The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-09-25
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- BY MARY MOORE
HAVE YOU HEARD?
BY MARY MOORE


tic called polythene, won't freeze
to the ice box shelf or effect the
waters taste. They make getting
out a few ice cubes in a hurry a
pleasure.
Transparent plastics are extend
| ing their use into more and more
fields since the war. Opticians
stress the value of acrylic plastics
for spectacles and contact lenses
because they are almost impossible
to break.
| Of course the furniture and lamp
manufacturers have been using
plastics for some time, but clear
plastics are going into more artic-
les for the home because of their
strength, ightness, flexibility and
versatility.
Plastic sandals have gained quick
popularity due to their lightness
and durability.
1t is easy to find your new flash
light in the dark because of it's new
luminous plastic case which gives
off blue glow. 1t is also water
proof and shock proof.
Sh! 'Tis said that the hips Of the
average American woman have in
creased two whole inches since
1941!
GLAMOR
Walking is described as one of
the best all around exercises there
is, but the secret of comfortable
hiking is two pair of very heavy
socks. Even victims of the high
heeled shoe should make out all
right walking when heavy socks
form a cushion between a comfort
able shoe and the foot.
This advice is given by DIR. G. j.
P. Barger, of Washington, who
has made hiking his hobby. He
gives another tip to hikers on long
hikes and that is to "tank up on
salt" One of the common causes
of cramps in the legs and arms
that hikers experience is due to
salt deficiency. Fatigue is STAYED
off in this manner. One teaspoonful
of salt in a quart of water before
starting on a hike is advised.
After testing Is samples of four
types of sewing threads on cotton,
rayon and wool materials, expert
ments show that cotton thread is
more satisfactory for hand sewing
than snylon, because nylon thread
twists constantly and knots and the
loose end trays. Mercerized threads
gave some trouble in twisting and
knotting but not nearly so much as
nylon.
However, for machine sewing,
nylon thread proved satisfactory
and had the advantage of being
strong yet fine, and it can be
stretched farther without breaking
than cotton thread, thus providing
more "give" to the seams.
For seam strength, heavy duty
cotton thread ranked first, nylon
second and ordinary cotton third.
Nylon thread, however, is highest
in price, but lustrous, smooth and
for sale in variety of colors.
Beauty parlors make their larg-
est profits from permanent waving
which is easy to understand when
you learn that materials used in a
$40 wave cost the shop little more |
than so cents.
And the National Hairdressers
and Cosmetologists Assn. is get
ting plenty worried about the home
permanent wave craze which is
the country right now.
The truth is there is nothing wrong |
with the home permanent. The So
lutions are weaker than the pro-
fessional wave, but harmless, and
the girls are learning they can
save a lot of dough by doing their
own at home.
WOMEN
If Margaret Chase Smith, Con-
gressional Representative from
Maine, wins a U. S. Senate seat
n next years elections, she'll be
he first Republican woman Sen
ator and the second woman ever to
De elected to the Senate. (The first
vas Hattie w. Caraway, Democrat
rom Arkansas).
Mrs. Smith, an attractive woman
n her forties was elected to the
House in 1910 to fill the unexpired
erm of her late husband-she had
,een his congressional secretary.
She was the only House Republi-
;an to oppose the proposed six bill
ion dollar budget cut, and she fire.
luently votes for bills advocated by
abor. She also is a member of the
House Armed Services Committee.
"Women in Their Twenties", an
interesting study by Fawcett Re-
earch, statistically proves that the
'ounger women have grabbed off
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