The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-09-30

formula to follow. For example,
if you use a floral pattern for
draperies in your living room,
use the same material for Slip
covers, and select a bright ac-
cent from the floral pattern for
additional pieces.
And don't forget your bedrooms.
Plaid or floral patterns for bed
spreads and draperies are won
derfully effective if you bring in
one-quarter accent of dominant
color in the chairs or dressing
table.
Children's rooms can be made
delightful and serviceable with one
Inexpensive fabric used lavishly.
And when you're buying fabric,
be generous in the quantity you
purchase. Quantity of materials
is of prime Importance when
you're letting fabric carry the de-
corating load. It's far more eff
fective to use a less expensive
material in abundance than to
use a costly fabric stingily.
Color, line, and design-they're
| a wonderful challenge for you
to do an excellent job in rooms
that need an overall refurnishing.
Remember also to keep enough
areas plain and unpatterned to
avoid rooms becoming too busy
or dizzy with too much design.
Better Home-Wifing
| Much of the work of engineers,
scientists and electrical manufac-
turers is being nullified by the
failure of home wiring to keer
pace with new equipment, report.
the Building Forum. :.
Lights dimming as the re
frigerator goes on and fuses pop
ping when the rooster is plugget
in are two signs that your wirini
is probably inadequate.
Although tremendous stride
have been made to new electrical
devices to make the servantles
home a. pleasant reality, the &C
tual condition of the wiring il
ed. Even brand-new postwa
millions of homes has not chang
homes are. being wired, in man.
cases, in a fashion unable to cop
with, or accommodate, the lates
power-using devices. It is partic
ularly bad in the case of new
homes, because the addition o
extra circuits and heavier wirinl
is much more costly later on thar
right at the start.
It isn't a lack of development il
1.-THE electrical industry or in wir
ling materials and devices, accord
ing to the Building Forum, blu
merely that the average home
owner and even the contractor
and builders of new homes hav
failed to keep up with the require
|ments Of modern electrical Twin
To help correct this situatio
and provide home-owners an
home-planners with adeQuat
lhome-wiring information, tn
Building Forum has prepared
thorough-going, 28-page bookle
on the subject, Electrical Plan
ming in the House" Thee bookle
provides all the basic data tn
homeowner needs for planning a
adequately wired home. It eau
tions the home-buyer not t
leave electrical planning entirel
Ito the architects judgment or tn
builders whims Only by person
al analysis of present and futur
needs and a detailed study of hi
own tastes and preferences ca
the homeowner achieve a com
pletely satisfactory wiring job.
Based on extensive experience
research and contact with read
ers, electrical Planning in tn
Home" is available for 35c, from
Good Housekeeping Bulletin Serv
ice, 57th Street at 9th Avenue
New York 10, N. Y.
Take Time TO Measure :
/ When you're shopping TO
stockings, the length correct 70
your proportions can be deter
mined by a simple measurement
II you are short, the top of you
stocking should reach s inche
above the joint Of your knee (mea
sure on the outside of the Lego;
inches if you are of averag
height; 8 inches if you are tai
THE overall length from this poin
to the floor is the length of stock
lyou need.
CThe above discussions are TAX
en- from the Good Housekeepin
Club Service
A1fho,l0h the NaVy'S Submarin