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s uhowed us some of their "madeâ€"over" jobsâ€"old wicker made into smartâ€" looking piectes, dowdy rockors transâ€" formed into slick weats for the likes of Ilka Chrise, old china closets hocus, In talking to designers of movie sets in Hollywood recentiy, we learned how the war shortages are affecting their job too. Irstead of javish budg=*s for sets, they must now keep within a govâ€" ernmentâ€"set limit on new construction and makeâ€"do as best they can on proâ€" perties. Luckiiy though they have enormous warehouses of furnishings of every type that can be made over and remodelled in ingsnious ways. They Thunghnay, apntu 18TH 1014 a #â€"â€" â€" The same chintz is used for the pretty ruffled curâ€" this charmingly informal bedroom. The colours are tains, the bedspread founce and for one wall in _ soft shades of green with peach. Old rockers, like that Ilka Chase lolls in so comâ€" fortably in (this set from "No Time for Love," can often be found in celiar or attic, discarded because It hanvens in the best of familiesâ€"antique chairs invariably collapse at moboortnne mbmenta As for the old cabinet here ‘being .used for a dressing table, its ailments run to bits of carving knocked leopgse or an cccasional broken leg. This picture is of a minor ailmeont. In times like these, it is The Most FrequentMiaha:ls with Furniture Aren‘t Hard to Repair if you "Knowâ€"How"â€"Some Simple Directions REPAIR YOUR OWNâ€"FURNITURE PLEASANT HoMES pocussed irto chic dressing tables for people like Clawdette Colbert. Not to mention all the straight rspair jobs that keep furniture on duty through several generations of stars. In Tipperâ€"FTopper Shape Incidentally. we were interested to ex@mine the workmanship of the upâ€" holstery, furniture and drapery iohs used in movie sets. Everything is done in a firstâ€"quality wayâ€"no thumb tacks just for the picture." The reason for this is that the things often get hard wear during a pictureâ€"in â€"any _case there isn‘t time for breakâ€"downs. Then loo the things are more usable. later if they are always kept in tipâ€"*op shape. And that reminded us that the rest of the country is also up against the of making old things do and last. But for most of us that means repairs under our own steam because that handy workman we used to call so glibly every time some "litâ€" Ue" thing went wrong with our houseâ€" hold chattels has gone with the we!lâ€" dersâ€"or is absent on the assembly line. Of course, you can go right along, breaking furniture and living in a slightly rickety condition, but that‘s a losing game if the war lasts too longâ€" by Elizabeth MacRea Boykin good idea to look such pieces over and make the necessary repairs to put them back into useful serâ€" vice. This Paramount â€"picture stars Claudette Colâ€" bert and Fred MacMurray. aâ€"sctene ‘from the Paramount.â€"movie "No Time for Love"‘ ‘directed ‘by Mitchell Leisen starring Claudâ€" ette Colkert and Fred MacMurray. The sets have interesting old furniture restored in modern ways. And that reminded us that the rest of the country is also up against the probletn of making old things do and last. But for most of us that means repairs under our own steam because that handy workman we used to call so glibly every time some "litâ€" Ue" thing went wrong with our houseâ€" I THE PORCUPINE ADvANCTE, TTMMITN3, ONTARIO \ _A webbing stretcher can be used to pull the webbing tight over the reâ€" coiled springs, but a good, strong pull will turn the trick or an assistant might be called in to hold the webbing in its tight place while you tack the other end firmly. Repeat this process at the ‘other side of chair bottom, weaving the |webbing strips and securing each ‘spring by running an upholsterer‘s neeâ€" dle, threaded with strong cord, in and ‘out of crissâ€"crossed webbing. Take a fresh piece of cambric over your handiâ€" ‘work and consider yourself a past masâ€" ter in first aid. If the springs nsed reâ€" tying, that‘s a little more complicated land. should be done before you do anyâ€" thing about the webbing. Directions for tying springs are included in the upholstering bulletin described in the next paragraph. That sagging cabinet door can be fixed easily too. Remove door and hinges, cut Oout a new place for the ringes with a and a chisel, reset the hinges in new slots, fill old ones by gluing a small piece of wood into place. You can fix a loose knob on cabinet or door by removing same, filling the hole with plastic wood, reâ€" setting® the scerew whlle plastic is still damp and allowing the whole business to dry for a day or so. Planing tie edges of drawer and running a piece of soap over the planed surface will fix a stickirg drawer in a jiffy. If drawer has become unâ€"nailed, take apart and reâ€"glue and reâ€"nail. If nail holes are loose, nail in fresh places. Worn upholstery is as inévitable as warâ€"high taxesâ€"and nothing can make a room look shabbier more quickly than smudged and threadâ€"bare coverings. Many who have gonsa in for the gentle art of upholsteryâ€"atâ€"home claim that this job, which looks so complicated is much simpler, really, than slipâ€"cover making! Our bulletin "Directions for Upholstering at Home" Bâ€"9: gives full directions for this job. (It will be sent on receipt of five cents (coin preferrâ€" ed). Write Miss Boykin (name of paâ€" per) to Post Office Box 75, Station O, New York, NY.). For wartimeâ€"emerâ€" gency you might reclaim a worn chair by reclaiming the comparatively fresh material at its back for the worn fron* and arms and using a simple length of blengding material to recover the back, This is a particularly good trick for chairs whose backs are never exposed to public view anyway. A shortâ€"cut for many repair jobs, is the use of plastis wood. Carpenters, we find, never quite approve, but we That wobbly diningâ€"room chair can also be straight and firm again. Kemove; the offending leg or rung, us? a sharp knife to remove all the dried useless Â¥lue from the holes, sand the end of rung or leg, spread glue on rung and in hole and reâ€"fit together. Right here your first aidâ€"training will come in handyâ€"make a tourniquet of strong string and a stick so that chair legs are braced and the newly glued parts are held firmly together. In a dayâ€"or: s0, let the chair rejoin the famâ€" ily circle, good as new. If a loose back rung is your problem, drive a curved metal wedge in hols back of rung, or else fill the gap with plastic wood. An upholstered chair whose bottom has begun to sag is not long for this, world, so it beshooves you *to relieve that sag as soon as possible. After you have overcome your own timidityâ€"it takes forti:ude to really go to work on a chairâ€"you‘ll turn the chair upside down, remove the cambric protecting cover and remove the crissâ€"cross webâ€" hbing, leaving the chair springs exâ€" posed. Now, starting afresh with new webbing, you will tack strips along one side of the chair (fold under each end of the webbing about 1% inch). When you have tacked one side, cut to meaâ€" sure the webbing, leaving enough for the turn under across the way. The first step in ary home repair job is to assq@imble the necessary tools _â€"tools that may be hard to come by these days but which are still availâ€" able in wellâ€"stocked hardware mar‘s. You‘ll nged an upholsterer‘s‘® hammer (the type with the narrow point), a regular hammer, two Câ€"clamps, a supâ€" ply of good furniture glue, metal wedge, upholsierer‘s needle, chisel, braceâ€"andâ€"bit, serewdriver, plastic wood if you can still get it, several yards of webbing, strong threadâ€"and a measure of good will to see the job through. | A Nice Clean Break _ Take the broken chair leg firstâ€"the nasty split that seems to dcom the life of your favorite club chair to a few short years. The split usually occufs with the grain of the wood, making a nice clean break to fix. Place the broâ€" ken part back on the leg, holding it in place with one of your Câ€"TClamps. Now. drill the two pieces with a small dowelâ€"hbit. Shave down a small pilece of wood to thns approximate size of the drilled hole (this is known in carpentry circles as a "Gdowel stick). Kemove the clamp ard lave the broken p‘lsce and the leg split generously with glue. Reâ€"fit the pieces together and hammer in the dowel stick. use your two clamps to hold the pieces together firmly). After a day or so, remove the clamps, sandpaper the dowel sticks, end so that it is flush with the legâ€"and there you are, fit as a fiddle! Refinish the â€"«lowel stick end that shows to match the rest of the wood. Breaks and Bruises Repairing furniture has its own sigâ€" nificance now, too. There seems to be no doubt in anyone‘s mind that houseâ€" _hold goods, in spite of all the ingenuity manufacturers are bringing to the cause, will grow scarcer as the war grows older. Luckily for the handyâ€" woman the number of breaks and bruises furniture is heir to can pretty well be predicted. The most prevalent include broken chairdegs. infirm straight chairs, sagging springs and worn upâ€" holstery, saugging cupboard dsors, stickâ€" ing drawers, loose knobs and the like. Noxne of these mishaps, of course, is unbearablsâ€"but why suffer when you can effect a cure? and it looks like it will. Or you can | learn a few odd and wonderful skills yoursel{! # keep vyour home front inâ€"| *tact and in order. ' A Good Trick use it successfully in many unorthodox ways to fix bedsteads and chairs that wobble, to fill in loose screw holes and such like. It is getting scares with the war, but some stores still have tubes or cans of it. After the war, plastic wood promises to reyvolutionize our lives, for it has proved invaluable in war building. We can all become if we tryâ€"and better boot! (Released by Corsolidated News Feaâ€" tures, Inc.) Many houstkesepers havs been experâ€" imenting with making the meat they have beon able to got go a long way. One of my friends writes me that she has been praciicing in ways to stretch th2 amount which she estimated she will be ablse to ge; for her family of threeg. She says, "You migsht be inâ€" terested in our four pound pot roast which fed a Tuesday night. Weaâ€" nesday night, we had vegetable soup fr¢im the bone end I had cut off. Wedâ€" nesday night I ground the msat (both soup and leftover pot roast) about two and one half cups. I used one and a half cups in hash, and the next night The rationing of meat is not likely to reduce the amount which has been used in most households during the last mon‘hs when it has s@ldom been possible to get amounts more generous than what the ration allows. During the first month of ra‘ioning supplies may not be adequate enough to allow us to purchase our full quota. We have every reason to believe, however, that aftor a few wook®, distribu‘ion will imâ€" prove and everyons can share alike. Various Plans for Getting the Most and the Best Out of the Meat Used. Leftover Pot Roast and Ham Sandâ€" wich Recipes Given by Culinary Expert. Suggestions for Making Meat Ration Go Further by Careful Planning (by Edith M. Barber) little Miss Fix homemakers its The leftover ham could be combined with nocdles, cooked cereal, or with season>d bread crumbs which should be sauteed in some of the ‘at, or with rice. It could be used for sandwiches for the lunchbox. If combincd with peanut butter or chses>2, it could suppiy a sandwich or two and still be strstched for use in a main dish. Rice with Ham tabl2spoons ham fat cup rice cups boiling water cup minced ham tablespoons prepared mustard 2 tablesjoons minced parsley Heat fat in frying pan, add rice and stir over low hsat 3 minutes. Add waâ€" ter, bring to boiling point, cover and ist o :iâ€" bG râ€" t3 Now I think that I shall have to teil you what I got out of a ham hock of medium size. I had three slices cut ¢ff at the market for sauteeing. Theso are not very even as) the bone is thick but ‘hey are tender and will cook nicely if turned often. The remainder was boiled. The liquor was used for split pea soup. The fat cake was taken ‘off, of course, and saved for drippings. From the meat remaining on the bone, I got about two cups of shredded ham which was used with a cream sauce well flaâ€" vored with mustard. The ham fat was used as a base. The fat from the skin was dried out and from that and ‘the fat from the soup, I got over half a cup. Part of this was used for frying and the remainder was used as shortâ€" ening for biscuits upon which ane creamed ham was served. My postscript to this is that she is a good cook that any husband would like the meals she serves. I know tecause I have tasted a number of them at the Harbert‘s house in Battle Cresk, Michigan. put the other one cup with noodles, leftover soup and cheese." She make:; a comment which I am sure all wives would like to be able to duplicate. "My husband is so easily satisfied, that it isn‘t hard for me." Eamaus for flavour since 1892 â€" 21 the ‘Salada‘ name assures you: a uniform blend of quality teas.: simmer over low heat aboyt 15 minutes, until rice is tender and water is absoryâ€" ed. Add ham and mustard and stir lightly with fork until thoroughly mixed with the rice and hot. Put in sewing dish and sprinkle with parsley. ,» Peanut Butter and Ham Sandwigh ; cup peanut butter 2 tablespcons milk 1 tablespoon chili sauce, or 1 teasposon prepared mustard. is % cup minced ham Whole wheat bread. Mix peanut with milk add mustard and ham and spread between slices of whole wheat brsad. (Released by The Bell Syndicate, Tnc.) REDDY SAYVS: All the word s{ail of the dealét was called in as he tried to sell a bvokoenâ€" winded horse to a reluctant customer. After a trial trot around he struck an attitude of admiration and exclaimed, "And hasn‘t he got a lovely ‘¢oat?" ‘"Maybe," snid the customer coldly, "but I don‘t like his pants." St. Mary‘s Jourâ€" nalâ€"Argus. * A special speakor for the day, Miss L. Mayowna, gave as her topic, "Reliâ€" gicus Freedom in Cz*choâ€"Slovak!a," and it proved very interesting to all who hneard it. The thought for the day was presentâ€" ed Mrs. S. Johns:, who read a lovosy poem entitled "The Songz of the Spar«â€" The meeting was brought to x close with prayer. + During the mesting, kmtt}ng and quilting were in progress, At the close cof the afternoon, a dainty lunch was served by Mrs. W. B..Paterâ€" son, assisted by Mrs. Dunlop, an'l Mrs. Miss L, Mayowih Speaker at Meeting of Home League at the Salvation Army hail. The meeting opened with a HÂ¥mn and the Lord‘s prayer, repeated in unison. The Bible reading was given by Mrs, H. Gridlev, after which Mrs Pope, a visitor for the day, rendered a lovely Regular Meeting Conducted on Thursday Afternoon. ‘"‘There‘s no shortage of War Savings Certificates, The more you buy NOW, the bigger your bankroll after the war!" WHAT HE DIDN‘T LIKE