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r vi- Page pour THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, March 26, 1953 COMMENT ON MEN AND THINGS By The Spectator ' for the lady of the houSe. “For* decades architects have been making kitchens smaller and smaller until today some are no larger than an old-fashioned closet. • The new kitchen will be larger, with adequate storage space ana designed for the family s to ‘live’ in as well as for the housewife to work in. ! The New York Heart Association f ,, TT 4 , is one of the groups pushing the The Constitution of the United campaign fDr m0 re-efficient. kitch-; States has been thrown out of the cns yhe more efficient the kitch-i window in fact and in spirit. Our en, the less likely the housewife refuge should be the courts, but if is to suffer fatigue and heart dis orders judges are appointed as party men; ^ National Associa ti on of and act on the bench as' political Builders also is urging im- henchmen we Americans are sunk, proved designs and has joined witnj That has been our misfortune in t h e Woman’s Home Companion' some Federal courts. Our great- Magazine in offering special aw’ards est failure is in the domination of f or -drudgery proof kitchen, the nation by courts which inter- { -phe American Gas Association pret the Constitution, the Statutes sen t jt s experts to Chicago to show and the Common Law by whim, in how builders can use gas more ef- many cases. In fact, all our law ficiently in the home, should be Statutory, and so clearly) Builders have found that house- written as to be understandable by wives w ant more space, including, all intelligent citizens. |a dining area, in their kitchens—| There is a part of our Federal and at the same time want to cut; Constitution, (the Hth Amend- down the many steps they must; ment( which provides: “No State i walk to prepare a meal, shall make or enforce any law This contradiction can be solved) which shall abridge the privileges by arranging the basic kitchen or immunities of citizens of the equipment more efficiently, ? The United States .... nor deny to any sink should be close to the kitchen person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws”. That has nothing to do with private business. Under the provision au thorizing Congress "to pay the range on one side and work space i on the other. The work space! should be close to the refrigerator. Walls should be utilized for! storage space and racks. These | debts and provide for the common should be arranged so that the ap- defense and general welfare of the pliances are food stuffs stored in, United States” the courts have yali-j them are readily available when 1 dated all manner of Acts of Con- ] needed. V —• gross, although clearly beyond the Plenty of w*ork space at^hrast purpose of the Constitution. eight square feet—should be pro- There is a ray of light: The Su- ( vided. Work counters should be preme Court of Arkansas tells us: j placed close to the range and the "The Arkansas Supreme Court in refrigerator where they are most a case unprecedented in the nation, > needed. ruled unanimously today that Con-' Sliding doors on cabinets, for ex press has not authorized the gov-! ample, eliminate painful and some- ernment to enter the steam gene-1 times serious bumps caused by con- rating field in electric power proj- 4 ventional 1 swinging doors. ec ts.” , Electric outlets should be located The ruling wound up a two-year so that appliance cords will be out fight over an attempt of the Ar- of the way and not a tripping haz-, kansas Electric Cooperative, Corp., ard. There also should be enough to build a 50,000 kilowatt steam outlets to take care of all appii- generating plant at Ozark, Ark., ances. with a $10,000,000 Rural Electrifi-j Cross ventilation should be pro- * cation administration loan. vided in the kitchen to clear out The Southwest Power Adminis-! excessive heat and kitchen odors, tration, an agency of the Interior The kitchen range should be plac- tVpartmpntwnnlH hgyp Jbcen giv- ed under a wmdow. en a 40-year lease on the powerf Guud lighting -is—considered a output of the plant. necessity. It cuts down both kitch- The SPA and rural co-ops were en accidents and excessive fatigue pitted against private utility com- j in the housewife, flourescent Jight- pahles 4*>d % The Arkarreae Power -mfr-beeause-it spreads the. and Light Co. Others were Ar- j enly. • kansas-Misissippi Power Co., the i The kitchen should be built of Soutlrwestern Gas and Electric Co., materials that can quickly and eas- of Louisiana, and the Oklahoma ily be cleaned. Floors made of clay Gas and Electric Co. tiles, for example, cannot stain and The Supreme court ruling held j can be swept clean in a jiffy.” that the SPA’s proper function un-1 That is highly desirable, though der Congressional acts was to sell it does not promise more pies or pjuddingsj or any the delectable dishes mother used to serve. Have you observed how many trailer-cabins are parked in or near * • * ' your city 0 Nearly twp million peo- The Executive Department made pie live in trailers; and nearly a treaties with foreign nations—and hundred thoustmd trailed are made h'ydr*-power in wholesale qoanti- ties. rather than to sell at retail by integration ef steam power into its svstem.” they have been ratified by the Senate—-which may imperil us in our rights as American citizens. All this springs from the sub servience of the Congress and the Courts to Executive domination. m a year. I'm jnst a bit otyer the* mark allowing frm the phenomenal industrial expansion that can al ways be expected in America. It is an interesting story. * “Besides getting bigger, trailers It argues strongly for each of the are geting fancier. Practically a Hj three departments of the Govern- are now made with complete bath- ment to act independently and for rooms, against no more than 10 per >he supreme good of all the Nation, cent only throe years ago. They not only today bat tomorrow. j contain a widening array of house- * * • hold appliances from air-condition- “I know only what I read in the ers to garbage disposal units. Some papers.” Didn't someone say that, boast two bedrooms. >ears ago? Reading the papers one An official of the trailer makers may learn of many strange and group estimates the proportion of wonderful things. A Texas paper the industry's sales going, to retired tells as that builders. Sociologists couples has gone to about 17 per and physicians are making a cam- cent from about 10 per cent three paign for better kitchens. That years ago. Manufacturers here say strikes close to the heart of all peo- this trend is continuing. Up until pie, f«r some wag has told us that recently they used cute young girls the quickest and nearest approach as models for advertising photos, to the heart is by the mouth, having Now they are beginning to use reference to the important matter models who are over 45 years old as of food. an advertising angle, aimed at the The Texas article was not one retired market, about more and better food or more The rapid expansion of the in- appetizing dishes, as we men might dustry has gone hand in hand with have wished; the article is devoted the drastic changes in the living to more convenience and less work units themselves. Prior to World War II trailer dwellers were pretty OFFICE SUPPLIES Complete line, all the little items r needed for the office CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Dr. Fred E. Holcombe OPTOMETRIST Offices at 200 South Broad St. Phone 658 Office Honrs 9:00 to 5:30 Gray Funeral Home Clinton, S. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ...and... EMBALMERS Phones 41 and 399-.I AMBULANCE SERVICE L. PI SS! EE GRAY and \ PARK'*' ADAIR, On M^rs cramped for space. The highway homes then were usually les than 20 feet long, squeezing bedroom, living room and kitchen all in one. More than likely they were the property of vacationists and sports men, who used them no more than a few weeks or months out of a year. The majority of trailers are 25 to 40 feet long, ranging in price from j $2,000 to $8,000. The average roll- 1 mg residence is probably a little over 30 feet long, eight feed wide and seven feet high. The average price is now around $4,000. That price compares to around $3,000 in 1948. Prices generally are about unchanged from a year ago. The rise since 1948 is due to increased materials costs, plushier interiors aad added furnishings and appli ances, manufactures say. Today’s typical trailer home is a relatively roomy, elaborately furnished job designed for year-ound living in just gbout any climate. It has an ‘outer skin’ of aluminum—it’s in sulated—has wood-paneled walls, picture windows, drapes and inlaid linoleum floors. The newer mobile domiciles are neatly compartment ed into a living room-dinette, one or two bedrooms, built-in kitchen and a complete bath.” Quality-Tendr Shoulder—Vaal . lb 45c Economical Fresh Ground lb 39c Frozen Cut Up Domestic Rabbits e 49c Grocery Dept. Values! For A Quick Hot Meal! Austex Savory Beef Stew. N ;.r Help Yourself To Health With Del Monte Prune Juice . % 33c Ready To Serve—Del Monte Stewed Prunes . . No j„r 03 25c Carolina Beaut Sweet Pickle Sticks ° 1 ‘ ° z 35c Fine With Chicken—Cranberry Sauce c.r 20c Kraft’s Parkay Yellow V*'s Margarine. . b 27c CountryGarden Rutabagas. For A Well Fed Pet—Flag Quality-Tender U. S. Choice Grade Beef 35t SHORT RIBS Pound Ocean Spray. KINGAN’S SMOKED No. 300 Can 14c Dog Food . .3 Southern Gold, Colored Ji’s Margarine 71 1-Lb. Cans Lb. Dinty Moore’s Famous 24-Oz. i e Can Makes 5 Qts. 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