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Show PAROWAN TIMES, PAROWAN, UTAH WOMAN'S WORLD rtr Correct Care of Floors Depends on Types of Surfaces By Ertta Haley fO MATTER what floor coverings you have in your home, much expense and work has gone into them For these reasons alone, if not for the pleasure of having beautiful, gleaming surfaces, keeping floors flawless more than Justifies the work. Since there are so many different kinds of floor finishes, it's essential to know how each type should best be cared for. You wont want to use soap on an oiled floor, nor would you apply an oiled mop to a varnished floor, How much water should be used on cement flooring Should oil ever be used on waxed floors? What can be done to prevent dark colors streaking the unfinished floors? What is the best cleanser for a tiled floor? These and other questions naturally pop into the mind when it comes to floor care. There is both a preferred dally routine for caring for floors, as well as weekly or monthly care outlined below. Faithfully followed, the treatments will give you the results desired, in shining, flawless coverings. The biggest enemy to floor beauty Is, of course, dirt or dust. For this reason. Its wise to keep after the Refrigerator Cleaner Floors Possible Unfinished floors can be beautiful if you can prevent them from getting dark and streaking Much of this dirty look comes from soaking the floors In water and from not drying them as quickly as possible Open the windows wide when you're scrubbing the floors so that the breeze will dry them rapidly. While you're washing with brush or mop, warm water and soap, it will help to keep a clean, dry cloth by your side with which to go over the floor as soon as its cleaned. For an occasional scouring, you can apply fine steel wool to the confloors to keep them in Dry Unfinished As Quickly .... floors daily, or at least every other day, and thus prevent the dust from grinding into the pores of the finish. Once lodged, it may be very difficult to remove. Keep the refrigerator sweet and fresh smelling with the old kitrhei! standby, baking soda. It will remove the greasy film which clings to the walls and fittings that hold food odor, and will thus remove odor. Sprinkle soda on a damp cloth or cellulose sponge and wipe inside surfaces. Then wipe walls, trays and shelves with cloth wrung out In clear water. Then rub briskly with a cloth, following the grain of the wood Use Little Water On Oiled, Waxed Floors An oiled requires daily cleaning with a soft brush and an oil mop. If this care is used, little water will be necessary to clean the floor. If you do have to resort to water cleaning, the floor will need a treatment of fresh oil every six months to keep it in handsome condition. Cover a broom with a sofe cloth, or use a dustless mop on waxed floors for daily care. Use water only on rare occasions, and only when necessary. Oil should never be used on waxed floors. When stringent cleaning measures are necessary on the waxed floor, wring out a cloth in warm, soapy water, or dampen with tuprpentine For even better treatment, wring a cloth out in liquid wax. This cuts and removes ground in dirt and supplies the floor with fresh wax. When using this wax treatment with a cloth for cleaning purposes, Use Dustless Mop On Varnished Floors The gleam of the varnished floor can be retained for a long time if daily dust is removed with a clean dustless mop or a broom covered with a soft cloth. To prevent dust from gathering In the corners and crevices, use a good vacuum cleaner attachment. When more than daily cleaning is essential, use mild soap suds and water, and go over the floor with a mop. After the floor Is thorougly dry, go over It with a small amount of oil to restore the gleam. Make certain the oil is rubbed In or It will give a cloudy film to the floor. White spots on varnished floors can be removed rub gently with a cloth moistened in kerosene or floor oil. If a light scraping is needed to determines cleaning technique. remove the spots, touch up with a bit of varnish. For varnished floors which have change the cloth frequently or the will get stubborn dirt streaks been marred and whitened in many floor on it. a of table- one spots, make mixture spoon vinegar with three tablespoons of boiled linseed oil or olive oil and one teaspoon turpentine. Cover the spot with the mixture and let stand for several minutes. -- of Three-fourth- s the battle In keeping waxed floors in good condition lies in applying plenty of "elbow grease to the floor to bring out the gloss in the wax. If you can get ONCE OVER- - The Great Ticket-Age- Conspiracy nt By H. I. PHILLIPS E ARE IN RECEIPT of a communication from Thaddeus P Swonk, America's leading "Second In Line man, with regard to a re- cent column recording the seemingly endless red tape required to get plroad transportation to any fairly Jant point. "Have you ever been man directly behind the first at the ticket window?" he demands. "If not you dont know what tough going really is. If you want to pity somebody pity me." "I have never dashed to a railroad ticket window in my life seeking a ticket for a trip without finding directly ahead of me, usually by a nose, some guy seeking transportation to Afghanistan via New Orleans and Carson City with a stophe over at Eggplant Creek, If I am not In a continues. great sweat, he may not be going quite so far, but let me be in a hurry and I am certain to find in front of me a fellow who has received the orders "Find Dr. Livingstone! and is making all the arrangements with special attention to drawing rooms, etc. le ms tip-to- p floor Finish of the floor an electric floor polisher to use every so often, this will save you a great deal of work. that 'Mr. Sepswitch is In charge. Yeah, but he Is always on the phone checking an upper for somebody who can't be Intending to board a train this season. Maybe it can't be helped. Perhaps making out and stamping the necessary papers for a trip of any distance is a difficult job. But the ticket window boys could toss a smile to the Second Guy In Line, couldnt they? I)o they have to be so deadpanny and unconcerned? Would it hurt to throw dition. Floors which are badly stained should be given the oxalic acid treatment. Dissolve Vi pound of oxalic crystals in one quart of hot water. Spread the solution on the stain and let stand overnight. In the morning, wash the floor with warm water to which a little sal soda has been added, rinse thoroughly and. of course, dry quickly. These Floors Require Warm Water Washing Painted floors are easy to keep clean daily with a soft, dry floor mop. However, when more extensive care is required, use warm water to which a little kerosene is added. Shellacked floors, like painted ones, profit from daily dusting with a soft dry mop. If vigorous cleaning is needed, dampen a cloth with gasoline and wipe gently. For shellacked floors which have "M the tip of her nose gets red, and Its that way all winter," a man wrote me, some years ago. "She never cures it up. and you'd think she was rather proud of it if you could hear her say, heres my cold again. Now our little Sheila is four, and Gwen is beginning on her. I believe shes going to have my colds every winter, she tells people. Doesnt it ever go through her head that a man hates that sort of thing? "Lottie talks poor, another husband also wrote me some time ago. I have saved a dozen of these letters from men, all about those apparent trifles that really do have an important effect on married hapLottie talks poor," writes piness. Fred Green. We arent poor, not by any standards that would hold anywhere else in the world. We own our home and most of our car and a third of our television set, and we have all the rest of it, refrigerator and radio and telephone and gas stove. Of course, we havent as much money as we'd like, who has? But that eternal cheerful well, were poor folks, and fur coats and trips to Florida aren't for us. Dont talk as if you were as rich as the Smiths, Fred, because you know we can't afford things. "You get darned tired of It! this letter ends gloomily. A third letter is from a man who married a pretty wife. Shabby at Home "Beauty is Ferns business, Kane Choate writes. She never lets up. The only people who see my wife looking pretty now are outsiders. At home shes always plastered and oiled and has her hair done up in little snails, dripping on her wrapper. She always wears shabby washable things around the house because lipstick and paint and nail polish get on them. She shoves Opens November 25 Cattle Class Prizes Largest Ever Offered right at the table. But then when she slowly and comfortably goes at her nails, somehow it makes me sick. Jean and I share law offices together, and she is a great pal, but all this and afterlunch in public kind of goes against me. Ruins His Jokes Another husband represents a large class of the domestically He appears to be a real man's man. president of more than one club and a general favorite. He says his devoted, loved little Lucy spoils all social occasions by hurriedly putting in the point of his jokes before he reaches them. "Lucy has no more sense of humor than our son," he writes. "When I get started and everyone begins to laugh, she puts in these little unamused comments, or reminds me that it happened on a Saturday and not a Tuesday, or she corrects my grammar. What the dickens can a man do when he begins to talk, and his wife says that is funny, Dan, but Ive heard it so often, or make this one short, dear, other people like to talk? And it Isnt," the aggrieved Dan finishes, "as if she contributed anything. Getting anything out of my wife is like getting the cork out of a bottle when its way down in. g tooth-pickin- g seven-months-ol- d capers the improves the taste of the peanut butter so much, its a good idea even if the peanut butter isnt too dry. . dont unnkle me . . " one side of her face up at me to kiss when I get home and says, 'dont wrinkle me.' "When we go out she looks swell, and I'm proud of her But a man likes a pretty, neat, comfortablelooking woman in his home, too " Seven other letters, among those I have been collecting over the years, complain of untidiness and sloppiness at the breakfast table, on the part of busy wives and mothers, but for these criticisms I have less sympathy, for only a woman knows what that scramble can be Then there's the husband whose wife cleans her fingernails in public places; when they are lunching together downtown, for instances This is most irritating and embarrassing for all present. "Ive gotten used, and 1 guess most fellows have." says this letter, to her taking out her compact and doing up her face and her lips pre-offic- pre-scho- Zk and f On Friday night ful of dry mustard?? )vater to remove fcV the dishes. Amphitheatre at If honey turns grainy before the Chicago stock yards from No- - its used up, set the container in . uFor making vember 25 through December 2 a saucepan of hot water, with a shes and other fanJ the for Increased prize money of 11 of wood sticks under couple you be show should help to encourage the the honey jar so the water can handier surprised 2 youll be if yi' exhibition of top livestock from j circulate under it, and let it stand fc '"stead of a both the United States and Canada, exposition officials reported. Prizes for all cattle classes will be $61,370, the largest total ever the International h- TREAT THE FAMILY TO A BATCH OF aceCRiSPies MARSHMUOHSSQUARES' 1 Cook together over hot water Ve cup buttw 'A lb. greased fvs Into bowl, pour . . , m S cups Ksllogg's Rics Krltpist. Add marshmallow mixture, get 24 pieces from 9 i 13 pan. Even kids can make em! morthmallowt (about Vh doz.) When syrupy, add and beat in . . . W tsaipoon vanilla. An International grand champion steer Is shown above with owners, Cleo Yoder of Iowa, Henry W. Marshall, exposition chairman, and Dr. A. D. Weber who Is slated to judge steers again this year. Mes! Accept this SepgatalDajfe are retained this year. Dr. A. D. Weber, of Kansas State college, will judge the steers again this year. He is the only American to judge these classes since the ex smmm m position departed from the custom of having foreign judges two years ago. Other features in connection with international that have been familiar in the years since 1900 in elude the grain and hay show, recognized as the world's largest competitive showing of farm crops. the Farm Expenses Increased Five Fold in Past Decade aeiclEl 15 years AOTFVERSABY COOKBOOK Farm expenses have increased almost five-fol- d over the past decade and not many farmers would care to return to the "good old days" of low expenses if they had to accept the level of income that accompanied them. This increase in cost of farm op' eration has been accompanied by some phenomenal changes in the composition of expenses. Machinery expense made up only 14 per cent of the total in 1935-3while in 1947-4It accounted for 21 per cent. Also, farmers are spending proportionately more for seed, fertilizer and crop expense than they spent 9 j I from with word "Snowdrift" strip you unwind with key weieoff&'iFYWMj AOH, YOU MU ALSO &CHt a ceerFCAm wows 9 YOCF AEXTPfjeCKM OA OFA 313. ago. OF SaOHOM) CAA These changes have been accom panied by a substantial increase in man labor efficiency on farms. Smugglers In Big Gold Rush J alOO pages. 'Prospectors' Profit By Gold Price Changes ey-,o-foHow- over 200 recipes that the gang had been buying gold in Italy and Switzerland and selling it in Paris for an 8 percent to 12 percent profit, for dollars. The gold price in Paris was higher. Thus, on a single trip, they could net up to $12,000 for their $100,000 investment, a neat profit in any country for a three or four day job. The outbreak of the Korean war, with resultant large fluctuations in gold prices, is believed to have set off the revival of the smuggling rackets. They had flourished previously just after the war. when all Europe demanded gold. A black market artist, for example, can buy a Swiss gold franc for between $8.40 and $9 in Zurich and sell It in Paris for Just under $!0 at the black market rate for the dollar He can peddle the same Swiss franc In Brussels for $9 60. In Brussels, police said there was considerable smuggling" of gold into the country from areas where it could be bought more cheaply Swiss authorities claimed there had been a slight decrease in recent weeks, but other sources attributed it to the fact that gold can be bought more cheaply in Italy. e e Includes chapters on PARIS, FRANCE-The- res still a gold rush in Europe of almost Klondike proportions, but the prospectors are men with limousines instead of burros. Their tools are the financial pages of the newspapers instead of They discovered . hIjA Improved Seed Flat The arrest of a smuggling gang with $100,000 in American currenin hidden cy the fenders of a big American car led police on an international hunt for a revival of postwar black marketeering. ". 0 Cardboard min, eontainers can be whch are horse-radis- h The 51st International Live Stock Exposition will be held this year in several the honey mal. Quick-Metho- Snow Cakes. .. d Salads and Dressings... Chiffon Cakes...NewSTIR-- Pastry 25 certificate shovels. you're crazy. ... International Show 1949 The Little Fox in Your House fr w,, To keep peanut butter from losing its oil and getting too dry, store the jar upside down. Once it does get dry, though, you can soften it up by adding a little peanut oil, olive oil, or salad oil, and mixing it thoroughly. Or, mix with it and some horse-radis- h In fact, moist it have again. youll offered. Many prize increases made in other breeds to mark the occasion of the golden jubilee show of KATHLEEN NORRIS out a kindly, Ill be with you in a few minutes'? Must they always register the mood which seems to say, Brother, if you expect to go out of town today "More people are nervous wrecks from being second in line than from any other feature of travel. Within my own family there are horrible examples. I have an Uncle Gidean who went to a railroad terminal in a big city In the spring of 1929; and has not been heard from since. My Aunt Hazel, from Oil City, Pa., left home to get tickets and a compartment to Florida 11 weeks ago and we just got a letter from the Missing Persons Bureau saying she think "I the ticket window clerks is still in line at the Number Two and these birds are in cahoots. They Post. I had a cousin. Chidsey, who both have such fun together, it left home to get some railroad seems to me. I suspect they have transportation covering 800 miles signals which are flashed the mo- once. He made it within a month, ment I appear at the station and but had a letter from the Presistart galloping for the window Yes. dent, the mayor and four top politithere are other windows. Sure One cians. has a little sign 'Mr Hasselstoffer.' But Hasselstoffer has a great eye "So your recent description ot He sees the customer FIRST! And troubles as Number One your can he grab a bunch of papers, man at a window leaves me rubberstamps, etc., and hide fast! cold. Try being the Number Two Boy. It will be unforgettable, "Another window announces bub." developed slight blemishes, apply gasoline to spots and rub very lightly with steel wool, so that you don't break through the lacker film. Warm water Is prescribed for both glazed and unglazed tile floors. The glazed tile floor is simple to clean with just warm water and mild soap. Dry well after washing For unglazed tile floors, change water frequently, or the tiles will become soiled from dirty water. Avoid flooding the floor with water. An oil soap is preferred to ordinary soap for good cleaning, and a good paste wax helps "seal the floors and helps it retain its beauty. Afterwards, you may apply liquid wax from time to time. Oil soap is also best for cleaning terrazzo floors, and the care should be periodical. Sweep these floors free of all dust before wash ing for best results. Cement and rubber floorings require water for vigorous cleaning, but even then water should be used sparingly. If either of these types are to be waxed, use whatever the manufacturer of the floor recommends for them. Linoleum Should Have Finish Renewed The best care which you can give linoleum is to wipe whatever spills or. it as soon as possible, before it soaks into the finish. To get rid of daily dust and dirt, use a soft, dry mop, and go over the floor thoroughly. When you do have to resort to washing the floor, use a tightly wrung mop after dipping it in mild soap suds and warm water. When the floor is clean and dry, it may be relackered or waxed, depending upon the finishing material used originally on the floor. goes with cookbook if you act idea that might be useful when growing next springs plants is the seed box with removable sides as shown in the above illustration. The sides are nailed together and attached to the bottom by means of hooks and screw-eyeWhen the plants are large enough to be transplanted from the flat, the sides are unhooked and lifted up from the bottom, the soil with the plants in it remaining undisturbed on the bottom board. The plants are then easily separated and pulled up. When ready to use again, the sides are hooked to the bottom, and the flat filled with new soil. Very little root disturbance will result when the small plants are cut from the mass of soil with earth clinging to their roots. An s. no wl HERES A NEW COOKBOOK YOU'LL USE EVERY DAY I for planning exciting meals. Snowdrifts Golden Anniversary e brings 50 years of cooking experience right up to the minute Snowdrift-Sur- e results day in and day out! fine YES, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN SHORTENINGS! The s used to make Snowdrift is more costly than that in any ot er Yet you pay no more for Snowdrift And you taste the di&erw baked and fried foods. Experts have voted Snowdrift-frie- d in flavor. Your light, luscious cakes can be mix d r minutes with Snowdrift Your piecrust and hot breads, too, than oil because Snowdrift is made of finer, costlier vegetable shortening! quick-metho- Low Of Temp. Rendering Lard Is Recommended Your lard will be of better quality if you use a low temperature for rendering, nutrition specialists report. A low temperature is needed to give the greatest yield of lard from the fat and to prevent scorching and sticking, which changes the flavor Render the lard as home-rendere- NAME d promptly as possible after the carcass has been thoroughly chilled preferably within 24 hours. For each copy of the Now Golden Anniversary Cook book with Certificate worth 25 on next purchase of can of Snowdrift, 25 and the word "Snowdrift" dipped from (ZIEASE Mjjf Snowdri Weison Oil A P. O. Box 6366A. Chicog imrr metal strip that unwinds with key from any of Snowdrift. tin can Mptrm February 23. I9SI1. Off pen CITY Bmltop to U. S. end v |