The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-11
BUYING NEW COTTON
CITRTAINS9

Falls the time of year many wom-
en- choose to check up on their home
furnishings and replace worn articles.
Often it's new window curtains that
have to be purchased. When you
shop for cotton curtains, always look
for statements about colorfastness
and shrinkage on the label.
Because they are continually ex-
posed to the light, curtains of cotton
materials should first of all be re-
sistant to fading. Vat dyes are most
fast to light and washing. Color and
shrinkage guarantees are often print
ed on the selvage of lower priced
drapery materials.
Curtain fabrics should be firmly
woven, should hang straight and be
free of knots or other blemishes in
the weave. And if you want your cur
tains to look really well, buy them in
correct proportions and design. At
small windows, simple small pat
termed curtains are best. For larger
windows and spacious rooms, large
pattern with bright colors and rich
design is more suitable.
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CONSERVING ELECTRIC POWER
Here are some hints from the Rural
Electrification Administration that
will help you to get the most for your
electricity dollars.
First, be sure your wiring system
is in good condition and adequate for
the load you put on it. And check up
on your appliances to see that they
are in good shape, too.
Put your refrigerator in a position
where there will be good circuia-
tion of air around it. If you put it
where air is blocked, the motor will
have to work harder to do the same
job. And arrange the food properly
in the refrigerator, so the cold all
circulates freely to keep the food
cool.
If you have an electric range, use
it efficiently. That means leaving the
burner on just long enough to attain
the heat needed for your cooking
then finishing the cooking with re-
tanned heat. Don't use the top of the
electric stove to heat wash water. The
burners weren't intended for that use
Use bulbs that give the proper
amount of light for the use you in
tend to make Of them. A lO0-watt
bulb in reading lamp in the right
place does the job better than severa
smaller bulbs in poor positions fol
reading.
| OF course, don't burn lights whel
you don't need them. If you need ;
night light, get one of the small bulbs
made for that use instead of leaving
on l0O-watt reading lamp.
These are only few Of the way!
you can use your electric power mos
effectively and cheaply. You'll bt
able to think of others yourself.
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ON THE AIR
Is your community planning for ;
school lunch program in your schools
this winter? If you want information
about how to organize such program
or how to get surplus commoditie
| from lHc our pluS MdIhclliiS f\di'hi
istration of the U. S. Department o
Agriculture for your school lunches
tune in on Consumer Time on Sep
tember l3. You'll find out how you
community can 20 about seeing tina
every school child has at least on
health giving hot meal each day.
Consumer Time is regular week
ly program designed to help con
sumers, and is produced by the Con
sumers' Counsel Division in the U. 5
Department Of Agriculture. 1t is pre-
sented in cooperation with defens
and on-defense agencies of the U. S
Government working for consumers
The time is II a. m., Eastern Stand
ard Time, every Saturday, over tn
Red Network of the National Broad
casting Company.