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Show " : It Makes Cents C -s -,. Vi Judge Blake v (,- Last Sunday I got someone to zip the zipper up the back of my dress for me, but that night, all alone with no one to help, I could not reach far enough to get it down more than three or four inches. What to do? I certainly didn't want to sleep in the dress. Finally, an idea dawned. I pulled the zipper back up, inserted a chain of two large safety pins in the hole in the zipper pull, and voila!, I was able to zip it all the way down all by myself. "Necessity is the mother of invention." How wise the person who coined that phrase! Recently, my seat companion on an airplane was a professional counselor who works full time with children who have behavior problems prob-lems so severe their parents can't control them. Among many other interesting observations, he told me about the almost miraculous changes chan-ges he has seen in children who are addicted to sugar once they are "de-sugared." "de-sugared." "It takes about three weeks with no sugar at all," he explained, "but once the sugar is flushed from their bodies, the turn-around is truly astonishing. "Belligerent, resentful, hateful kids calm down and become reasonable, cooperative, lovable, and happy. I have seen it happen time after time." Food for thought, don't you think? For 'cellular phone users who make many long distance calls, my son, Dan, suggests a way to save the cost of having a phone installed in a new residence: For about $40 a month, (which you pay anyway) some cellular providers offer up to 1000 free local or long distance minutes on weekends. Keep your usage of weekday minutes under 300 minutes and use a calling card for long distance during the week. This will save the installation charges and monthly fees for local and long distance services and you can take your cell phone anywhere. You can protect roses and other plants that sometimes don't make it through the winter this easy way: Build a frame around the plant and fill it with compost from your compost pile. The compost generates gener-ates enough heat to protect the plant from deep frost. In the spring, spade the compost into the ground for the plant's nourishment.. sje Dear Vi: I want to share my way of dealing with a student who seems determined to disrupt your class: Bring cookies and milk. As you start to pour the milk, secretly slip a fly in it "Oh dear, a fly got in this milk," you say as you dip it out. "Oh well, we can drink it anyway." Continue pouring and serving the milk. Naturally, the students will seem reluctant to take it. "No one seems to want to drink the milk," you sigh. "Isn't it a shame that one little fly has spoiled it for everyone? It's the same way with us, you know. Just one member can spoil for everyone what could otherwise be a stimulating, enjoyable class." Without being singled out or reprimanded, the troublemaker gets the point and the disruptive behavior stops. This has worked for me many times. A Dedicated Teacher, Rexburg, Ida. Dear Vi: Instead of buying see- through plastic boxes for our chil- 'I dren's toys, we store them in old, i hardcover suitcases (found at garage . sales for practically nothing.) one; for each child. The children love;-storing love;-storing their toys in them, and they " are portable. Beaulah Mesquite, Nev. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: It is better to keep still and let people think you are stupid than to open your mouth and remove all doubts. ' Readers: Thanks for sharing your good ideas for the benefit of ' all of us. Send yours (or your . questions) to: IT MAKES CENTS, 328 So. 300 E. 5, St. George, : Utah 84770 or by e-mail : (viblake infowest.com) If used here, I'll send you $2. or a copy of . one of my booklets, "Kitchen " Tricks," "Discard Tricks," "Vinegar, "Vine-gar, the Homemaker's Best Friend," or "What Else is it Good For?" Please state your choice. These -booklets are also available to others. Price: $2.50 plus $1 for ' postage. |