HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1958-03-12, Page 3Painting Tips
For Homemakers
There's been' a recent revolu-
tion in home 4:lecorating — a, "do-
it-yourself" revolution brought
about by pew types , of paint,
Never/before have so rnanyherne
makers bees paintitik tlidir own
rooms — and doing suchba good
jOlik of it,
Modern paints are' tailov•made
for the person' W1}9 wants 'to do
the job himself—.:or herself—
for they go on smoothly and
quickly, Many have very little
odor and dry in just a few
hours.
But before you take brush or
roller in hand, paint experts•
have some suggestions for'easier
and more effective painting,
They advise that whett:phoos-
ing the right type of paint for
each room, the general rule is
this: Enamel for -kitchens and
bathrooms and a good fiat or
semi-gloss paint, either alkyd
or latex, for halls 'and' other
rooms. Brushes and rollers used
in latex paint can be cleaned
with soap and water. With the
alkyd paint, _either turpentine
or varsol should be used.
To calculate how much wall
paint is needed, multiply the,
length of the area to be covered
by the height and divide this
result by 550. This gives the
number of gallons required.
(Calculations should be in feet.)
Paint is a marvellous cover-
up, but it can't work miracles.
Careful attention to the surface
before painting is well worth
the effort. Walls, especially in
the kitchen where a greasy film
collects, should be washed and
rinsed. All loose paint should be
removed by scraping and bare
patches spot primed with a suit-
able undercoat., Fill all cracks:
and holes before painting be-t.
,gins.
It is best to take all light fix-
tures off the walls. before start-
ing to paint and to mask hinges
and knebs,which can't be moved.
This makes for quicker painting
and-results in a more profes-
sional job.
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Stir, the paint until the colog
is cempletely uniform and the
Paint-is of an even consistency,
And here' is a 'Warning which
-:-?vill _save much grief: NEVER
mix an, Oil Or alkyd-based paint
,with ''S'IWater-bas'ed paint. tou
might' be' tempted. to combine
"Thunder Will,boom," shouted
a soap-box orator as he described
the Day of Judgment. "Lightning
will strike! Rivers will overflow(
Flames will shoot down from the
heavens! There will be storms,
floods, earthquakes!" ,
The, crowd pondered for a
, A little girl 'in the , crowd
looked up anxiously at her
mother. "Mummy," she whisper-
ed, "will they: give us ,the day
off from school!"
) GREETINGS !
"HaVe you a completely blank
One?" asked a: woman" of 'the.
assistant at a' birthday card
counter.' `:"My husband, and I
aren't speakingl
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
IT'S NO JOKE — Joke Flaan-
schoten, 5-year-old Dutch girl
who may have radiation sick-
ness, plays with a snowball in
the yard of a' hospital in
Utrecht the Netherlands. A
radium-tipped needle used to
treat her broke off, imbedded
in her nose. Her' family's home
may have to be destroyed be-
cause radioactivity , was found
there after she was returned
from the' hospital before the
needle tip was discovered'
missing.
with colors from .moss and
lichen scraped fromt,,he racks,,
they have found mark is oforik-
their cloth. k'rorn Lewis, tweed'
crossed to mainland Scotland,
thence to London, and, thanks
to =the philanthropic, interest of
soap Magnate Lord LeVerhulme,
to world markets, 'Fleeces are
now washed and, dyed in four
big woolen Mills on Lewis; the
thread, is carded on new •$50,000
machines; but the weaving is
still done by hand,
As for today's new markets, „
spinning mill manager Robert
Stewart sayS: `There's' Gerrnar'6,
coming up fast, and there could
be Russia, too, But," he adds,
"America's the market We're
geared to serve, and the one we
prefer. Besides, .Americans now
lead in,liletting men's fashions
for tweed,"
Whgeier the .market, the im-
Voittan'tqhing to the islanders is
to keep making and selling their
farnona,,,product. Observes Pres-
byterian minister Murdoch Mac-
rae, who helped them found the
Tweed Association and who
went to Washington to plead
their cause last' year: "If we 'do
not keep the tweed,, We shall
not keep our young men." To
the pastor, Hyrris tweed is more,
than another article /of com-
merce. It's a way of life: "Our
cloth is the procluit 'of' A coun-
tryside where men are still free
of the evils pf the city," he says,
"where the skill \ of me* hands .
is still the finest thing."--Prom
NEWSWEEK. „
All Mixed Up
,When the handsome young
Dutchtnan stepped ashore at
Amsterdam, determined to. clinch
a three - year love affair, he'
f o u n d himself clasped in the
arms of a girl he had never seen
in his life.
After his first meeting with his
sweetheart in New York he had
courted her ardently by corres-
pondence and finally popped the
big question by airmail.
In fact she had already mar-
ried someone else but didn't
have the heart to let him know!
So his letters were opened and
answered by pr9xy by a younger
girl, a friend. •
The"arrangement worked out,
for the young" 'Dutchman r soon
realized that his MisS—Wrong,
could become Mrs, Right after
all, and wedding bells happily
Sealed matters. '
Less happy were ,the results
when a young man strolled up
the beach after • a swim., at,Arnal-
fi, }Italy,, and pulled on some-
one else's slacks. 'In 'the "pocket''' ,
he discovered a. love letter-from
his wife. ,The mistake in,, trou-
sers led to 'a marital separation.
Equally unromantic was the
outsize error when Mr. .,J. F.
Westwood, Of Cheshire, opened
his electricity bill recently—for
over $3,000 !.
Within' a few hours harassed
officials traced the mistake.
Specks of dust had caused an
electronic accounting machine to
fling up the wrong figure.
In the same way, the British
Inland Revenue authorities once
sent out a $3,000,000 tax demand
by mistake. Subsequently it was
alleged in the courts that a man
accused of fraud had used it to
impress his victims !
A mistake described by ,a
judge as "unique in the history
of tailoring" occurred when a
tailor mixed up two tickets. So
a pair of trousers belonging to
a band official were turned into
a skirt, instead .of being let out
at the waist. The bank official
eventully recovered $40 damages. "
Then there was the mix-up
when a man ordered a wreath to
be sent to a funeral and birth-
day flowers to a woman friend.
Indignantly she 'phoned him to
ask why her birthday flowers
bore condolences = and with a
shudder he realized t t the'
floral tribute on his friend's cof-
fin bore the message, "Many
Happy Returns of the Day."
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Acts 1:1,2.14; COloSSians 3a4-17.
Memory Selection: It is writ-
ten, My house shall be called
the house of prayer, Matthew
21:13- .---,
Worship is defined as paying
divine honors to God, especially
through religious reverence and
homage. In a somewhat broader
sense we usually think of it as
including all those activities
through which our fellowship
with. God is promoted, To those
who do not know God in a per-
sonal way through the saying
power of Jesus Christ, worship
is a rather cold and formal con-
cept. But to the born-again be-
liever it is a living, warm and
exhilarating experience.
Take prayer for instance.
Jesus denounced as hypocritee
those who prayed in pubils
places to be seen of men. In
contrast he urged the disciple
to pray in his own room with
the door closed. (Matt. 6:5,0.)
But there is also a challenge to
unite with others in prayer.
Jesus said, "If two of you shall
agree on earth as touching any
thing "that they shall ask, it
shall, be done for them of my
Father which is in heaven." ,Ths
portion of today's lesson front
Acts illustrates the importance
of prayer with the larger group,
too.
It is the spirit of one's wor-
ship and not the place which is
more important. The sick room
may be a very Bethel to the
suffering soul. A man may be
seated in a church pew but his
-:,mind be 'far from worshipping
',God in spirit and in truth. One
?"came to my service apparently
to worship. But events that fol-
lowed indicated that his purpose
to impress me with his desire
for religion was part of a plan
to deceive me and get some
money. He succeeded. But later,
while working another client, he
was apprehended by the police
and committed to prison.
Singing is an important part
of worship. Strangely enough,
some who at a party will lust-
''\ily. „sing, "For he's a jolly good
fella'," can scarcely be hear
at wetship. The drawn and so=
ber countenance helps to further
.accentuate the contrast. It ought
not to be so. We are to teach „`;and admonish one another in
psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing with grace in our
harts to the Lord. t
If we love God with all our
h art and soul we will delight
•‘ to worship Hhh.
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4 ' FORMOSAN HARVEST-Although new far ming techniques have , ,.
,aided rice- growers on formosq, the harvesting. is still done in
the old-fashioned way by this worker in a. field at Taichung.
d' The stalks are beaten against a sieve • over a screened 'tub to
shake the rice grains. free.' This .year's harvest-1;900,00 met*.
-tons—is the largest in thehistoryof Nationalist China, and more
than-enough to feed the island's 10 Million. residents. A surplus
or 200,0 00 metric tons will be exported to Japan.
PROBABLY
odds and ends of leftover paint
but one thing is certain, oil and
water don't mix.
A roller makes, fast work of
painting A room, But make sure.
the roller isn't dripping with
Paint. Fill the well of the pan
Only, roll the roller down into
the paint and back onto the
raised section of the pan to take
off the excess.
T,Jse light, even strokes, start-
ing each load of paint away
from the unpainted area and
working towards the painted
one, Bolling in all directions
gives an even coat. You'll soon
learn to stop the motion of the
roller before you lift it from the
wall—if you don't, it spins, cast-
ing a fine spray in the unhappy
painter's facel Keep a small
brush handy—you'll need it for
the corners and trim,
When painting the windows,
do all the small trim first.
Should specks of paint get on
the glass, cover the tip of a
screwdriver with a cloth and
wipe the paint off immediately.
Don't forget to hoist the inner
window and lower the outer one
to get at those parts of the
frame which normally are hid-
den,
The best advice experts have
to give for successful painting
is to follow the directions on
the can. Don't thin the paint un-
less the directions say so, then
use the recommended type of
thinner,
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In viewing the past year with
assiduous analysis, and project-
ing prophetically into the year
ahead, it _seems that life down
here on the farm, Will undoubt-
edly run about solo: •(I don't see
any ,reason why-these yearaend
SummarieS amd,....nrognosticatioris.
are`. the exclusive —technique of
General "Motors. and Wall 'Street,
etc.) 4,!:
Tweed Makers
In The Hebrides
Winter is always hard on the
barren isles of ,the Hebrides,
standing west of! Scotland,, as
icy • Arctic winds come howling -across a thousand miles of the
North Atlantic and smash the
sea against the rocks of Lewis
and Uist 'and Barra. Usually,
the islanderS the mselves are
snug enough' in 1, their thatch/
roofed stone cbttages, working
;their hand looins and turning
out the world-famous Harris
tweed—named after the south-
ern peninsula of Lewis Island,
But last month, the island folk
did not feel so secure as they
sat weaving cloth before their
peat fires,tAVitlii- ;anxiety ,rarelIrlrg
felt in their simple way of life,
they were' apprehensively wait-
ing for word from far-off WasKaaia
ington.
America •has become the is-
land's biggest customer, buying
about 2 million yards a year, a
third of the output. But starting
last July, American orders
dwindled to practically nothing
after the 25 per cent import
duty was raised to 45 per cent,
a move,. U.S. tariff laws dictate
when imports exceed 5 per cent
of average.annual domestic pro-
duction •over a three-year per-
iod. A drive to abolish this tar-
iff provision led to heated hear-
ings last month before the Com-
mittee for•.It,eciprocity Informa-
tion, and now the tweedmakers
of the Hebrides are anxiously
waiting for the report.
Meanwhile;, the islanders are
hurti4g, Forp - four - year}- old
John Paterson, a, tyii cal weaver
who lives oft land he cleared
himself in a cottage he built
himself, 20 miles from the spin-
ning center of Stornoway, has
only enougl' work for three days
a week. His earnings are down
50 per cent. "There aren't
enough orders from America,"
he says. "It's hurting me -pretty
bad,"
It's painful for them all. The
paSt Christmas was one of the
most doleful since the terrible
20s, when a third the young
men migrated from_ Lewis.
"Savings are doon terribre;".saya
a Stornoway bank manager, and
a merchapt reports: • "Our tak-
ings aren't• a patch on what they
were last year."
But wintry a.t the prospect
is, Lewismen are not giving up.
Ever since Celtic peasants first
tipun wool from the island's
black-faced sheep and dyed it
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THE VERY FIRSYNcishua's first•fOal, citalaie faced colt, arrived
• at Mereworth _Farm .and• looked on iti,wOnder as his mother,
Windmill,, tried to nudge, him to his feet a few minutes aftet
he was' born.
.rner rplernaTids „ were somnolent.
,,,,Thik was 'Artie fin both the red
'''''ana livliiirdivisions:t Unless the
'.; marketilrequirements revitalize
=within a- few,, weeks,- the outlook
or ..,,spriog,-..is bleak. Storage is
ade,quate, but the perishable na-
ture of the productminimizes
'the success ' of the long haul.
Employees --have 'been encour-
aged to make-juse of this over-
stock• at cost, with moderate re-
sults.', . . .
Plans for 1958 inchide expan- 'i
sion of the departments of plc-
nies, camping - trim -and canoe-
ing.. This operatign has been
dominant in such p 'ases as hoe-
,irig, mowing, and rowing; and
emphasis is to be t ansferred to
going, blowing, and rowing.
There are also plank for increas-
ed activity in the hammock de-
partment. , 1 .
The year 1957 was short on
raspberries and icing on blue-
berries, and efforts Iwill be made
in 1958 to bring this discrepancy
into a closer equaltzation in the
interests of diversification, The
asparagus is expeCted to rise
sharply, but root crops will re-
main low. The seasonal demand
for rhubarb should hold up.
Viewing the situation over-all,
I would say there is little cause
for alarm, and some reason to
feel the future will be signifi-
cant.
and equipment replacement ,was
not a major factor in 1957. The'
wind, which was brisk one 'eve:
ping in late fall, carried -elk-ay'
a few shingles from the shed
roof, ripped 'off a piece of the
barn paper, and blew my corn-
crib off its posts. Repairr:Veri
made by the; maintenance"c,rew
at a cost of.'32 cents for.:a jcan
'of ter cement. (Shingles• were
in )
A routine' inspection iii eai1'
summer revealed that four posts
under the ell had rotted( at,,,,tha
base, causediby dampne.sS„,in ,th
ground and the proximity of" the
lower portians of the Proiti'fo,
this condition. Replacement' was
voted by the directors, and
funds" provided. NeW posta-were
secured from the company
woodlot, spruce being specified,
and bark was removed With a
drawshave. Ends were squared
with a bucksaw, 'Used boards
(from a redeemed hogpen) •were
used to erect cement forms for
new, and higher, footings 'for
the posts, and after the cement
had hardened the posts were in-
serted with the assistance of a
screw jack, a crowbai, a peavey
and a 16-pound maul.
Total cost was under • $2 (al-
though a man doWn the road
did approximately the same job
on a piazza, using •contrad la-
bar,from the local pool, and in-
cluding compensation insurance
his cost was'$215.34). The board
of directors, upon presentation
of this report, moved a vote of
confidence and spread its grati-
tude upon the records.
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In the cabbage department,
1957 saw •a condition of overca-
pacity, necessitating a high in-
ventory at a time when consu-
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'boy in growth. Now 12-year-old Wallace has graduated to a
Bay Scout uniform, aria the tree — well, it's Well on'on its Way
to being ready for V561'0%4568, Befoee. Wallace Is ready for'
callige hi '1963, the, trees Will be eeady, feirputpWaaathirthiriga
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The past year was dry in some.
months, although we had preci-
pitation in others. Fortunately
the excessive lack of rainfall
'didn't 'accumulate destructive
nonmoisture to the point of
disaster until after most 'of the
Crops had matured. But continu-
ing deficiencies of precipitation
caused a lot of wells to go dry,
with re'sultant necessity of water
transportation from available
sources to,',points of requirement,
particularly S by truck,.. writes
John Gould' in the Christian
Science Menitpr. '
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Leon Bard did most, of the
hauling in this vicinity, using a
600-gallon tank on his dump
body, and as the season ad-
vanced he could hardly keep up.
Our own water supply was ade-
quate, but this was an excep,
-tion in the neighborhood. Mr.
Bard would fill his tank at a
,hydrant in town, then conic and
dump the load in your well.
There has been some discussion
as to how much of a load like
that will stay in a well so you
' can get the good of it, and how
much will seep through the
ground and be log to you — the
conclusion being, largely, that
it depends on the well,
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However, 1957 was a good
year as far as ;bugs and state
inspectors are concerned. For
some reason that• I have not
fathomed various pestiferous
insects and agents were scarce:
I didn't see a potato bug all
summer, and there were rela-
:i tiifely!'ne tent Caterpillars. Aphis
were negligible. In the early
Season. considerable activity
with fungicide's was essential,
. but when centrel was establith-
' e'a 'SEM Came
along, further vigilance „seemed
unnecessary, with a resultant
saving, in the cost of chemicals,
ilia a el-la/Yee :to aleef later in'
the mornings,
Expectation of a similar sat-
isfactory condition in 1958 is
probably overoptimistic. The
teinporary • decline ID activity
will undoubtedly be followed
by a Compensating upswing, and
the tent caterpillars will return
until the landstape looks like
'Monday Washlities, and the, snail
Will be crowded off his thorn
froth ell directions. 4. *
The financial accrual in 1957
Was learn and a number of toy
usual _ philanthropies suffered. I
had ,beeit supporting a great
many foreign causes in the hope
they Might someday reciprocate
and Make things easier for me,
liut ,an ttilWeidenie striegeney
forded ine to curtail h many di-
reCtiena, Unless 1058 shows. a
Marked improvement in the cx-
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