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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Corner Shelf and Colorful Cookie Box 'TPHERE is magic in the flowing curves of this bracket shelf. Place it at eye-level in a comer of a small room and you have a feeling that the corner has melted away and the walls pushed back to add space. The shelf is ten inches deep and fifteen wide. It will hold a number of small things or you can make a wooden cookie box for it J*ke the one shown here. * • * pattern 266 gives an actual-size cutting guide and directions for making the cor- D*r bracket shelf, also directions and large diagrams for making the box and a stencil pattern for decorating it in these quaint cookie-eating Tyrolean figures. To get these three patterns in one. send 15c with name and address direct to: MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Bedford Hills, N. Y. Drawer 10 Enclose 15 cents for Pattern No. 266. Name • Address To retain a design or lettering which appears on furniture, canis ters, breadboxes which you wish to repaint, spread a thin coating of melted wax with a fine brush over the design or lettering. This preserves the design. —•— After cleaning hair combs place them in a solution of one table spoon of ammonia to one quart of water and they will look bright and clean. —•— Creaky stairs can be corrected simply by inserting a piece of rubber under the treads. If no rubber scrap is available make a wedge of soft wood and insert firmly with the hand. —•— Used orange nets make excel lent dishcloths. When washed thoroughly, rinsed and dried, they are soft, absorbent and scour well. —•— To revive blanket nap after laundering, hang the blanket up over the shower rod or towel rack nearest the bath tub. Fill tub with hot water. Nap will fluff up. —•— If you must set a dish directly on the ice in the ice box, place a jar rubber underneath it. This will iprevent its sliding. —•— ‘ When melting honey that has crystallized, be sure to loosen the jar lid before you put the jar into the hot water. Tightly closed jars may burst. Disaster fighters Few Americans real ize that the protection of thou sands of lives and billions of dollars’ worth of property rests in the hands of the peacetime Regular Army. Army Engineers are con stantly at work along our great rivers, building dams and levees, dredging channels and using the latest scientific meth ods to control flood waters. And when the rivers burst their bonds, those same Engineers are ready to battle night and day, raising sandbag barriers and rescuing flood victims. Many of the nation’s finest young men are joining the Reg ular Army, knowing that they will have an opportunity to work with the most modem equipment and do a construc tive job, of utmost value to their country. ★ YOUR REGULAR ARMY SERVES THE NATION AND MANKIND IN WAR AND PEACE NANCY By Ernie Bushmiller x \»>// MUTT AND JEFF LITTLE REGGIE WANT ME TO TAKE YOUR PARROT FOR AN AIRING MRS. VAN LOON ?J By Margarita JITTER By Arthur Pointer IF YOU BAKE AT HOME hurry! Send for Fleischmann’s wonderful, 40-page recipe book. 70 tested recipes for delicious bread, rolls, desserts. Easy to make with Fleisch mann’s Fresh Active Yeast—for the delicious flavor and fine texture that mean perfect baking success. Send for your FREE copy today to Fleischmann’s Yeast, Box 477, Grand Central Annex, New York 17, N. Y. "Cold Bug"sot him down? TIGHT, SORE CHEST MUSCLES ARE MY SPECIALTY'. Poor little chest muscles so tight they feel "squeezed”... so sore from hard coughing it hurts him to breathe? Quick, Mentholatum. Rub it on chest, back, neck. Its warm, gently stimulating action helps lessen congestion with out irritating child’s delicate normal skin. At same time comforting vapors lessen coughing spasms. GET MENTHOLATUM QUICK! Buy U. S. Savings Bondsl '■ w I- *s gent!It's cool- * s grand tasting - PRINCE ALBERT... i that’s specially treated ■ v* i parch and bite. 1 'off/ee***. i ^ AND tasty, ^ai 7 7cattle TOW % m i - tom ot itJII | ii ’for. th* BeS nKEST^ S " i,d “' a mellow- Tune in Saturday Nights N.B.C. Prince Albert's | "GRAND OLE Winaton-S»l«o. N. G. I THE NATIONAL JOY SMOKE