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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C. t June 12, 1969—&-B HOW CAN I? BY ANNE ASHLEY Q. Is there anything I can do about a dish that is cracked, but not actually broken? A. You can often obliterate the crack and strengthen the dish just by boiling it in a pan of milk for about 45 minutes or so. Q. What can I do about a shrun ken sweater? A. Oftentimes it can be re stored to shape by wetting it, dropping it into a pillow case, hanging the pillow case on the line by the hem and letting water drip into it. Do not wring the sweater. Q. How can I do a neat filling- in job on deep, ugly-looking nail holes in a plastered wall? MOTOR Headquarters SALES & ★ BOATS Larson, Starcraft, Renken, Glastron and Evinrude * Evinrude Motors Good Selection of New and Used Motors All Kinds Fishing Equipment and Cyprers Garden Skis Phone 984-2507 'S A. Mix up a little talcum pow der or cornstarch with a few drops of water, force this into the holes, and smooth off around the edges with your fingertips. Q. What can I do, if anything, about grease spots in fabrics that have been allowed to become well set? A. You can try ‘fighting fire with fire.” Rub fresh grease into the spots, then wash immediate ly. Q. How can I renew suedo shoes that have worn smooth? A. A few light strokes with a very fine grade of sandpaper will bring back the roughened surface of the suede. Other such tips on the care of wearing apparel are included in my household book. Q. How can I remove printing ink stains from fabrics? A. By working lard, shortening, or petroleum jelly into the stains, then laundering with plenty of soap and water. If not washable, sponge with carbon tetrachloride. Q. What can I do about cracks in old wallpaper when I am apply ing new paper over it? A. Use maskingtape over these cracks, which will prevent their showing through the new paper or cracking the new paper at these same places. Q. I’ve just installed one of those silent electric mercury wall switches in one of my rooms, but it doesn’t work. Any sug gestions? A, It’s possible you’ve installed it upside down-and this type of switch doesn’t work in that po sition. Q. How can I keep flannels soft when washing them? A. By adding a teaspoon of pow dered borax to each quart of rinse water used. Q. Any suggestions for better pie crusts? A. Pie crust, in which a half teaspoon of baking powder has been added to every cup of flour, wiU be tastefully light and fluffy. Q. How can I deal with a fresh grease or oil stain on a fabric? A. Sprinkle with talcum powdei or cornstarch, rub this well into the stain, let stand until the pow der has absorbed the grease, then brush off. Repeat as often as may be necessary. hi" iMHlii ‘)lt I M* • .*1 # 11 J ti J I * * * -f • • ' Telephone Talk A. R. FERN ELL Your Telephone Manager TELEVISION CAN RE EDUCATIONAL, as illus trated by this episode in a comedy show a few years ago. The star, playing the part of an ex tremely wealthy man, gets irked when the man ager of a plush hotel tells him he can’t have an entire floor. So he walks to the end of the counter, picks phone, and calls his business man age. Within five minutes the ho tel manager gets a call informing him that the ho tel has been sold to h i s irritated guest. “How,” exclaims the manager, “could you possib ly buy this hotel in five minutes?” Chomping on a big cigar, the star smiles, “Direct Distance Dialing.” Instructions on Direct Distance Dialing are in your Telephone Directory but if they are not clear please don’t hesitate to call our busi- nes office and ask questions. Our number is 83S- 0100. FOR ONE TRAVELER, a good habit resulted from an unfortunate happening. While her parents were away on vacation, there was a serious acci dent at home. She couldn’t reach them, and they had quite a shock when they arrived back home. Since then she’s made it a point, any time she’s traveling, to call home every evening. By waiting for low night rates, she can enjoy a few minutes of conversation that’s inexpensive, pleasant, and reassuring. ANIMALS CRE ATE SOME OF OUR MOST IN TERESTING TELEPH ONE PROBLEMS. Take the gopher, for instance. He’s developed such an appetite for tele- phone cable that we’ve had to de velop an armor ed cable so that he can file his teeth without disrupting phone service. Then there was the bear who heard the hum of nearby phone lines, thought they were bees, and climbed the pole looking for honey. And a telephone customer with a service problem finally realized a hungry pet goose was pecking the long “worm” that ran up the side of the house. Our furred and feathered friends really keep us on our toes! Sensible Sunning CAPT. FURR Olin Furr, Ir., Is Promoted To Captain Olin F. Furr Jr. was commis sioned a Firt Lieutenant and pro moted to Captain in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps re cently at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Captain Furr is now enrolled in the Judge Advocate General’s School at Charlottesville, Va., for an eight-week course in mili tary law and upon completion will be stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Captain Furr received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of South Carolina Law School in June, 1968. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Olin F. Furr Sr. of Clinton. BY HELEN C. CAMP Extension Home Economist Sunshine taken in small doses can be healthful, beautifying, and most enjoyable. But an overdose of sunlight can result in a blis tering experience that will be harmful to your skin and, there fore, to your good looks. Even if you tan easily, you do need good protection when you’re on a beach, in a boat, or swimming in a lake. What is a suntan? Tanning is a coloration of the skin produced by an action of the sun’s rays. A sunburn is caused by the ul traviolet rays of the sun when they penetrate the outer layers of the skin and act as an irritant to the underneath layer. If you want to acquire an at tractive suntan and your skin can “take it’, you should buy a pre paration known as a “sun screen’ which filters out the burning rays of the sun and allows just the tanning rays to reach the skin. There are some products made to encourage a fast tan on the back, arms, and legs. Others are made to help you acquire a glowing tan at a slower pace. A dark-skinned brunette usually takes easily to the sun. People with very fair skin, gen erally blondes and redheads, are sun-sensitive. If you belong in this group, select a product that will allow only a restricted amount of the sun’s rays to pene trate. If you have lived inland all your life and suddenly find Dear Sally BY SALLY SHAW DEAR SALLY: I am 24, and have been dating a very wonder ful and personable man of 27 for some time. We get along fine, except for one thing that bothers me very much. On three dates out of four he brings along the 10-year-old daughter of his wid owed sister -- to dinner, to the movies, to sporting events, and everywhere we go. Don’t get me wrong ... I like kids . . . but how in the world is anything ser ious or romantic ever going to develop between this man and me if we always have a 10-year-old chaperon with us? Please advise me. STYMIED: DEAR STYMIED: Seems to me that if this man were as eager as you for something “serious’ to develop, he wouldn’t be bring ing his 10-year-old niece along so often on his dates with you. Why don’t you mention something about this to him? His answer should tell you just where you stand . . . and then you’ll know what to do. DEAR SALLY: What in the world can a parent do about a boy of 12 who has suddenly begun to incorporate some of the foulest, most obscene expressions in his vocabulary? This is otherwise a decent and intelligent boy with whom we have never had up to now the slightest bit of trouble. I’ve tried to plead with him about this habit, pointing out the fact that he has certainly never heard this kind of language at home - - but he just shrugs me off, says we’re old-fashioned and’notwith it.’ DAD IN A DELEMMA. DEAR DAD: A parent doesn’t plead with a 12-year-old boy -- he TELLS him. And if in your case this has no effect, resort to the time-tested, strenous mea sure of washing his mouth out with soap . . .which is usually very effective in cleaning out the dirty words. DEAR SALLY: We’ve been married only six months, and I am becoming more and more an noyed over my husband’s habit of listening in on our extension phone to all my conversations “You’re walking on my lat est work!” slSSSla CONITHUCTION COMfMNY -4 COMMHC1AI - INDUSTRIAL - IUI DIVISIONS - AiPMALT I MfffWArt . MUUtMM LOM • MrM . MA/NTIMAMCt FOR ESTIMATES CALL: 451-7912 1 with my girl friends. He also opens and reads any of my per sonal mail he happens to get his hands on. When I complained about this, he said that marriage means a complete sharing of everything, with no secrets at all between husband and wife. He has agreed, however, to my writing to you to see what you have to say on the subject. VEXED. DEAR VEXED: Your husband’s sense of ethics is in sad need of adjustment. Granted, marriage is a sharing -- but what he’s been doing is NOT sharing-- it’s SPYING! Good, happy, solid marriages are built on confidence and trust, and where those in gredients are lacking there is misery for both persons. DEAR SALLY: Myplansformy big, formal, church wedding early next month included a maid-of- honor and four bridesmaids. Now a big monkey wrench has been thrown into these plans. One of my bridesmaids has asked to be ex cused from taking an active part in the wedding because of the sud den death of her mother. Do you think it would be all right for me to ask another friend to take her place? BRIDE. DEAR BRIDE: I’d hesitate to do this for fear of leading to em barrassment of hurt feelings on the part of the “ substitute ’ for not having been asked in the first place. Surely you can have just as pretty a wedding with three bridesmaids as with four. * * * My Neighbors yourself at the seashore, double your guard and take to the sun with caution. And if your skin is disturbed, breaks out readily, of if you are suffering from acne, check with your doctor about how much sun you can take and just what kind of protection you need. If you must be in the sun but don’t want a tan, or if your skin is too sensitive, buy a product that contains a ‘sun block”. This type of preparation will screen out the burning rays and also act as a stop sign to the tanning rays. It will protect you from suf fering. READ THE LABEL-Never de pend just on a baby oil or cream, or any other type of oil which is not made specifically for pro tection from the sun, because they don’t have any sun-screening agents. All you’re apt to get is frying, buring and no tan! When you set out to buy a sun lotion, liquid, spray, foam, or cream-in- a tube preparation, take time to read the label before you buy it. The form of the product you buy depends not only on your needs, but on your taste as well. Some people, especially those with dry skin, like the feel of an oily product. Others who cannot stand oil on their skin, like anonsticky liquid that is easily absorbed into the skin or an easy-to-apply cream in a tulie. Still others are devotees of the gelee (jelly- like substance) or the cooling feel of a spray-on liquidor foam. If you have dry skin, use a product that contains a moist urizer. There are special pro ducts made for nose protection; soothing, moisturizing lippom- ades are also available. Packaging, too, plays its role in your ultimate choice of a sun time product. Do you like to see the product at a glance in a clear glass container? Or do you pre fer the unbreakable, easy-to-tote plastic squeeze bottles? Do you have fun pushing an aerosol con tainer? Or do you choose to carry a lightweight tube of cream that takes so little space in your kit? DON’T ENCOURAGE FUTURE WRINKLES - Spending too many hours in the sun, over a numt»er of years, is apt to result in ex cessively dry, wrinkled skin that has a dark, leathery look. This overexposure to the sun drains the skin of natural moisture and promotes premature wrinkling and sagging. Not only is an over abundance of sun aging to the skin, but some doctors now feel it may result in skin cancer. Do your tanning sensibly. Stay away from the beach or water between the hours of ten a.m. and two p.m. because that’s when the experts believe the sun is most potent. Pack a beach bag with your sun preparation, facial tissues, sun glasses, lip pomade, face powder, and lipstick. The latter two cos metics and make-up foundation are good protection against the sun. Wear a gay, widebrimmed straw hat. And if with all this protection you stUl born, use a soothing cream or lotion made for just such an emergency. An impartial observer is the fellow who sees your side of the argument. And don’t think you’re safe from a burn on a cloudy day; you won’t tan but you can blister. STEEL BEAMS PLATES, CHANNELS, ANGLES WAREHOUSE PRICES ON FULL BARS Laurent PITTS STEEL & WELDING CO. Laurens, S. C. How Cheap Is Life? Airwrkini don't think lt'» »o cheap. They are inauring their lives for more than $550,000,000,000. 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