UOUSEHOID
Those extra unused paper doilies
will stay clean and wrinkle-proof
if rolled up and placed inside a
mailing tube. Tie paper or cloth
over each end.
• • •
For a different flavor, substitute
brown for white sugar in bread
pudding.
• • •
Save all old leather from high
top shoes for mending leather
gloves, mittens, overshoes. It is
soft and pliable.
• • •
Dates filled with cheese, nuts or
peanut butter make a good sweet
to top off lunch. Serve them with
crackers.
• • •
An old pair of curling irons
makes an excellent gripper when
dyeing garments. They hold tight,
and you can swish the material
about in the dye bath without its
slipping off as sometimes happens
when a stick is used.
Just 2 drops Penetro
Nose Drops In each
nostril help you
breathe freer almost
instantly, so your
head *ola gets air.
Only 26c—2% times as
much for 60c. Caution:
Use only as directed.
Penetro Nsss Drops^
I From an old French word “mes”
derived from the Latin word “mis
sus” meaning a course at a meal,
comes the Army’s name “mess”
for its breakfast, dinner and sup
per. Favorite meal with the soldier
is chicken dinner—his favorite
cigarette, Camel. (Based on actual
sales records from service men’s
own stores.) A carton of Camels,
by the way, is a gift that’s always
welcome. And though there are
Post Office restrictions on pack
ages to overseas Army men, you
can still send Camels to soldiers
in the U. S., and to men in the
Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard
wherever they are.—Adv.
Happy Relief When
You're Sluggish,Upset
WHEN CONSTIPATION makes yon feel
punk as the dickens, brings on stomach
upset, sour taste, gassy discomfort, take
Dr. Caldwell’s famous medicine to quickly
pull the trigger on lazy “innards”, and
help you feel bright and chipper again.
DR. CALDWELL’S is the wonderful senna
laxative contained in good old Syrup Pep
sin to make it so easy to take.
MANY DOCTORS use pepsin preparations
in prescriptions to make the medicine more
palatable and agreeable to take. So be suro
your laxative is contained in Syrup Pepsin.
INSIST ON DR. CALDWELL’S-the favorite
of millions for SO years, and feel that whole
some relief from constipation. Even finicky
children love it. Caution: take only as
directed on the label.
DR. WELL'S
SENNA LAXATIVE
CONTAINED in SYRUP PEPSIN
Illuminated Nest
The brilliant sparkle of the nest
of the baya bird of India at night
is due to the fact that it weaves
fireflies into it.
Million* rely on Grove’s Cold Tablets
for prompt, decisive relief. They con
tain eight active Ingredients. They're
like a doctor's prescription—that Is,
a multiple medicine. Work on all
these usual cold symptoms at same
time . . . headache—body aches— ,
fever—nasal stuffiness. Why Just put
up with this distress? Take Grove'a
Cold Tablets exactly as directed. Rest
—avoid exi>osure. Your druggist ha*
Grove's Cold Tablets—for fifty years
known to millions as famous "Bromo
Quinine” Ccdd Tablets.
Sava Money— Get Large Economy Site
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Get Into Action
For Full Victory!
They Strike at Night
A Japanese warship is moored at night in the black waters
of an island bay waiting to attack Allied vessels. The only
sound is the lapping of water at her sides and occasional
HERO — Lieutenant John D.
Bulkley, who was in command
of the PT boat which took Gen
eral MacArthur from Bataan.
Bulkley is credited with the tor
pedoing of an enemy vessel.
high-pitched oriental chatter.
A motor roar is heard at the
mouth of the bay. Shrill ori
ental orders are screamed
aboard the warship as her
searchlights knife through the
night to reveal a tiny PT boat
pacing along her port side.
Flames suddenly shoot from
the huge enemy craft. The PT
boat spins around and dashes
for the open sea as enemy bul
lets pouring frorp the burning
enemy ship sing around the
little battle wagon. But the
hail of enemy fire fails to stop
the tiny vessel as it dashes
back into the protecting black
ness of the night. Another
successful PT raid has be
come history.
CONFERENCE—It's
serious business as the
officers of a Patrol Tor
pedo Boat squadron con
fer before going into
action. PTs match their
speed against the power
of big guns. Right:
Caught in a Jap search
light, a PT c*ew sends
out a smoke screen.
VIGILANCE is vital. This en
listed man watches for the dark
hull of an enemy ship.
MACHINE GUNS often put
out Jap searchlights. Main PT
weapon is the torpedo.
QUICK GETAWAY is executed
seconds after torpedo is launched.
Cattle Select Most
Nutritious Pasture
Instinct Leads Them
To ‘Greenest Grass’
That "the grass is greener on the
other side of the fence” for the cow
is more than bovine fancy.
When the cow will risk injury from
barbed wire in order to get out on
the highway or into another field for
the grass on the other side, surely
there must be some compelling
force responsible, Dr. William A.
Albrecht, chairman of the depart
ment of soils, University of Mis
souri, asserts.
"Perhaps farmers have never
thought that animal instinct and soil
fertility are at the basis of what may
be wrongly considered just so much
'crazy cow’ psychology,” said Dr.
Albrecht. "In this adage about ani
mal behavior, there is given to us a
significant suggestion for making
our shortage of labor more effective
and the farm business more profit
able. Recent soil studies using ani
mals as means of measuring soil
fertility are pointing out that ani
mal choices represent more effective
gains by them, better animal health,
along with more regular and more
prolific reproduction.
"Lime treatments on the soil, for
example, are the areas commonly
selected when cows graze lespedeza
in one part of the field in preference
to another, as numerous farmers
testify. Hogs acted similarly toward
corn left inThe field. The corn was
WlfiMBi T"f. n —ITT.• .v.'.v.'jmnfBBBaBi
BABY BEEF CHAMPION—This
Hereford calf won the grand cham
pionship at the Quad County 4-H
show at Clinton, Iowa, and the Pills
bury Medal for his proud owner,
16-year-old Benjamin Greve of
Bryant.
left untouched where no lime was
used even though the hogs passed
to and fro through it. Barley has
been grazed out first where 200
pounds of fertilizer was applied in
contrast to that with only 100 pounds.
Grains, such as com, in the self
feeder, have been selected by hogs
according to the soil treatment
where the crop was grown. Guinea
pigs have selected various grains
with differences in choice according
to the fertility of the soils growing
them.
"Yes, ‘the other side of the fence*
is sought by the animal because its
better judgment as to its nourish
ment, and therefore its better health,
better growth, and more efficient re
production are involved. The cows
usually break out on to the highway
or railroad right-of-way where crops
have grown annually but have not
been removed. Crops have not car
ried away the soil fertility. We have
been alarmed about the danger that
some valuable meat or milk pro
ducer might be killed by traffic. In
stead, we should be recognizing the
fact that by means of the more fer
tile soil on the other side of the
fence our efforts and the animal’s
time can be used more effectively.
"The cows have been pleading with
us to give soil improvement some
needed attention but we have turned
them a deaf ear. We may well
profit by using these animal assays
of our soil fertility as well as by
calling on the chemist for soil tests.
"How can we best accomplish the
job of soil replenishment? There are
a number of ways. Liming is bene
ficial because it helps both the plants
and the animals to get their needed
calcium, more than because this soil
treatment fights soil acidity. Cal
cium in limestone, or even in gyp
sum, phosphorus in the acid, or raw
rock forms; potassium as salts; and
all the other nutrient elements in
cluded on the soil fertility list, need
our attention as soil treatments to
make the grass greener on our own
side of the fence.”
Agricultural Notes
Sorghum syrup is not a good
sweetener for fruits. Its flavor is
apt to crowd out the delicate fruit
flavor.
• • •
To render fat, cook it over very
low heat until it is melted. Do not
let fat smoke. Strain it through
cheesecloth or old muslin. Cover>
the strained fat and keep it cool un
til used.
FIRST-AID
? 40 th+ ' |
AILING HOUSE
-• : • ••
by Roger B, Whitman
Roger B. Whitman—WNU Feature*.
You may not be able to replaee worn
or broken household equipment. This I*
war. Government prloritle* r^jre first.
So take care of what you hiioe ... as
well as you possibly can. This column
by the homeowner's friend tells you how.
DAMPNESS IN WALLS
Question: We live in an old house
with thick, but rather porous walls.
During the summer rainy spells the
walls are very wet inside. The
paint is discolored and brown in
some places, due to mildew. How
can this be removed? Is there any
kind of moistureproof paint that we
can use?
Answer: Your first problem is to
get at the cause of the condition.
If moisture penetrates through the
outside walls (I presume they are
brick or stone), they should be coat
ed with a colorless liquid waterproof
ing or with a damp-proof cement
paint—the’ kind that comes in pow
der form to be mixed with water. If
the condition occurs only during the
summer, the trouble may come from
condensation caused by the plaster
having been applied directly on the
stone or brick walls. If such is the
case, the inside walls should be
furred out and finished with a gyp
sum or insulating board. Inside paint
of any kind will not help. Before
repainting, remove the mildew by
rubbing with sandpaper—then wash
with yellow laundry soap, rinse well
and allow to dry.
TORN LEATHER
Question: Is there any home meth
od for repairing a painted leather
screen which was torn badly?
Answer: The leather will have to
be taken off the screen, bo that the
repair can be made on the reverse
side. Cut a piece of soft leather or
stout fabric, and cement it to the
back of the torn area, using care to
attach the torn edges to the patch.
For a neat joint, the fuzz along the
edges should be clipped off. Use top
quality glue.
• • •
Log Cabin Chinking
Question: What is a practical
chinking to use on our log cabin?
We want something that will last
all the year.
Answer: Chinking depends as
much on method as it does on ma
terial, and upon the width of the
spaces to be chinked. Drive large
head nails into the logs along the
chinks around which the chinking
can harden and lock itself in. Wide
spaces should be packed at the bot
tom with oakum.
An excellent chinking is made of
1 part portland cement, 3 parts
coarse sand, and 1 part hydrated
lime mixed with water to a stiff
paste. Popular Science Publishing
company, 353 Fourth avenue. New
York, publishes an excellent hand
book on the building of cabins and
lodges, that would be of use to any
prospective builder.
* • •
Rumbling Water Tank>
Question: Why does the hot-water
tank in our kitchen make a rumbling
sound? The water is heated by an
oil burner and a hot-water coil in
the kitchen stove.
Answer: Overheating will cause
this condition. It may help to run
the oil burner at a slower rate. An
other possible reason for the rum
bling is that the water back in the
stove is not set exactly level. If a
coil is used, it should be level or,
better yet, so that there is a continu
al rise from the cold-water inlet to
the hot-water outlet. A pipe of larg
er diameter in the coil may be ad
visable. If your water supply is
hard, the coils may be clogged with
lime.
• • •
Hand Cleaner
Question: What is a recipe for a
paste to rub on the hands before
starting a dirty job?
Answer: Two ounces gum arabic
dissolved in one pint of water, one
half pound of soap chips dissolved
In a pint of water; mix, heat in a
double boiler, add one ounce of lano
lin and stir well. There are several
commercial hand cleaners on the
market, which are inexpensive.
• • •
Uncontrolled Refrigerator
Question: What makes my elec
tric refrigerator run for more hours i
than it is off?
Answer: Ask the manufacturer or
his local representative to send a
service man.
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I F YOU want to make a gift that
* really is different, try a door
pocket planned for special needs.
Notice the laundry bag flat against
the wall on a hanger with a pocket
for handkerchiefs and fine things.
Also the shelf covers of bright oil
cloth with prepared edging as a
finish. The dimensions in the
sketch will give you ideas for re
modeling your own closet. Allow
ance is made for long dresses and
deep hat boxes, giving space for
at least one extra storage shelf
above.
• • •
NOTE: There U no further need to be
without enough closet space. Mrs. Spears
has prepared a sheet 17 by 22 inches
containing step-by-step illustrations and
directions for making the most unique and
efficient closet you ever saw. There are
a dozen or more places in almost every
510 Tons of Maps Sent
To Our Troops in Africa
When U. S. troops landed in
North Africa in November, 1942,
their baggage included 110 tons of
military maps. During the three
months which followed, they re
ceived an additional 400 tons of
maps. Military maps are made
in a closely guarded building on
the outskirts of Washington, D. C.
(exact location cannot be pub
lished). Output of this plant is
more than five million military
maps a month.
“Pocket-handkerchief maps,” 18
inches square and folded like a
handkerchief, are printed on bal
loon cloth which is impervious
to salt water. Ink used is also
fast.
house where this type of closet may bo
built, in any size and depth from twelve
inches or more. Send for Pattern No.
256 to:
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Bedford Hills New York
Drawer 16
Enclose 15 cents for Pattern No. 256.
Name ....
Address ..
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Mexico is now supplying tho
vanilla which we used to import
from Madagascar.
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natural storehouse of “protective” ele
ments—protein, the B vitamins, phos- •
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