Evening star., 1946-07-12
Readers Clearing House

= AAOuON
Cleaning the house df you can't
possibly find some one to do it for
YOU can be managed on Tuesdays
and Thursdays. But, especially un-
til your youngster is at least three
months old. let your housekeeping
slide. Don't be tempted by any
body to fill that hour from to 2
with chores. And get to bed i'm
mediately after the 10 O'Clock
bottle. I always tried to be ready
for bed by 10. The point is that
youll enjoy your baby lots more If
you keep yourself rested.
And here is my most important
piece of advice: Get a copy of the
Better Homes and Gardens Baby
Book It's between two and three
dollars and it's simply invaluable,
I didn't even know how to fold
diaper when I got home from the
hospital and thanks to the book and
It's advice I now have a well-trained,
husky youngster Lots of luck to
you and your offspring.
MEALY BUG?
From Mrs. r. r., Warrenton, Va
1 am having a time with my
African violets. They were doing
so we'll up to a few weeks ago when
white bugs called mealy bugs
appeared all over them and I
am afraid the bugs will kill my
plants. Will you please tell me
what I can do to get rid OF the
bugs? Also how often should the
violets be watered?
REBUTTAL.
From Mrs. H. S. NJ, Falls Church. J
Replying to Mrs G F. E.. Airing
ton: AS a man once remarked to
his wife-"All the world seems a lit
tie strange, excepting me and thee,
and even thee seems a little strange
at times" This sentiment expresses
the attitude of Mrs. G.. F.. E., 1t
seems to me. Her letter appeared
in RICH July 3.
There undoubtedly will be many
replies to Mrs G. F. E.. all Of which
I trust she will find quite as ANUS
ing" as all other letters appearing
in RICH heretofore.
There are many reasons why l
feel l want TO reply to Mrs. G. F. E.,
but will cite only few
In the first place there are people
who CAN snap through their work
and manage to have wonderful
dinner waiting for their husbands,
and also find time TO bathe, and be
all spruced up when he arrives
home. Any husband would be
strange indeed if he didn't appre-
ciate this, and even though Mrs.
G. F. E. feels these wives are not
quite normal doubt if the hus-
bands of such wives would agree
with her. More power to the peppy
galSt
AS for the Doleful Dorothys-this
group Is usually in the minority.
But it seems quite understandable,
with the taxing home conditions,
under which many find themselves
living today. that their housework is
difficult. especially if they are young.
housekeepers without
any of the home appliances that go
yWard making housework easier
II they get down in the dumps every
now and then, can't say that any
one can blame them! The fact that
this group is big enough in spirit
to admit defeat and ask for help
should call for admiration rather
than condemnation.
AS for youngsters, we have two.
They are bright. healthy children
and each and every day finds them
at times very good and then again
they are very bad. I feel that any
child who has only two days a week
set aside for being naughty must be
little abnormal
Re recipes: I am a graduate die
tician, and can truthfully say that
any recipe I have used from RICH
has turned out perfectly; and I've
learned lots from them, too. In any
event if all Mrs G. F. E. does is read
RICH from her perch on the fence, -
for amusement sake land this is
what her letter implies, she wouldn't
exactly fall into the category of
competent judge of the recipes. any
way. Furthermore, it seems strange
that Mrs. G. F. E., constant reader
Of RICH for three years, hasn't no.
ticed the prompt correction of any
misprint that may appear in a rec
ipe. This happens seldom, but when
A mistake is made the correction is
30 prompt that the chances Of the
error causing a failure are greatly
reduced.
Personally, I am indeed grateful
for the many helpful suggestions
and recipes have received via RICH
during the past five years. I DO not
consider myself abnormal because
I enjoy RICH neither do I consider
it abnormal to learn something new.
and discover short cuts" in house
work!
Let me say in closing, an open
mind-or even the mind of Polly
anna" isn't such bad thing in
times like these. We all know there
are many unpleasant realities that
must be faced. These are troubled
DAYS and there is little enough of
the spirit which Is the keynote of
RCH-namelv-the desire to help
some one else
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