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Show Il PA ROWAN TIMES. PAROWAN. ITTAF1 SEWING WOMAN'S WORLD Be Smart! Set for Tots Gay Dress-Pant- y Blouse Trio of One Yard Each When Cleaning Curtains Use Tested Means By Ertta Haley had curtains fail apart laundering them? Ever had them look limp, faded, and not quite clean enough? Theta are things that happen when we give curtains and drapes strictly amateur treatment when It comes to cleaning On the other hand, there' pure Joy in a woman's ryes when she surveys curtains that have been properly cleaned. Curtains like this look, they have a spanking-cleahang straight, and they have retained their color. Dirt which creeps Into the house via windows, as well as the sun which dries out the thread of curtain material work hpvoc with the best of window coverings. For these reasons, extra care is necessary to keep curtains looking nice and avoiding the expensive replacement cost which they would otherwise necessitate. Too much cannot be said In favor of constant cleaning. Thia does not mean laundering every few weeks, but it does mean applying a vacuum attachment to them when you do your weekly cleaning to get rid of the surface dust which will otherwise clog the fibers, and make them more difficult to launder. Curtains can be kept cleaner, too, when windows are cleaned weekly or depending upon the communities. dirt in different Ever Curtains Need Special Care When Washed Rinse curtains but do not soak them in water si a lot of procedure. You can get dirt out of curtain by giving them a brief fold water rinse. Soaking them, however, would tend to weak en the delicate fibers, which have frequently been Filmy laces and delicate sheers should not be washed without some protection. In fact, if the curtains are very fragile, they had best be washed In lukewarm water with mild soap, by hand. Simply squeeze the suds in and out of them as you would a sweater or some woolen Campus Cloche i; v; It isn't always necessary to from the rods windows, since easily be lifted thus making the return trip simple. Curtains and drapes should not be allowed to get too dirty before cleaning, since this only makes more effort necessary to wash them. Naturally, when curtains are washed long and hard, they will weaken. Make Curtain Measurements Before Doing Laundering One of the disheartening aspects of curtain laundering, frequently. Is the shrinkage. An allowance should be made for this, of course, when curtains are made. You, yourself can do it, if you sew your own. Check to see that the allowance has been made if you "purchase curtains. If you alter them, leave a hidden tuck in the curtain which may be let out after move the curtains when washing the most of them can off with their rods, i ' J f Vivid watermelon pink Is used by Iletmar for this smart new campua cloche that hugs the head snugly to avoid going whichever way the wind blows. The hat has a deep vel-vete-en By crown and s helmet-shape- d brim that are distinctly new and A PUZZLE me, as it must be to many mothers fashion-wisand grandmothers', why they teach our children what they do teach Its Important that you measure them or in try to teach them the curtains before accurately schools and in all col public high meas laundering. Then, keep the urements so you won't have to go leges. In the past, the only men who through all the measuring again no had this higher education when you launder. If you use a curtain stretcher, women had it were preparing for the law, medicine, the church, or wash all curtains which are th same size at the same time so you service to the state. They were will not have to reset it for each destined to be the rulers, attorneys, doctors, clergymen, judges, colonels pair. posts, For those of you who will iron in the empires curtains, its a wise idea to mark teachers and professors. Their the ironing board as to length and studies, of course, included history, wndth so that you can avoid hav higher mathematics, international or law, Latin and living languages. ing the problems of Today we trail along on the same curtains. This is an especially good Idea for those cur- course, dragging with us thousands tains which need frequent launder- - of American boys and girls who will never need Latin or logarithms. Awakened Interest Correct speech is achieved because it is heard, read and thought about. Such mathematics as any man or woman needs beyond grammar school must be learned in the express and particular business to which he or she devotes himself. Any language can be mastered by person of good intellect in the six months before he takes a post in Brazil or Russia. And similarly, enough history of any particular epoch will stay in your mind when you want it to stay there and that desire is not apt to awaken until you have some reason to be interested in it list vacuum attachment on drapes. Turn to any college man you bathroom and playing: kitchen, know, unless he be. yesterdays room curtains. Before washing the curtains, graduate, with the simplest Latin dust them either with a vacuum phrase, and he will look as blank attachment or shake them out before washing so that you will get none of the surface dirt into the water. In this way you can have your water for washing as clean as possible. HAS JT too-sho- A truck driver parked In an alMay an Iceman Frighten ley, and got ready to unload a Children Away from His Truck? An iceman was in a very grouchy heavy bundle of cloth. Without mood one morning while making looking, he lifted the package and at the his rounds. As he walked out of a pushed it off the truck Look customers back yard, he noticed same moment shouting several children gathered around out! A man walking by was hit his truck grabbing little pieces by the bundle, and suffered a broof ice. "Hey, you! the iceman ken arm m the mishap. Later the roared threateningly. One little boy , victim sued the trucking company was so frightened that he ran into for damages, and the court granted his claim. The judge ruled that the truck driver should have either looked first or hollered soonerl May a Trolley Conductor Punch A Quarrelsome Passenger? the street right in front of a passing car. The child was injured, and later a lawsuit was brought on his behalf against the iceman. However, the court decided that the man wasnt to blame for the mishap. The judge said the Iceman had a right to warn the children away from the truck and it wasnt his fault that one boy ran A fat man got into an argument with a street car conductor over a lost nickel. The dispute waxed hotter and hotter, and finally the man called the conductor a liar. Promptly the latter doubled his fist and punched the hefty passen turn to any college man . . , as he did at 15 in the schoolroom. Present any problem in machinery or electronics to the average college graduate, and unless he majored in that subject and intends to follow it up, hell know less than the unlettered lad in the garage, who can put his shock of hair into the engine hood of your car, mumble mysterious words, and have things righted in five minutes. We dont teach them what they need. We dont help them find the glory of work they like to do, because we give them work they hate to do. We bore them to death all through their young years, and then are amazed they dont want read Shakespeare or Homer. Gosh, they gave us that stuff in . , school! Modern Conception ar- the line of Life Adjust-menMany schools not more than five per cent, it is true, but that means about ten million chilalong the itomachl youngsters from the common mistakes of adolescence. They teach sexual understanding, which is a step toward sexual morality: they Inspire daring, courage, initiative and, above all, But the easier, Tighter, simpler place for characters to be formed is at home. The national tragedy is that 50 per cent of our fathers and mothers haven't the knowledge or the strength of mind or the fineness of character themselves, to accomplish it America would be the strongest nation in the world, if they did. She need fear no one then. She would be so much the envy of all other nations that no foreign pagan ideology could find root in the minds and souls of her children. A boy of 17 was given a life sentence in an eastern state years ago. He wont serve all that, perhaps, but hes been in jail almost 20 years already good years for more fortunate boys. In the course of several tilks, his foreign-bordistracted mother showed me his smeared, rubbed, blotted schoolbooks. He had studied, or rather been expected to study, algebra, ancient history, English literature, folklore, gymnastics and music. One wonders why any of us ever imagined that these would give him sound character. Woman Elevator Operator Saves Scores During Fire PITTSBURGH. A woman operator braved a $15,000 fire to carry scores of terrified persons from the upper floors of a burning office building. The elevator operator, Sally Rahn, 22, made two trips until heat forced her to take over from another elevator. Then she made two more trips until smoke and heat caused her to abandon the car. Is ticle on this subject by one Jack Harrison Pollack in a newspaper It describes what many weekly. modern public schools are doing ger in the stomach! Later, the man filed a damage suit I r assault and battery The conductors defense was that the passenger had started the argument, but the court held him liable anyhow. The judge said that the conductor of a public conveyance must always "treat his passengers with respect" and that didn't mean punching them in IT8-wo- ve W. ANSWER; clever designer, wbo ha the gift of making a blouse stunning In beautiful detail to that it virtually become a costume In itself, turn to nylon, thua adding a new permanence to the beauty ahe achieves. At the left Is a new aueded nylon, very aoft, heavy and rich looking. At the right la a aoft weave, lighter In weight but not sheer, hitherto associated only with the finest silk. It Is trimmed with dainty lace Insertion and tucks. tiny hand-sew- n vent for wax; use,!,;! move all traces cf s inflamable, so L" room white all Pilot lightsuorkirg you wish to apply the same color, LhjJ ( on over the old one second staining 'ar color still darker If lighten the color. A Rarest Object Ive just finished reading an the wrong way A man went to a barber shop to have his shoes shined As he was getting down from the stand, he lost his balance and tumbled to the floor. When he got home and counted his bruises, the man decided he had a damage c'aim against the barber He filed suit but the Judge threw the case out of court The judge decided that a barber cant guarantee his customers against any and all dangers and. anyhow, a person ought to be able to climb down from a ahoe shine stand by himself. J fr! the without harming .; wood bleach, paint stores. SSH Character Precedes Logarithms to BEEN Will Bernard, LL.- B- K resta.n and then there anything on V. I'M USING r KATHLEEN NORRIS Grouchy Iceman Not at Fault -- v.ng in the found that the coming stained waU'r splashing For the somewhat more durable types, but still fragile curtains, pljce each panel in a pillowcase and sew the top with basting stitches. In this way the rough action of the washing machine will be buffered by the case. If you intend using a curtain stretcher for drying the fragile curtains, place a strip of muslin at top and bottom of the curtain with pins or basting stitches so that the pins of the stretcher will not tear the curtain. THE READER'S COURTROOM- i Retold ttaioj;, and then garment V sL to sun-bake- far-flun- g re- QUESTION; into mov g e. Launder curtains in pillowcase . . , Needless to say, the curtains should be removed as the windows are being cleaned, so no soil comes off on them. CIRCLE PATTERNS t. dren are allowing older pupils credits on part-tim- e outside work, encouraging the development of character in human relations, personal contacts, individual ventures. We all know that what our children need is strong, fine characters If a boy or girl has that, little else matters. He is equipped by grammar school to go as far as he cares to go. So the question is; what college work can help to form strong characters, what type of training will guide young minds and souls to true and These modern schools are workactual miracles In savins ing 'Rare Book' Most 'Finds' Have No Actual Value NEW YORK. The most valuable book printed in America is the Bay Psalm book, published in 1640. It has brought as high as $151,000 and certainly would be worth $90,000 upon the open market today. Only 11 copies are known and it is unlikely that many more will come to light. Theres always a sporting chance, however, that another may turn up. There also is a chance that copies of other extremely scarce and valuable books will materialize out of the attic or Aunt Berthas trunk A lady wrote: l recently read a news feature in our home town paper that old books are valuable. My parents have quite a few, such . . (here as followed a list of titles). Wed like to know who to get in touch with and all the details. Sadly, It was necessary to inform the lady that her description of the books indicated they were worthless. Stories about rare and valuable first editions have been written for many years. Every time one sees print mail Is heavy with letters from persons who are sure they possess copies of the described rarities. Authors have received hundreds of such communications and yet never once did they produce a real find. bibliographical Invariably, the correspondents had only the' latest and cheapest reprints of books valuable only in first edition form. The number of persons possessing "old family Bibles was astounding. 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