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THE GUARDIAN.

CH ARLOTTETOWN

AUGUST 16, 1949

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Helpful Husband?

Domestic Cooperation Guarantee Against Reno

h ‘DEAR MISS DIX: I am of the opinion that if husbands would do]; their wives more with household duties there would be less ivoree. I am a married man and it is a pleasure to me to help my wife all I can. Women get tired of doing the same thing over and IWH‘ every day and they should have vacations just the same as men. C. M.

ANSWER:

You are dead right. Probably no woman blessed with I husband who

helped her wash the dishes and put junior to bed ever thought of looking up the trains for Reno . She knows that she has drawn the capital prize in the matri- monial lottery. To understand why women set such an inordinate value on their husbands’ helping with the housework one has to delve into the mysteries of feminine psychology. It isn't really because the wife is overworked or tired or even that the man is of any , l actual assistance. What the wife values is the hus- ‘ band's gesture. a sort of recognition of the hardness b! the wife's job and the husband's attempt to lighten it.

In their hearts most wives are envious of their husbands. They feel that their husbands have got the soft end of the matrimonial bargain. They think that their husbands‘ work is a soft snap. a pretty store or a handsome office in which he spends most of his time hear- ing or telling funny stories and going out to lunch, whereas they have lo toil all day in the monotony of the home, doing the same tanks over and over again with no more thrilling conversation than that 91711151193 by lhe baby who says ga-ga or the children who fight and cry half the timc.

Hence, when husband comes home at night and says he is tired, and when he leaves wife to get the dinner and wash the dishes and put the childrcn to bed while he reads the paper, she feels herself a poor, miserable, persecuted martyr and thinks how much harder she has worked than he has and that if anybody is tired she is the one.

We are always talking about women helping their husbands by ‘taking an interest ln their business. The reverse of this is equally _ ltrue. and if a man wants his wife to be a good housekeeper, he can stimulate her by praising her cooking and helping her with her hud- get and taking a genuine heart interest in the running of the home.

Of course, women need vacations. There is nobody on earth who needs a vacation as much as the housewife. Because the home is more or less a treadmill in which women are forever cooking meals which are eaten as soon as cooked, sweeping floors that are littered again within an hour, washing little faces that are dirty the next min- ute, women need a change every now and then,

When e woman slacks down on her housekeeping, when she begins ‘to has. when she begins to pick on the children and find fault \vith everything they do, she needs a vacation. She is fed up on domestic- ity, and if she can go away for even a few days she comes back with her nerves straightened out and a new perspective on her job.

If there is enough money in a family for only one person to have atvfitcation, give it to the wife. Then everybody will get the advantage o .

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DOROTHY DIX

DEAR MISS DIX: We are two girls who do not drink or smoke, but who go out with some nice girls and boys, always to respectable places. Sometimes to the theatre, sometimes to a dance at the church hall. But our problem is, how late should we stay out? As I work I cannot leave before 9 o'clock and as Dad insists on us being home at 12 o'clock it breaks up the evening's fun. Dad asked us to write to you to settle the time definitely and what you say goes. Do you mink l. or 2 o'clock is too late for Saturday night?

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ANSWER: Certainly not for Saturday night because you can sleep late the next day but too late for a week night if you have to get down to work early in the morning. Tell your father that parties begin at later hours than they did when he and I were young.

It is a pity, because both boys and girls need their sleep and would be the better for being in bed by midnight, but we can't change customs. We have to accept them.

DOROTHY DIX

DEAR MISS DIX: What is your opinion on make-up’! If we go down the main street with our lips and cheeks painted men say "hello baby" to us and we make a hit, but if we go about without any lipstick and rouge they don't notice-us, Give us your advice on

this subject. . BOOTS AND BUBBLES

ANSWER: Cosmetics are a virtue or e vice, according to the dis- cretion with which you use them. It is all right for a girl to use enough make-up to improve her looks, but all wrong for her to use enough to make her conspicuous. When you go out painted up like le house afire and men call "hello baby" to you, it is an insult and not a tribute to your attractions.

DOROTHY DIX

DOBOTI-IY DIX cannot reply lly to readers, but will answer problems of general interest through her column,

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A Country Garden

By Mrs. Gordon Macmillan

This is the time of year to plan for e better garden next year by deciding where certain plants should grow for better effect and whether you should plant more of certain varieties, and eliminate others; then to be sure you will not forget the changes you wish to make write them down in e. garden note book or make some of the changes at once.

The Perennials that are through for this year may be moved with care to other positions in the border. I have moved Delphin- ium this week. Dig a space large enough for the roots and if they need humus add well rotted man- ure, then \vater well. Dig up your plant. place in tub of water, keep- ing a large ball of earth with it if possible. Leave in shady place for a couple of hours and toward ev- cning place in prepared place. water again and fill up around with dry earth, if there is any mulch around the plant all the better. It is possible to move any plant successfully at any time of year. after blooming, if care is

taken. Tho advantage of rc-Br- ranging your perennial borders when you can see what you are

doing is very much worth while. When all you see are dead stalks

of some plant, it is difficult to know the growth, the color. the effect it has in your attempt to

make your‘ garden more beautiful from year to year.

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Then there are certain positions for plants where they grow bci- ter and look better than in others. I have had sickly plants take on new life whcn moved to more suitable locations. Certainly wc are always learning.

The large juicy seeds of the honeysuckle bushes cover the shrubs and this is another good reason to plant them in the gar- den as the birds are very fond of them and thcy have many good meals these day's. If you have a bird bath keep it scrubbed and filled with fresh water. you will be rexvardcd with seeing many kinds of birds using it for drink- ing and also bathing; then they splash it out with great delight.

‘ O O I _Some house-plants have been reported this week and slips

taken of geraniums or pelargoni- ums for next winter's blooming. l find the easiest way is to plant in a shady place and then they do not need so much care in wat- ering; in a few weeks they are ready to be transplanted to small pols.

ln saving seed of your own per- ennials it is necessary to watch very closely or else the seed scatters-before you realize and it is losl, It is also the time to cut all seed pods from annuals so they will continue bloominl. in fact the trimming of a garden at this time of year keeps the gardener very busy. because nothing looks so awful as an untidy garden, unless it is an untidy person. Combinations of color and forms may be studied now and lessons learned applied to next year's garden. Some are born with the gift of knowing these things. the artist folk, I am thinking partic- ularly of a small inexpensive gar- den. made by a busy mother of twins, \vho is also a teacher in a school with many pupils. Driving along the road one day we came on this bright attractive garden. A tall white lattice fence covered with beautiful Sweet Peas in bright colors and brilliant glad- loli, with a border of colorful nasturtium. It was very attract- ive and unusual but it was made by an artist. who has often made beautiful pictures on paper. and certainly it is a gift. but we can acquire some of this knowledge by experiencaarzd stud)’-

. I had an unusual happy EXP"- ience the other day when 1 W85 down in the field with thetwo- year-old sowing Sweet William seed. An aeroplane with a voice was coming toward us. and when he saw the garden said "Oh. What a beautiful garden! It looks love- ly from up here". I have had manv garden visitors tell me they

first time a voice from uo in the sky had told me so. While I was gazing upward and thinking how nice and thoughtful he was. granddaughter sowed the remain- der of the Sweet William in the walk between the row!-

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Porch or outdoor pillows should have en inner covering of ollcloth end en outer covering of some washable materiel. If this is done there will be no worry about them on a wet day, ea they cannot be injured by the rein.

Rancid Butter

Rancid butter should be soaked for about two hours in cold water. to which e lei-go pinch of carbon- ate of rode hu been added. Work the butter thoroughly and then form into the desired roll.

Putty If the putty is too herd to work. add e little linseed oil to it end thonmork it until it ls soft; if too

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HOSPITAL

Birth in the room above! Death in the room belowl

Outside the ones who love, Waiting for joy or woe.

Friend with a gift of flowers. Nurse with a penciled chart.

Callers at stated hours, Smiling or sad at heart.

Laughter at times too gay, Where they no longer fear;

Forgetting, perchance, they may Rouse one who slumbers near.

Hospital! Soon ur late Loved ones and friends Under the roof will wait Where life begins and ends. —Edgar A. Guest.

IIOT WEATHER TIPS

Beware of flies ln this hot ivea- tlicr season, Health experts warn the insects are great spreaders of disease. The housewife should make sure that they are kept out- side and away from food and eat- ing utensils. Windows and doors should be carefully screened and protected with insecticide.

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. I-Iow can I cover scratches 0n dark-colored furniture? A. Apply tincture of iodine on a swab of cotton that ls tightly fastened to a lead pencil. After the retouched area is dry. rub it over with furniture polish. and the scratches will hardly be noticeable. Q. How can I make a novel cot- tage cheese salad? _,

A. You will have an especially delicious dish if the cottage cheese ls mixed with toasted salted al- monds, and sprinkled with minced green chives.

Q. l-Iow can I drive nails into hard wood without difficulty?

A. It will not be difficult if the nails are clipped into oil or grease. or the points are rubbed over a cake of soap. This also applies to screws.

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- egg whites, few grains of salt. ‘.5.- cup powdered sugar, ‘f4 teaspoon almond extract, 4 slioes unsweet- ened pineapple, ice cream.

Beat the egg while with the salt until almost stiff, Add gradually the powdered sugar, and continue to beat until well blended. Add the almond extract. Drain 4 slices un- sweetened pineapple and arrange the slices on a baking sheet. Pile the meringue on the top of each. smoothing the mixture to the edges and making them flat on the top. Bakp in a. slow oven 300 degrees F. for about an hour and a half. Allow to cool. To serve. turn upside down with pineapple showing. Fill the centre with ice cream; pistachio would be nice. Serves 4.

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A passenger on the steamboat complained to the purser that his clothes were lost.

"What did you do with them?" "I put them in a little closet with a round glass door.”

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For Wednesday, Angus 17 - 'I‘HEsudden advent of e. new deal. a fresh opportunity end cir- cumstances, may prove dynamic and breathtaking. Such strange and sudden opening of far-reaching and radical consequence calls for potent and forthright action. although built upon sound and well-organized and executed sys- tem, tenets and detail. Careless, or sl shod methods could undermine e ce-ptional prospects for mending the fortunes. for leading into dra- matic and highly deelrelble fields of adventure or pleasure. Herd work and shrewd action could roduce startling results, but not rashly into crises.

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Those whore birthday it is, ere on the brink of a new end revolu- tionery adventure, opening or ex- perience, dynamic end thrilling. While strange or curious contacts. deals or experiences beckon. it ls definitely imperative that astute end segecious gresp of fundamental factors be clearly studied end or- genliied. Any ruh, lmpetuoue or wayward procedure could under- mine most promising prospects for high adventure, romance or rldioel uprooting, in modes of thought u well es in geogrephicel position. Give attention to Ihlll details end systems before moving.

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Swimming is fun in this weath- er, but it's best to be on guard when choosing a swimming-hole. Don't attempt to swim longer dls-' tances than you can easily make. and don't swim ln polluted or swiftly-moving water. Stay out of the water for a reasonable time after meals, and never swim alone.

FAIR. SKIN NEEDS EXTRA GOOD CARE

No blonde can be as successful as her brunette friend in keeping her age a secret unless she takes very good care of her fair skln.

The more delicate a fair skin is, the more apt it is to advertise a bad night's sleep. a state of nerves, overlndulgenlce at the table or haphazard complexion care.

So it is important for the blonde to realize that she has a beauty liability as well as a valuable beauty asset in her pretty camel- lla-like skin. If that's you, your cue ls to lick the liability by giv-

ing your valuable asset better C1179. Get enough rest. Dark circles

have a wicked way of showing up under the cycs of a blonde.

Get rid of those nervous ten- sions, Stormy emotions, fretful- ness or other indications of nerves. don't help to keep any woman's skin alabaster-smooth, particularly the blonde's.

Because of the transparency of many fair skins, digestive disord- ers which so often mar a complex- ion are a particular bane of the blonde's. That's why she must be more careful of her diet.

lf cane-bottomed chairs are sag- ging in the seat, turn them upside down, wet the seats with soap- suds, soak them well, and allow them to dry; and the cane will stiffen to its original normal con- ditlon.

Grease or oil can be removed from fine fabrics by dusting the

soiled spot with cornstarch and allowing it to stand until the grease or oil is absorbed. Then

simply brush the spot away.

Twelve million pounds of flowers are harvested each year in the South of France to be used as perfume.

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That Body Of Yours

James W. Barton, M. D. AWDDWOWODQ

INNOOENT GOITEIIS MAY DEVELOP CAIWER

As a youngster at school I knew two members of a family, a brother and sister, who had a. large lump on the neck. We all expected that they would be chucked to death or the food could not get down to the stomach and they would starve to death. I must have watched thorn for ten years and nothing hap- pened before they moved to an- other district.

I know now that although these enlargements in the thyroid gland are called goiters, and that while some of them are dangerous or poisonous others are. of themselves. not dangerous. As this latter type was the kind with which our two school mates were afflicted, we might still have been waiting to see something happen to them.

As some of these non-dangerous or innocent enlargements of the thyroid gland may develop into the dangerous or poisonous type. there is always the question as to whe- ther these "nodular" enlargements should be removed so that they will not develop into the dangerous type or into cancer.

In the "Journal of the American Medical Association" Dre. George Crile, Jr., and W. S. Dempsey. Cleveland, state that surgeons find that while as high as 8 per cent of these "innocent" enlarged glands develop cancer, this high reie oc- curs only in the cases where cancer is suspected. The patients who come to the surgeon foi-‘operetion have been examined by the family doc- tor. the medlcal specialist and the surgeon. l-n the great majority of" these cues however the surgeon doee not operate because he recog- nizes the innocent nature of the growth and assures the patient that an operation is not neces- sary.

"In the millions of non-toxic (not poisonous). sylnptomless, and in- nocent gotten which never ere re- moved. the percentage of cancer cases is eo low that cancer of the thyroid stands sixteenth in the list of organs in which canoe: is found." However the-lesson is plain. In ell cases of e lump in the nook, the feinily physician should be con- sulted and if he advises there ie nothing to worry about there ll no need for further consultation, un- len patient that lump is growing or he ie becoming nervous or getting thin. Dr. Crlle suggests that both physician end eureon be suspicious of Veneer in ell these eases tindergoln operation for re- n-iovel of the en erged gland, eo es to be ready in remove cancer if it

ls found. GOITIII

ELLEIPS DIARY

By An Island Farmer’! Wile y§fltt

We have been treated to some significant happenings at Aldarlea today, and considering them now, it would be difficult to decide which one was of most importance. Certainly to the young fry, the event which came as a surprise to them had a great fascination, so much that their elders were hailed from the milking to enjoy it with them. We doubt whether it would have happened so soon had not Jamie, elder grand-son of James and mine been our guest at the time. - - - He was fast asleep, when at James‘ bidding, we looked in upon him to be sure that he was comfortable, mo- ments ago. Tanned cheek against the white of his pillow, hair tous- led a bit—an arm outflung. Dream- ing we supposed of any one of a number of things. Amusing to him at times for we have heard him chuckle in his sleep. At ihO antics of kittens perhaps, or pup-