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PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT

HERITAGE FROM THE PAST

By MARION CLYDE McCARROLL LTERE'S a house that, while

Hadapting itself conven-

tently to the requirements of contemporary living, offers re assuring evidence of its herit age from a past in which life was more leisurely and even, perhaps, a little friendlier.

The two-stor. design, with Its white clapboard, is definite- ly reminiscent of hospitable Colonial days; the brick re- Rects the stability and substan tlal character of a generation ago. The trim compactness of the home, on the other hand, together with such features as the picture window, with ven- Ullating windows on either side, and the attached garage, as well as the space-saving inte- rior plan, stamp it as belonging to an era in which both time and space are at a premium.

The little front porch, scarcely more than a tiny stoop, opens into a small vesti- bule having a closet for out- door things. At the right of the vestibule is the large living room, with the picture window mentioned above in the front, and a fireplace and another window on the side. Good-sized dining space occupies one end of the living room, attaining individuality of its own by vir- tue of the fact that the area

given over to the living-dining A HAPPY COMBINATION OF modern affictancy and traditional | clapboard and brick. Note the large picture window in front, with room is L-shaped.

charm la offered by this compact and convenient home of white | ventilating windows to keep the living room well-aired at'all šimes. :

The well-arranged, rectan- gular kitchen, designed so that range and refrigerator are on one side, with cupboards above, and the sink on the other, flanked by broom closet and more cabinet space, has a lavatory of its own in a rear entry that provides access to the garage.

There are three bedrooms on the second floor, one of them particularly large, and a con- venient feature is the dual compartment bathroom which has toilet and sink in one half, and bath tub in the other, so that the room may be used by two members of the family at the same time.

CL

LAV

KITCHEN 12-649-6"

CL

GARAGE

11-621-9"

BED ROOM 16k 14-6"

BATH

HALL

BED ROOM

10-02106"

CL

BLD ROOM 18-5"x15-0"

STORAGE

CL

Roof

THREE BEDROOMS UPSTAIRS share a dual-compariment bathroom, permitting use by two members of the family at once.

It's Your Homo

How

W

to save money -and water

By BOB SCHARFF

THEN you do your own servicing and repair- Ing of plumbing you save money in two ways-the cost of the work and also the cost of water that may leak through a faulty fix- ture.

Before beginning any plumbing repairs, make

sure that the water in the ne

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be

some

Air vent

Trop

repaired is turned off. In Layout of a typical sewerage system

installations, plumbing

each line in the house hos a water pressure until the flush shutoff valve in. By in others lever is tripped. It is easily re- there le one main shutoff valve placed after unscrewing it from back of the water meter,

To replace the washer in A compression faucet, the cap nut

the brass lift rod to which it is attached.

or

Ovor a period of time, ne. must be unscrewed from the cumulations of grease, dirt, faucet body and the handle other waste may tend to clog stem, and other parts removed as un assembly with the cap nut. The screw holding washer in place on the end of the stem can then unscrewed and the washer ro- placed.

the lowor

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PORCH

DINING

· 10'-0'x10'0"

LIVING ROOM 19'6" 1218"

Hallonal Flan Service, Ins

THE WELL-ARRANGED PLANS of the ground floor provide L-shaped living-dining rown space, an emcient rectangular

kitchen,

Household Hints

Never put tension shoe trees- into wet shoes, because they may stretch the leather out of shape. Stuff shoes with tissue paper or labsorbent.clath to take up mola- ture. Pat the outside of shoes with a soft cloth. Rubbing may roughen the wet leather. When inside moisture is absorbed, re- mave stuffing and let shoes dry slowly away from heat. Fast dry- ing with heat mates leather shrink, harden or crack.

Use a portion of the parsley Jn your refrigerator for a sauce to serve with nah. Make the sauce by browning about four. table- spoons of butter-or margarine in a frying pan or small saucepan, {brows slowly so as not to burn the fat. Add one tablespoon of lemon juice (or more if you Uke a tart sauce), and two table- spoons chopped parsley, Heat again and serve immediately.

City-dweller? Why

make a garden on your window sill?

not

Window boxes dress up and other accents of the house may prefer to group the taller

painted. If the boxes plants at each end. certain types of houses and are

should be bright for contrast, They also can the colour should be chosen as cottages. provide opportunity to a definite accent, only be careful some of you to do a bit of of the colours of flowers planted gardening oven though you in the bright boxes, may not have

a piece of land in which to plant some flowers.

If you live in a city apart ment you will probably have to get permission to have a window box. There are ro- gulations about such things. But in most locations window-box gardening is

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soll will

Any good garden serve. City dwellers can buy soil from a greenhousC. An inch or BO of drainage material-broken pots, claders, bahn-should coarse pebbles or be put in the bottom.

Fill the boxes within an inch natural thing. Only be sure of their rims, water well, then your boxes are fastened let them stand a day or two be- fore planting, so the soil has a securely to their moorings.

chance to settle. Boxes may be purchased

Any of the moro compact garden favourites are good. In window boxes. Petunias of all kinds are lovely. I always recall a gray

house that had window boxes Illed with rich all petunias purple velvety

summer.

Marigolds are gay, especially if combined with something for contrast. For example, fuchsias and dwarf marigolds have been used together, or marigolds and blue

lobelio Geraniums are always good. Then there

salvia,

avaliable in 20W pastel colours, if preferred. sweef alyssum Ageratum and are both effective for edginge; wandering jew as a trailer.

The annuale, of course, need If your box is in shade,

What shall you raise in your pun.

or built, You may prefor window-box garden? It is fun, y tuberous-rooted begonias, the metal irrigating type, of course, to raise plants from which are charming in window which has the advantage of seed, especially if you have no boxes. Evergreens and English a channel for watering that actual garden plot to play with, ivy get along well without sun,

But this would mean that your also. If runs under the goll.

window boxes would be far wooden boxes are built, they from decorative until way into should be sturdily construct- the summer. ed of some moisture-resist

Immediate effects are gained

If your house is of formal the traps under a sink, lavatory ant wood like cypress, cedar, by buying and setting in potted should be planted in a formal, alyic, your window boxes or tub,

One method of clean- or white pine, with holes in plants already in bloom, or at dignified war ing makes

of strong the bottom for drainage, and least in bud. The pols may be

achieved by chemicals (obtainable in pre- bo pared package form) that dis- brass or copper acrows that plunged right into the sall, and

later in the season removed, if colours-two contrasted colours solve the wastes.

desired, to make room for fresh or all one; or by rather formal plants. Many persons do this plant materials.

Another method of cleaning

is to remove the cleanout plug

Examine the condition of the seat in the faucet body. If at the bottom of the trap or,

where there is no plug, by un-

won't rust.

Tils

can bo

restraint

in

The alternative is to knock Dwarf evergreens are formal the planta out of the pots and Zinnias can be, in combination Ja rough, it may be dressed

sot them dirrelly Into the with foliage plants, especially if with a special pent dresser screwing the two muts that hold Other types of boxes are made window-box soil-giving them all one colour. Geraniums are which is inexpensive and

the trap in place and removing of concrete, the stone, or stucco, a chance to spread their rools formal or informal, tainable in most hardward the entire trap. In elther case, depending on the architecture and grow.

on: how stores. To replace the rubber

poet a wire can be used to ball washer in the Fullerball

Dad out the sediment.. faucet, the complete faucet

scrape of concrete, tile, stone, or stucco, reach the full width of the

the fun of raiding seedlings, by pluma

used

Obylom

out

petunias in a riot

of dinerent aro Compromises might be made colours

Informal, and window, but not go beyond the between immediate effects and

as are also must be removed since the A plunger called a "plum- edge of the trim.

containing washer is replaced from the ber's friend" can be used to They should be eight to 10 planting, some seeds in the box different kinds of flowers back.

break the sediment free and inches wide and about the same while potted plants are also Window boxes dry A toilet flush tank may leak open a drain when there is no in depth. Camp or shore used. This, too, is often dene. quickly, therefore care must be because the water supply shut- secondary opening to an over- cottages might have smaller

lawed from the outside, the taken to water them off valvs does not close as the flow outlet, Partly au the bowl boxes, but of course less can be windowplants at the back, nearest, Ht to sink into the solid cities

water on slowlyE float rises to the proper height, with water, place the rubber raised in them: or because the flush valve does cap over the drain, and work In gendral, it is best to paint the house, with medium-shed or in dusty" not close the flush tank outlet the handle up and down. This the boxes some dark colour and ones next, and short, king, plants should be sprayed with The Bush valve uses a rubber creates alternate suction and let the bright colours be the plants in the front. In order to lapid, water atɔintervals. Flant

that

clears ball or cap which is hold in pressure

the flowers Dark grem is good or enjoy the window box from tablets or liquid fertiliser once place on the tank outlet by the obstruction,

whatever dark colour the blinds Inside the room as well, you; a week will provide food..

taller plants

Signs of bad sight in a child

By H. N.. BUNDESEN

THE ability to use the

eyes is n matter of growth and development. In other words, while tho newborn child can see, he does not have the completo. power of vision as we older people know it. That In something he develops in ac- cordance with an orderly pattern during the first few years of life.

Within ten minutes of birth, the newborn babo will close his eye-lids to keep

At

light out ten days of age, he is able to follow the light with his eyes, And at a month is able to see large

four objects. Before months have passed, the baby can follow moving objects with bla eyes, and at six months he is able to distinguish

detalla,

four

By the time the child is and one-half years of age, File ability to see is equal to that of an adult.

Various Signa

The child whose eyes are not developing normally may from time to time give various signs of his trouble. Sometimes will squeeza his eyelids to- gether when looking at some-

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thing; or he may stumble, trip, or run into objects, He may frequently rub his eyes or blink hid суса rapidly, or

or become

nervous and irritable repeat-

Youngsters may

od sties ог infections in ghands of the eyelids. There the also be watering of may eyes, and the youngster may

dizziness, complain of

head- ache, or sickness at the stomach following prolonged use of the eyes.

Frequent Disturbance Conjunctivitis or inflamma- tion of the lining membrane over the eyes or eyelids is the most frequent eya disturbance in children. Frequently treat- ment with a solution of zine aul-

and sulfathiazole ointment phate and clears up the condition. These

often aro preparations

Con- tinued for several days afler the infection hns apparently cleared up, in order to avola recurrence or a chronic cond!- tion.

If the child's eyesight is not normal, It must be "corrected with glass06; usually by the time he is two years old

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