. Methods include crispy omelets with bread crumbs and herbs, scrambled eggs with frizzled beef or ham and vegetables, and baked eggs with bacon and cheese in custard cups.
Casting New Stars for Forever Amber Headlines Hollywood
Peggy Cumming will play Amber in Forever Amber with Cornel Wilde as Bruce Carlton Paul Guilfoyle Clyde Cook and John Rogers cast as Jimmy the Mouth Deadeye and Blueskin Twentieth Century Fox shoots in technicolor under John Stahl Teresa Wrights Broadway dream led to a name change Osa Massen recalls cutting her own films and Susan Haywards twins born Grace Albert expands her fruit cake business Ted Collins lines up Kate Smith guests Tom Breneman signs for more films Joan Caulfield named rising star Ellen Andrews works with a Belgian shepherd dog in Orson Welles production
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Amber
Peggy Cumming
Ted Collins
Kate Smith
Ray Milland
Cary Grant
Dorothy Lamour
Olivia de Havilland
United Artists
Tom Breneman
Hollywood
Joan Caulfield
Susie Slagle
Joan
Ellen Andrews
Orson Welles
Metals and Plastics Confirmed for New Window Screens
The article outlines postwar screen options including copper 16 mesh, galvanized steel, enamel steel, and aluminum screen cloth. It notes plastics weaving into fine mesh, color options, sun resistance, and broad distribution in hardware and department stores.
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Genevieve Smith
Beyond the Gas Main Returns of Bottled Gas Ranges
The article highlights gas ranges designed for bottled gas for homes without gas mains. It urges readers to check bottled gas service availability and choose from popular models. It notes the fuel is clean and offers modern convenience at a moderate price.
Crochet Motif Pattern 795 With Transfer Details
Pattern 795 offers a crochet motif transfer of 6 motifs. The motifs measure approximately 432 by 12 inches in crochet directions.
Practical Home Hacks From a Past Era
Simple tips include using candle wax on stocking heels, tack on panholder ends for loss prevention, lemon juice and salt for stains, wax on curtain rods to reduce rust and ease sliding, winter interior painting to avoid dampness, nail polish remover for skin residue, ammonia in water to green ferns, white canvas gloves as potholders, half cooked potato for flavor, cut potatoes in half to save fuel, and greasing pot bottoms to prevent rice sticking.
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