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Would it be ac- ceptable to have two dif- ferent patterns in the two rooms or would this tend to separate the space too much? I would like to tie the bedroom and bathroom to- gether. How is that possi- ble? A. You can tie together the two rooms and create a well-planned look if you keep to the same color scheme in your bathroom IN MIDWESTERN ONTARIO CROSSROADS Listowel 291-1660 Wingham 357-2320 Mount Forest 323-1550 Milverton 595-8921 The best bargain catches are in the WANT ADS I'm calling about your Crossroads Classified ad fora '72 van. Sold! It's just what I need. J We also have extra parts to fit that model van. Would you be inter- ested? nter®ested? paper as you have in the bedroom. If your bedroom is a large floral, contrast that with a small geomet- ric or stripe in the bath- room. Or vice versa. But. try very hard to use the same color — perhaps it --could be lighter or darker — but in the same general family. Accessorize with the same colors in both rooms. Wallpaper manufacturers are taking some of the mystery out of combining several prints by arranging their offerings in families of colors and prints that go together beautifully. Q. I have three differen-- ly shaped windows in my apartment bedroom. One is a long, " narrow window over my bed. Another is a square window opposite the bed wall and the third is a French door that actu- ally opens onto a small deck but looks like a win- dow. What sort of window treatment might I select that will play down the choppy effect of these badly placed windows? I do open the large, square win- dow for sunlight but the others I like to keep closed most of the time. — T.C. A. Consider wallpaper- ing your room in a print that has a matching fabric that you can use for Roman shades. Fashion the shades carefully so that the pattern continues unbroken across your walls and win- dows. Or, if you prefer paint, try to -accomplish the same effect — Roman shades in a fabric that matches the wall colors. Don't trim the shades to call attention to them. Q. We have a home with a large living rooni,dining room with cathedral ceil- ing and no family room. Our television, piano and stereo are all in this room — although because of its spaciousness there are cer- tain areas for each. Because we like an in- formal way of life, I'm trying to decide what to do for floor covering. I'm toy- ing with the idea of having wood parquetry installed instead of carpeting, just for wood's no -wear quality. Are there other considera- tions? — P.R. A. Wood sounds like it would look lovely in a room as you describe. However, my choice would be a soft carpeting (al- though you do have wear problems). Because of its ' acoustical properties when you, have a very .large room with lots of people doing things that produce noise (even beautiful piano music) you may feel you are in an echo chamber. Fabric, including carpet- ing, draperies, and uphol- stery, all helps to absorb noise. If you do opt for wood parquetry, consider area rugs for sound absorption and give attention to sound -absorbing wall and window coverings. War -risk policies In 1917 life insurance for World War I servicemen was offered by the govern- ment'under the War Risk In- surance Act. Later this in- surance was known was known as U.S. Government Life Insurance. TAKE A SPRING BREAK `Tues. March 22 & Wed, March 23 4:00 p.m. m 8:30 p.m. FOR A 1 SALE Buy one dinner for 5.99 and get another dinner for 1c. Your choice of Wiener Schnitzel with B.B.Q. Sauce, Plain Wiener Schnitzel or a Chicken Dinner. Dinners include Salad Bar, potatoes and vegetable. TAMA INN Daily noon specials. 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Starting out small gives you the best chance of enjoying large decorator plants. And even if they don't make it, your loss won't have been so costly. For low -light conditions, at a north window or in the middle or back of rooms with a sunnier exposure, generally the plain green plants that suffer neglect will be able to sustain themselves. Such plants are pothos, nephthytis, philodendron, snake plant (sansevieria), bird's-nest fern, table fern, rubber plant, dracaena, Chinese evergreen, alumi- num plant, fittonia and green ivies. I have found too that some others that are supposed to need brighter light or even some sun each day will tolerate low -light levels for most of the winter if given brief holidays in bright light — Norfolk Island pine, prayer plants and jade plants. Swedish ivy and grape ivy don't seem to mind too much where they sit either, and tolerate a good deal of neglect. Plants in such dim light situations, where your hand will barely cast a shadow on a sheet of white paper, will not exactly thrive and grow very much but they will maintain a certain decorative value. Just remember that plants which are sitting in these low -light areas need little food and water. Keep them clean and fertilize them perhaps once a year unless you give them a brief holi- day now and then in a brighter spot or outdoors. Most enjoy . normal room temperatures, with a slight drop at night. Many green plants in this first category of low - light tolerators can be re- newed by cuttings — pothos, philodendron, the ivies. Making new plants in this way allows you to grow them even where you know they will become straggly, because you can keep replacing them with new ones. Begonias, African violets and gloxinias need higher light levels than our first category of green plants. Ideal is an east window where they receive early morning sun. West win- dows with strong afternoon sun are often too hot. Light needs in a specific location will vary with the season too. A general rule is that plants may need to be closer to a window in winter and moved a way a bit in summer. Or a win- dow may have to be shaded a little in summer. I've grown African violets very successfully, for instance, in a west window. But as the sun became more in- tense with springtime, I shaded the window on the outside with an inexpen- sive bamboo curtain. The violets continued to thrive all summer shaded in this way, and they bloomed in the good light all winter. You can tell if your plants are not getting enough light by observing them. If their stems are leaning toward the light, if they bloom poorly or drop their buds, if they become weak and straggly, or if lower leaves become el - low, then you may have plant in too low a light sit- uation. Plants needing at least full morning sun as at a fully exposed east window are geranium, coleus, flowering maple, succu- lents, Jerusalem cherry, rose, kalanchoe, crown of thorns, hibiscus and citrus plants. The easiest plants in a south window are ones that enjoy dry conditions between wgterings, though I've found that geraniums in large pots thrive in a very sunny south exposure, as do the bougainvillea and lantana. Watch for signs of too much sun on your plants scorched, bleached or droo- py -looking leaves and bud , drop. , Such plants • need moving a bit away from the window. Metabolism of birds Is high Birds' metabolism is high, and body temperatures range from 105 to 112 de- grees F. Breath rates are slow and energy -conserving during fasting, sleeping and in cold weather, rapid in ac- tivity and also at high tem- peratures as a cooling de- vice. Typically, a domestic fowl has a rate of 12 to 37 breaths a minute, a canary 96 to 120. 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