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Show Lonesome? Not While Thrills -Abound in City By BETTY BLAIR People see what they're looking for. Many go through Ufa mentally blind, though optometrically they have aeeing eyes. Others lacking eyesight see millions of details In the world In which they live. Dear Miss Blair: I offer the following with the hope that it may help "Sessile Plant" in her new home. Tour suggestions were Interesting to me. as I moved to Salt Lake City under identical circumstancea with those of "Sessile." I feel that the keynote of contentment In a strange home Is your suggestion sug-gestion of taking a positive attitude atti-tude toward it When my husband waa transferred trans-ferred here from Denver four months ago I had the same dread that she had. However, realising realis-ing the transfer was an advancement advance-ment for him, I made up my mind to like my new home or know the reason why. My heart wanned at the first glimpse of a cosy city comfortably nestled at the foot of breath-taking peaks, and I knew that what I had dreaded as a task had possibilities possibil-ities of being a pleasure. Letters, Visits Colncldentally, I. too, left a widowed wid-owed mother her grand lettera are treasures that I would not have known otherwise. She has visited me twice, and these visits have been our happiest hours together. to-gether. I do not know what new people do In a strange place to make friends, as I've never "tried" to "make" friends. The few true friends that I have have Imbedded Imbed-ded themselves in my life so gradually grad-ually and completely that I do not know when or how. I prefer to concentrate my love and loyalty loy-alty on these few precious ones than to offer less to many. You suggest the effective old standby which should solve the friend problem for her to have friends, be one. I cannot understand Just when "Sessile," being blessed with three children to enjoy, is going to find time to be lonely. I have no children, chil-dren, am 'unacquainted, manage only a small apartment, and yet not one day has been quite long enough to complete all I've planned. If you will allow me. Miss Blair, may I enlarge on your suggestions on how to avoid living liv-ing a lonely life by mentioning a few of the things I am doing in a new and strange place? "M. S." Continuing In "M. S.'s" own typed words is the detailed account of how she "does adventuring go. Makes' even an old-timer like me want to start in and explore my own city- all over again. Makes me even want to wax floors and arrange dresser drawers. Think what you might do in' the city to which you are going, "Sessile Plant." Many thanks, M. S. Why not include a newspaper plant In your adventures, and, incidentally, our own apot? a e Adventuring Trails I've explored the town and suburbs sub-urbs from ons end to the other; visited the museums, the greatest copper mine, and various canyons: can-yons: have gons through all places of Interest to tourists; dipped at the beaches; made 4 a. m. trips to .the airport and attended courts, broadcasts and music recitals. I was shown the modus operandi of a laundry. I read Malvina Hoffman's "Heada and Taila" in order to have finer appreciation of monuments and statues. I have gone through the mausoleum, mauso-leum, crematory, penitentiary, too. Art Barn and two pairs of ahoes. I have seen the first tree, the first house, the first mill, and have yet to see the first lonesome minute." Each month I read our six current cur-rent magazines, and in the peace and quiet of morning hours from 3:30 to :30 a. m. have read 27 books. Not earing for poetry, I apent two hours a week on it to aee If I could find out what It's all about, and waa amased to find it fine emotion beautifully expressed, ex-pressed, with a few exceptions. There are always good radio programs pro-grams to follow; a scrap book, a kodak and album are entertaining. entertain-ing. Housework Included I also keep up my schedule of five new recipes a week. Then, too, there's the profound delight and aatiafactlon derived from waxing a floor till it sparkles, meticulously arranging drawers, nesting polished silverware and dusting infinitesimal knlckknacka which become treasurea in time. Above all else, I enjoy moet the few precious hours of companionship compan-ionship with my hut band evenings eve-nings of reading, ehesa and midnight mid-night lunch together. I must admit that I accepted this new place without much effort ef-fort on my part for I soon realised real-ised that fate was kind la giving me the moat charming city in which to make my home. "M. 8." LAUNDERING LINEN Dear Miss Blair: I have been putting a little starch in aome of my fine table linens and wonder If I should do so. As a young bride' and have to find out so many thmge that I have never had a chance to experience ex-perience before. Many thanka. -NU-BRIDE." e e e Never starch linen. This applies to all household linens. Linen needs ' ) a natural sheen and body that Hoes not require the use of starch. I hope, too, that you wash your finest Unens carefully. They should not be rubbed. Rubbing roughens the fiber and shortens the life of all linen. Linen washes easily by squeesing between the hands, as it does not hold the dirt aa obstinately obsti-nately as cottons do. Use very little bluing with linens. NOTE TO 'A. A.' Kindly send stamped, self-addressed envelope for circular on blond rinse. |