SO UTHERN OREGON
N E W S R E V IE W
W O M AN 'S WORLD
Careful Storage Is Necessary to Prevent Moth Damage
By Erlta
Haley
I f you w ant to experience a w a rm
ing glow of satisfaction next fu ll
upon ta kin g out your woolens, (to re
them ca re fu lly du rin g w arm w eath
er.
Sweaters, skirts, snowxuits, blank
rtx and other knitted garm ents o ffe r
excellent te rrito ry fo r moths to
w ork unless they are ca re fu lly p re
pared for storage. It's m ost d is
heartening to take out som ething
sim p ly to find that moths have hud
a field day In clothes w hile you've
been enjoying sum m er sun.
Moth damage Is unnecessary If
clothing und blunkets huve been
p ro p e rly cleaned and stored. One
pre p a ratio n Is not enough. Even
though clothing Is clean, moths m ay
s till pounce upon it i f you have not
put It away In bags w hich arc sealed
against Infestation. It clothing is
only p a rtia lly clean and scaled tig h t,
this w ill not prevent damage. Moth
methods of prevention are the only
guarantee to com plete sufckrcplng.
I f clothing and blunkets can be
washed, the hom em uker can save
a lot o f money by doing the w ork
herself. F o r those Items which can
not be laundered, professional clean-
(ju ard u o o lem agairnl m u lbi . , .
washing. Here again, w ater should
n ijj be m ore than 100*.
A m arvelous softener fo r wool
ens use* the sim ple procedure of
adding Just a b it of glycerine to the
rinse w ater. Y o u 'll find this bene
fic ia l fo r clothing as well as blank
ets.
M o th * A tta c k Kpols,
T h is cotton fashion fro m F lo r i
da
w ill
c a rry
you
m e r r ily
through s u m m e r m o n th *. T h e
dress h a * a h a re look ca m is o le
lop th a t r a n be covered w ith a
p e rt
Jacket,
tru ly enorm ous
p o c k e t*, each d iv id e d In h a lf
w ith e r n te r s titchin g to m a k e
fo u r a lto g e th e r, and a fu ll, flo w
ing s k ir l.
It '*
w a s h a b le
and
c o tn r* In lig h t blue, aq u a or
pink w ith c o n tra s tin g
ric
rac
t r im .
W uter used fo r washing woolens
should never be w a rm e r thun 100*
o r when dropped against the Inside
of the w ris t cannot be felt. Use a
m ild soap o r detergent fo r washing.
Woolen* stretch when th e y're
washed, and the fib e r* soften con
siderably. F o r this reason, avoid
soaking them.
The generally accepted method
fo r washing woolens consists of
squeezing the garm ent gently, five
o r six tim es. In the soft suds. No rub
Htaln* F irs t
Thorough cleaning or laundering
are best protections against moth
damage, but often it's not possible
to clean garm ents or certain heavy
item s of bedding. In this case, go
over the a rtic le very ca re fu lly and
rem ove spots and stains, since these
are the firs t points of attack by
moths.
Wlien a rticle s have been laundered
or cleaned com pletely, a irin g In the
sun Is not necessary before storage.
I f you have, however, resorted to
spot and stain rem oval only, it's
an excellent idea to hang them out-
of-doors on a day when there's a
good, b risk breeze.
Tobacco p a rticle s in pockets and
such are no guarantee against moth
damage. Brush these out as care
fu lly as you would any dust.
When g arm ent bags are used,
they should be sealed tig h tly enough
to prevent moths fro m
going
through. No sealed bag, however, is
any protection if the garm ent has
a m oth or any la rva e In it when i t ’ s
sealed.
Cedarizcd chests and cedar-lined
closets are effe ctive only i f they are
tig h tly sealed, and If garm ents are
th o n e ig h ly clean before storage.
I f you store woolen a rticle s of
-By W ill Bernard, LL.B
A g irl was d riv in g along the
highway when a tru c k suddenly
backed in to the road. She swerved
sh a rp ly—and crashed Into a tree.
In ju re d , the g irl file d a damage
action against the tru c k in g firm .
However, when she took the w it
ness stand she adm itted th a t she
had been d riv in g w ithout a lire n *«
The judge said that both the g irl
and the tru ck d riv e r had violated
the law, but he decided the case
in fa vo r of the g irl anyhow. His
Honor pointed out th a t the tru ck
d riv e r hud caused the accident.
As Propaganda
Ideal for Square Dance
By Lawrence Gould
C lean Closet*
T o G e l K id
of M o th *
Once moths have invaded a closet,
get rid of them a* q uickly arid as ■
e ffe ctive ly as possible to prevent
the whole house fro m becoming in
fested. Once the whole house is in
vaded, it's d iffic u lt to destroy them
unless you get a competent fu m i
Do movies affect public opinion?
gating expert.
Infested closets should have every-
A nsw er:
V ery
little
believes all, your hostess, even though sh*
thing rem oved fro m them. Hang a ll Dr. James E. H ulett, J r., U n iv e r is your daughter o r yo u r son's
clothing outside in sun and breeze sity o f Illin o is psychologist and w ife. I t ’ s the rig h tfu l p riv ile g e of
and brush thoroughly. A ll pieces public opinion expert.
Question every m a rrie d couple to be m aster
should be cleaned or laundered.
naires and in te rvie w s before, d u r and m istress in th e ir own home,
Remove shelves and draw ers In ing, and a fte r the run of a propa and the m ore fu lly you recognize
the closet Itself, and scrub them all ganda-entertainm ent p ictu re in a this, the m ore th e y’ll enjoy your
out w ith soap and water. Any loose local theatre showed it was “ un visits.
fixtu re s should be removed and expectedly in e ffe c tiv e " in in flu
cleaned thoroughly, since these, too, encing popular judgm ents. A p a rt
fro m the film 's im perfections. D r.
m ay h a rbor moths.
Baseboards as well as cracks in H ulett feels "m o s t people do not
the flo o r* and w a ll* should be a ttrib u te accuracy and serious
thoroughly scrubbed. Once the closet ness o f purpose to film s shown
I
suspect th a t
is thoroughly cleaned, you m ay seal c o m m e rc ia lly ."
the cracks w ith p u tty, plaster patch film s not m eant as propaganda
ing o r a sprayed plastic so they w ill m ay be m ore effective.
not be able to harbor moths or
larvae.
Glamour Is Ruining the Movies
• • K
A
Bottle From Balcony Brings Suit
— and it dropped squarely on top
of a man s ittin g dow nstalrsl The
blow raised quite a lum p on the
m an's head, and he la te r file d a
damage suit against the theater
owner. A fte r considerable o ra to ry
on both sides, the co u rt granted
the m an's claim . T h e lu d g e figured
that, if the owner wanted to sell
pop to custom ers in the balcony,
he should have sold it in paper
cups!
• • •
O f Your
Are some “ inner conflicts”
unavoidable?
KATHLEEN NORRIS
o
One hot sum m er day, a theater
owner decided it would be a clever
stunt to sell pop to the customers.
T h a t evening, a high-school boy
bought n bottle of root beer and
it down in the firs t row of the b a l
cony. A t an e xcitin g m om ent in
the picture, the boy unconsciously
let the bottle slip out of his fingers
Movies Failure
Cheerful Combination
Y O U T H F U L skirl and blouse
combination that’s ideal for
the popular square dance. The full
skirt is trimmed with rows of
colorful ric rac, tiny ruffling ac
cents the peasant blouse.
P attern No. 1801 com e» ln »Izei 11. 11.
13. 14. 18 and 18. Size 12. skirt, 4V» yard*
35 or 39-lncb: blouse. 2V« yards.
0/
GROUP o f housekeeping
women in B uffa lo w ant to
Ing and Im m ediate sealing In moth
get a message to H ollywood. How
tig h t containers is the answer.
do we do It? We think we know
When you're doing the w ork y o u r
w hat's the m a tte r w ith the m o vie s,"
self. set aside one or two days for
w rites M a ry C u tte ry. "W e are
putting away your woolens. Even
neighbors and frie n d s.” her le tte r
though this seems lik e a lot of tim e
goes on, “ we do our own w ork, our
to spend on Die task, y o u 'll appre
own washing, we share the care of
ciate being able to get out wearable
38 children, the oldest not yet 12.
and usable things when cold weather
a ■-
J Is n 't th a t a p re tty good record?
comes.
And we love the movies. We don't
Closets, too, may need p re p a ra
p lay bridge, we c a n 't afford night
j clubs, but th e re ’s nothing that c a r
tion fo r receiving the clothes, and
this should not be neglected if you
ries one through a hard long day
want to assure the clothing o f com
quite as w ell as the thought of a
plete protection.
good p ictu re in the evening, w ith a
Wash or dust the walls of the
drugstore soda to follow .
Í
closets, then spray them w ith m oth
"E u t, equally, nothing is so t i r
proofing liquid. Plan to keep the
ing as a poor m ovie—unless it's two
closets closed during storage time.
and w e've
been
V
1 poor movies,
G uard A g ain s t S h rin k a g e
burned p re tty often of late. We sit
—
W hen W ashing Woolens
through bad pictures, through sheer
Some woolens are pre-shrunk or
weariness and laziness but th e ir
u i t b u t l l l t i l t d metbodt.
w hat is the equivalent of sanfor
m em ory makes us a little m ore
izing in other m a te ria ls, but m any bing or tw istin g operation* should w ary next tim e .
of them w ill shrink unless ca re fu lly be used as this w ill cause the fibers
"N o w , I ' l l te ll you w hat w e've
to lock and give that harsh, tough decided I* wrong. It's the girls.
laundered.
Take measurements before laun and shrunken look to the m a te ria l Those eternal new stars and s ta r
dering, o r draw
diagram s of when dry.
lets and 'fin d s' and 'discoveries'
clothing fro m the pieces themselves
F o r cuffs o r collars on woolen g a r w ith th e ir grom ed h a ir th a t no
i f they are wearing upparel. Thia ments w hich are perhaps a little storm o r shipw reck musses, th e ir
should be done before garm ents be m ore soiled than the rest of the perfect frocks, th e ir eyelashes, th e ir
come shapeless fro m too much clothing, use extra soap on those plaster-im age beauty. C an't we get
wear. Use large pieces of brown parts and squeeze gently w ith the some n a tu ra l, hum an-looking g irls
who can re a lly act, onto the
w rapping paper fo r the purpose as fin g e rtip s u n til clean.
the clothing w ill be placed against
Rinse three tim es a fte r the wash screen?”
the dia g ra m s fo r drying.
ing, and do this as gently as the
Don’ t Have to A ct
With this le tte r, M a ry, I e n tire ly
agree. We've heard a good m any
THE READER'S COURTROOM
reasons why pictures are losing
If a Moviegoer Is Hit By
A Bottle From the Balcony,
May He Collect Damages?
MIRROR
MIND
w earing apparel or blankets In
chests, place clean paper between ‘
the folds, and sca tte r naphtnlene
flakes on the paper. These flakes
are inexpensive and quite effective, i
i f used in large enough quantity [
The paper m a ke * them easier to '
brush o ff clothing and blankets
when they’ re b rought back into use
Moth balls placed in pocket* are
usually not enough to give protec
tion by them selves. Use flakes in
addition to them.
Young Skirt and Blouse
A re tire d opera singer decided
to do some teaching in her home.
Soon she had lesson* going from
dawn 't ill d a rk —and even look over
the coaching of an entire choral
group. U nfortunately, her neigh
bors did not take k in d ly to this
a rtis tic endeavor. A fte r fre ttin g
aw hile, they went to co u rt fo r a
stop-order—c la im in g that the sing
e r's p roperty was restricted to
"re s id e n tia l purposes o n ly ."
The ", . . g irl tljr s a rt pnppett . .
woman argued that she was using
th e ir p o p u la rity ; this is the m ain
her house "m a in ly as a residence,"
one. Hollywood g irls don't have to
but she was defeated.
act; they not only don't tr y but
• • •
they can’ t understand - why they
should tr y to express emotions, ex
Is Bullfighting Legal—
press fear, surprise, passion. Men
If the Matadors
who depended upon clothes, eye
Don't Use Swords?
lashes, lovely bare legs and rip p lin g
A p rom oter had a b rig h t idea one masses of well-brushed h a ir as a
day. Why not put on a “ hum ane" cla im to success would not be g iv
b u llfig h t? Why not arm the m a ta en a second chance. Our m ale stars
dors w ith wooden canes, instead of are actors. Our g irl stars are pup
swords, so the bulls w o u ld n 't get pets fo r d ra m a tic clothing. In p ic
hurt?
He rented a stadium , im turesque setting, and are liv in g in so
ported several bulls, and set a date e xcitin g and g ra tify in g an atm os
fo r tha big show. P ro m p tly local p h e re -w h ile it lasts—that it never
seems to cross th e ir m inds that
anything is wrong.
I am an enthusiastic m ovie lover,
but there is not one woman sta r
whose name can lure me away
fro m m y com fortable study at
night. One or two of the older ones,
Joan C ra w fo rd and Bette Davis,
perhaps, are occasionally given
plays w orth seeing, but even thdy
need m ore and m ore the prop of
a variegated and famous group of
males to c a rry the picture.
On the other hand, there are 20
o ffic ia ls went to co u rt fo r a stop- or 30 m ale stars whose fans never
order. The pro m o te r argued that he miss a picture. Few of these are
was ta kin g the c ru e lty out of b u ll conspicious fo r beauty. To lis t
fig h tin g but the court was not con Robinson, Rains, Pidgeon, Coleman,
vinced and banned the show as a T racy, Mason, Cooper, Niven, Don-
"p u b lic
nuisance."
The
Judge levy, O liv ie r, Laughton, is not to
pointed out that the lack of swords catalog men conspicious fo r good
made things safer fo r the bulls— looks. Tw enty m ore fine character
but ris k ie r fo r the m atadors! “ The actors, usually seen in supporting
state is m uch m ore interested in roles, would include some notice
the safety o f its citize n s" quoth ably homely men. But these men
His Honor "th a n in the safety of are actors.
They feel w hat they
the b u lls ."
play; they live it. I have seen the
giddy Dan D a ile y do an exquisite
b it of serious acting, and w ill go on
record th a t V ic to r M ature, who had
to endure an inordinate amount of
h ila rio u s p u b lic ity when he firs t en
tered the lists, is to become a re a lly
great star.
There Is a Beason
When pictures w ith only a ve ry
subordinated fe m inine interest score
heavily a t-th e box office, does it
not occur to producers that there is
a reason? In this category would be
m ost o f last y e a r’ s successes; “ A ll
the K ings M en,” “ Command D eci
sio n ," "C h a m p io n ,” "The F a lle n
Id o l,” "R e d R iv e r,” "The H asty
H e a rt," “ B a ttle g ro u n d ,” "Sword In
the D e s e r t , ”
"T h e W indow,”
“ S undowners," "D o w n To The Sea,”
"B ic y c le T h ie f,” and, of course,
m any m ore whose names I ca n 't
recall. There were parts fo r w om
en in a few of thesp, but they were
co m p a ra tively un im p o rtan t, and the
women themselves were com para
tiv e ly unknown and unspoiled. O ther
pictures,
m uch advertised,
and
w ith fam ous stars in some instan
ces. were not liked, even w ith the
help of horses, mules, and runs of
tuna fish.
In one costly p ictu re some years
ago a famous woman star played
the p a rt of a peasant g irl who had
been bV utally ill-tre a te d by soldiers
her head shaved, her clothing in
rags, and her poor m in d shaken by
the h o rrors of w ar. The great star
wore, in this picture, a m ost be
coming crop of short curls, and
sm a rt little sw e a te r-skirt o u tfit that
m ig h t have come s tra ig h t fro m
F ir th Avenue.
In another re a lly
m a g n ifice n t picture, enhanced by
her own fine dancing, the woman
sta r attached to her head a dis
tr a d in g mop of heavy h a ir.
Plants Thrive
In Skyscrapers
Should you “ make yourself at
home” w ith married children?
A nswer: You m ay hope to be a
welcome guest in th e ir homes, but
unless you liv e w ith them ; you
should never fo rg e t th a t you A R E
a guest and not “ one of the fa m
ily .” To assume the rig h t to drop
in u n in vited fo r a m eal, fo r in
stance, is to show lack of consid
eration fo r a person who is, a fte r
A nsw er: In th e ir p rim a ry fo rm .
Yes. F ro m h i* fir s t day in school,
fo r exam ple, a ch ild 's wish to
have the other ch ild re n lik e h im
conflicts w ith his w ish to have h i*
own way and boss everyone around.
And this c o n flic t between "so cia l
w ill”
and "s e lf-w ill”
ca n 't be
settled by allow ing eith e r one to
crush the other since both are im
perishable p a rt* of hum an nature.
The nearest to peace of m in d we
can come is by com prom ising, or,
through finding where our wishes
coincide w ith those of others, m an
aging to g ra tify both urges at
once.
1
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F ree pattern printed Inside the book 25
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U * gsa th W e lls S t.. C h lc s f * 7, III.
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Had Enough
" I f I cut a beefsteak in two,”
asked the teacher, “ then cut tha
halves in two, what do I get?”
"Quarters,” answered the boy.
"Good. And then again?”
“ Eighths.”
“ Correct. Again?”
“ Sixteenths.”
“ Exactly. And then?”
“ Thirty-seconds.”
“ And once more?”
"H am burger!” cried the little
boy, impatiently.
No Prize, He
Asked to describe her boss, the
secretary replied, “ He’s a self-
made man—and one of the worst
examples of unskilled labor.”
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C O R IN TH, IN GREECE, TH E M O S T W ICKED AND
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CHOSEN 8Y PAUL AS THE SITE FOR ONE OF THE
EARLIEST CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.
KEEPING HEALTHY
Brain Stroke and Blood Pressure
By Dr. James W . Barton
B
ECAUSE so m any
m iddle-aged
Trees, Wishing Wells
and women
die of he a rt stroke
(coronary
Hoisted to Gardens
throm bosis), we do not read o r
NEW Y O R K .—D irt costs $2 per hear so m uch about b ra in stroke
100 pounds, f. o. b. an elevator on (apoplexy), which, lik e h e a r t
P a rk avenue.
stroke, m a y cause death on firs t
The b ird 's nests are Im ported. attack, o r m a y consist of several
Shade trees and w ishing wells are strokes.
hoisted by d e rrick in the dead of
The fir s t o r fo llo w in g strokes
night.
' m ay cause paralysis o f lim b s o r
The upkeep on a garden, once oth e r parts of the body. Both b ra in
it's hoisted to a skyscraper, runs and he a rt strokes are caused in
fro m $50 to $2,500 a year.
the great m a jo rity o f cases by
But M rs. A rth u r C. F a tt com high blood pressure and the break-
plains th a t h a lf her company won’t ing down o r clogging o f a blood
go out and look "because th e y're vessei supplying the p a rt.
S° m fra v 7 . he,'gh,ts ennn
v
In "The A m erican H eart Jour-
M rs. F a tt plants $900 w orth o f nai , " DrS- s p H icks and B K
Rowers a year 20 stories above s la c k re p o rt th e ir study on the
F ifth avenue in the shade of 15 role of the fa ilu re o f h eart and
H-eos and tw o e levator shafts.
blood vessels t0 do th e ir w ork
can add up to too m uch atten* properly, thus causing apoplexy,
tion M rs. F a tt acknowledged.
There were 155 cases
apoplexy
One day we found the soil was confirm ed by e xam ination a fte r
a lit b too sweet.' she said. "W e death ln 99 men and 56 wnmen
o
VlnCRar ° n “ ”
i R was found th a t high blood
H al P hyfe a photographer, rent- pressure (hypertension) was pres-
ed his penthouse home and studio ent u, „e a rly 90 per cent o f the pa-
com plete w ith Greek p illa rs , blue
tile re fle ctin g pools and 400 feet o ff
p riv e t hedge. B ut he had to, im p o rt
his own b ird 's nest. The gardener
c 'jlig in g ly picked it out o f a tree in
Pennsylvania and set it among the
the
causes
of
buds of a potted E nglish haw thom e | U nfo rtu n a te ly
some form s of heart disease are
tree.
“ I do n 't know what kind of a b ird not known, and it is research on
these diseases that requires so
to expect,” he adm itted.
Mme. Helena Rubenstein plants much money, if they are to be pre
her garden in a serpentine bed a la vented and controlled.
• • •
Thomas Jefferson 14 stories above
Headache
sym
ptom s are sub
P ark avende and paints her flow er
pots to m atch her d ra w in g room je ctive (w hat the patient tells the
upholstery and the newest shades doctor), not objective (w hat the
physician sees).
in eye shadow.
tients.
Now having high blood
pressure does not mean that vou
are bound to have a b ra in stroke
o r a h eart stroke. Thousands of
men and women w ith high blood
pressure live and enjoy good health
y e a r in and ye a r out. In the care
o f the fa m ily physician, they per
haps never th in k of th e ir illness.
F ro m tim e to tim e the physician
examines th e ir blood pressure, and
aside fro m some advice as to d ie t
and rest and occasionally a quiet
ing drug, no tre a tm e n t is necessary
to prevent a b ra in o r h eart stroke.
In the study of the 155 cases of
apoplexy, Drs. H icks and B lack
re p o rt th a t a spasm, probably due
to some em otional disturbance, ap
peared to be an im p o rta n t fa cto r
in m ost cases, w hile the high blood
pressure, aside fro m spasm, was
responsible fo r ju st a few of the
deaths.
The lesson is p la in fo r those w ith
high blood pressure. B y keeping
the m ind at rest, by help o f re
lig io n o r philosphy of life , a bra io
•tro k e m a y be prevented.
HEALTH NOTES
W hile methods of co n tro llin g de
cay o f teeth, such as brushing and
use o f flourides are of real value,
the m ost e ffective method is re
m oval of decayed enamel and den
tine.
* * *
In m ost hospitals, a blood ex
am ination fo r syphilis is made of
every patient entering the hospital
fo r any disease.
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Never thought I would solve this
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Doctors say many o t h e r laxatives start
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i n t h e s t o u i a i - h . Large doses of such lax
atives upset digestion, flush away nour
ishing food you need for health and
energy . . . you feel weak, worn out.
But gentle m » -» -a iN T , taken as rec
ommended. works chiefly ln the lower
bowel where I t r e m o v e * o n l y w a s t e , n o t
g o o d f o o d ! You avoid that weak, tired
feeling. Use f e in - a - m in t and feel » n *
fine, full of life! 25<, 50e. or only I U ’
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o f spray. K ills a p h id s and
s im ila r sucking insects by
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frie n d ly insects. Leaves n o
h a rm fu l residue. C a n be
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sprays. P roved d e p e n d ab le
by 39 y e a r* o f use on f r u it * ,
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