Flint Spokesman [Volume: 2, Issue: 1]

~SATURDAY, MARCH. 22,- 1947

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RK. SANE) ~ PM NOT SURPRISED that
Sof 3h ~ESagupehardy DuBois~ ~The World and

Seta more hen our natal amount oftknmel: Wi

he a ~thie! fine from the letter of Mrs. Pauline Richardson,

~ Topeka, that re
ered thét

~In your column piece of Feb. 24, | path
pala uBois hag. thrown more light son England~:
future #ein Bolicy; ~concerning Africa~ than ~any ~book
recent years has. | shall follow your suggestion and order a
copy thru the Viking Press: Both my hubby and self read your

columns on sports and the theatre with much delight!~! |
Then fram Raleigh, N. C., a reader of the ~~Carolinian,~

Roberta. D. Sawyer, a School marm, chimes~in with this:

~Did

not ktiow Dr. DuBois was a mémber ~of the National Institute
of Arte-.and letters, until you:im your inimitable manner made
~that clear.in your splendid review of his latest work. | should
like very. much to haye, a Copy, and am wondering jf you
would be kind enough to take care of that matter for me.
Ali~ expenses will be gladly defrayed by me, one of your

-donstant deeiders.~~

Welki readers, you'll never know how ee you make

~me feel when my humble efforts whet your literary appe~ites

~+thanks a lot~ The highpoint

b
of Dr: DuBois's classic, as I see

it,;~omeés with the chapter that points out how cruelly the

white historian has misrepresented the character and genius
of the black. How the Negro is not by nature: inferior in exécutive and administrative ability; nor in the arts and sciences

or-~at ~Warring.. Sitting: in the MELODY ROOM,
Armstrong the. former triple world~s champion, about~ Washington, Prejudice and) the Negro~s inability to stick to either

boycotts or picket lines was

RENCE (88) KEYS, distinguished organist and pianist, whipPing out love songs of yesteryear and~ today, caused many a
patron to pick at misty eyes with gayly-colored hankies, your

correspondent among them:. as are Vicki Vigol, Judy Marlowe and pert Viola Watkins;...
The inside of the JUNE ECKSTINE allegations: may
never be reléased to the public, they are that soiled and
tawdry; like a real man, BILLY ECKSTINE, her vibra-voiced
hubby, is standing right beside the Jonely si temporarily at
least outcast Mrs. Eckstine. We'll not have the facts about
the real ownership or JOE LOUIS~ closed restaurant until
the popular boxer returns to these shores. At best, what we
read: now is ~simply a roundup of rumors and heresay. How,
could they possibly be otherwise since Joe has remained stead- |
fastly silent lo, these many weeks?..

ISAAC ROYAL, is winning a sihall army of new el 'rers at Teddy Randolph's SHALIMAR LOUNGE. few artis
have made on Ike whether att he Wurlitzer grand piano, or
the intricate Hammond, organ:
ype just. what, is behind this blast, _ Milt. Gross, N.

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issue wiz: nis

rer

That. noise you just hoed was the latest ~blast from

chatting with Henry

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really something:... Keys is at the Melody room.. Many Harlemites are

of: oe id ~

APOLLO-ATOM! "Richard, weke io How come your name is Stepin'? Apollo
~Richard~s Answer,~ that Richard didn~t open th2 -t years now, Stepin has been just too tired

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Records reveals in the new recording,
docr because Richard is really Stepin~ Fechit!
-te answer! Lae apone: Richard finally unmasks. It's Stepin se it, divulging all on,

Richard~. Answer~!

Why Richard Dida t OpenT

Ted Yates Publtcatwirs

So sue me

A g2] who is an addle pote

Breaks

late
s her hair dre sser rant and

rave

And send her to an early grave

So sue me.

~

Makes

appointment
at the beauty shop, you~re sorry
and that~s that. You~ll apologize
to the hairdresser when you finally get in there, and if she is
angry, you'll taunt her, ~~So sue
me.~ But wouldn~t you be surprised if she took you up on it,

You. broke your

-and next day yo received-a sum
mons to appear in Court?

True, most hairdressers would
hesitate to take such drastic steps
g | ust because you brOke an ap$|pointment, ~but most of them
would file a lawsuit, is justified
~ou fail to show up at the prescribed hour and the peculiar
thing about it is that if a hairdresser should sfe you for damage incurred because of your

ccnsor's row? It was the sound of the door being unceremoniously shut in RICHARD~S face. WOR, probzb!y beai'sg the
other stations to the keyhole, announced that it is restricting
the use of ~Open The Door Richard~ on all its shows, as a
service to radio'audiences because of overplayi ing on rhs air,
Not only ~the musical. programs but also comics have been

asked by the outlet ~to hold the singing. and gagging of Rich.

ard down to a~ minimum.~

By VIVIAN TITUS

Have you ever wondered how
the first pattern -came into existence and when and where it
was first uscd? Astounding, that
in the industry of pattern making with its many branches of
men~s as. well as women~s apparel, information on this subject, should) be = so menbectels
lacking.

_l.eame across a book by a
comtemporary ~master-craftsman
of. patterns, who, like - myself,
was: curious, and who went
through vast ~research to condensed, jbecause I think it is
very interesting, besides - being:
helpful,.in~ understanding the~
progress and contributions that
have been made in perfecting
this. exciting and wonderful oc~cupation, the making of. beautiful. clothes.( i

Twelfth Century patterns
were first ~made | by secluded
monks who used the jdeas
brought to Ital in the dawn of
the Italian Renaissance by the
~Greek and Jewish merchants of
that day. These ideas in. turn
were ~barra from those af
Egyptian trikes of almost legefidary history. ~Patterns consist -
ed merely of a back and a
sleeve, only two leces to make
a garment. These patterns were
made of slate, as paper was unknown. and parchment too precious. They. were prepared for
members of the monastery and
peasants who were. under the
figuring the given designs,. a
gujde, to all garment makers. In

Thirteenth Century dressmaking: and color-blending started~
in. a crude. form in France.
tle. or no progress was made.

Fourteenth Century ~ Setting
ub..of tajloring and dressmaking continued in crude manner,
- however. garments were fitted,
sleeves were tight and long and

master tailor named Vacquert,

fered to the public the key to

necklines were varjedl:

FASHION NOTES

Fifteenth Century~The pattern. became _ simple. Long-1
trained gowns, with. wringed,
sleeves were p pular. Spanish,
Italian, and English: garments
were. inflienced~ by. the ~French
in design: Small'waistljnes and
long.skipts were the,yogue, and:.corsets were worn to get de
sired effect. Inventions and access to learning for better living influenced and improved the
designing of cloth.

Sixteenth Century~Waists began to be made to individual.
figures. -Hoop Skirts with trains
appeared. Ladies tailoring introduced. First paper, devoted: to
Fashion introduced ~by Josse
Amman, a pajnter born in Zurich. It was published in Frankfort written up ~im, Latin, and
later followed up~ by the French
under the title of ~Les Modes
de Lacour de France.~ Soon a
long list of Fashion papers were
written iti England as well as
in cther parts of Europe.

Seventeenth -Century~Dur'ng
Cardjnal Richelieus~ reign,,a

introduced many innovations in
design. Tailors and dressmakers
gave special attention to collars,
peplums, Finchus, overskirts and
pointed waistljnes. In 1671 a
book written by Bensoil. Boulay, master tailor of Paris, of
precision in measurements and
1675 John Softin introduced the
use of the thimble in England;
the manufacturing of pins and
needles having been introduced
in the 1th Century.
Up to this time women used
~wooden skewers to keep their
clothes together. In the 17th
Ventury, the knotted stocking,
ked gloves and parasols: were
first jntroduced.
Eighteenth Century ~ Added
grace to patterns appeared with
more sleeves and dress embel
~|day an operator

broken appointment, chances are
she would win her case, in fact
the Hairdressers~ Association in
Vermont actually tested this principle in the small Claims Court
and won, on the basis that an
appointment constitutes an Oral
Contract, which is legally binding.

A practice becoming more common among beauty salons is that
of charging the customer full

- price for the appointmen* when

she fails to keep it. But, you argue, I didn~t receive sérvice~
Why should I pay? The answer
is simple when you telephone. in
for your appointment your name
is recorded for a certain hour,
and the hairdresser plan to devote what. time is neeeEeey to
you.

The time arrives, you don~t
came and in the midst of a busy
is left sitting
with nothing ~to do, while she
sould have ~been working or taking care of:a more thoughtful

customer. No wonder she feels
lishment. The belted garment
was important with swelling

skirts and clouds of lace with
bunches of ribbons. Queen Marie
Antoinette, a lady of much
pomp and Fashion, left definite
imprints of her extravagance in
fashion history.

Nineteenth Century ~ The
dress pattern was definitely established. (Standardized. measurements and patterns practi
cally became a necessity for all

women who sewed or had their
garments made for them. Frederick Worth conducted one of
the oldest tailoring establishments. jn Paris, and Ebenezer
Buterick, a country tailoring establishment of Massachusetts,
placed his invention of standardized paper patterns for
-cloth on the market, the dirst

to put the pattern on a com-.

mercially- -paying basis. The popular fashion magazine of the
time was the Delineator, a magazine not too far back for some
of us to remember well.

And so we progressed to our
age, where purchase of a pattern of a high quality style, a
craftsmanship art, can be bought
by everyone.~J. T.

appointments or comes. like suing when. you casually
mentions later that you forgot.|!~~"

-the appointment or even worse,
it wasn~t convenient for you to
make it, the retort proper is obviously, we stil] have telephone
service.

Just try forgetting your doctor

* or dentist and see how far it gets

~

you, If you keep him waiting
you'd pay, so why not be just as
considerate of your beautician?
She spent years acquiring her
knowledge which she places. at
your disposal, and its up to you
to get the best possible use of it.

Maybe ~~War Nerves~ have gotten the best of us dowh and the
heavy program we planned for
Ourselves was taxing on the train,
but let~s not let our lives get out
of hand. If we make appointments, let's live up to them. If
we can~t keep them, let~s call a
couple of days in advance so an
alternate can be arranged, and
if by all chances we.do slip up,
let~s take our medicine and pay

-for the appointment, or offer to

~any way. Remember, thg hairdresser has planned to take care
of your beauty needs, getting to
the shop is your problem.

A gal who's really on the beam,
Makes punctuality her theme.
She keeps her beautician happy

and gay

Knowing she~ll be -there, right

time right day.

Sugar Chile

Turns Actor

DETROIT ~ ANP ~ ~Sugar
Chile~ Robinson, who thas stood
music lovers throughout the
country on their proverbial ears
with his. boogie woogie piano}
playing, has turned actor and
was the highlight in the civic
opera, ~~My Maryland,~. which
played at the: Masonie auditorium
hére the past week,! ~, ~

The little fellow was given
Speaking lines which, after less
than a week's rehearsal, he performed splendidly, so much so
that critics acclaimed the little
fellow as possibly as great an ac
tor as he is piano player.
Besides his speaking lines the
little wizara

Annabelle Hill,

uccompaniéd Miss
whe played a
~mammy~ role in the opera, who |;
sung spirituals. ~My Maryland~
was one of a series of 10 Jight |é
operas presented there by the
Civic Light Opera cOmpany over

a 10 week period.

Happy Am I

MESS LOURLLA sail
Merry I go along
Each day of my life, -

Feeling, nor seeing, any harm
No pain, no woe, or stirue.

Joy, and gladness I possess
To keep me occupied,
Each day I enjoy happiness,
And sorrow is denied.

| ever, as a race [I feel we

(tion, with emphasis upon culture

TIRE

In observing the gestionomical
anties of my people in crowded
acreas, public, conveyances, | etc.
I at one time looked upon such
activitiss as disgusting, and
shameful, and a wave of dissatisfaction would envelope use. However after much thought as to the
reasons of these _ distasteful reactions of Negro. masses, I felt
that perhaps this was a way a
peuple enslaved for over 240
years expressed themselves. They
were never taught any other outlets, and I began to pity myself,
and all Negroes,

I make the following cOmparison of another oppressed group
that of Negroes and Jews, while
they are advanced in civilization
and education, they have been
subjugated, and persecuted to a
degree much longer than we Negroes, when the Romans were enSlaving and persectting the Jews
your an@estors and mine were
warning the dark continent now
called Africa as free men. How~have
made comparitively more progress than any other race, but we
have such a long way to go. Still
speaking -comparitively the Jewish people may live very frugally
to accomplish an objective, we
live in dirt and squalor because
some of us do not know any béetter and have no immediate objective in sight.

Those of us who fail to see any
particular significance in this, and
wish to carry ourselves aloof from
the rank and file of Negroes, fail
also to see that this is a reflection
on them and that it boomerangs
right back into their laps with the
stereotype stamp upon it. Therefore it should be our duty to institute an- all cut educational pro
| gram among the unfortunate, who~.weére not able to attain an educa
in all forms thereby removing any
~stigma ~upon Negroes as the abMoxious type, also creating per
bof black and white.

-haps some! gdod will-among that.

| they matute.

A people who have given society, Robeson, Carver, Booker T.

Washington and many other Negro notables surely could lift
the masses from lower depths to
that of pant sk caliber benefiting
all.

To accomplish this we need to
achieve a unjty that is devoid of
jealousy, greed and personal gain,
~and develop a love ~ our Negro
fellowmen.

I feel it is necessary to mention
that we have made advancements
through interventions of white
benefactors, and the time is now
jo prove that their efforts and

tibatal their worth were well
worth tue efforts made by them.

If we are to contmue as an ag-~
gressive race we should become
pelf analytical capitalizing on our

mistakes and shortcomings,
and helping those who are not as
fortunate, in this we automatically would improve and benefit the mass.

Reapheal

*

Men of the noblest disposi
tions think themselves happiest
when others share their happiness with them.~Duncan.

those of many Negroes also con-:

Sulphuric Acid Increases

Flow of Gum From Pines

A few farmers scattered throughout the south Georgia naval stores
belt are demonstrating that applications of sulphuric acid to pine
trees to stimulate the flow of gum
is no longer in the experimental
stage, but is a sound commercial

practice. With slash pine a 40 per
cent solution of acid, and with longleaf a 60 per cent ~solution, applied

at the rate of one quart per 1,000

trees for each treatment. maintains
the flow of gum twice the normal
length of time.

Also, according to ve Shirley.
ngval stores specialist for the Georgia Extension Servic2. where a free
continues to yield a supply of gum
for six to-seven vears when chipped
once each week as is the usual
practice without acid. the same
tree yields gum more vears when
acid is used because it is chipped
only half as often.

Introduced by the Southeastern
Forest Experiment Station. the
practice of stimulating the flow of
gum with acid was used to some
extent during the war. When acid
is ~applied and trees are streaked
weekly, gum flow is increased 40 to
60 per cent over normal production.
When trees are streaked every
other. week and acid is applied, the
gum flow is about equal to that
from trees streaked each week

~* without-the use of acid.

Karakul Replaces Diamonds |
As S. W. African Top Export

In South West Africa diamonds
have yielded their position as a
leadirig export to the rapidly expanding volume of karakul lamb
pelts destined for coats in Great
Britain and the United States. Since
1920, recalls the. National Geographic society, South West Africa
has been administered by the
neighboring Union of South Africa
under a League of Nations mandate, It was a German colony from
1884 to 1915. Late in that period,

pure-bred karakul sheep were im- }

ported from Bukhara, now part of
the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic.

These karakuls from the northern edge of the Iranian plateau
were crossed with South West Africa~s native clothing-wool sheep.
The resulting lambs~ fur was not so
tightly curled and lustrous as that
of the pure-bred Persian strain, but
it has always been in demand, as
proved by the recent phenomenal
growth of the trade.

In 1926, a mere 10,000 pelts were
shipped from the South West African collection center at Windhoek.
In. 1936, the total reached 800.000.
Despite World ~War II and scarcity
of ships, exports increased to
2,390,000 skins in 1941 and to
2.429,000 in 1944.

Soybean Production
Soybean production in the United

States has increased so enormously~

in the past few years that it now
rivals Chinese production and is
nearly twice that of Manchuria.
The soybean is no longer a strange
and exotic crop to the farmers of
the United States. It has become
quite definitely westernized,
much so that more than one hundred varieties are now grown in the
United States. Estimates place the
1946 United States soybean crop at
an estimated 192 million bushels,.or
just a million bushels under the
record breaking crop of 1943. Before the. war China ~and Manchuria
accounted for about three-fourths
of the world~s soybean production.
The war was, of course, chiefly responsible for the United States_production increasing in proportion to
the Asiatic crop. The war-induced
fats and oils shortage encouraged
vast increases in the acreages
planted to soybeans in the United
States, while these same wartime
operations and disruptions cut production in Asia.

Ripening Pears

Pears, iike bananas, ripen best
off the trees. Since pears become
shard and gritty when left on the
trees, they are picked as soon as
If the fruit in the
store is not soz, keep it for a few
days at room temperature, between
60 ahd 70 degrees. In home kitchens
pears may be covered with a damp
cloth until ripe or in a paper bag
with a wad of damp paper to provide the necessary moisture. They
should not be put in the refrigerator
until they are soft. The exception
to the rule is the Kieffer pear, the
hardy variety widely grown in
home orchards. They need a cooler
rature for ripening than other
pears and should be kept at from
55 to 65 degrees to develop a soft
texture and pleasing flavor. Most
home cellars Peevide the right tem
perature for the Kieffers.

Discover Roman Ruins

Bombs and rabbits led to new
discoveries of England's Roman
centuries. Decorative mosaic~ floors
of about A. D. 300 were revealed
beneath bomb-bared cellars at Canterbury and in Somerset. The rabbits, scratching in a dry castle
ngat in Dorset. uncovered pottery
and metal objects of the Roman
period. Ruing of Roman Londinium
were found under Middle-Ages artifacts by delving a dozen feet veneath blitzed basements in the Lud.
gate Hill sectign of London. Studeni
volunteers excavated Romen dwell
ings beneath rubble in bombed
Seuthwark cnd Exeter.

50 |

| Siums Add to Cost of City

Government in New Jersey
Slums in Newark, N. J., are costing the municipality an estimated
14 million doliars annually according to a recent s*idy cited by the
National Association of Housing
Offic:als. Fmphasizing urgent need
for sium clearance throughout the
U. S. fer economic as well as humane reasons, the Newark study
disclosed that in gne small slum
area the cost of municipal services
was 3.2 times as great as the area's
contributions to municipal revenuss. In a high-rent residential area
studied in Newark for purposes of
cor-parison, the reverse was true~
revenues were found to be 2.2 times
greater than city expenditures.
Although residential districts usually cost their municipalities more
than they yield in revenues. Newark slum researchers~ observe
~There is a limit beyond which
communities should not go in supporting. residential areas.~~ To the
great municipal cest of slums must
be added relief expenditures by private agencies.
The study, condycted by the Newark Housing Authority, concludes
that ~thangh a program of slum

clearance and-rebuilding would be

costly.~ it is ~fhe only way of stopning tie spread of blight~~ which is
drivine midcle and ubper-income
f-milies to reside in the suburbs
while costing the city millions anmaily in increased costs of crime,
tre. ard sickness. By examining
ahat éceurs when families are
moved from slums to decent housing. without ehanging their incomes, the Newark research group
und that good housing can bring
<tantiay improvements in the
Ifire ot the people even though
~ir poverty remains.~~

suite

12~71 Fiza Lossss
-fonvorsh AN-Time Mark
During 146 national fire waste toled $561,487.000, the highest losses
1 20 years, and the second highest
ver recorded. This destruction came
ithin half a million dollars of exeding the record year of 1926,
vhen the waste totaled $561,980,751.

Last year, the waste by fire was
~reater than in any of the years of
vast city-wide conflagrations,. such
is 1871, when Chicago burned, or
1996 when fire destroyed virtually all
of San Francisco. In 1906, by comparison, losses for the whole nation,
including San Francisco, were estimated at $518,811,800.

The great destruction in 1926 climaxéd seven postwar years in which
fire losses increased year by year.
The nation now has nearly equalled
the 1926 waste in just one year after
another great war. If the losses
continue this upward trend, the nation will be faced with the annual
destruction of a,billion, dollars, worth
of valuable resources, nearly all of
them irreplacable, by the year 1953.

We are now burning up at the
fastest rate in our history. December~s fire losses of $58,094,000 were
the highest recorded in a single
month since the National Board of
Fire Underwriters began tabulating
monthly losses in i929, This is an
increase of 30 per cent over November, 1946,. and 17.4 per cent over December, 1945..

Placing Thermostat

Suggestions onthe.proper location of the- thermostat to provide
the utmost in heating comfort and
fuel economy are offered by the
Plumbing and Heating Industries
Bureau. The thermostat should be
placed where it will maintain, as
nearly as possible, the average
temperature of the house or space
to be controlled. The best location
for the thermostat is usually on ~an
insile wall of the living room or
dining room where there will be a
free circulation of air over the in~strument. It should not be exposed
to hot or cold drafts, warm air
registers, radiators, fireplaces,
lamps, or. direct rays of the sun.
Nor should the thermostat be
mounted on an outside wall or walls
containing hot or cold water pipes
or ducts or the, chimney. The bottom of the thermostat should be
located go that it is about 4 or 5
feet. above the floor. At this height
the instrument will not be exposed
to tampering by. children or damage when moving furniture. Large
pieces of furniture should not be
placed close to the instrument because they might interfere with the
free circulation of air.

Winter Centerpiece

If you~re stuck for an idea for a
centerpiece in winter~take a tip
from the home economics students
the homemaking apartments at
ornell, who have made centerpieces with mothballs. Here's how
to do it. Fill a rose bowl, or any
kind of a bowl with a curved surface, with water. Add 1 teaspoon of
baking soda, 1 teaspoon of citric
acid ~crystals,
mothballs for each cup of water.
The chemical reaction between the
baking soda and the citric acid will
keep the moth balls moving from
the surface of the water to the
bottom of the bowl and back for
about two hours. The curved surface of the bowl magnifies the size
of the moth balls, and if you place
the bowl on a mirror you get twice
the effect. The centerpiece is even
more interesting if the water is
colored. A little vegetable eploting | ox
will do the trick. And if you have a
flower from last night~s corsage,

float it on top.;

| such as asparagus,

=
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ete

Merrie: ~England Savy

Development of S...5~

Great Britain is among the moitl.
sports-minded of nations. and
eral athletic contests besides crick.t
have originated or devetvuy.d there.
Among the earlicst of Hnglish spcetacles were the jousis; ur our a-..
ments, in-which knights on hors--77
back iilted lances. '

Tennis in some form descended on
England from France not later thar~
the 14th century, when Chaucer
wrote, ~But canstow pleyen raket to~~~
and fro?~~ Henry. VII was a ten:is:
enthusiast and installed ccurts on,,.
the grounds of Whitehall palace. _

He also set up a bowling green,
but like his predecessors furhad?~
bowling because its popularity Was -
thought to interfere with moreimrur-:.
tant archery. From the rei7%n of Fd
ward I to that of Queen Elizabeth:
all English lads were required bylaw.
to practice with bows and arrows. ~~~

The first football game jin ctyagg <<
took place in 1710, but fo:tball pla...
dates back at least six centuries.
writer in 1631 criticized the guovt ss
nothing but beastly fury and ~
treme violence. Until the orgon'-~
tion of Rugby football in the las: a

SEV
~

tury, the English vers~an cv ae

game consisted wholly in kicki: a;

ball. sine
~ Lor

Nutritive Value of Foo!
Should Be Guide. in Di

In spite of all the advi: {
dieting to reduce weight ~ E
through the years, many ~w Pe ~
weights still have mistaken:. be é
about foods that should or = 4
not be eaten. Many a ~ree ieit..
avoids potatoes, cereals or | ruad.
yet takes pie for dessert or r* i >:
milk but fills up on soft dri ~i+:
nibbles on nuts or crackers |

we CT

meals.

Too often a calorie list is 1''e sate
guidé to dieting without revord ta..
the nutritive values of the ~ ~erst,

foods. For those who are tryin~
pare off pounds, the follow:2
on which to base the daily ~i;
suggested:: oa
Skimmilk, one pint; égg. cooltJ)
without fat~in shell or ponched:
lean meat and -fish, such i
lamb, chicken, veal, heart,!.
cod, haddock, perch; pota~ 1

oO
lit

Cl ist*

hag -

ve iv

bailed or baked and served ~ith Ct"? ~

butter, but not fried; ve>oiabl s+
Sap Wis
broccoli, cabbage, cai:
greens of all kinds, squash. 3.
turnips~without butter o: ~ie ~*
sauce; fresh fruits in seas, \. -~
out added sugar, cream o: pi:..

bread or cereal, small size

jUWwer,
"

enw. a

Bleaching Mahogary
Before attempting to blhe:h i) OY
hogany, remove any finish wich vt"
may have with paint and vi v.ieh i 2
mover, which is obtainable. in pissi
Stores. Then, rinse off an. ies.
of the paint remover wit. turpen- ~
tine, as any traces of the;:int temover left on the wood ni:ay inierfere with the bleaching prev oss. Ty,
wood then may be bleach::
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d with <
bleaching preparation fr wooed, -

which is purehasable frei patit >
dealers. After bleaching iv the ue- ~
sired degree of lightness, ~li tvaces |
of thé bleach, which shoul.~ be uscd *
only according to the manu. icturer's &
directions on the containc:. shuld ~
be thoroughly washed off, and the =

wood thoroughly dried befo ~ any at- =
ternpt is made at refinishi:;. When:
perfectly dry, the piece mas ce wry *
carefully rubbed down vith very tine 2
sandpaper or steel wool, ii 11 is woul =
perfectly smooth, but care -
taken not to make any fine s~viniches 3
on the surface. Finally, the sur-~
face may be finished with:wo-thin<
coats of clear varnish, l:.:quer or >
shellac, making sure thal tne first *
coat is perfectly dry before the sec- ec
ond coat is applied. A tact eout~
of furniture wax is a_ fur... yee
to protect the piece again..
staining and helps to tucili..
cleaning.

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Dry Cleaning ~ #
If you must do your ewn dry...
cleaning use only a non-flisnmabie*

cleaning fluid. A fluid impy hemarked ~~~non-explosive~~ wid wtillbe flammable. Never, unger any~

circumstances, use gasoline, napli--.
tha or kerosene for garment apne.
ing purposes. Do the cleaning out-~
side the house, where toxic joa?
other vapors will be quickiy dissi-~
pated. Store cleaning fluids guisidethe house in a marked co,:tainer.
Keep hands out of the golvent~use*.
a suction washer. Avoid getting:
cleaning fluid on clothing or ex-m
posed parts of the body. D:y gar-*
ments or articles fhoroughly out--

_ side before taking them into the,

and three to five.

house. Keep children at a safe~
distance from the cleaning opera-~"
tion. ue

Nutritious Vegetables

Spinach may be Popeye's f:vur-~
ite vegetable, but to the Wysiningexperiment station there are viler..
kinds of greens which have mcre to~
recommend them. Two less cuom--
monly known leafy vegetables, kale.
and mustard, are being urged for~
wider use, while the station indi--
cates some doubt about such old,
reliabies as chard and spinachKale and mustard, says E. J. Tv ics--
sen, foods and nutrition worke: at~
the station, have a low oxalic; cid:
content, which makes them. desir--
able for cooked greens. Chard and,

~spinach, she said, havé a higher:

oxalic acid content, and there may
be some question as to the effect of:
this substance on the utilization of:
calcium in the human body. ~

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