For Dressing Table.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 26 November 1938, Page 14

For Dressing Table.

No one warts a dressing-table to be “clutteied up” with powder bowls, brushes and oth« toilet eauioment these days. Yet these necessities must go son.ewhere. ‘id ness is simplified i you posses® one of the new toilet tin vs. It is about i 4 inches one ind 11 inches w'de and is divided in compartments There are spaces for brush and comb, cream iars. loti- n bottles, and powder bo: and a covered space fo*- paper tissues. The tray is made of lieht iapanned ware and is easily lifted from a top drawer to the tabl» too \ u en required Buttons on Furniture. Chairs, sofas, even the upholstery o? railway carriages were studded with . buttons in the old days The buttnmne vogue is creeping back again and if you I want to have a touch of something really I up-to-date in your furnisi ings. introduce at least some small item adorned with > buttons, even if it is only a cushion i cover. The cover is easily achieve*! i I Just take your squares of silk, chint? 1 01 linen, back them with cotton with a layer of cotton wool between Machine ' stitch across them in diagonal lines. fir<t from one side, then the other to produce a diamond design. Sew the buttons at ! the corners of the diamonds. Here is the »ecipe: Two breakfast cups of flour. 1 cup each of sugar and ; currants, A dtp of raisins. 2 cups of boiling v<ater. 2 tablespoons dripping, 2 teaspoons baking sod t, A •'‘•neg (grated), ard a few slices of lemon peel. ! Mix dripping, so a and vater together. ; stir in the other ingredients and stand j in a large basin overnight. Soil or j steam for four heurs.