The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly by Consumer
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, D. C.
Do You Get a Good Diet?

to become productive workers ana ex-
cellent citizens provided they are given
the right kind of food, proper training,
and ordinary opportunities" says
Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agri-
culture.
Fundamental to adequate training
and decent opportunity is food.
"Fifty per cent of the people OF the
United tSates do not get enough in
the way of dairy products, fruits, and
vegetables to enable them to enjoy full
vigor and health, and large number
of them do not get enough because
they cannot afford it.
"It is the duty of the farmers, the
Government, the businessmen, and or
ganized labor to cooperate to see that
the children of these people are better
fed than their parents were.
"The lack of common-sense knowl-
edge of nutrition even among many
well-to-do people in the United States
is appalling. There are many kinds
of hidden hungers' which the exper-
fenced person can read in the faces and
attitudes of undernourished. Peaked
faces, bowlegs, and shaky nervous
systems are only few Of the manifes-
tations."
If you think your diet is out of bal
ance, you can find out how to put 1t
in balance by getting copy of "Diets
to Fit the Family Income," bulletin
of the Bureau of Home Economics, by
sending cents to the Superintendent
of Documents, w a s h in ton, d. &.
(Send cash, not stamps.)
How to Fire Proof Your Curtains
Boric acid and borax are all that is
needed to eliminate kitchen curtains as
fire hazards in your home.
Chemists in the Bureau of Agricul-
tural Chemistry and Engineering say
this is the way to fireproof the cur
tains:
Mix 3 ounces of boric acid and Z
ounces of borax in 2 quarts OF hot
water. If you use powdered boric
acid, make paste first with a little
water, then add the remainder.
Dip the curtains into the solution,
wiring them out, then hang till nearly
dry, and iron. Be sure the curtains
are clean and dry before dipping. The
solution may not work on wet cur
tains.
Another way is to sprinkle the cur
tains with the solution before you iron,
but do not iron them to the point
where they are almost dry. This treat
ment also bars against gradualf de-
struction of the fabric by coal or ,illum-
mating gas in the air.
Remember the treatment has to be
renewed each time the curtains are
washed and dried.
How to Tell FulI-FashiOned Stocking
Do you know the difference between
a full-fashioned stocking and one that
is circular knit.
Look at the back of the stocking and
find the small fashion marks on either
side Of the seam half way down the
leg. Then examine closely the row Of
stitches on the outside of these fashion
marks. Do they meet the marks at an
angle, or are they parallel to the
marks? If they are at an angle, then
the stockings is full-fashioned. If the
stitches are parallel to the fashion
marks and seam, then the stocking is
circular. In that case the fashion
marks are put there merely to deceive
the eye.
A circular knit stocking does not re-
quire seam, but one may be planted
simply to initiate full-fashioned knits.
Putting mock fashion marks and mock
"a, is e,
common practice.
Full fashioned stockings are not
only fashioned in the leg portion, but
also in the foot, heel, and toe. If the
stocking has full seam, running un-
der the heel and foot, chances again
are that it is full-fashioned.
Circular knit stockings are cheaper
to make, may be just as durable, as
full-fashioned hose, but there is no
guarantee against their becoming
baggy after laundering Many women
can wear the circular knit hose just
as we'll as the full-fashioned kind, and
can accomplish substantial savings to
boot. About one out Of every three
stockings sold in 1887 was circular
knit.
Watch Your Weights and Measures
A manufactures of toothpaste found
that to meet provisions of the new
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act he had
to reduce the size of the containcr Of
his product. At the same time he in
creased the net contents.
To try out this customers label
reading ability, this manufactures ar
ranged display in a store in large
city. On one side, the counter was
piled high with the large, old cartons !;
on the other were the smaller, new
cartons. The price was the same.
In between two piles was sign
pointing out the small cartons con-
tanned one-fourth more toothpaste
than the large containers.
Consumers in that town didn't even
take time to read the sign, to say moth
ing of the labels on the containers tell
ing the net contents. The pile of large
containers was almost gone before the
pile of small containers was hardly
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