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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1951
Page
6
A reader explores sachets as affordable perfume substitutes and scent enhancers. Ideas include decorative sachet pads for drawers, lace trims, and making scented closet accessories. Suggestions cover sachet powders, baths, and skin care uses with various floral fragrances and carmation as a popular option.
A nostalgic guide to cool summer salads with an aspic ring centerpiece and salmon rice filling. Includes Cucumber Cream Salad and a build-your-own fruit platter with Coconut Dressing and quick assembly tips for make-ahead serving.
The feature shows a new kitchen wing added to Lucky Hit Farm with a front porch in the 1800 style and a door to a butler's pantry. The wing contains a large kitchen, pantry, closets, larder, two upstairs bedrooms and baths, and mirrors the main house with a tin roof.
A step by step guide shows how to make a chair slipcover using broad fabric with careful cutting and stitching. The column then switches to a discussion on how children perceive age and size, detailing how youngsters feel relative to older siblings and peers and the importance of locating playmates near their own age.
The text outlines a challenging day with obstacles and delays hindering progress toward future objectives. It mentions possible low spirits, blocked desires by parents or superiors, ill health causing delays, and a depressed outlook for someone with a birthday. It warns to protect property and possessions amid congestion and blocked cooperation.
Ida Bailey Allen profiles budget dining ideas from Winchendon Massachusetts guests Mrs Wallace Peck and Mrs Beatrice Greene Elliott. Practical tips include pressure cooking cheaper foods and breakfast emphasis to curb daily costs. A planned budget dinner features chilled grape nectar swordfish parsley butter whipped potatoes creamed onions salad and a berry crunch dessert.
The piece suggests stuffing celery stalks with cream cheese onion and chopped salted peanuts. It advises using a vegetable peeler to shave cheese or chocolate for quicker prep. It also notes to trim tops from root vegetables like carrots turnips beets parsnips and radishes to preserve nourishment.
Home decorating tips advise using large wallpaper patterns to visually enlarge a space. Choose ash trays matching the color scheme and ensure they are large enough to be practical. Repaper with shellac over grease spots, and note popular color pairings like sharp green with blue and taupe with pale rose. Storage headboards with tambour or glass doors gain popularity for both style and utility.
A medical note describes pseudocyesis where a woman believes she is pregnant and shows signs such as missed periods abdominal growth breast changes and simulated labor. It notes typical age range 18 to 36 years and possible causes including mental or endocrine factors with treatments focusing on reassurance and mental therapy.
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