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o o o Yry and Stop Me ly IENNETT CERF- 0 T TP IN MONTREAL the same sleek limousine stands in front of the same exclusive club every afternoon. And promptly at four, a rumpled old fellow comes along, nods to the uni formed chauffeur at the wheel, and announces, "I do not believe I'll be using the car this afternoon, Fergus. A walk home will do me good." "Very well, sir," says the chauffeur respectfully, tipping his cap. One afternoon an Inquiring reporter asked the chauffeur, "That can't be your b03S, or Is he?" "My boss?" echoed the chauffeur. "I don't even know who he is. But he alvfeys says the same thing. And it makes him feel good so what have J got to lose?" Curney Williams, the humor and cartoon editor, is chanting a new ong these days and he's putting his heart into it, too. It's called "I wish so that calypso would collapso." Ten-year-old- asked by his teacher to name the four Seasons of the year, came up with "Football, basketball, baseball, and vacation!" i O by Eennett Cerf. .Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Is That So? By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist Men, we might just as well face it. After a couple of months in camp, the time comes when even the stoutest outdoorsman has to face the problem of laun dry. After all, you can't always live up-win'd from yourself. If q today's campfire lesson will make your odious task any pacipr vnn'ro u-flrnmp. t - - . - For yourvery soiled clothes soak them in cold water for a half hour. To soften the water add a half cup of table salt which also prevents fading. With a rounded stick jostle the clothes about this helps loosen the Urt and saves manpower. (Soaking O o clothes for a long thne in warm water, I'm told, makes them tend to reabsorb dirt.) After soaking, change water and fall to with scrubbing. O A lot of work can be saved by using a stiff brush for the particularly stubborn soiled spots. Work the soapsuds into the worst spots and scrub the area with the stiff brush before you wash the whole garment. That way your manual work can fee halved, really. Comes the time when your camnside towels begin to look, shall we say, tattletale gray and slightly dingy. For this, mix a little lemoa. juice with the soap and heat the water to the boil ing point. Wash the towels in this hot soap-lemon juice, rinse and dry the towels in the sun, preferably spread over a huck leberry bush. As for socks, always turn them wrong side out to prevent fad ing from the sun or from re peated washings. As to your good heavy woolen shirts and sweaters never wring Ufcem out by hand in. the usual twisting manner that may stretch them out of joint. In stead, aueeze the. water out. And never have the water too hot. either. Then roll the washed woolens between a couple of dry towels for a couple of min utes. Unroll, Button the shirts 5 or sweater and stretch the arms out to natural lengths smoothly and dry flat on the grass. That way, they will hold their shape well. Hang by Legs As for pants after washing, hang them up by the legs, fold ed with the seams together. Smooth them out and press in the creases between your hands. The weight of the wet trousers will remove many excess wrink les so that they will look almost ironed when dried and you wear them. To remove grease spots from dish towels, have a household cleanser handy and rub this on just as you. would soap. Then wash the towels with soap and water. Don't mix colored clothes with white they must be washed separately. Beware of socks and colored handkerchiefs g e 1 1 i ng mixed up with your so-called white clothes. As for your woolen blankets, they will shrink when washed in proportion to the amount of tossing about they get when wet, I'm told. Use a lot of soap the extra soap increases the cleans ing power and reduces the amout of work needed to clean the blankets. Here's the full blanket treat ment: add enough soap to make good suds to three . tablespoons of borax dissolved in boiling wa ter. Pour enough cold water to cover the blanket, and soak it overnight. Rinse it in cold water. Don't wring it out simply spread it over a bush to hold it off the ground. All right, men, you've had the main points. But there's an easier way out: get married. (Copyright, 1957. by Eugene Burns) (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each" week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous re ference work in a hanndsome Sealcraft binding. Each week new submissions will be con sidered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly let ters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. PTC Ordered To Continue Service Portland (IPI Portland Trac tion company has been ordered. to put off its proposed- sus pension of interurban passenger service on the Oregon City and Bellrose lines until a hearing can be held. Public Utilities Commissioner Howard Morgan said a date for the hearing will be set later but he ordered PTC to continue the passenger service it proposed to abandon on Dec. 15. Morgan's suspension order will be in effect for 60 days after Dec. 15. The PTC, meanwhile, contin ued negotiations with the Street- carmen's union over demands for a 20-cent across-the-board pay in crease. M. E. Lienard, ' business agent for the union, said "we got a little encouragement in a few items" in talks with comp any management Tuesday. Un ion members have voted 70-6 to authorize a strike if wage set tlement is not reached. 0 Better get 2 t one's never enough! .mm T M JyCANADAl GIfJGER ALE, Sparkling dry, gives a quick-energy lift . . . light, not filling. Family Size Bottles. ' PEPSI COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, MEDFORD The Family Council Editor'i not-, the Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have teen dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors. Freda S. I want to continue our friendship. James S. I can't see Freda making a fool of herself. Freda S. My husband and I have been seriously feuding over a social question which bothers us very much. My dearest and oldest friend is married to a very eccentric man. He has decided opinions on almost every subject in the world and is ready to fight for them. Every time we all get to gether there is a terrific argu ment. Last time he practically threw us out of his home. Naturally I expected my friend to call up and apologize the next day, but she didn't. I feel she was just too mortified. I want to show her that we bear no ill will to either her or her hus band and I want to call her and continue being friends. We shouldn't let unimportant things come between us. James" S. Freda has refused to look the truth in the face for years. This is not a case of a nice woman being married to a nut. This friend of Freda's is just as bad as her husband, and I can't see Freda making a fool of herself in front of this woman. The husband in the case has insulted us dozens of times and his wife has never said a word to soften things or apologize. She has never sought Freda's friendship, but just condescends to see her if Freda keeps after her long enough. I can't understand why Freda is so sentimental about this old school chum. When I tell her to see her friend woman-to-woman over tea or something, Freda ad mits that they have nothing to talk about. The Council Although there is a limit to how much one per- III wt? ml W iff URGES PAY FREEZE Richard J. Gray (above), pres. of the AFL-CIO Build ing Trades DepL, received a cold shoulder from dele gates to the construction workers convention in At lantic City, N. J., where he called for a moratorium on wage increase demands for the coming year. Gray said he made the proposal be cause of inflation, tight money and construction cut backs. son can pursue another's friend ship without reciprocation, we don't think Freda should give up trying until she has satisfied herself that there is no possi bility of forming some pleasant relationship with this woman. A man, working in the larger world, has opportunities for a multitude of relationships and may not see why a woman should try so hard to cultivate or hold on to a "difficult" person. But Freda, like many women who lead a more confined life, cannot readily give up a relationship that once meant something to her. Her old school chum is an important link with her own past and her emotional associations are probably richly connected with this friend. We are inclined to accept Freda's view of her friend's be havior. This woman may be so mortified by her husband's ac tions that she cannot face the friends he insulted. Furthermore, she cannot apologize for her hus band without implying disloyalty to him. This may be the reason that Freda and she have nothing to say to one another when they are alone together. They cannot speak about the thing that is uppermost in both their minds. If Freda wishes to make a further effort on this relation ship, we'd suggest that she try to arrange some outside activ ity, such as going shopping, to the theater, or to a lecture. This will take the strain off things. Freda's friend will not feel the necessity to apologize for her husband or to offer any con fidences about her marital life. (Copyright 1957, General Features Corp.) Fewerr,Larger Farms Predicted Klamath Falls (IP) Larger farms and fewer farms were foreseen by speakers at the an nual Oregon Dairyman's associa tion convention here. Speakers- said there has been a trend during the past 10 years toward fewer but larger and proportionately more productive farms throughout the state and nation. Increased numbers of consumers are demanding more and increasingly diversified pro ducts and speakers said the trend is expected to continue toward larger and more expensive farms. Taking part In the panel dis cussion were Dr. H. W. Schultz, Oregon State college; Marion Thomas, state agricultural econ omist; Manning Becker, Corval lis farm management specialist and Oscar Hagg, dairy market ing specialist from Corvallis. Robert J. Steward, state direc tor of agriculture, told dairymen that cattlemen are lagging when registering to vote on a measure for a beef commission. Only 450 persons have registered out of some 42,000 who are qualified, he said. Deadline for registration is Dec. 24. WATCH OUT- Richmond, Ind. (IB Agnes Connell, 57, was recovering to day from injuries suffered in a charge of the light brigade. A group of children ran her down as they burst out of a movie house showing the film "Opera tion Mad Ball." t I X I For Christmas Give her precious new hours to spend with the family Make this the year you free that favorite gal of yours from the long, hot toil of ironing by hand. Give her an Ironrite Automatic Lroner. She will iron in H the time on an Ironrite, discover ing wonderful new hours to enjoy with the family. She will learn to iron quickly and simply on an Ironrite, and her ironing will le)tk more beauti ful. . Come in today. 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