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Show (BEgi ON THE CI Kathleen Norris Says: When Mother Gets a Job Bell Syndicate. WNU Feature. R&TTERNS jj tfdh lathe u only one of a million ; Harriet's sons are only two of two , to Aey ore there, where Uncle Sam wants them, filling to the brim icroicopic part of the titanic effort that is war. kitted sere til .Mated i rtretcM doduIst! Uespots :0PPOP 11 mi ll-Br ibetl 11 most 01 ; 20 mis4 "ft UTHLEEN NORRIS 'ARRIET BARNES, 38 years old, is one of many women who a wartime schedule Achat distracting, bhe a lathe from seven ,!ht until midnight; home exhausted to cup of coffee and sleep Wiaps nine or ten. Her fed's hours are from until four, nominally, often works until early kThedaughterteach.es St school and folds band- te Bed Cross every after- Harriet goes to market at h o'clock, gets her own sup- Ataves something inviting 7, rod goes off . to work. ,d her young man usually rfor dinner, but they have oft, too, to their waiting The ions of the family are ma I ask myself if we are a poup of ten years ago," Met "My lovely eight- my boy twins, -were n content then with home- i, movies, comics, radio. make doughnuts. plot long picnic trips in the Hot t cloud, and not a b the sky. Now it's all Nggledy, laundry not home. Rd and gone away again, sjmere, telephone not an- marketing a long, slow eekly letters to the bovs Ml burden to write. Fori w a little jokes and clip- snow a certain amount of COUraee and thc-r sirrml-ir 1 feel , m let me explain why I !aa& I will S3v P I would make any sac- v country, and am indeed Possibility Of the Kiinrpmo 1 my ions' lives with what 7 1 can, the money ques- es a difference to me. " working I can put al-'3 al-'3 hundred dollars a month mortgage we have car- noma for 17 years. I attempting to raise fliU war job. Other 151 time in OUT mar r Meet Peace's Drain. ffiySelf now fnr tha Whpn T ' tAt . "ever was 4h monthly bills r8 essential . - . Ail, IUU1. haw .nrl "... i I-..' - -MB V Cfil X C1T war; ess T6 U1C certain S-Web00mln8to- ue a up tl.. w " WUXAALUI 'b.. UiUlcumDrances yome money safe in ReSaUghterwant b "oe and Vo . ... 'ty Th . nouse means "reful 18 "boat L ' C! a monta tor tLfadapay.odd VbZ Phone or eas SjhandclotS V check vV "ena hr but most of lAIimv . WU"""K pay RL.beiD8 Pd more fcar together. 4sU.- - suoa use of WARTIME ADJUSTMENTS Mother's warplant job, besides be-sides helping to tdn the war, is causing her family to realize real-ize and appreciate many of the little details of household management which she silently silent-ly disposed of in the pre-war days. But now they are cropping crop-ping up when she is at work and their proper solution is for the whole family to pitch in and not leave everything for mother to do. Husbands and children at home can do many housekeeping tasks such as washing dishes, setting the table, putting things in their right places, and generally helping to keep the house neat. . Harriet, your problem is that of many women today, and while I don't always advise them as I do you, still my usual suggestion is that they continue to work while the government needs them, and let the other members of the family come to appreciate two things. One is the pleasure and excitement that Mother gets when she is paid for what she does and has her own money to spend, instead of managing manag-ing somehow on what is left from the payment of household bills. And the other is the realization of what clever management, patience, concentration, con-centration, service an ordinary borne demands if it is to be comfortably comfort-ably and smoothly run. For these two things Mother has long waited. Harriet Helping Win War. The third and most important consideration con-sideration that influences me in advising ad-vising Harriet to stick to her job, is that we are fighting a great war-winning war-winning a great war, I dare to say now. We are winning it because a constant unbroken lifeline of ships is moving steadily toward the battle fronts; the lonely far-away islands of the Pacific and of Alaska's waters, wa-ters, the ports of England and Russia Rus-sia and China. Our boys watch for these ships; they know when they come in. They would know it, instantly, and with the first chill touch of doubt in their courageous hearts, if that line stopped. They need to feel they MUST feel that every one of us here at home is behind them. That In America the forges and welders and cranes and tackles and smelters smelt-ers and foundries are smoking and roaring day and night; that the railways rail-ways are hot with the pressure of thundering trains; that sweating crews are swarming on the docks, shouldering the great bars of steel, the crates and boxes and barrels, and that ships are sliding from the ways, taking to the deep seas, as ships have never in the history of the world been launched before. This can only go on if we do all we can and more than we can to keep the tremendous machinery moving. Harriet's lathe is only one of a million; Harriet's sons are only two of two million, but they are THERE, where Uncle Sam wants them, filling to the brim their own microscopic part of the titanic effort that is war. If Larry, the husband, and Linda, the daughter, did their share of the housekeeping, the marketing and managing, the problem would be solved. It is not fair to leave to Harriet the entire burden of buying and cooking, cleaning and planning. As it is she is doing most of the work at home, most of the buying, and also filling a most important war job and helping to make life safe for everyone she loves after the war. This is an overbalanced schedule; but the fault is not Harriet's. HOUfflflLD . Colorful Set 'VHE prettiest little girl for miles around will ho th mm hn wears this ensemble darling bo- iciu, jumper ana panties. Barbara Bell Pattern Nn. 17A1.R ugnea lor sizes 2, 3, 4. 5 and 0 years. Most amateur eardeners water their gardens too often and not deeply enough. A good soaking When the eround has become nrae tically dry is the rule for best results. Watering a earden in the eve ning means less evaporation and more moisture left in the ground. 9 W 9 A leaky water bucket can be stopped-up by putting melted paraffin inside. Hooks, eyes, and snaps are most satisfactory when sewed on with the buttonhole stitch. When buying a housecoat, if you choose a wrap-around model, be sure it has a good lap, sitting or standing. Otherwise it will gap. To protect the ends of hemp rope and to prevent them from fraying, wrap well with light but strong twine and then dip the bound ends in shellac. Instead of spreading newspapers on the inside of bureau drawers to keep them clean, try finishing them with a coat of white enamel. If you keep any poisons in the medicine cabinet, push two pins crosswise through the cork. Even in the dark they'll warn a person to "beware." Place a ball of twine in a twine sack, cut a small hole just above the ball, thread the string through the hole, then hang the sack on the wall and the twine will be handy when needed. Size 3 Jacket with trimming (or dress and panUe take l'i yards 35-inch material, dresa and pantiei 2',i yards. cue to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly mora time la required in fllllnc orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. sena your order to: Half of Sweden Rural Half of Sweden's 6,300,000 people are on farms, most of them less than 60 acres. Staple yields are wheat, rye, barley, potatoes, sugar beets and hay. Cattle raising goes with the country. Milk, rated by production produc-tion of millions of tons of butter and cheese, is Sweden's imeadow gold. Strawberry Sets Strawberries should be set for home gardens only on well-drained, easily worked, fertile soils, and no plants with black roots should be set Strawberries usually do not need spraying unless leaf spot and leaf roller become serious. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 149 New Montgomery Street Saa Francisco Calif. Enclose 20 cents In coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No. Size Name Address Aladdin's Cave of Gold Is Elaborately Guarded Probably the greatest accumula tion of wealth since the world began be-gan is housed at Fort Knox, Ky., where the government has cached its gold reserves in an impregnable impreg-nable fotress of concrete, and steel. The actual storage space is 10,000 square feet in area, and the gold is placed in a giant safe 40 feet by 64 feet. , The most elaborate precautions have been taken to protect this wealth: nests of machine-guns, gas guns, ray devices, and a sys tem of mirrors so cunningly de vised that not one inch of space is overlooked. These precautions are eminently necessary, for the value of the gold stored there is nine billion dollars! No gangster or gang, however powerful and clever, will be able to approach without giving ample warning of their movements, for sensitive microphones, warning bells, lights, and sigal drops will give them away. But even if they penetrated so far, a barrage of artillery calculated to wipe out a small army would anihilate them. i II ,!r Down BS4 MIRROR SUPPORT OP5IDE DOWN FRAMES 0PENIN6 OF CUPBOARD L before IF YOU are furnishing a combination combi-nation living and dining room with odds and ends from the family fam-ily attic why net use paint and inexpensive fabrics to harmonize unrelated pieces? Here a combination chest ana dish cupboard has been made from an old dresser. The cupboard cup-board at the lower right sits on top of the dresser and a quarter round molding nailed to the dress er top holds plates in place. Both dresser and chairs are painted cream color and quaint Dutch de signs in gay colors are stenciled on them. The chair seat covers repeat the colors in these designs. Pieces of the cracked mirror of the old dresser are cut to fit painted paint-ed picture frames and typical Dutch tulip designs are stenciled on the glass. NOTE: The painted and stenciled designs de-signs used by Early Dutch settlers in America are full of sentiment for us today. to-day. The Dove of Peace and Hearts and Flowers were favorites. Mrs. Spears has prepared large sheet of authentic designs de-signs with complete instructions and color guide for decorating furniture and other household articles. Ask for Pattern 262 and enclose 15 cents. : Address: MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Bedford Hills New York. - Drawer 10 Enclose 15 cents for Pattern 262. - . Name No. Address. 540 r0 IT yourself' is a patriotic motto this wartime year. Thriftily re-upholster your own furniture with these clear, step- Bananas Launch Ships Greasing the ways of shipyards to permit thousands of tons of steel to slide smoothly into the water at launchings of battleships requires about 45 tons of a special grease. Once, when a surplus of overripe bananas was a disposal problem in one port, they were used to grease the ways for launching. by-step directions that also show you how to give a "lift" to sag ging springs; how to repair webbing web-bing and lumpy padding; how to make seat pads. Instructions 540 give directions for re pairing and upholstering. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 117 Minna St. San Francisco, Calif. Enclose 15 cents (plus one cent to cover cost of mailing) for Pattern No. Name Address flsil ? ANOTHER ? I A General Quiz The Questions 1. Where is the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes? z. What state's name means "red people"? 3. What is the chemical symbol for gold? 4. What name is given to a per son who derives pleasure from inflicting in-flicting pain? 5. What opera was based on the assassination of King Gustave III of Sweden? 6. The separation of complex ugni into cunereni coiorea rays is called what? Every minute counts In wartime. That's why so many thousands oi busy families depend oa Kellogg' Corn Flakes for fast, easy-to-fix (but nutritious!) nutri-tious!) breakfasts, lunches, suppers. Great for bed fame snacks, too. SAVE WORK FUEL-OTHER FUEL-OTHER FOODS, TOOI tSli SSB (a MtRWlMIWMIMIfllMiMMi II Kdlogg's Corn Flakes art restored re-stored to WHOLE SMIM N-TIITIVE N-TIITIVE VALUES of Thiamia (Vitimia Bi). Niada sad Iroa. WMM mi bo' ALONG WSTH OTHER PfOVCtf INGREDIENTS' ... choose Clabber Girl as part of that war-time recipe ... ,; Guard against waste and be sure of results with the ...,- l ... 'BUt ftUJYtN ! pow ! y favorite lG V.3- In millions of homes for years and years ... At Cueran?d by"Sto222SS Ask Mother, She Knows: Clobber Girl ZZ2Z Good Buy for You! UNITED STATES WAR BONDS 4 Good By for Japs! Manure Holds Nitrogen With the supply of chemical nitrogen nitro-gen in commercial fertilizers re duced to a minimum because of its use In war materials, special attention atten-tion should be given to the conservation conserva-tion of barnyard manure which will supply a great amount of the needed nitrogen. A ton of manure contains 10 pounds of nitrogen, 5 pounds of phosphorus and 10 pounds of potash. At least half of this food value can be retained if the manure is carefully care-fully and properly bandied. Mahogany Is Tough Mahogany is used extensively in making plywood and veneers. A thin outer coating or surfacing of mahog any placed over a base of soft tough wood makes fine material for build lng fast PT mosquito boats. Thin sheets of mahogany and other woods from one-hundredth to one-tenth of an inch thick are cemented.together under heat and heavy pressure, thus providing a semi-plastic material that is boil-proof, waterproof and lighter than steel. Floating Hospitals According to the reports from Colombia, Co-lombia, the doctors and sanitary engineers en-gineers at work there plan to Install In-stall one or more small hospitals and hospital-dispensaries on the rivers riv-ers in the rubber-producing regions. The larger floating installations will consist of a launch to tow a hospital hos-pital with eight or ten beds. Among the supplies they will carry are antimalarial anti-malarial drugs, which are being distributed dis-tributed widely in the Amazon area to protect workers against malaria. The Answer 1. The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes is in Alaska. 2. Oklahoma. 3. The chemical symbol for gold is Au. 4. Sadist. 5. "The Masked Bau & Dispersion of light, Many Spiders Helpful Although most people kill spiders on sight, there are in reality only a few species that are to be feared. They even have an actual utilitarian value, their webs being employed for cross hairs on telescopic gun and bomb sights, range finders and optical instruments. In defense of spiders, it also- may be said that for food they prey on insects, many of which are injurious to plants and man, Keep Shoes Fit Give every pair of shoes the best possible care. Keep them in good repair. Keep them clean and polished. pol-ished. Treat them carefully after a soaking In slush or rain dry them lowly, rub them with a rough towel so the leather does not stiffen up. and polish them to replace the oil which has been lost Tallest Trees j Th American Forestry asset Built Ships Early Before ths Mayflower arrived in the New World, the first ocean-going ship to be built on these shores had been launched on the Maine coast The time was 1607 and the ship, the "Virginia" made many trips across the Atlantic. Today, American ship building is one of the major indus tries and the only one to meet and exceed presidential directives in 1942. Deadweight tonnage in 1942 was in excess of 8,000,000 dead weight tons. Grow Fence Posts Farmers who plan to grow their own fence posts in a plantation of trees may wish to set out seedlings of osage orange, the most durable post wood that grows in the north. Better even than black locust, osage orange posts only two or three inches through often last for 12 years as fence supports, it Is said. Posts four to five inches thick, cut from the trunk of an osage orange tree, are practically indestructible. Treat Tool Handles Commercially treated handles en picks, shovels, pitchforks, and other tools have that blonde look because they are bleached with hydrogen peroxide. 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