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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, WOMAN'S WORLD Hard Washing Will Weaken Fabrics By Ertta Haley G REAT PROGRESS has been made in the field of fabrics luring the last 10 and zO years, rhis progress has gone hand in aand with strides made in the laundering of those materials. If. however, you are still follow ing ancient laundering methods and wondering why clothes don’t last, then take a good look at your laundering habits. Are you letting the clothes down in strong soap solution and letting them soak all night? Do you run the washing machine for a long period of time in an effort to get them clean? Do you rub collars and cuffs on the board and wonder why they fray? These are outmoded habits and have no place in modem launder ing methods. Take a vacation from rough laundering methods, learn a bit about the new rules, and see how delightfully clean the clothes will be with much less effort and work. You’ll be saving on the cloth ing budget, too. Prolonged Soaking Weakens Material Contrary to the general belief that the dirtier the clothes, the longer they should be soaked, over night soaking is not a good idea. Prolonged soaking not only weak ens the fibers but opens them and lets the soil become more deeply lodged. Even the most heavily soiled clothes such as work shirts and overalls covered with factory grease or farm soil or youngsters’ dirty play clothes, should be soaked for no longer than IS to 20 minutes. If clothes are soaked in a sink or a laundry tub, fill with kike- warm water and add enough soap to make two inches of suds. The way to get the most good out of soaking is to place them in an follow approved methods ..... agitator type washer. The agitated soak is a sort of pre-washing which helps to make the regular washing more effective on heavily soiled garments. , Fill the washer as for regular washing, but with lukewarm water. With the agitator going, add one- half the usual amount of soap. When the suds have been worked up, turn off the machine and put the clothes in for soaking. Separate Clothes Into Groups Anyone who has done home laun dry realizes the dismay a colored sock can cause in a wash load of the towels and linens. For this reason, separate the clothes into different loads for washing. Lightly soiled clothes and white clothes are washed in the first tub. Then come the less soiled fabrics such as napkins, towels. many of the clothes. White collars do not become old and yellow look ing if you dry them out-of-doors week after week. As for colored clothes, from which stains cannot be removed by bleaching, it’s wonderful how sunshine works. Many of the stains ! are bleached by gentle sunlight. | and colors take on a new, refreshed : look. If you are fortunate enough to J be able to dry your clothes out side, you’ll also appreciate the ' beneficial properties of the wind i or breeze. You don’t have to shake out clothes carefully as the breeze will puff them out and get rid of the wrinkles you would otherwise have to iron out. Save Ironing Time By Proper Preparation Remember the tight knots into which women wound clothes to get them ready for ironing? Experts now tell us to lay clothes flat and fold them as little as possible. It’s not wise to dampen clothes too heavily either for ironing if you’re interested in time-saving practices. In fact, if you can re move clothing from the line in a slightly damp state, they can be folded neatly then ironed. The men on the farm and the children in the backyard seem to get their clothes equally soiled. To make regular wash ing more effective on heavily soiled garments, give them an "agitated soak” first. The washer is filled for regular washing, but with lukewarm water and one-half the usual amount of soap is used. When the soap has formed suds, the machine is turned off and the clothes put in for a brief soaking. Make up the third tub full of clothing which is lightly colored and slightly soiled. From here you can go on to the dark socks and heavily soiled clothing. If the water, during any of these tubs, gets too dirty, change it. No matter how long you run the washing machine, clothes will re main dirty looking if the water is dirty. Heavily soiled clothes, particular ly, should be washed in a load by themselves. With a good modern washer, the time of the washing process can be regulated to the degree of soil. About 8-10 minutes For all-around pleasure in wearing and the fillip it gives your costume, choose the small hat. They were never more charming than they are this season with their youthful and flattering ways. There’s the great influence of the bonnet, and more than a touch of the newly revived cloche. But, then, the pert little sailor is as fresh and crisp looking as ever. It’s versatile with gingham, chambray, linen and may well burst forth in pastels and bril liants. Yes, the sailor justifies its popularity with all-around satisfactory service and smart ness. KATHLEEN NORRIS Self-Pity Can Destroy Lives For laundering ease. in medium hot water (120“) will wash play and work clothes clean with no rubbing and scrubbing. Fresh Air, Sunshine Benefit Materials It’s surprising how much of the stain sunshine will remove from THE GARDEN SPOT Newest Fruits Please Palate .By Eldred E. Green. BIG JUICY PLUMS, large sweet cherries, golden apricots. No long er are these fruits store items. You, too. can grow these fine fruits in your own garden. Pioneering in the development of new hardy fruits was the experi ment station at Brookings, S. D. Here Dr. Hanpen worked with the wild fruits and interbred them with hardy kinds from other parts of the world. Other institutions and per sons have since added to this and now there are many excellent kinds for the Uiddlewest. Most of these new plants are just the right size for the home garden. Plums are always welcome, but ithe old kinds that came from Europe will not grow well much beyond Pennsylvania, except in favorable spots. The new American plums have been developed from the wild plum and do not grow into very large trees. They can withstand low temperatures and will grow in most any situation. Waneta is a medium size red plum. Opmta has a red skin and green flesh. Sapa is solid red, skin and flesh. Hanska has redskin with a bluish color, Bed Wing is dark red. Monitor is bronzy red. Golden Minnesota is a yellow. Most of these will produce fruit when only three or four feet tygh. Some varieties, as Sapa, can be grown in bush form. The plants are very productive. Even if you can grow the older kinds of prune-plums these new ones will prove to be highly desirable for eating, canning or preserving, as well as early bear ing. Cherries have not been over looked. The Hansen Bush Cherry is a very large sweet form of the western sand cherry that is hardy and adaptable. The fruits are large and produced abundantly on me dium height bushes. It has been in terbred with Asiatic plums to give the cherry-plum hybrids. These are large sweet cherry-like fruits on small bushes. Oka has black fruits and Compass has red ones. Apricots have been created from hardy Chinese and Manchurian O NCE, when I was first married, I went w’th my husband to dine with some friends of his, a married couple unknown to me un til then, i He had told me that the wife was a brillant woman, but unlucky. She had many gifts but she didn’t seem able to succeed with any venture, even in the great city where every one we knew was either painting, or singing, acting, dancing, or writ ing—writing anything; essays, stor ies, poems, advertisements, see narios. Not everyone was success ful then, but everyone confidently expected to be, sooner or later, and almost everyone was. But not Olive. I knew her for 25 years after that first bridal din ner and she never did anything ex cept talk about her bad luck. She played the piano delightfully; she was one of the wittiest women I ever knew, but somehow she got small pleasure out of either gift, and even socially she was always left behind. Thought Only of Self Her trouble was that she could think of nothing but herself, and of what everyone else was thinking of her. That everyone else might possibly have something better to think of never crossed her mind. Olive was self-centered. Like all self-centered women she was ab normally sensitive and managed to make anything and everything that was said in her hearing im mediately applicable to herself. So at the first dinner, when we were both young women, poor, am bitious. adventurous, determined that New York should give us the plants to give several fine hardy varieties. Superb is a deep orange fruit. Early Golden is yellow and ripens early in the season. Manchu is orange color. All are self pol- Unizing. Plums and cherries need cross pollination to insure a good set of fruit so two or more varities should be included in every planting. These new fruits will increase the value and variety of your garden. In addition there are new early bearing apples like the Anoka and Lodi. Many older varities of apples and pears may be obtained as dwarfs to increase the value of your garden. . . played the piano delightfully . . . opportunity it had given so many others, Olive was obsessed with trifles. She apologized for the din ner napkins; she fluttered about the shortage of forks, she inter rupted the conversation, just as it got under way, with nervous asides to her husband and to the bewil dered amateur waitress who had been hired for the occasion. If a guest hesitated one second in at tacking his food, Olive’s eager apologies were there. “You don’t like mint sauce? Oh, dear, dear. The lamb is cold. Arthur—sorry to interrupt you, dear, but this meat is stone cold. I did want things to be nice. Every thing in Mother’s house was so perfect. You’ll think me quite un civilized; I know there should be candles for dinner, but this room is so deplorably dark. Dreadful apartment, but all we could get.” Apologies Spoiled It And so on and on. All through the years Olive flustered herself and everyone near her with her fluttered pretentiousness. If one met her downtown all the pleasure of an unexpected encounter was spoiled by apologies. “This dreadful old hat. But what can poor folk like us do? My dear, I know it’s my turn for a party, but poor Arthur missed his commission, you know. I took my poor litl'e play to Brady—he was very kind, but he looked at my hands. I told him dishwashing and playwriting didn’t go very well together, and— poor me, I began to cry. Well, of course that made him impatient—” Olive not only never did any thing worth-while, but she some how held Arthur back, too. He was a clever writer, had a near success or two. But then Olive would want to invite all sorts of notables to a celebration dinner, and the dinner would be a dreary, pretentious failure, and the Scotts would be right back where they started. Meanwhile, simpler folk, much less gifted men and women indeed, were finding their feet profession ally, quite unashamed of shabby rooms and hospitality that involved the services of all the guests, and sometimes their contributions of butter or salad oil or red apples from the stand at the corner. Auto matically they were migrating to the picturesque old barns and farm houses of Long Island and New England, automatically they were drawing to themselves the fame, —modest or great,—the financial comfort, the friends for which poor Olive hungered all through her days. Only a year or two ago I saw Arthur again, and all the time he chattered the joyous nonsense that had been bottled up in him 40 years ago. His first book was a sucoess— he was 64 when it was published— and he is busy with another, and everything about his life, clothes, food, friendships, hospitality, talk, has taken on the wonderful quality we call ease. Poor Olive had robbed him of all that, and robbed herself, too, because of that sense of personal importance, or pride, or false val ues. Young wives, are happier when they realize that the first thought ought to be for the other person’s comfort. Nobody minds mistakes, shortages, haphazard domestic ar rangement when all the world is young and everyone is financially in about the same boat. But every one hates fussiness, apologies, and the uncomfortable hostess whose one thought is how to impress rath er than please her guests, and who reduces all of life’s problems to the first person singular, making of herself a trouble-center. Animal Laws Plague Solons Dogs Hound People Who Write Measures CHICAGO.—The dogs are hound ing the men and women who write state laws. Bird bills have brought out pointed differences. Cats on the prowl have caused considerable caterwauling. Goats, too, have butted into the proceedings. Everything, you might say, loose ly, wants to get into an act. A bill introduced in the Arkan sas legislature would have pro vided a bounty for citizens who killed untaxed dogs. The sponsor said dogs were killing livestock. The house killed the bill. An Illinois proposal would make the owner liable for damages if his dog bit anybody who was “peacefully conducting himself in a place where he may lawfully be.” Postmen, milkmen, and meter readers were all for it. The leg islators were told that letter car riers were attacked by dogs 650 times last year. Also that the cost of replacing a pair of postman's pants is $14.75. There is a similar measure in Missouri. But it draws a fine line. If the dog bit an invited guest, the guest couldn’t sue. The senate and house in New Hampshire are trying to give each other the bird. The senate nominated the New Hampshire red hen as the official state bird. The house nominated the chickadee. The coyote was named as the offi cial animal of South Dakota. The Great Dane has been proposed as the official dog of Pennsylvania. One-Story Home Grows in Favor Plan Well Suited To Fanners' Needs The one-story home with base ment for the laundry storage pur poses and the heating plant is grow ing in popularity. Highly suited as a farm home because it eases housekeeping, its popularity is demonstrated by the number of ranch-type houses be ing built today in both rural and metropolitan areas. The one-story and basement house pictured here offers features that justify the popularity of homes of this type. Planned as a farm home, it includes the conveniences of modem design found in city homes. The narrow kitchen is accessible to both the dining area at one end ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ . .w.. HOUSCHO'.D MEMOS... fc A \ f M t N ! MAN of the living room and to the dining porch. Sink and storage shelves are along the outside wall, with the stove and additional storage area on the inside wall. This arrange ment provides numerous econo mies. The work room is adjacent to the dining room porch but far enough from the living and bed rooms to confine disturbing noises. The two bedrooms, each with two exposures, contain ample closet space and are close to the bath room. The garage is separated from the house by a breezeway, which can also serve as an outside porch. The basement includes several features considered essential to comfortable living on a farm. It is entered from the back porch, elim inating this traffic from the living area of the home. The cold room is ample for storage of glassed fruits, vegeta bles and other farm produce. Plenty of electrical outlets in this room provide current for a food freezing locker. In one comer of the laundry is a shower. For Variety, Serve Birthday Pie (See Recipes Below) Birthday Ideas Automatic Harvester Another farm job is brought closer to complete mechanization by this antomatic field forage harvester. Within a few minutes the com harvesting unit can be substituted for the hay picknp at tached to the basic machine. With hay unit, the machine automatic ally picks up hay from the wind row, chops and blows it into a trailing wagon for removal to mow or silo. With com attach ment, the machine sweeps along the row, cutting and chopping com for silage. 'NYBODY CAN HAVE a blrth- ^ day cake, and usually does. Maybe that’s be cause no one ever thinks of having a birth day pie. How ever, as you can see from the pic ture, a birthday pie is both at tractive and de licious, and is appropriate for carrying birthday greetings. Have you ever noticed how some one’s birthday creeps up on you sort of unexpectedly, too? You may have planned a pie or just fruit and cookies for dessert. These, too, can be decorated to suit the occasion. Then, again, if you are rushed for time, there may be some simple dessert which will take less time than the layer cake and its elabor ate topping. Look through the tips I’m giving you today if you want unusual ways to celebrate birth days. • • • A GLAMOROUS birthday party dessert may be swished out of pre pared chocolate pudding, like this: Chocolate Coconut Birthday Pie 1 package prepared chocolate podding S cups milk H cop shredded coconut 1 baked 8-inch pie shell 2 egg whites 4 tablespoons sugar Vi cup shredded coconnt Prepare chocolate pudding as di- 1 rected on package with the milk. I (Reduce milk to one and three ^ fourths cups if a thicker filling is ' desired.) Cool, stirring occasional- | ly. Add one half cup coconut. Turn into pie shell. Beat egg whites until foamy throughout. Add sugar, one table spoon at a time, beating after each addition until sugar is blended. Then continue beating until mixture stands in peaks. Pile lightly on top of filling. Bake in a moderate (350°) oven for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with one-fourth cup coccnut and continue baking five minutes longer, or un til delicately browned. Candles are easily arranged on the pie if you simply melt a drop of wax on the plate and stick the candle in it. Another idea uses marshmallows for candles. In this case, candles must be small, of course, to avoid top heaviness. Here’s another idea for pie, if you want to carry out the same treatment suggested above for candle arrangement. This is a light, airy chiffon pie. butterscotch in flavor: 'Butterscotch Chiffon Pie (Makes one 9-inch pie) 1 baked, 9-inch pie shell 1 tablespoon plain, nnflavored gelatin 14 enp water 3 eggs, separated I enp brown sugar, firmly packed 1 cup scalded milk 2 tablespocns butter 14 teaspoon salt H teaspoon vanilla extract 14 cup granulated sugar Soak gelatin in cold water for five minutes. Beat egg yolks untif thick and lemon colored. Gradually Lice, Mange Top Pests Of Those Hanning Swine Two of the most common and harmful pests on hogs are lice and mange. If insects are permitted to feed on hogs, the animals will have stunted growth and be more sub ject to disease, says the University of Louisiana agriculture extension division. Farmers are reminded that by controlling insects they increase the value of pastures and feed and thus increase their earnings. LYNN SAYS: Quick ways to Prepare Dishes Given For thin, crisp French tried onions, soak one-fourth-inch thick onion rings in milk for 15 minutes, then dip in a mixture of two-thirds cup of commeal and one-third cup of flour to which salt and pepper have been added. Fry in hot. deep tat (375*) for two minutes. Ready-cooked ham may be heated with canned sweet potatoes on the broiler rack for another quick de licious meal LYNN CHAMBERS' MENU Broiled Chicken with Mushrooms Mashed Potatoes Gresn Peas Tossed Orange-Grapefruit Salad Hot Biscuits Butter Honey •Butterscotch Chiffon Pie •Recipe Given beat in brown sugar, then the milk. Add butter and salt and cook in top of double boiler until thickened. Stir in gelatin. Cool; add vanilla. Beat the egg whites until stiff; add the granulated sugar gradually, while continuing to beat until stiff. Fold into cooked custard, then pour into pie sheU. Decorate with whipped cream, if desired. • • • ANOTHER EASY WAY to take care of a birthday is to serve a delirious bowl of scoops of de lightful, refresh ing ice. This may be bought already made in any flavor de sired, or may be made in your re frigerator from the following recipe: Fruited Orange Ice (Makes 1H quarts) 3 cups water 1 cup sugar 5 cups orange juice V4 cup lemon juice Grated qjnd of Vi orange 3 bananas, sliced V4 cup maraschino cherries, sliced Make a svrup by cooking the water and sugar; cool. Mix orange and lemon juices; add grated orange rind; add syrup and sweeten to taste. Freeze until mushy. Add bananas and cherries and continue to freeze until totally frozen. To serve place scoops in a large bowL When serving a bowl of ice or ice cream, carry out the birthday theme with a plate of special cookies, each of which has a small candle in serted through the center. Nat urally, the cook ies should be un usual as they are really sub stituting for the cake. Here are several good types from which to choose: London Bars H cup sweet butter 4 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar 2 egg yolks Vi cup flour Apricot jam Nut meringue V4 cup blanched, shredded al monds Cream butter and sugar; add eg] yolks and flour. Press dough one eighth inch thick into a buttered ant floured pan. Bake in a hot oven un til light brown, about 10-12 min utes. Remove from pan, _ spread with apricot jam, cover with nu meringue, sprinkle with the al monds and return to the oven unti almonds have browned. When cold cut into strips, three inches loiq and one inch wide. Youngsters will love these new cookie treats. Use your favorite oatmeal cookie recipe, fold in one- half cup of finely cut gum drops. There's a real flavor surprise in every bite. Serve stew in a noodle ring, made by packing cooked noodles into a greased mold, then turning out on a chop plate and filling the center with cooked stew. 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