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WOMAN'S WORLD THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. & C. Practical Methods Aid in Solving Laundry Problems By Ertta Haley ##T SOAK MY COLORED clothes overnight before washing, but they’re never bright.” says a dis couraged homemaker. ‘‘Is there a way to wash feather pillows?” •‘What should I do about washing lace trimmings?” All of these are special launder ing problems which can be solved by using practical methods. Ord inary laundering cannot be used lor these and other laundry, but when variations of basic methods are used with caution, you can have excellent results. White clothes, for example can be soaked for longer periods than colored clothes because they are washed in hotter water and may be boiled, then sun-dried to re store their whiteness. Doubtful- colored cottons and linens have to be washed and rinsed quickly be cause you cannot be certain the color stays in them. Colored clothes cannot stand the hot water necessary for cottons. They are best when soaked for on ly a half an hour as then the dirty water cannot lodge in them, mak ing it necessary to wash out along with dirt. Dark cottons should be washed separately, and in clean water You can have sparkling floors and well-cared hands when yon use this new type mop which has a built-in squeezer by means of a chromium attachment for wringing out the water. The cellulose fibers out of which the sponge is made soak up to 20 times their weight in water, leaving the floor as dry as a blotter. thoroughly before hanging, just as you would other clothing and other laundry to eliminate as many wrinkles during drying. When possible, dry starched clothing in a vigorous wind so they will be starched but not stiff enough to make •them very unnat ural. For dark cottons and linens. In place of starch which might cause streakiness, it*s often practical to get some gum arable for stiffen- Wasb Laces in a bottle .... Which has not been used for other laundry. Why? Lint and threads may lodge on the dark clothing, and is almost impossible to rinse out Play safe by using fresh, clean water for both washing and rinsing. Starch for cottons can also be hot whereas for colored garments about whose fastness of color there is a doubt, it should be cooled aft er boiling. The latter, too .should be dried in shade and sprinkled only a short time before ironing. | Jt's wise, too, not to slack color ed garments too compactly while wet as their colors may run onto other clothes and discolor them. flere’a a Solution I’d Starching When starching several items of Slothing, starch those which you want stiffest first before the starch is used and diluted by the damp ness of the clothing. To prevent clothing from having flakes of j jf gum arabic cannot be ob- starch on them, keep the starch tained, a bit of weak tea or bluing pan covered after boiling to pre- j can b e added to regular starch to vent film from forming. . prevent white streaks on the cloth- Shake out starched garments ing. L, and feathers in muslin bags. THE READER'S COURTROOM Golfers: Look Before Swinging — -By Will Bernard, LLB If Hit By a Swinging Golf Club, fAay You Collect Damages? f A young married couple went lor a round of golf, taking a friend along to watch the game. On the ird tee. the husband made a bad ive. His wife exclaimed: ‘‘No, iear, you should keep your eye on the ball—like this.” So saying, she seized a club and quickly swung at an imaginary ball. Unfortunate- the friend was standing right net to her—and was caught un awares. The club hit him on the forehead, and knocked him flat, f^ater he sued the young woman for damages, on grounds of negli gence. She contended: “Anybody who goes on a golf course has to take the risk that accidents of this kind will happen.” However, the court ruled that she must pay for the friend’s injury. The judge said that when a golfer makes a sud den, unexpected swing, she should at least look around to see that the coast is clear. • • * f Shortly after announcing his en gagement, a young man was told by his doctor that he had a fatal disease—and that marriage would only hasten his death. His fiancee wanted to go ahead with the cere mony anyhow, but he flatly re fused. Sure enough, the youth died in about two months. Thereafter the girl sued his parents for dam ages—charging “breach of prom ise” by their iate son. However, judge said that the young man had the right to back out. Should You Use Kerosene To Revive a Dying Fire? A young couple rented a log cabin for a week’s vacation. The first morning, the wife got up early and soon had a blaze going in the wood stove. When the fire began to grow feeble, she seized a can of kerosene and poured it into the stove. There was a blast, and thr. young woman suffered painful injuries. Afterward she brought a damage suit against the manufac turer of the kerosene, on the ground that the liquid’s “flash point was too low.” But the court turned down her claim. The judge said that pouring kerosene on a fire, no matter how feeble, is “con tributory negligence.” * » • Is it Negligence To Pet a Strange Dog? An artist noticed that his bulldog was developing an ugly disposition, but he just couldn’t bring himself to get rid of the animal. One day a woman passerby saw the dog on the sidewalk and reached out to pet him. He snarled, ducked, and then bit her in the leg. When the woman sued the artist for letting such an ill-tempered dog run loose, he retorted that she was equally responsible for the mishap. “It is plain carelessness,” he argued, “for anybody to pet a strange dog.” However, the court disagreed and granted the woman’s claim. The judge said it’s not wrong to pet a dog—even without a formal intro duction! Avoid Extremes in Washing Woolens and Blankets Fine woolens and woolen blan kets should be washed during warm weather and sunny days as both are conducive to giving good results. Lukewarm water and very mild suds are prescribed, and the three rinse waters which follow washing should be the same temperature as the water used for laundering. Woolens and blankets are not soaked, but it’s a good idea to use stain removal methods for spots which need them. Any rubbing, wringing, twisting or squeezing motions should be avoided as these will lock wool fibers and cause shrinkage and hard texture. Balmy, warm days are wonder ful for drying blankets and wool ens since all extremes of temper ature are to be avoided both in washing and drying. Blankets should be placed on two lines, leaving an air space in between. Brush them gently when dry to raise the nap and keep fluffiness intact. Woolen clothing should be dried on frames which will dry them in to their original shape. If you have no frame, pat flat on towel ing while you gently spread it to shape. Use Bottle Method For Laces, Fine Material Those who have fragile collars and cuffs, dainty underclothing, or pieces of lace which they hope to qse for trimmings often wonder how these may be washed most easily, with least damage to deli cate fabric. Fill a quart container half'full of warm water and very mild suds. Place the fine fabrics or lace in this and shake gently to clean. Rinsing may be accom plished in the same manner. If the materials are too fine even to be trusted to this method, baste the lace or fabric to a piece of muslin before using the bottle method. Long edgings of lace may be wrapped around a bottle and im mersed in a bowl of suds. Lift the bottle of lace edging in and out until clean, then rinse the same way. Ecru or cream lace which has faded can be restored to its ori ginal color by dipping in a weak solution of tea or coffee. Handle Fragile Curtains With Great Care Fragile lace curtains need almost as gentle care as do fine fabrics. You’ll do much toward prolonging their life by frequent washing, rather than by letting them be come very soiled and then sub jecting them to vigorous washing. Since curtains gather much dust, shake them out thoroughly or hang them outside on the line be fore washing to get rid of the sur face dust Soak for 10 minutes be fore laundering. Curtains should be washed by hand if fragile; otherwise, mach ine washing may be used. Dry ing on a stretcher will save iron ing. * ★ * * ★ ★ /# KATHLEEN NORRIS Three Men Speak Their Minds T HREE LETTERS came to me this week from three angry men. They were not angry with me, but with all women. They are disgruntled over what they consider the unfairness of women, and the way the world expects to spoil and pamper women, and the amount of money women spend, and their discontent and inefficiency, and with the whole situation generally. One of these men is in Spokane, Washington, one in Tucson, Ari zona, and one in Fontana, Wiscon sin. Of course, they don’t know each other, but by a curious coin cidence they all wrote at about the same time and they all say about the same thing. “My wife knows that I have gone daily to the same office for the 11 years we’ve been married,” says the Washington man. “She knows that my associates between the hours of nine and five are the same nice, friendly unexciting men. She knows that I get $5 a week for my lunches, and that I come home dead beat at night. Thrilling Adventures? "Yet I’U be darned,” Jim Polk goes on youthfully, “if she doesn’t talk as if I was off every morning for thrilling adventures. Our kids are now 9, 8 and 5, all in school, all healthy. Adele has so much more leisure than I have, or ever have had since I took my first job at "She telephones . . 17, that there simply isn’t any comparison. Adele can make her own schedule of hours; I can’t. She telephones, goes to market, stops somewhere for lunch, and maybe takes in a movie. Or she talks with her friends about fresh cur tains in the kitchen, or the chil dren’s clothes, or she lies down for a nap. Where the Hannibal,” asks Jim disgustedly, “does she get the idea she gets the worst of it?” Martin Elge of Fontana puts it even more forcefully. “Oughtn’t a man to have equal consideration with his wife?” he demands. “The minute she gets tired or discouraged she threatens to claim alimony, take the kids, go back to her moth er and get a job. Maybe he loves her and his home and his kids; that doesn’t matter, she’s lost in terest. It’s nothing to her that time will work almost any mar riage into a good marriage,” Mar tin goes on. “That’s true in my own case. In our forties we are a happily maj> ried couple. But there were years when my wife felt like a prisoner because o* small children. Now with all of them settled, I’ve got the harder job, and she begins to see it. But all our young years were spoiled by her discontent and resentment; she paid little or no attention to me, except to say that she wished she had it as easy as I had. Their Own Bosses “Women have a better time, they spend more money, they’re much more their own bosses than ? men.” says this same letter. “They i live longer; there are thousands of comfortable widowsi They hold all the cards; they could make a man’s Ufe heaven, make him glad to get home, make him willing to work like the treadmill mule that most of us are, but do they do it? They do not. “I beUeve,” Martin finishes, “that you are a woman who might do something about it, about all this envy and nagging and the di vorces that break up homes and take little kids away from their fathers. Some day aren’t we going to begin to end the injustice of pun ishing men who haven’t done any thing wrong, unless it’s wrong not to satisfy a spoiled woman?” The third letter is short, and right to the point. “A man’s world I” writes Fied Fisher from Arizona. “Haw. haw, it is to laugh! I married a terribly pretty, sweet little girl when I was 21, and within six months she was running up bills, going about with other men,, and mad as a snake because there was going to be a baby. She got the divorce on grounds of extreme mental cruel ty. “Well, 1 was pretty grouchy m those days. Also she got my son, and by way of settlement, my fath er’s home that he had left to me. She sold it at the real estate peak, took my boy to another town, had a swell time on the money, and married again. “I married again, too, a much finer woman, but it was the same thing. She felt she was a slave and that 1 had it all my own way. We have two girls; their care certain ly kept their mother busy for some half-dozen years, but it was lovely care, and I used to envy her. English Love Their Animals Have Tender Regard For Beasts of Field CALGARY, ALTA.—The following advertisement appeared recently in the classified section of the Times of London: “Col. and Mrs. Arthur Foster feel that his many friends would like to know that their red bull terrier, Negus, passed away on Friday in his 13th year. A great gentleman.” Canadians and Americans in London who spotted the advertise ment were amused. The English were not. The English take ani mals seriously. The beasts of the field and the hearth are to them what mom is to the Americans. It seems to them right and fitting that a man should be convicted for blowing smoke into a dog’s face. It seems to them right and fit ting that there should be half a dozen or more national organiza tions solely devoted to helping ani mals; and that one of them (Our Dumb Friends’ league) should be able to announce in its annual re port: “Loincloths were distributed as usual during the winter months to owners to protect their animals from cold winds and were much appreciated.” We take these three instances from Dr. G. J. Renter’s minor clas sic, “The English: Are They Hu man?” Dr. Renier (who hails from the Netherlands) remarks that the English are not only conscious of their tender attitude toward ani mals, but proud of it; it is one of the things that dlatln^d^hes thAnry SCRIPTURE: I Samuel 2:26; 3:1-10, 19-21: 7:3-6. 15-16; 9-10: 12:1-5; 13:5-15. DEVOTIONAL. READING: Proverbs 11:1-14. Many-Gifted Man Lesson for July 23, 1950 Dr. Foreman I F A MAN can do one thing well, he can usually find his place in the world. Life being as short as it is, and the possibility of misfits being what it is, it may also be fair to say that many a man who does one thing well could have done something else bet ter, if he had had the chance. In Grey’s “E 1 e g y,” you remember the line, “Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest.” That is, in a country church-yard may rest the bones of some hired man who, if he had had another kind of start, might have been a world-famous scholar and poet like John Milton. • • • Triple-Threat Men W HAT in football is called a “triple-threat man” is to be found off the gridiron, sometimes. In real life. Once in a great while there arises a man who not only “could have done” more than one thing well, but who because of spe cial circumstances and opportunities actually does many things well. Such persons are rare, and ^ far above the average. Ordi nary men take such a long time becoming experts in one line that they simply don’t have time in their lives to be expert at other things too. But there are geniuses with many sides, or perhaps men gifted with many talents pins an extraordi nary capacity for hard work. In our times there is Albert Schweitzer, outstanding not only as a scholar but as a musician, doctor and missionary. The President of Harvard at the present time is a noted chemist as well as a disting uished executive. Robert E. Lee wasf a brilliant soldier who also, as an educator, Ifft his mark on hit native state to this day. Leibnitz was a diplomat and philosopher; S.B.F. Morse not only invented the telegraph but was a painter of un usual ability; the man who thought up the idea of savings banks was a minister of the Gospel; King David was a poet, musician, general and monarch. • • • Samuel the Versatile S AMUEL, Judge of Israel, was another such man. “Jack of all trades but master of none” does not describe him,.for he was master of whatever he did. He has gone down in history as a prophet—what in our times is called a preacher; but this was by no means all. He served his generation in other ways as well. He was the chief executive of the people, king without the title. Though possessed of dic tatorial powers, when during a wave of unpopularity he re signed, and dared his critics to produce one single case of dis honesty or graft, none was brought against him. He was a circuit judge, going from one city to another dispensing justice. He acted as a priest, indeed as the high priest of his people. We know of one occasion when he led his people in battle, and he was as successful as if war had always been his business. He was a king maker, for God entrusted to him twice the delicate mission of select ing Israel’s king. • 4 • Times and the Man T WO thoughts strike one who reads the story of Samuel. One is the way his great and many-sided pow ers were used for public service. Put into modem terms, he could have made a fortune if he had “stuck to private practice” and used his talents for himself. But at no time and in no way did Samuel work for Samuel. He worked for God and his country, and he died a poor but honored man. One of the greatest needs of the nation today is men of Sam uel’s calibre, triple-threat men. We have plenty of small-calibre bureaucrats, and we have plenty of large-calibre men who are quite selfish. How few unselfish large- calibre men there are! The other thought is that the times and the man go together. A man’s greatness comes in large part from his oppor tunities. John Milton helped make England —but England also helped make him. Samuel helped make Israel, but at some other stage in history, he might have lived and died a country priest Let no man think himself self- made; not even a great man. With- out the God who endows him with his gifts, without the times that call forth the gifts, even the most gifted shrink to little or nothing. (Copyright by the International Coun cil of ReUgioua Education on behalf of 40 Protestant denominations. Released by WlfU Features.) ?• ? . Private Relations Beth—“So Herbie hides the sofa and reports every you’re hugged?” Mildred—‘‘Yes, he’s a re| little press agent.” HARSH-LAXATIYE DAYS ONLY A MEMORY NOW; “Wish I had heard of wonderful ALL-BRAN 25 years ago! Haven’t needed a single, harsh laxative since started eating ALL BRAN regularly 1” Mrs. H. B. Taylor, 1804 Ridge Avenue, Coraopolis, Pa. Just one of many unsolic ited letters from ALL- BRAN users! If you suffer from constipa tion due to lack of I , dietary bulk, do this: Eat sn _ of crispy Kellogg’s ALL-B1_ daily, dnnk plenty of water! If completely satisfied after 10 di return empty carton to K Battle Creek, Mich. Get YOUR MONEY BACK! t ; * /' How mild can a cigarette MORE PEI Homemade Mix Gives Versatility to Baking (See Recipe Below) Make Your Own Mix H omemakers who want to have an easy job of baking cakes, cookies, hot breads as well as a large variety of goodies in .their own kitchen can accomplish this with the greatest of ease. The answer lies in making your own mix of care- fully measured shortening, flour, baking powder and, salt This saves measuring all the ingredients required at the time of mixing cakes, cookies and breads, thus cutting out, many steps and saving time, dishes and work. All ingredients in the mix art fresh, since the homemaker adds them herself, and baking success is easily assured. The mix given here has been rigidly' tested, and in every case, the; final dish was judged to be as good as could be made from starting with an origi nal recipe of the product • • V Make-Your-Own Mix (Makes about 13 cups) . 2 cups shortening 9 cups sifted all-purpooe flour 14 oup (4 tablespoons) double . acting baking powder 1 tablespoon salt Combine sifted flour, baking powder and salt Stir well. Stir into large bowl, large pan or onto heavy paper. Add shortening. Use finger tips or pastry blender to distribute shortening throughout the dry ingredients until mixture resembles coarse commeaL Store the mix in a close canister on the pantry shell It’s ready to use for any of the following recipes. One caution should be observed In the use of the mix. Do not pack it Into cups when measuring for use. • • • Tender-Quick Pastry (Makes 2 3-inch crusts) 2 cups make-your-owu mix (do not pack) 34 cup butter or substitute 34 cup hot water (scant) Heat butter in water until melt ed. Sprinkle over mix, blending with spatula or fork. Turn dough onto waxed paper. Shape into ball and cover with paper. Chill in re frigerator for at least 30 minutes before using. Roll out for pastry as needed. • • • •Cream Puffs (Makes 5 large puffs) 1 cup make-your-owu mix 94 cup boiling water 2 eggs Add mix to boiling water m saucepan. Stir over low heat about one minute until dough is smooth, follows the spoon and forms a ball Remove from heat immediately. Add eggs one at a time, stirring and beating. Beat vigorously. Drop by spoonfuls on baking sheet, and bake at 350* to 400° for 15 minutes. Let stand in a warm oven (with door open) about 10 minutes to dry out. • • • Apricot Bread (Makes 1 9^x5" loaf) 3 cups make-your-mix 36 cup sugar 1 cup chopped, dried apricots 94 cup milk 1 egg, beaten If apricots are dry, soak in hot water a few minutes, then dry thoroughly and chop. Blend mix, LYNN SAYS: Guests Will Appreciate These Special Refreshments Cauliflower steamed to tender ness, then dipped in egg and bread crumbs and deep-fat fried will send you after second and third helpings for a company dinner. Spinach can go to a company dinner Or luncheon if it’s dressed up in this way: mix cooked, chopped spinach with cheese sauce and place in a casserole. Top with fried bread crumbs and grated choese and heat thoroughly. Lynn Chambers’ Menu •Hot Ham Mousse Parsleyed Potatoes v Green Beans •Cole Slaw with Bacon Dressing Rolls Butter •Cream Puffs with Berries and Ice Cream Beverage •Recipes Given * *v _ * ! m. vx iVvtya, A J sugar and apri cots. Add com bined egg and milk. Beat until well blended. Turn into a loaf pan (9x5x294- inches) after rubbing bottom of pan with shortening. Bake in a moderate (350“) oven for one hour. Twelve ' hours storage improves flavor and texture. • • • IOUB “There’s fc i». II They Buy U.S. Savings (Make* 3x3x2 inch cake) 2 cups make-yc 94 34 94 94 134 late, melted •' % . Blend mix, soda and sugar. Add milk and vanilla; beat well Stir in chocolate. Add egg and blend. Pour batter into cake pan, the bottom of which has been rubbed with shortening. Bake in a moderate oven (350° F.) for 35 minutes. Turn out on rack when cooL Frost as de sired, or serve with whipped cream or sprinkled with confectioners* sugar. • • • Baked Fudge Pudding v (Serves 9) ( 134 cups make-your-ewn mix 94 cup sugar 2 tablespoons cocoa 94 cup chopped nuts 94 cup milk ,1 teaspoon vanilla Combine mix, sugar, cocoa and nuts. Stir in milk and vanilla. Blend thoroughly. Spread in a pan 8x8x2 inches, the botton of which has been rubbed with shortening. Combine the fol- lowing ingredi ents for topping and- pour over fudge batter: 34 cup cocoa, 94 cup brown sugar and 134 cups hot water. Bake in a mod erate (360°) oven for 40 minutes. Two excellent dishes for summer time eating used in the menu are a Hot Ham Mousse which uses left over ham, and a Cole Slaw which has the piquant flavor of bacon. • • • •Hot Ham Mousse (Serves 4) 2 cups ground cooked ham 2 tablespoons butter or sub stitute 34 cup thin cream 6 tablespoons milk 1 err yoik 2 tablespoons flour ' 134 teaspoons lemon juice 34 teaspoon grated onion 2 egg whites ^ > \ Melt butter, blend in flour and mix well. Stir / in cream and milk and cook until thickened; add egg yolk, lemon juice and onion. Stir in ham; fold in stiffly-beaten egg whites. Turn into one-quart mold which has been buttered generous ly. Bake in a slow (325*) oven for 50 to 55 minutes. Serve with mush room, parsley cream sauce. Small thin ginger snaps prepared as follows make a hit with oldsters or youngsters: mix together orange marmalade and cream cheese and spread this paste as filling for two gingersnaps. Mix roquefort cheese with heavy cream and add to French dressing for a peppy salad dressing with greens. It’s excellent for that spe cial steak dinner. For late evening snacks, try spreading toast with chutney and pouring Welsh rarebit over it Doan’s nflaa of kic Get Senses Play Importan In American Merch NEW YORK.—If you ha brother ~ you’re any sal prospect If you see well and have a of touch, you’re the apple of eye. But if you can smell things also taste them, you’re a duck. The sad tale of the maq. goes out to buy a necktie ' comes back with four suits, a cage and a string of saddle is all too familiar. Our senses betray us. They an open %oor through which modern salesman leaps with a ing American hurrah. This frank appeal to the is in no small way retail sales in the United which, last year, amounted more than 117 billion dollars. ■ responsible Florida Honey Producers Use Boats to Raiee Beet WEWAHTTCHKA, FLA. — -We Floridans say you need a boat be a successful tupolo '.oney pro ducer. And they say the only place in the world where tupelo honey produced in quantity is along swampy banks of the lower / lachicola river, where tupelo are found in great numbers. There every year bees brought by boat from the lands where they have si Winter. , < Many of the hives are pla< high platforms by the fiver to protect them from floods. During the brief tupelo seat the bees ignore other flowe concentrate on the tree blosi The honey they produce is uniq because it never crystalizea Strong Chicago Wind LightweigRt Man Into CHICAGO. — Bridgetend Murphy rescued Harry Gk 61, from the Chicago river. PoBce taking Goldman county hospital asked him, did you jump?”, Goldmap sputtered, ‘T . only 96 pounds.” “Yeah,” the police said, why did you jump?” “I didn’t jump,” said “the wind blew me in.”