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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C
WOMAN'S WORLD
Spring Cleaning Can Be Eased by Planning, Scheduling
By Ertta Haley
‘PLANNING and scheduling work
* properly will take a big edge
off your spring housecleaning by
making it more efficient. True,
you will still have the work to do
but when it’s intelligently planned
and carried out according to a pre
arranged plan, the work will flow
along more efficiently.
How can actual cleaning be
made easier by taking a pad and
pencil in hand and going over the
work, room by room? In the first
place, you avoid a hit and miss
method which is inefficient; in the
second place, you have all duties
outlined and necessary equipment
provided so there is no time lost
once the actual work is started.
When you do write things down,
you have less of a tendency to skip
Important aspects of cleaning and
also less inclination to “let the
work go” while you idle away the
time on the telephone or over the
back fence. The wise schedule al
lots time for rest, so the work is
planned for your peak energy
periods when you can accomplish
most.
Go through the house with pad
and pencil in hand and list every
thing to be done, room by room.
Speed bousecleaning chores . . .
Include all work in each room such
as washing woodwork, waxing
floors, polishing furniture, clean
ing windows, polishing silver and
cleaning rugs, washing curtains
and bedspreads, spraying closets
and putting away clothes for the
season.
Next, go over the list and notate
all the cleaning equipment and
supplies needed for each task. Then
you can conveniently make a list
of what’s needed and compile it all
In a cleaning basket that can read
ily be moved from room to room
as cleaning proceeds.
Your third step is to schedule
the work for certain times.
Plan Heavy Cleaning
For Light Days
Most of us have regular duties
aven though we may embark on a
seasonal cleaning schedule, and
work must be planned so these
days are considered sufficiently to
allow for a minimum of discomfort
for the daily schedule.
On laundry day, plan to do just
one of the easier rooms thoroughly
so that you can still abide by the
Cleaning Basket
A basket equipped with clean
ing aids saves many steps dur
ing Spring housecleaning. It
can easily be carried from
room to room and should con
tain such aids as waxes, pol
ishes, cleaners, spot removers,
window cleaner, brushes and
cleaning cloths. These “help
ers” when not in use can be
kept together in a supply cab
inet as shown above.
schedule while at the same time
you give yourself ample opportu
nity to finish the laundry.
On those days when you have
actual cleaning planned weekly, do
some of the bigger cleaning on the
Spring housecleaning schedule.
Doing the big cleaning room by
room eliminates having the whole
house in a turmoil and makes for
peace of mind. Allowing whatever
time you deem necessary when
making the outline will help force
you to adhere to the schedule and
thus makes your work more effi
cient.
Gathering supplies together helps
avoid a lot of time usually spent
in hunting for a particular bottle
with well-organized plan.
of polish or cleaning cloths. Here
is a basic list of cleaning necessi
ties to use as a guide in stocking
the basket or supply cabinet:
bottled ammonia, gum turpentine.
■THE READER'S COURTROOM.
Let Buyer, Merchant Both Beware
-By Will Bernard, LL.B
Should a Merchant
Let His Customer
Make a Foolish Purchase?
An art dealer bought a group of
paintings from a famous collector
and put them up for sale. One day
a society woman became interested
In a certain picture, believing it be
longed to the special collection. But
as it happened, this particular
painting was just part of the deal
er’s regular sto«jk. After some
study, the woman said: “I’ll take
this one. If it was good enough for
that famous connoisseur, it’s good
enough for me!” The dealer said
nary a word, and quickly wrapped
up the purchase. When the woman
later discovered her mistake, she
tried to back out of the bargain—
and a court ruled that the dealer
must indeed take back the picture.
The judge said that, when a cus
tomer buys something under such
an obvious misunderstanding, the
merchant should speak up.
• • •
An engineer perfected a new
method of insulation, and applied
tor a patent. Immediately several
other men, who had been working
along the same lines, opposed his
claim. None of them had perfected
the technique, but they argued that
their efforts had “paved the way”
for the final achievement. However,
the court decided that only the
engineer was entitled to the patent.
The judge said that, in a case like
this, the patent goes to “the man
who takes the final forward step
toward success.”
May a Man Be Convicted
Of Murder—If the Motive
Is Never Found?
A stranger checked in at a motel
on a side street. The next morning,
the proprietor was found on the
floor of his kitchen—shot to death.
Soon afterward the stranger was ar
rested on a charge of murder. At
the trial, the prosecutor produced
an overwhelming mass of circum
stantial evidence—all pointing to
the defendant as the killer. Only
one link was missing; a motive for
the crime. However, the court de
cided that the accused man should
be held guilty anyhow. The judge
said that shooting somebody in cold
blood is murder, even though the
motive remains locked forever in
the heart of the killer.
• • *
May a Judge Preside Over
Two Trials at the Same Time?
Finding himself with a heavy cal
endar one morning, a judge decided
upon an unusual expedient. He
called two cases for trial at the
same time—one in the courtroom
and one in his chambers. During
the proceedings. His Honor shuttled
back and forth between the two
places, hearing as much as he could
of each trial. But when his deci
sions were later appealed to a high
er court, both of them were thrown
out. The upper court said that,
while the judge did undoubtedly
speed things up. he didn’t do justice
to anybody concerned.
furniture polish, various waxes
(for floors, windows, etc.) window
cleaners, spot removers, starch,
vinegar, rug and upholstery clean
ers, as well as soap or detergents,
brushes, dust pan, cloths, brooms,
floor mops and whatever else you
use.
Use ♦Time-Tried Methods
For Special Cleaning
Each woman likes her own spe
cial routine for cleaning, but there
are certain time-tried methods
which should be adopted by every
one for the sake of efficiency.
Furniture gets lots of wear dur
ing the winter months when every
one is at home more than they are
out, and it will need thorough
cleaning and polishing to restore
its condition. Painted and light
woods will take to a mild soap and
water cleansing, rinsing, drying,
and, if necessary a light coating
of wax or special polish.
For darker woods, a liquid cream
wax will do both cleaning and pol
ishing. Don’t spare the elbow work
on dark finishes if you want high
polish and luster.
Liquid furniture polish should be
applied with a clean soft cloth.
Let it dry, then rub with another
clean soft cloth until no polish is
visible. As the last step, rub to a
satiny finish with a flannel polish
ing cloth.
A good cleaner for painted walls
and woodwork can be made right
in your own kitchen with the fol
lowing ingredients: one cup house
hold ammonia, % cup vinegar, %
cup baking soda and one gallon of
water. Use a sponge or a rough
cloth. This loosens the dirt, dis
solves grease, softens water and
saves on soap. No rinsing is re
quired.
There are several good cleaners
for windows and mirrors. You may
like the old stand-by of ammonia
mixed with water; if you prefer,
use a liquid window cleaner or a
special type of wax which is ap
plied and rubbed off to give the
luster desired.
If you like woodwork to have a
nice soft finish after washing, ap
ply a cream or paste type wax
after cleaning the surfaces. This is
considered good treatment for such
things as window sills, baseboards
and floors since the pores of the
wood are closed and a gloss is giv
en the wood.
Wax should not be removed on
subsequent weekly cleanings. Sim
ply wipe with a damp cloth to re
move soil.
Moth-Proof the Home
Daring Change of Seasons
Battling moths is a year-around
job, but most of the work comes
during a change of seasons when
you are bringing out last season’s
clothes and storing away winter
garments. Since wool is so easily
affected by moths, great care must
be taken with winter clothes to pre
vent their becoming infested.
KATHLEEN NORRIS
This Mother Needs Self-Study
f/UlLLY AND I were divorced
#/T>ILLY AND I were divorced
three years ago,” writes Elsa
Marvin from Reno. “At that time
our children were Junior, 6, and
Marilyn, 8. Billy had always said
he was devoted to them. But he cer
tainly did not prove it. He was crit%
ical, irritable, exacting, and as I
am naturally hot-tempered, was
doing all my own work without
help, which is an impossibility any
way; nervous, not sleeping, and
generally run down, it seemed
wisest to us both to divorce.
“However, the divorce only
brought fresh problems and unhap
piness, as you yourself predicted
in a recent article it .often would.
Billy went to live with his mother,
and for awhile ran around with
the girl who had originally taken
his affection and care away from
us.
“However, that did not last, and
when his mother died, he had her
old home made into two apart
ments, and offered them to me in
place of $150 a month alimony. The
children and I moved into the low
er one, renting the upper. However,
the place was run down, and for
a year I have been unable to rent
my upper floor, as plumbing, roof
ing and rehabilitating are beyond
my means.
His Mother’s Will
“Billy’s mother and I were not on
speaking terms, and she deliberate
ly left her silver, furniture and
other possessions to an old friend;
leaving Marilyn her piano, Junior,
a useless lot far out of town, and
myself, $10. The injustice of this
angered me naturally, and I sent
for Billy and we talked* it over. But
he is unwilling to break his mother’s
will.
“This talk led to other meetings,
when the children immediately re-
,f . . . ran around with the girl. .
turned to their old affection for
their father. Last summer we took
adjoining cottages at the same
beach place, and fhey swam and
fished with him- through vacation.
This was a good arrangement for
me, for I could leave them in his
care, and occasionally go back to
the city to see my friends or take
in a show.
“Since we came back to town he
has seen the children constantly,
taking them off sometimes to his
sister for a Saturday night, and giv
ing me a much-needed rest. Now
comes the gist of this letter, and
my problem. Billy wants me to re
marry him.
Would you ever advise this? His
sister wrote me about it, warmly
urging it, but making me feel it
was mostly for the children’s sake.
Although she lives only 30 miles
out of the city we have never met,
as I have a horror of interfering
‘things-in-law.’ However, I have
been lonely, and Marilyn is some
times unmanageable.
So I would be glad to have a man
about the house again, and, of
course, I was once in love with
Billy. Other men have sometimes
been attentive to me, but I have
never felt that I wished to marry
them. Please advise me definitely,
yes or no.”
Advice Is “No!”
Ordinarily, Elsa, I would say
an enthusiastic “yes” to this idea,
for many a hastily parted young
couple have discovered, the hard
way, that even a somewhat diffi
cult marriage has its immense
compensations.
But let me remind you of what
you have told me of yourself, and
then ask yourself if any man would
be wise to put himself in your
power again.
You are hot-tempered at an age
when outbursts of temper occur on
ly in undisciplined characters.
You are doing your own work,
“which is an impossibility anyway,”
you say. But the care of a man,
a house, and two children is far
from being that. The overwhelm
ing majority of our American
housewives are doing that, and do
ing it beautifully. Yes, and enjoy
ing it.
You speak of jealously of some
girl who took Billy away from you,
but apparently that was all in your
own mind.
You’ve never taken the trouble to
meet his sister, who is evidently a
pleasant, hospitable person. In the
10 years of your marriage you
never said, “Let’s have your people
in for a Sunday dinner.”
You were nervous and you didn’t
sleep; two conditions in a complain
ing wife that drive a man to the
aforementioned critical, irritated,
exacting mood.
You aren’t smart enough to win
Marilyn’s affection and obedience,
and there’s a strong suggestion that
you spoil the boy.
No, I wouldn’t advise you to re
marry under these circumstances.
Or rather I wouldn’t advise Billy to
marry you. You’re still an un
trained, spoiled woman, and Billy’s
best chance for happiness, and the
children’s, is to wait a few years,
when they can spend more and more
time with him, without having to
put up with your exactions.
Chihuahua Does
Gotham Spots
Dog Tours Night Clubs
On Arm of Cute Blonde
NEW YORK, N. Y. — The night
life of a chihuahua, the hot tamale
of the canine world, has many of
New York’s playboys stymied.
This doggy night lifer is escorted
to the theater and the gay spots by
a luscious blond every night.
The stag line frowns. Three’s a
crowd and Supersonic Sable, the
chihuahua charmer, doesn’t like
crowds.
The blond is Janie Stevens, 23,
of Aurora, Ind., a pert pint sized
singer at the Old Knick, a cafe-
theater specializing in melodrama,
red checkered tablecloths and beer.
Miss Stevens, who stands 4 feet 11
inches and weighs 95 pounds, chi
huahua in hand, is the star attrac
tion.
Janie, a singer since she was 15,
started taking Supersonic Sable to
the theater with her each evening.
After the show they do the town
together.
Sable’s life, however, was not al
ways one of gay revelry and gad
ding about the gay white way. Be
fore her emancipation she used to
remain at Miss Stevens’ apartment,
and snooze while her mistress was
out winning the bread and dog bis
cuits.
This prosaic existence ended ab
ruptly when Miss Stevens found
that upon returning home after a
hard night at the theater Sable
would be full of life and ginger.
She would enlist all sorts of guises
and cqte tricks to get her mistress
to forsake the sack for a little frisk
ing and good natured play.
The result? Janie Stevens got
very little sleep.
MIRROR
Of Your
MIND
SCRIPTURE: Amos (especially 4:4;
5:4-0, 14-15, 21-24.
DEVOTIONAL READING: Psalm 13:
1-5.
When Worship
Is Wicked
Lesson for April 30, 1950
D ON’T THINK for a moment you
could stand before some Record
ing Angel, with a memorandum in
your hand showing the number of
times you had attended church last
year, and expect to
see the angel break
out into a beaming
smile. “Fifty - two
trips to church, 52
Good Deeds!” you
would smile confi
dently at him. But
he might freeze you
with a look of com
plete contempt.
“Fifty-two sins!” he Dr * Foreman
might say. “Next case!”
• • •
Can It Be a Sin
To Go to Church?
Church-going is not necessarily a
good act. Worship may be a quite
wicked deed. Most people are slow
getting that into their heads. They
think that one act of worship on
Sunday will somehow make up for a
lot of bad behavior Monday through
Saturday inclusive. But it is not so.
The first person in history to see
and to say that worship need not be
good and can even be very bad, was
none other than the prophet Amos.
The Israelites to whom he
spoke were what we would call
a charch-going people; they
were certainly temple - going.
They followed the same ritual
that was used in Jerusalem,
they offered tithes and sacri
fices, they .kept the Sabbath,
they attended the feasts and
they observed the fasts and they
sang the sacred hymns.
Yet Amos denounces the whole
business, and condemns the wor
shippers as guilty sinners. What
was wrong?
• • •
It Looked All Bight
R EADERS of the Old Testament
will remember that at Bethel,
where the Israelites had one of their
principal temples, golden calves
had been set up to represent Jehov
ah their God. Now even though the
people worshipped the true God,
surely it was wrong to worship him
in the form of an animal.
The form of their worship was all
wrong, much further wrong than
any form of Christian worship is
today; yet Amos does not condemn
them tor worshipping in this mis
taken way. Never once anywhere
does he say a word about the gold
en calves. And if he does not say
anything about a big thing like gold
en calves, still less does he have
anything severe to say about less
important departures from “good
form” in worship.
He does not condemn the peo
ple for having the Wrong hymn-
book, or for not having a good
choir. He hasn’t a word of
blame for non-attendance at
worship; indeed he comes down
hardest on those who do attend.
Apparently church attendance
in Bethel was excellent—that
was not their trouble. .
Again, he has no fault to find with
the Israelites because their “ser
vices were uninteresting.” Maybe
they were; but on the other hand
they were probably full of color and
of pageantry, something to see as
well as to hear. Yet Amos was not
impressed. Further, he makes no
complaint about poor sermons.
* * *
What Was the Trouble?
T HE TROUBLE with those people,
the thing that made their wor
ship sinful, was not some defeat in
the act of worship itself. There was
nothing they could do, Amos can
think of nothing they could do, to
“improve the worship program” as
we would say.
The trouble with those people was
not in church at all. It was on the
outside. Almost alone in his time,
a voice in the wilderness—for no
one paid him any real attention—
Amos, speaking for God, told the
Sabbath - keeping, church-going,
hymn-singing, tithing citizens of Is
rael an important truth.
Religion, in short, cannot be
shut off from the rest of life, as
nearly everybody then thought
and as too many people now
think. Worship is simply no
good if it is not lined up with a
good life, a life good by inten
tion and effort.
Jesus underscored this same
point. If you are at the very altar of
God, in the act of offering him a
gift, and remember that your broth
er has something against you, go
and make matters right with your
brother before you offer the gift.
See your brother before you see
God! Or else God will not be at
home to you.
(Copyright by the International council
of Religious Education on behalf of 40
Protestant denominations. Released by
WNU Features.)
Is the feeling of “disgust” instinctive?
Answer: No. For instance, ba
bies will eat practically anything
and savages love foods, like in
sects, which we regard as revolt
ing. Disgust is a feeling we un
consciously train children to have
for things and behavior which we
in turn were taught to feel were
repulsive. And while some such
training is unquestionably neces
sary, we should “go slow” with it.
For disgust means to a child
something associated with com
plete rejection by his parents—
the worst of all dangers. And we
must be very careful not to make
him feel it toward himself.
Should you always “stand up
for your rights”?
Answer: No. There are too
/nany times when it will cost you
more than it’s worth. It’s pure
wishful thinking to refuse to rec
ognize that you are living in a
world in which you cannot always
get what you believe you are en
titled to, or which someone “ought
to” give you. Psychologically,
your rights are the satisfactions
you can fight for with a clear con
science if necessary, but that does
not mean that fighting for them
is in your own long-term interest.
Your right to fair treatment from
your boss may matter less than
keeping your job.
May chronic illness of the body
affect the mind?
Answer: Yes, says Dr. David C.
Wilson of the University of Vir
ginia Medical School. Just as deep
emotional disturbances may bring
on bodily illness, so the illness, if
prolonged, may warp the patient’s
thinking and emotions. He may
lose interest in everything but his
symptoms, may unconsciously cap
italize his helplessness and keep
himself ill because he enjoys be
ing taken care of, or his self
absorption may become so com
plete that he stops trying to adjust
to the adult world and slips back
to the childishness of psychosis.
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KEEPING HEALTHY |
Abdominal Surgery Less Dangerous
By Dr. James W. Barton
A JOKE ABOUT DOCTORS com
mon a few years ago was:
“The operation was a success, but
the patient died.” We seldom hear
this joke today; we know now that
in such cases the pus-forming org
anisms had obtained too great a
start before operation was per
formed.
Also, this was before the wonder
germ-killing drugs—sulfa, penicil
lin and streptomycin—were dis
covered.
In operations on the abdominal
organs — appendix, intestine, gall
bladder and others—the danger is
peritonitis (inflammation of the
covering of the organs and of the
lining of the abdomen itself).
It can readily be understood how
organisms once getting a start on
this moist surface could spread in
flammation in all directions above,
below, and sideways, so that it is
only a matter of perhaps hours un
til the inflammation would spread
beyond control and death would re
sult.
In “Annals of Surgery,” Phila
delphia, Drs. E.J. Pulaski, A. B.
Voorhees, Jr., and S. F. Seeley re
port a continuation of their studies
of streptomycin in fecal (bowel
wastes) peritonitis. These studies
were undertaken to gain informa
tion for the surgeon general of the
United States as a part of a spe
cial study of streptomycin in var
ious Army installations. While only
85 cases in which streptomycin
was used alone or in combination
with penicillin were studied, cer
tain trends were noted.
In early-spreading peritonitis In
which the infection organisms
started their work in the stomach
or intestines, the combined treat
ment of streptomycin and penicil
lin seemed to be more helpful than
streptomycin alone; on the other
hand, when the epritonitis was lo
cated in one spot (not spreading
rapidly) streptomycin alone was
more effective.
The above information, used by
our defense forces is, of course,
available to civilians.
Slight infections and slight de
fects of the body can affect the
mind and cause depression and
even odd behavior.
• * #
Ufdng an antiseptic dusting pow
der on the feet twice daily is a
good remedy for perspiring feet.
• • •
The physician must be a good
listener.
Social pressure is more influen
tial in causing women to drink than
in causing men.
• • •
Blood pressure varies within
hours or even minutes. It may be
high when patient is excited and
low when he is calm.
• • •
Tuberculosis after the age at 4f
is common.
WE AT.T. KNOW there’s lots \
pleasure in puttin’ flowers
folks’ lives than placin’ 'em on
graves, but it’s surprisin’ how (
we think o' this too late.
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