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W O M A N 'S W ORLD Furniture Arrangement Is Important f By Ertta Haley out your having to move chairs or tables to get to them. Large pieces are always placed parallel to the walls so they do not violate the basic lines of the room. Upholstered chairs may be placed at angles to add Interest while ! straight-backed chairs look well , placed against walls. Try giving plenty of open space between various groups within the ; room for a pleasing, uncluttered ef fect. I f a picture belongs to a cer- j tain grouping, hang It low enough | so that it becomes a part of its own group, rather than a wall decora tion In Its own right. Tall pieces are usually placed centered ugalnst a wall to add bal ance to the room and still give it plenty of space. ** II NEW BRIDK moved next * * door, nnd you should see the beautiful furniture she hast But It Just doesn’t look right, the way she’s fitted It In the rooms," said an acquaintance of mine recently. Many people have such good common sense about arranging furniture, they need little or no help. However, certain basic rules applied to room arrangement can help those who are a little weak on knowledge of Just what Is right. Balance Is the key to arranging furniture properly, but the balance may be formal or Informal, de pending upon the rooms, the type ni decoration and architecture which each has In his home. Tliero are some rooms which arc io constructed that several ways of arranging the furniture are pos sible, while other rooms are lim i ted in whut they permit. Those people who want to re- arrange furniture constantly show they are buslcally dissatisfied with how the house looks. Once a pleas ing arrangement has been aahieved, you'll be so happy with It, that nothing could Induce you to destroy the convenience, service and beau ty of It. Arrange Furniture Group For Certain Activities Furniture group, the phrase we meet so often in Interior decoration, refers to arrangements that are part of a room. A conversational group Is planned to take in several people who Just like to relax and talk readily. A musical group may be placed around the piano or radio to make these activities pleasing. Groups such as this are logical and useful arrangements, and thus contribute to the u tility and com fort of a home. All Sides of Room Should Have Huhmce A feeling of equilibrium Is es- sentlul for giving a pleasing feel ing. and this Is achieved by dis tributing weight according to the walls. Each should balunce the op posite wail. Each should also be balanced with equal weight on each half. The highest part should be centered on the wall. When you have form al rooms, the formal type of balance should predominate. The centers of in terest like sofas, secretaries and fireplaces are usually flunked with chairs. With form ol balance, take care that you do not have too many TUTY MARRIED life has had A but one real tria l in It,” writes a St. Louis woman who signs "M olly-O.” "That is, the presence of my husband's mother in the house, half the year. She died last year. Before that, she went to keep house for a widower son in Florida every winter, came to us in May and did not leave until October. A allm, cool dress Io slate- blue shantung la Ideal for sweltering days when you want to look neat and trim . Silver and blue buttons, starting at the large neckline bow march three quarters of the way down the front which Is also highlighted with skirt Interest. The skirt Is slim In the back. ’’Gann was a sweet woman, lovely with my children, and on two occasions took a small boy south with her for the entire win ter. We never quarrelled, but at the same time I never forgot what I considered the injustice of my husband's expecting me to have another woman in my household continually. She was an excellent housekeeper and cook, and never intruded in any way on our parties or trips, but I am of the school I that believps firm ly th at old people don't belong in young homes. "That brings me to today’s prob lem. My oldest daughter is a sweet, easy-going, great big girl, who is m arrying a man in every way suited to her; he owns a fine old suburban house, inherited from his father, and he and Carolyn are already talking of the fam ily they mean to raise. The problem is his mother and father, who have been living in the old house, Harold charging them with neither Tent nor taxes, and in fact paying a nominal board. They propose to stay, Harold wants them to stay, For pleating arrangements. How to Achieve and to my distress Carolyn appears effect is essential even within fur perfectly satisfied with the pro Uncluttered Effect One of the rules most often vio niture groups. posed arrangement. lated in furniture arrangement Is Fireplace, bookshelves and radios Threat to M arriage that of free passageways. The door- should be approached easily with- "Having suffered in-law troubles most of my married life, I feel justified in objecting strenuously to this plan. I don't think Carolyn, articles of furniture, as they w ill make the room look stilted. Inform al balance may be com bined with formal to a certain de gree because it offers relief from strict balance as well as a certain charm. Eurly English, modern and ranch type homes employ inform al bal ance since the homes are un- symetrical. The masses of fu rn i ture need distribution so they w ill give a steady, balanced effect. -THE READER'S COURT ROOM- It's a Transparent Mistake 1$ a Shopper to Blame A man checked his suitcase at a depot parcel room, receiving for it a numbered claim ticket. He For the Door? didn’t bother to read the ticket— and so didn't sec the clause that, The front of a paint store was in case of loss, the check room mostly plate glass—including the company was not liable for more doors. One sunny day a customer than $10 Sure enough, the suit walked in, bought some paint, and case vanished. When the man sued started out. But, in a moment of for $200—the value of the contents confusion, he aimed in the wrong —the company pointed to the $10 direction—and didn’t stop until he lim itation clause on the ticket. But had put one foot right through a the court ruled that the man was plate glass window! When the store entitled to full reimbursement for ”• . . devoted to the babies . , " his loss. • • • at 21, is in a position to forsee what Is it "Trespassing" it means. To have two old persons To Visit Someone at the breakfast-table, at the lunch- table and at the dinner-table, W ithout an Invitation? seems to me as real a threat to A farm er's son decided to pay a married life as any that could be visit to a neighboring farmer. As imagined. Carolyn’s father is as the youth pushed his way through easily imposed-upon as she is, and a field of ta ll corn, the neighbor says to let time show whether it heard him coming—but couldn’t see w ill work or not. I say, te ll them him. Deciding the intruder was a now, that the house is Harold’ s fox, the neighbor hastily grabbed and that he wants it, and oblige sued him for damages, the custom a shotgun and fired — hitting the them to make some other arrange ment, which they could, on modest er protested that he had been con terms, afford. fused by all that glass and all that sunlight. However, the court re “ I know that in one of your ar jected this excuse and held the man ticles,” this agitated letter ends, liable for the value of the window. “ you say that families are better The judge said that if a person was apart. Your word w ill have in able to find his way into the store fluence with Carolyn and with her he ought to be able to find his way father. W ill you advise her?” If He Mistakes a Window out I • youth in the leg. Later sued for damages, the neighbor insisted that the young man was an uninvited "trespasser” and therefore had no kick coming. However, the court disagreed and awarded dam ages to the injured youth. The judge said he was not a trespass er “ because there exists among farm folk, as well as among others, an implied invitation to visit each other.” an evening than we used to pay a good maid for a week, would be extremely glad of the services ol a "Gann,” who not only expects no pay at all, but is as devoted to the babies as their parents are. Your sensible g irl wants a fam ily; perhaps she is smart enough to know that Gran and Gramp are all ready-made to help her with that family. Live and Let Live Old Dice Sign Poses Problem 1 She seemed to resent the bold young American soldier’s ad vances. Probably she was too conscious of the noble blood that coursed through her veins. " I’ll have you know," she breathed through an uptilted nose, "that my father is an Eng lish peer.” "Good,” he exclaimed joyfully, “ we’ve got lots in common. My old man’s an American doc.” Doctor Population Rose In 1948, Census Claims CHICAGO.—The nation’s physi cian population increased 3,367 in 1948, the American Medical asso ciation reports. The census, announced in the A.M.A. Journal by the associa tion’s council on medical educa tion and hospitals, showed 6,597 new doctors were licensed last year and 3,230 died. The council estimated that there were 202,516 physicians in the con tinental United States April 15 this year. Of this number, 151,388 were believed to be in private practice. The over-all figure included doc tors doing full-time research, teaching, and administration. It also included retired physicians, interns, and residents in hospitals and those in government service. Save plumber’s bill. Try pouring kerosene down the drain before sending for the plumber to remedy the stoppage. — • — MAKES SEWING MACHINES HUM/ Moths won’t like this. Go over your rugs every so often with a broom dipped in hot water to which a little turpentine has been added. This will freshen a tired carpet and discourage moths. It seems to me that the rising generation in America needs one lesson, it is to live and let live. We raise our children to feel that everything must be arranged in the most pleasant and least re — • — sponsible way possible. And the When making peppermints drop minute things go wrong—as of course they w ill—there is the them onto a piece of waxed paper ready divorce court, and a chance Instead of onto a pan. They are to plunge into fresh mistakes and more easily removed from waxed paper. «elfishnesses. —• — Some weeks ago, I went to the According to modern usage any wedding of an old friend's only daughter. The girl has. and w ill kind of soup may be served in a have, considerable wealth, and her cream soup cup in spite of its farsighted father showed me the name. —• — divorce settlement, signed and When whitening shoes you can sealed before the wedding. In the papers, at about that time, keep polish off soles, if you wish, was the story of a girl divorcing oy putting cellulose (Scotch) tape her husband because, after three around soles while applying polish. —• — years of happy matrimony, spent When waxing floors, wax feet of in F ifth Avenue shops, night-clubs and beauty-parlors, she found her furniture. When it’s m o v e d , self headed for motherhood, and there’s less danger of scratching in a fury went off to Reno, where floor. —• _ she is now. Texas Community Studies a 'Slogan' -By W ill Bernard, LLB.- A high-school student, riding a bicycle on a sidewalk, struck a pedestrian from behind and knocked him down. The pedestrian later brought an assault and battery ac tion against the youth. At the trial, the student argued that, while he m ight have been a little careless, he wasn’t guilty of assault and bat tery because the accident was not Intentional. However, when the Judge learned that the sidewalk was no less than 14 feet wide, he decided that the youth had indeed committed an assault and battery. "Well, I’ve got nothing to com plain about,” said the slightly disheveled young man as he 'listened to another slightly di sheveled young man describe his ejection from a dance hall in a lo u g h neighborhood. "They treated me all right.” “ They did?” “ Yes. They threw me out the back door but when I told the bouncer that I came from a very good family he picked me up gently, brushed me off, and es corted me back into the dance flail. Then he threw me out the front door.” Grandparents Devoted Sitters Balance your fu rn itu re . . . . • Easiest way to smart fash ion and the interest that var iety gives to the wardrobe is the separate blouse! Particular ly dressy blouses are Ideal for all sorts of Informal afternoon and casual evening occasions. •More and more detailing Is creeping Into the blouse picture especially on sheers, Including nets and chiffons as well as the other fragile materials. Metal lic yarns woven Into sheers are another popular and effective means of achieving richness In ornamentation. Choose the low- cut neck or plunging neckline lor dancing, and the more classical but Just as feminine blouse for contrast for other occasions. KATHLEEN NORRIS W’ays should be cleared sufficiently to allow for easy traffic. 7 he pass ageways between furniture groups should also be free for easy going nnd coming, and an uncrowdcd • Jacob Birnstein had passed three months on the road, selling, selling, selling. He finally arrived back home and greeted his wife warmly. "Hi sye, old chap, it’s jolly good to see you again,’’ she said. "Nu,” said Jacob in consider able surprise, "vhat goes? Vhat’s de meaning frum dees Henglish accent. Ain’t good, plain Ameri can good enuff no more?” "You reahlly must be reason able, old fellow," she continued in her affected speech. "Ahfter awl, you must remembah that we have a tiny Henglish baby that we adopted. Hi just cawn’t let him grow up and let 'im think we don’t know how to speak Henglish.” You don’t have to heat up the oven to bake meringue on a pie. Heat a heavy skillet and turn it jpside down over the pie. —• — Buy a suction cup clothes hook (the kind intended to fit on glass Inside an auto) and stick it on side of electric refrigerator or stove (away from oven) or on any other surface which won’t mar. It’s a handy place to hang pot holders. ... gran ’ ma LI F 1 A /C ■ « k w I O that makes folks sleep all nightl Thousands now sleep undisturbed because of the news that their being awakened night after night m ight be from bladder irritation— not the kidney t hope so! That's a condition Foley Pills usually allay within 24 hours. Since blad der irritation is so prevalent and Foley Pills so potent Foley Pills must benefit you within 24 hour» or DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK. Make 24-hour test. Get Folev Pills from drug. at. Full satisfaction or DOUBLE YOUR IONE Y BACK. S Watch Your. Kidneys/ H elp T h em C leanse t h e Blood o f H a rm fu l Body W aste Your kidneys are constantly filtering waste matter from the blood stream. But kidneys sometimes lag in their work—do not act as Nature intended—fail to re move impurities that, if retained, may poison the system and upset the whole body machinery. Symptoms mav be nagging backache« persistent headache, attacks of dizziness« getting up nights, swelling, puffiness under the eyes—a feeling of nervous anxiety and loss of pep and strength. Other signs of kidney or bladder dis order are sometimes burning, «canty or too frequent urination. There should be no doubt that prompt treatment is wiser than neglect. Use Doan'e Pille. Doan’e have been winning new frienda for more than forty years. They have a nation-wide reputation. Are recommended by grateful people the country over. A si your neighbor! —• — DECATUR, Tex.—The city fa To darn a small hole in a flimsy thers of this community of 4,200 curtain, cover hole with piece of residents have a problem. Dice players the world over white paper and "darn” it, stitch have been crying “ Eighter from ing back and forth and crosswise Decatur, the coer.:, eat of Wise,” many times with sewing machine. Launder curtain and paper will for years. :ome off, leaving neat darn. This is Decatur, the county seat of Wise, and the local city council would like to tell the world about it. But there is a problem. The to the aldermen aren't quite sure whether they want to put their official ap proval on the fame of this north Texas town. WNU—13 32-49 The problem hinges on a faded signboard which has hung for years near the railroad station QUESTION: The plaster in our here. The sign has proclaimed, to front room is very uneven in one and all: places, and in others there are “ Eighter from Decatur, t h e real humps and ridges. Are there county seat of Wise.” any tools we could get to level According to Mayor Syl Hard down the humps and ridges? wick, the city fathers are faced Are you going through the func ANSWER: Wrap coarse sand with deciding what to do about the tional 'middle age' period peculiar paper around a block of wood and to women (38 to 52 yr».) ? Does tin» sign. For years, tourists passing by the sign have had their pictures taken—in crap-shooting poses. This sort of "tom foolery” .doesn’t please some of the residents of Decatur. But some residents are pleased. These include fillin g station and restaurant owners who say the faded sign and its well-known slogan means more business from Unfortunately, "M olly-O,” I am travellers who m ight not other very much with Carolyn and Har wise tarry. Mayor Hardwick favors a mo old in this particular case. Here is an amiable, unexacting girl tion “ that a new and bigger ’Eight- m arrying an affectionate and easy er trom Decatur’ sign be erected.” going man, with the prospect of He promises to “ put it where all moving in with a loving couple of can see it—if the council approves.” elders who sound pleasantly com According to C liff D. Cates, fortable housemates, too. author of "The Pioneer History of You seem to be the disagreeable Wise County,” the “ Eighter from element in all this, Mollie-0. You Decatur” slogan is attributable to ‘never forgot the injustice’ of a this Texas community on the basis situation that must have been a of historical facts. real advantage to you, most of the It seems Decatur became famous time. Today's frantic young par among dice players because of a ents, searching for reliable sitters, Negro g irl in Decatur who was and paying these sitters more for named Ada. FIRST AID AILING HOUSE D oans P ills CHANGE .1 LIFE? rub down the rough places with it. If the walls are painted, they will have to be refinished after this going-over, of c o u r s e . A coarse abrasive stone can be used in place of the sandpaper. make you suffer from hot flashes, feel so nervous, hlghstrung, tired# Then do try Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound to relieve such symptoms. Plnkham’s Compound also has what Doctors call a sto machic tonlo effect I LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S Q&M*6PFP Mole- k W flakes
