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Where the Wheels Go ’Round Is a Danger Spot for the Family
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National Safety Council
Gives Kitchen Distinction
Of Worst Room in House
Children Are Especially Liable to Injury
.When Trying to Investigate All the Shiny
Instruments and Lights.
BY BETSY CASWELL.
THAT famous little blue pamphlet
luued by the National Safety
Council, Inc., after having
dealt with accidents in the
home in a rather general fashion, ar.c
then having taken up the hazards to
be found in our living rooms in detail,
next proceeds to sound a warning note
or two about the
most dangerous
room in the whole
house—the kitch
en.
j Oddly enough,
, the Council states
that the kitchen
Is an especially
hazardous spot in
the home ior
children. This
seems surprising,
for one does not
realize that the
children will nec
essarny apenu „et5y c„wel,
many hours with*
f In these particular four walls, but the
great secret of this fact is that for trie
curious and observant child the
kitchen is the heart of where all "the
wheels go round," and every detail
contained therein is something tear- i
fully and wonderfully made—therefore
tempting in a strong degree.
Here is where mother or the cook
turns little knobs that bring heat bios- j
soming to the stove’s surface, where
shiny gadgets, sharp knives and de
lightful whirring things intrigue the
eye and interest of even the "creepy
crawlers" with possible disastrous re
sults.
Although the greatest danger comes
from the use of fire, gas, hot liquids,
burning fat and so forth, plenty of
minor troubles develop in the way of
cuts, falls, scratches, mashed fingers
• and even eye injuries due to pointed
Implements or spattering liquids.
* * * *
pEW kitchen floors are highly pol
"*■ ished. but the chance of falling Is
alarmingly great. Anything spilled on
the linoleum or composition surface is
likely to cause a skid, and perhaps do
aerious injury. Stepping on a piece of
fruit or discarded vegetable, or into a
smear of grease or oil has sent many i
• person to the hospital. Therefor*
one of the first requirements In the
lessening of danger in the kitchen is
j to keep the floor scrupulously clean
and non-greasv at all times.
Falls may occur here from other
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BT HRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE.
DINNER SERVING THREE OR
i FOUR.
I Salmon Roll Egg Sauce
Buttered Spinach
Cranberry Jelly Squares
Bread Butter
lettuce Salad with Relish Dressing
Apricot Pudding
Coffee
SALMON ROLL.
1 cup salmon V* teaspoon
*i cup crumbs chopped
3 egg yolks celery
^4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons
JU teaspoon butter
paprika 3 tablespoons
*4 teaspoon flour
chopped parsley cup milk
Melt butter, add flour and when
blended add milk. Cook until thick
sauce forms, stirring constantly. Add
rest of ingredients. Pour into small
loaf pan, buttered. Bake 25 minutes
In moderate oven. Unmold and sur
round with seuce.
APRICOT PUDDING.
1 cup flour Vi teaspoon salt
8 teaspoons 2 tablespoons fat
baking powder Vi cup milk
Mix dry ingredients, cut in fat and
add milk. Pour into buttered shallow
baking pan. Cover with apricots.
APRICOTS
1 cup cooked Vi cup apricot
dried juice
apricots 1 tablespoon
Vi cup sugar butter
8 tablespoons Vi teaspoon
flour lemon juice
Mix ingredients and coqk 2 minutes.
Pour over dough mixture. Bake 20
minutes in moderate oven. Serve '
warm with cream.
A wooden spoon or broad spatula
Is suggested to use for beating taffys
and fondants.
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sources, of course. Torn linoleum, or
a rubber mat with upcurling edge,
may prove a distinct hazard. The
habit of climbing on chairs to reach
articles put away on the top shelves
of high cupboards has been responsi
ble for a good deal of misery—all
kitchens and pantries should be
equipped with a short stepladder. or
set of chair-steps when the mountain
goat tendency is about to be in
dulged.
In actual cookery dangers loom
high, wide and handsome. As we
mentioned before, deep fat frying Is
one of them. Pans should always
be turned so that their handles cannot
be grasped by a child when they are
on the top of the stove; also this
keeps them from being knocked over
If some one happens to brush against
the side of the stove In moving back
and forth. Petcocks are usually just
the right height to attract a young
ster—it is wise to have your range
equipped with safety cocks which
cannot be turned without first lifting
or turning a clip.
* * * *
MANY WOMEN" the c°uncil,
"have been burned by steam
when taking a top off a roaster or
other cooking dish. The top should
be taken off farside first, so that the
burst of steam will escape away from
the face. In deep fat frying-It Is ad
visable to have no one else In the
room. Grease burns are terribly pain
ful. The potatoes or other food to
be cooked should be thoroughly dried
before immersion in the grease be
cause water causes the grease to sput
ter and fly.” (And right there is a
bit of helpful knowledge that I don't
believe many women have discovered
for themselves. It Is certainly a good
rule to follow.)
muot uiuucui goo otuvco nmu tiuiit
the manufacturer properly adjusted,
but it is well to make sure that on
them, as well as on an old stove, that
there is a good vent on the outside
to carry away unburned gases. The
burners should be checked up on to
see that they are in the proper ad
justment to prevent the production
of carbon monoxide gas, of which
we have been hearing so much lately.
The kitchen should be well ventilated
while the cooking is going on, but
care should be taken that there will
be no sudden draught to blow out
the flame on the top of the stove.
Also, it is well to remember that in
many localities, due to some outside
disturbances, there is occasionally a
reduction in the flow of gas being
piped into the house—this sometimes
permits the open burner to go out,
and. when the gas comes on again,
full-strength, there is no match ready
to light it—so that it trails Its in
sidious breath to the far corners of
the house in short order.
Electrical equipment may be one
cause of fire in the kitchen. All such
material should be kept in apple-pie
condition and repaired at the first
sign of weakening insulation or loose
connections. Be sure that all cur
rent is carefully turned off when the
implement Is not In actual use—never,
for Instance, leave an electric pressing
iron switched on just while you answer
the telephone or the doorbell or "take
a peek” at the baby. Turn It ofl—no
matter how short you expect the in
♦ 1 1 r\ Ha
* * * +
’T'IN CANS and bottles should be dis
A posed of at once and not left in
waste baskets or any other place
where a creeping child might find
them. Bottle caps are another men
ace to the very young—they have a
horrid tendency toward slipping down
the throat when mother’s back is
turned.
Teach the children how to cut
things properly if they are to help you
when they grow older. Always cut
away from the body, so that if the
blade slips no damage is done. I will
never forget an awful sight encoun
tered by me a few years ago when I
was keeping house in Europe. The
cook w'ould never cut the large round
loaf of bread in any way except by
clasping it to her capacious bosom
and slicing directly toward her heart
with the longest, wlckedest-looking
bread knife it has been my misfortune
to meet. Every time she did this it
gave me the jitters, and although I
don’t know whether she is still hale
and hearty or not, I would feel more
comfortable about the situation if I
could shift that slicing motion of hers
into reverse!
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Crocheted warmth will ward off the most treacherous draughts, its color
brighten and gladden any room it adorns. A very simple pattern to follow, too.
The stripes look like tiny daisies strung together, and are in a crochet stltoh
which busy hands and needle soon learn to do by heart. Lovely in three shades
of one color, it also is effective with each stripe a different color.
In pattern 5254 you will And directions tor making the afghan; an illus
tration of it aiid of the stitches used; material requirements and color sug
gestions.
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A Man’s House Is His Castle—Even at an Early Age!
i-1
Formerly a furnace room and coal bin, this little masculine retreat has been evolved for the son and heir’s
playroom on stormy days. White pine panelling, shellacked floor, warm rugs, roomy shelves and gay curtains
have made this a cozy and highly satisfactory spot. No change of disturbing the grown-ups by overhead
racketing! •—Star Staff Photo.
_A - A—
Control of
Voice Vital
To Success
Speaking Pleasantly
and Low Better
Than Shouting.
BY ANGELO PATRI.
VrOUR voice is an index of your
j condition. It expresses what you !
I feel. If you are trying to hide pain,
or sorrow or anger or joy, don’t speak,
j Your voice will betray you, try as
1 you may to prevent It.
The human voice has a great In
fluence on those who hear it. There
j are voices that send men into battle
! with a headlong rush. They have J
a compelling influence. There are i
voices that can soothe, others that
irritate. There are voices that stimu
late people to action and others that
drive them frantic with nervousness.
\ Children have to listen to voices for j
I the most of their waking time. The
effect upon them of this multiplicity
of vibrant impulse is something to
consider gravely.
Mothers have much to worry them.
They have so much to bear that the
end of the day finds them weary j
j beyond all telling. The children do ■
I a thousand things that register on j
their mother’s nervous system. It is
j small wonder that their voices rise
to shrill cries, that they scream and
j shout and threaten in voices that :
register themselves on the children’s
| nerves.
Teachers suffer the same way.
Worn down by the steady grind of
class room work, torn among the J
I 40 or 50 personalities that are drain
ing the nervous force from her body,
J the teacher loses control and her voice
takes on strident tones, tones that
make children grit their teeth, tones
that make hose within hearing grow
“She will holler at me," la the
child's expression of fear of this nerve
racking experience.
Don’t holler. No matter what hap
pens, don’t holler. And don’t go to
the other extreme. There la a holding
back that la worse on the nerves of
children than the violent outcry.
When the strain seems to be too much
try to go off by yourself for a minute
and get control. If that la not pos
sible, if you must stand by your poet,
withdraw yourself mentally. Don’t
say anything until the storm passes.
Though your voice will be quieter,
you will speak with greater force. The
still voice carries the word in tones
that break louder on the ears of the
listeners than the shout ever will.
Children tire soon of listening. Talk
as little as possible to them when
dealing with them. They will hear
the first sentences you 'use. Make
them tell. Don’t save the point of
the message to the last. They may
have stopped listening. Use your
clearest, pleasantest voice, always. The
pleasanter the voice the longer they
listen and the more kindly reception
they give the words.
“I couldn’t hear what she said, she
hollered so loud,” said a puzzled little
girl one day. She told the truth.
It is easier to hear a well modulated
voice than the shout, or the shriek.
Speak softly. You will be heard, and,
what is more important, you will be
heeded.
(Coprrisht. 1036.)
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My Neighbor Says:
Scatter wood ashes on top of
snow on lawns. When snow melts
ashes will fertilise soil.
Two or three minutes after you
have started your gas or electric
oven, open the door for a second
or two, to let out the damp air.
The oven will then heat in a much
shorter time..
A little sweet cream spread over
the top cruat of a pie before it is
put into the oven will make the
crust brown and flaky.
Brass knockers and doorknobs
that are exposed to the weather
will stay clean and bright longer
if rubbed with paraffin after they
are cleaned and polished with a
BY LUCIE EBERLY.
{ ( IDING a Cock horse to Ban
I J bury Cross" is great fun,
I \ even if it is snowing ever
* ' so hard, and the winds are
howling outside! What could be
cozier than a lovely warm room, richly
paneled with white pine—cunning
windows with gay checked curtains,
little pots of green things growing—
and a comer where mother may sit
and knit while we "go over hill and
dale" in fancy? And just look at those
nice shelves where the tin soldiers and
the fleet of trains and autos may be
neatly put away at the end of the day!
Many happy, active hours afforded
by the thoughtfulness of an enter
prising "daddy,” who arranged to have
that cellar and coal bin turned into
a modern play room and recreation
room! No sooner had the idea been
conceived when plans were made to
undertake the modernization project.
A remodeling and interior decorating
Arm was called in and work was be
gun. Out came'the old coal furnace
(it was replaced in another part of
the basement with a new oil heating
plant), down came the dirty board
walls that sectioned off a portion of
the room which was used as a coal
bln. The walls were then thoroughly
scraped and cleaned; repairs were
made and the plain cellar windows on
the sunny side were turned into the
fascinating casement cottage type,
with wide window sills. The brick
walls were painted white and then
paneled with the pine. This in turn
was covered with one coat of varnish
to give it a smooth finish and serve
as a preservative. The wood paneling,
by the way, fills a twofold purpose—
not only does it make a handsome wall
surface, but serves as an insulation
medium, keeping the room warm in
the Winter and cool in the Summer.
Since the cement floor was in good
condition, it was left in its "natural
state.” Two coats of shellac, however,
were applied, and this gave the con
crete an appearance of highly polished
wood. The floor is made warm by the
thick rug for Winter. It is easily
removed in the Summer, when the
cement has a delightful cooling effect!
* * * a
'T'HE outlay of an undertaking of
1 this nature sounds prohibitive,
you may say, but the expense is
really nominal in comparison to the
Joy it gives to those who spend hours
l
in such a retreat! Not only does a
room of this kind serve as a grand
place for the little tots to play in,
in Inclement weather, but it affords
a perfect recreation room for the
older members of the family—pro
viding a card or game room tpr in
formal entertaining.
You need not condemn the Idea of
such a room just because of lack of
funds to call in a firm to do the
work. Do it yourself! After all. why
should a mere furnace and coal bin
dominate one -third of your home?
Any cellar with head room and floor
space may be turned into an attrac
tive place and the small expense
entailed will be more than justified
in one Winter through the saving of
the rugs and furniture on the upper
floors on party nights and rainy days
when the children must have a place
to play in. You need not be dis
couraged either just because of a coal
furnace, stationary tube, unsightly
pipes or poor light. These need
never forbid the transformation! The
furnace section or coal bin may be
sealed with wall board and made
dust-proof with a lining of building
paper.
♦ * * *
can' with a few "strokes of the
wand.” create a real Apache
room. Provide a board wide enough
to cover the laundry tubs—improvis
ing a "buffet." Clean the walls and
the floor thoroughly and paint them
with a mixture of cold-water paint—
white, with the slightest tinge of
green, yellow or blue in it. Use a
whitewash brush on the stone, brick
or cement wall. Then for a really
novel influence decorate the walls
with motifs in rough draft—huge
playing cards, diamonds, spades,
hearts, etc.—domino* and a huge
checker board or golf clubs, hunt
ing scenes or nursery characters—in
fact, anything your fancy may de
mand may be used. Use bright paint
in coloring these. The floor will no
doubt need a good cleaning. Mop it
up with soap and water—mix a gallon
of vinegar with a gallon of water and
apply the same with a mop, allowing
; the solution to dry in. This mixture
i will do to neutralize the lime—that
| frosty effect, from coming through
the paint.
Be sure to provide shelves for toys
or books and make the curtains of
bright plaid or checked material.
Replies to
Readers’
Questions
Eyestrain and Other
Handicaps Appear
as Problems.
BY ELSIE PIERCE.
“CIS" writes: 'Please publish a lisi
^ of good exercises for reducing. 1
rolling good as a reducing exercise?”
Rolling is fine to reduce hips anc
thighs. You do not say whether yoi
wish to reduce generally or merely lr
“spots.” The rising on heels ant
squatting exercise Is splendid. Trunl
bending and twisting exercises an
good. Arm stretching and flinging
Stationary running. I am sorry space
does not permit a complete list here
but my bulletin on “General and Spe
cial Exercises,” also my "Reducing
Hints,” will come to you on receipt of t
self-addressed, stamped (3-cent> en
velope df you w-lll repeat your ques
tion—please).
* * * *
Mr*. W. N. J. write*: “My eyesight
is not perfect and I wear glasses foi
reading, movie*, writing and tewing
But when I am going out' I leave then
off. Without them, though. I squint
and my sister says it is better to wea;
them all the time and that they an
becoming. But I can't see how glassei
can be flattering.”
I agree that it Is far better to weai
glasses than to squint. Furthermore
bear in mind that squinting will caus<
deep wrinkle* around the eyes. Glassei
; can indeed be flattering if they an
- properly chosen and if a clever coiffuri
: and use of make-up offsets them. I d<
wish you would send for my bulletli
“For Those Who Wear Glasses.” I
j contains innumerable hints that
know will be of some assistance to you
* * * *
Miss S. A. writes: “Last year I madi
a lotion of rose water, witch hazel an<
boric acid, and it was fine—helped t<
keep my skin smooth during the Win
ter. But I can't remember how mucl
of each. Can you help me?”
Rose water. 2 ounces; witch hazel
ounce and X dram of boric aci<
makes a mild skin lotion for the aver
age or even slightly dry type of skin,
a * * *
Marion: “Please, what to do for ver
dry hair (naturally wavy and other
wise would be pretty) and chappe<
lips?”
It is very apparent that you lacl
cream and butter and milk in you
diet. Also drink your quota of watei
Give yourself hot oil treatments fo:
your hair.
(Copyright. 1936.)
Orchids for the Evenings.
Not since the days of grandmothe
have fresh flowers—real flowers will
real fragrance and true color—beei
worn by young and old alike. Orchldi
which were just coming into our socis
picture in grandmother's day, hold th
center of the stage.
This season the young Junto
leaguers have set the fashion to
originality in the manner best suite
to their individual types for wearin
orchids: on top of the head above
pompadour or clustered curls; in
spray tracking down behind the ear
one on each side of the head held t
place by clips; two at the throat clip
ped to a band of velvet like a do
collar; two orchids with stems crosse
held by clip* to a high neckline
orchids used as a decoration on a
orchid tulle muff; orchids used at th
belt, and to fasten a fur cape. Wit
high-throated slipper-satin evenin
coat, two orchids closed the littl
Peter Pan collar.
Orchids may be depended upon t
come home as fresh as they went ou
If they have been properly worn. An
this means‘right side up, or stem
down.
Orchid bracelets, orchids used to out
line the square decolletage, oncidlunu
jewel clipped, to shape them to th
neckline. An orchid lei was worn s
the Velvet Ball This seemed too muc
for good taste, to our notion.
At f-hi* opening of the opera, a youn
woman In white crepe wore five whit
orchids with violet tipped lips directl
in the center of her bosom, using a
other decoration. -jA white ermine wra
completed the white ensemble.
the tjoungj idea
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So many paths from which to choose complicate the matter, but In
time Pups will pick up the trail of the white galoshes. The young lady
who wears them knows what she Is about, for they are fleece-lined and
very, very smart. The slipper at the top of the sketch is a little beauty—
bronie with a brown bow and button. The perfect answer to the dancing
school shoe problem. The oxford has two claims to fame—first, It will
not scuff, and second, being of dark brown alligator, is ultra-stylish.
Pups is about to take off, but hU own booted foot prints add greatly to his
confusion.
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Dorothy Dix Says
If You Want to Keep Young Stop
. Worrying About Growing Old.
D' EAR MISS DIX—Will you
please tell me some of the
characteristics that make
adults seem youthful? Some
people seem old, although they are
still young in years. We all wish to
remain young. How can we do it?
R. A. E.
Answer—The best way to remain
young Is not to worry over growing old.
Lots of women acquire wrinkles trying
to avoid them and in their efforts to
keep a girlish figure they starve them
selves into withered beldames, and
look 20 years older than their age
instead of 10 years younger.
To a certain extent we can keep our
bodies youngish by taking care of them
and eating and sleeping and working
and playing right, but nothing stops
the relentless march of time and we
only befool ourselves when we think
that we can attain a synthetic youth
by the use of cosmetics, having our
faces lifted and our hair dyed. Old
sheep is never 8prlng Iamb, and no
body is so dull and stupid as to mistake
60 for 16.
Indeed, nothing so emphasizes age
as for It to ape youth. An elderly
woman never looks so old and haggard
as when she Is diked out In grand*
daughter's clothes. She pever seems
so senile as when she ogles men young
enough to be her grandsons and talks
about her "boy friends.” Many a
woman whose age would be of no In
terest to any one except herself if she
dressed appropriately and conducted
herself with dignity, is laughed at as a
ridiculous old monkey because she
tries so hard to be a mere girl.
* * * *
QNCE I stayed at a Summer hotel in
which there was a very smart
dress shop. One of its patrons was an
elderly woman, so thin that when her
back was turned and you saw only her
slender figure and her red-dyed hair
you thought she was a flapper. She
always had on the latest thing in ex
pensive sport wear. She was the cyno
sure of all eyes until she turned
around, and under her rakish little
hat was seen the bepainted, made-up
face of a grandmother. "Heavens, look
at that old hag!" was the involuntary
exclamation on every lip. But she
wasn’t. She was a very good-looking
woman for her years. What made her
seem older was the contrast of her
clothes and age.
The spirit of youth does not come
in bottles and jars. It is something
deep down in your soul that bubbles
up through all your being and makes
your eyes bright and keeps your lips
1 smiling. As long as you have this
i you will never be old though you live
to be a centenarian. The things that
age. and that no amount of powder
and rouge and lipstick can camou
flage, are selfishness, lack of sym
pathy, high temper, jealousy and envy.
These etch lines in a face that no
l masseuse can rub out and that make
a woman look as old and hard as
Time Itself.
So, If you want to keep young, keep
your sympathies alive. Make the Joys
and sorrows of every one about you
your own. Be kind. Be tender. Keep
the heart of a little child. The
women whom everybody loves are age
less and beautiful.
Keep growing. Keep studying. Keep
up with the times. Keep an open
mind. Keep yourself vitally interested
In everything that goes on in this
changing old world of ours. Age is
not a matter of years. It Is the
stoppage of growth. Whenever you
begin to talk about the "good old
days” and think that th# younger
generation is going to the dickens:
whenever you begin to reminisce and
become a repeater you are old. but
you will never be old as long as you
can change your opinion and adopt
new ways. And If you will make
yourself lovable, keep yourself in
teresting. Nobody will ever know or
care how many birthdays you have
had.
* * * * \
J)EAR MISS DIX: What are the
children's duty to their parents?
_MRS. T. G. E.
Answer—I think that childrens
duty to their parents depends on how
weU the parents have done their duty
to their children. If a father and
mother have given their children a
happy and peaceful home, no matter
how humble it may have been. If they
have been tender, loving, understand
ing and have done their best to give
them an education and a right start
in the world: If they have taught
them courage, self-reliance, thrift, In
dustry and the principle* by which
they must stand or fall, their children
owe them a debt of affection and
gratitude that they can never repay.
And my experience and observation
is that the people who have been the
right kind of parents never have to
consider their children’s obligations to
them. The children do all they can
for their fathers and mothers through
love and not because of a sense of
duty.
But when parents have been neglect
ful of ther children; when father has
been too much occupied with making
money to bother with the rearing of
his boys and girls and mother has
beei. too busy with parties or clubs or
going off on lecture tours or running
a gift shop to give them any personal
attention: when parents have been so
harsh and strict and tyrannical that
they robbed their children of every
pleasure and Indulgence: when weak
parents spoil and indulge children
until they unfit them for life, then I
do not see that the children owe any
duty whatever to those who have been
their worst enemies and done them
more harm than malice itself could
Invent. DOROTHY DIX.
(Copyright. 1936.>
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Patteni No. 1786-B. Slse.
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altogether a happy combination t)>
brighten the morning hours.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 17S6-B is
designed In sites 34. 16. 31, 40. 43, 44
and 44. 81m 36 requires 444 yards ei
36-inch material and 44 yard contrast.
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