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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE, DELTA, UTAH WOMAN'S WORLD Correct Care of Floors Depends on Types of Surfaces Refrigerator Cleaner an electric floor polisher to use every so often, this will save you a great deal of work. Dry Unfinished Floors As Quickly as Possible Unfinished floors can be beauti-ful If you can prevent them from getting dark and streaking. Much of this dirty look comes from soak-ing 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 it's cleaned. For an occasional scouring, you can apply fine steel wool to the floors to keep them in tip-to- p con-dition. developed slight blemishes, apply gasoline to' spots and rub very light-ly 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 ordi-nary soap for good cleaning, and a good paste wax helps "seal" the floors and helps it retain its beauty. Afterwards, you may ap-ply liquid wax from time to time. Oil soap is also best for clean-ing terrazzo floors, and the care should be periodical. Sweep these floors free of all dust before wash-- By Ertta Haley JsjO 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 beau-tiful, 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 won't want to use soap on an oiled floor, nor would you apply an oiled mop to a var-nished 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 ques-tions naturally pop Into the mind when it comes to floor care. There is both a preferred daily , routine for caring for floors, as well as weekly or monthly care out-lined below. Faithfully followed, the treatments will give you the results desired, in shining, flawless cover-ings. The biggest enemy to floor beauty is, of course, dirt or dust. For this reason, it's wise to keep after the Keep the refrigerator sweet and fresh smelling with the old kitchen 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 cellu-lose sponge and wipe inside sur-faces. Then wipe walls, trays and shelves with cloth wrung out In clear water. Then rub briskly with a cloth, fol-lowing the grain of the wood. Use Little Water On Oiled, Waxed Floors An oiled floor 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 con- - Floors which are badly stained should be given the oxalic acid treatment. Dissolve V pound of ox-alic 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 thor-oughly 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 exten-sive 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 tag for best results. Cement and rubber floorings re-quire 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 recom-mends for them. Linoleum Should Have Finish Renewed The best care which you can give linoleum is to wipe whatever spills on it as soon as possible, be-fore 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. anion. 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. Finish of the floor .... 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 diffi-cult to remove. 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 remove the spots, touch up with a bit of varnish. For varnished floors which have been marred and whitened in many spots, make a mixture of one table-spoon vinegar with three table-spoons of boiled linseed oil or olive oil and one teaspoon turpentine. Cover the spot with the mixture and let stand for several, minutes. determines cleaning technique. change the cloth frequently or the floor will get stubborn dirt streaks on it. Three-fourth- s of the battle in keeping waxed floors in good con-dition lies in applying plenty qf "el-bow grease" to the floor to bring out the gloss in the wax. If you can get 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 some horse-radis- h with it and you'll have it moist again. In fact,, the horse-radis- h improves the taste of the peanut butter so much, it's a good idea even if the peanut butter isn't too dry. If honey turns grainy before it's used up, set the container in a saucepan of hot water, with a couple of sticks of wood under the honey jar so the water can circulate under it, and let it stand for several hours. .v. water hot, but not boiling the honey should return to n- - Cardboard milk and butt containers can be torn into which are handy to use as p2 scrapers and sink cleaners. On Friday night, put a ful of spoon, dry mustard in the from k0 J6m0Ve fishy odor For making roses out of ra- nches and other fancy garnishes you 11 be surprised at how handier you'll be if you use a pen" knife instead of a paring kntfe FOR THE KIDS Toys for Christmas Feature 'Atomic' Sets, Reflect Sciences, Arts Toys for Christmas 1950 will re-produce in detailed miniature every phase of peace-lovin- g America's arts, industries and sciences. Although some toys are keyed to juvenile interest in atomic en-ergy, jet propulsion and minia-tures of U.S. army and navy equip-ment, playthings designed to de-termine aptitudes and build ca-reers in homemaking, architecture, fashion designs, transportation, ag-riculture and chemistry dominate the new toy showings. Cowboys will lead the toy gun and holster production; although the war headlines have inspired an increase in play uniforms and nurse costume sales. Santa's toy pack will equal the record $300,000,000 (manufactur- - - V r j v 1 . , . - v fi The peaceful possibilities of nuclear 'research are stressed in this new atomic energy lab set. It includes a workable Geiger counter, a cloud cham-ber that makes visible the paths taken by alpha particles speeding at more than 12,000 miles per second, and a fluo- - rescent screen that shows atom-ic radioactive material disin-tegrating. The set is guaran-teed harmless. ers value) of the past three years with greatly improved quality, as-suring parents peak play value for their money. Assistant Santas are advised to shop early for special-ly wanted items, as widespread shortages are expected in many popular lines because there are more than 45,000,000 children of toy age 40 per cent increase over pre-wa- r years, and manufacturers face shortages of many basic ma-terials. This estimate on 1950 prospects was given by Arthur M. Raphael, president of the Toy Manufacturers of the U.S.A. "Toy volume in 1950 is expected to equal the record sales of the past three years which have been around $300,000,000 manufacturers' value," said Mr. Raphael. "Capital- - Inflated plastic and rubber toys take the spotlight this year. Here, a youngster punches an inflated clown who will always come back for more. lzing on the opportunity offered by the 40 per cent increase in the number of children of toy age as compared with pre-wa- r levels, manufacturers have utilized the latest research and manufacturing methods to produce more ingen-iously varied designs. The new showings of toys, games, books and hobby equipment will offer parents more for their money of increased play value, tested age interest and better durability than ever before. Increases are noted in the number of toy designs adapted to children under five, a market which has increased 48 per cent since 1940." Cowboy careers intrigue girls as well as boys this year. Several million cowgirls are reported to be enthusiastic wearers of West-ern regalia complete with lariats and two-gu- n holsters. Juvenile firemen will get a thrill from a new model fire engine with a four foot ladder extension. A car set with a jack and wrench and removable wheels and tires gives Junior a chance to try his hand at repairs. Catering to ranch minded boys, a new sidewalk bike features sad-dle bags and a rifle carrying case and holster in black leather with a smart white trim. For the there are convert-ible four-whe- bikes; the extra wheels are removed after the child learne to balance. Bf i ? j TREAT THE FAMILY TO A BATCH OF M i &eem$pres Wmm 7 Cook together O Into greased J over hot water bowl, pour j E3Kfp I J V cup butter 5 cups Kellogg's f H B H ft I V4 lb- - morhmallow Rice Krisplet. I 1 S B Fl I V j (about 2V4 doi.) Add marshmullow I aSMSfm fit j When syrupy, add mixture, get 24 piece J B J f, f J J and beat in... from 9" x 13 pan. tftoln,. I I I V4 teaspoon vanilla. Even kida can make 'em! tHlEf!Z& I I ' ladies! Jtaptfids SepsafaialDouble Q&r! I 2t with word "Snowdrift" from j jjyf strip you unwind with key y H )ottvov mu Atso eecaifc J 0MA313. 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Ruins Bis 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 com-ments, or reminds me that it hap-pened on a Saturday and not a Tuesday, or she corrects my gram-mar. What the dickens can a man do when he begins to talk, and his wife says 'that is funny, Dan, but I've heard it so often,' or 'make this one short, dear, other people like to talk'? And it isn't," the ag-grieved Dan finishes, "as if she contributed anything. Getting any-thing out of my wife is like getting the cork out of a bottle when its way down in." "TVfY WIFE GETS A COLD, and the tip of her nose gets red, and it's 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, "here's my cold again.' Now our little Sheila is four, and Gwen is beginning on her. 'I believe she's going to have my colds every winter,' she tells people. Doesn't it ever go through her head that ' a man hates that sort of thing?" "Lottie talks poor," another hus-band also wrote me some time ago. I have saved a dozen of thAe let-ters from men, all about those ap-parent trifles that really do have an important effect on married hap-piness. "Lottie talks poor," writes Fred Green. "We aren't 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 haven't as much money as we'd like, who has? But that eternal cheerful 'well, we're poor folks, and fur coats and trips tp Florida aren't for us. Don't talk as if you were as rich as the Smiths, Fred, because you know we can't afford things.' "You get darned tired of itl" this letter ends gloomily. A third letter is from a man who married a pretty wile. Shabby at Home "Beauty is Fern's business," Kane Choate writes. "She never lets up. The only people who see my wife looking pretty now are outsid-ers. At home she's 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 . . don't wrinkle me . . one side of her face up at me to kiss when I get home and says, 'don't wrinkle me.' "When we go out she looks swell, and I'm proud of her. But a man likes a pretty, neat, comfortable-lookin- g 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 vives 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 pub-lic places; when they are lunching together downtown, for Instance. This is most irritating and embar-rassing for all present. "I've gotten used, and I guess most fellows have," says this letter, "to her taking out her compact and doing up her face and her lips ONCE OVER . The Great Ticket-Age- nt Conspiracy By H. I. PHILLIPS tSTE ARE IN RECEIPT of a com- - munication from Thaddeus P. Swonk, America's leading "Second In Line" man, with regard to a re-cent column recording the seeming-ly endless red tape required to get railroad transportation to any fairly distant point. "Have you ever been the man directly behind the first man at the ticket window?" he de-mands. "If not you don't know what tough going really is. If you want to pity somebody pity me." "1 have never dashed to 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 stop-over at Eggplant Creek," he continues. "If I am not in a t great sweat, he may not be go-ing 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 spe-cial attention to drawing rooms, etc. ' e e "I think the ticket window clerks and these birds are in cahoots, They both have such fun together, it seems to me. I suspect they have signals which are flashed the mo-ment I appear at the station and start galloping for the window. Yes. there are other windows. Sure. One has a little sign 'Mr. Hasselstoffer.' But Hasselstoffer has a great eye. He sees the customer FIRST! And can he grab a bunch of papers, rubberstamps, etc., and bide fasti "Another window announces that 'Mr. Sepswitcb' Is in charge. Yeah, but he Is always on the phone checking an upper for somebody who can't be in-tending 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, couldn't they? Do they have to be so dcadpanny and uncon-cerned? Would it hurt to throw out a kindly, 'I'll be with you In a few minutes'? Must they al-ways register the mood which seems to say, 'Brother, If you expect to go out of town today you're crazy. "More people are nervous wrecks from being second in line than from any other feature of travel. 'rVithin 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 OU City, Pa., left home to get tickets and a com-partment to Florida 11 weeks ago and we just got a letter from the Missing Persons Bureau saying she is still in line at the Number Two Post. I had a cousin, Chidsey, who left home to get some railroad transportation covering 800 miles once. He made it within a month, but had a letter from the Presi-dent, the mayor and four top politi-cians. e e e "So your recent description ot your troubles as Number One man at a window leaves me cold. Try being the Number Two Boy. It will be unforgettable, bub." Smugglers In Big Gold Rush 'Prospectors' Profit By Gold Price Changes PARIS, FRANCE There's still a gold rush in Europe of almost Klon-dike proportions, but the prospec- tors are men with limousines in-stead of burros. Their tools are the financial pages of the newspapers instead of shovels. The arrest of a smuggling gang with $100,000 in American curren-cy hidden in the fenders of a big American car led police on an in-ternational hunt for a revival of postwar black marketeering. They discovered 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 iri gold prices. Is believed to have set off the revival of the smuggling rackets. They had flourished pre-viously just after the war, when all Europe demanded gold. A black market artist, for ex-ample, can buy a Swiss gold franc for between $8.40 and $9 in Zurich and sell it in Paris for just under $10 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 re-cent weeks, but other sources at-tributed It to the fact that gold canbe bought mora cheaply in Italy. |