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Evening star., 1951-10-07

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you II love the delicate. sunny-sweet
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for bread is richer in Vitamin A the
year around! And you'll welcome its
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and get "all Flavor! Nutrition!
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Evening star., 1951-10-07

teer Fire Department next
month for the Wonder Baby of
Birch Manor. It was Freddie
Plimsoll's idea. It's to raise
money for a new truck. Well
charge two-dollar entrance fee
and give prize. The prize won't
be much, but nobody will care"
What's a Wonder Baby?"
Art shrugged. Il don't know.
l never thought about it."
well, it won't be our child,
because I'll not enter him."
oh. wait a minute, now. OF
course you'll enter him."
Pauline, with the stubborn
ness of a small woman, shook
her head firmly. Pm not going
to enter him in any silly contest
when he's sure to lose"
Art shrugged. "Okay, have it
your way" he said. But you're
missing a great chance to win a
prize. BY the way. what do you
think it should be? We were
kicking around some ideas this
morning at the frehouse, but we
didn't get anywhere"
'Oh. why don't you make it
an autographed copy of that re-
pulsive book by DR.. Snork -
the famous child expert. Ruthie
and Georgia would both love
that"
"Dr. Snork? I've heard of
him. I don't know, though. 1t
doesn't sound like much of a
prize. | was thinking of some
thing more useful. say a set of
golf clubs. But I'll mention it to
the boys"
AS PAULINE had foreseen, Geor-
gia and Ruthie were both excit-
ed about the baby contest,
though they concealed their in
terest under a veneer of con-
temptuous indifference. Pauline
felt sure that victory lay between
the two. A sneaking hope en-
tered her mind - she was
ashamed of it, but it entered
anyway - that both Billy-Boy
and Honey Lamb would get the
measles or something. 1t could
be German measles - that
wouldn't be very bad. just
enough to knock them out of the
contest. In that case, she day
Evening star., 1951-09-08

to the builder and to the average
American citizen alike.
Such loans. in the opinion of
observers. have been a great but
tress of democracy and a key
means of softening the social dis
organization which often follows
an acute housing shortage such
as existed during and after World
War II.
Suggestions advanced in the Ma
tional Association of Home Build
ers' widely distributed publicity
and public information kit" paid
off we'll in publicity dividends for
home builders throughout the
country.
Officials of the national associa-
Evening star., 1951-09-08
H. S. Observance of Week Symbol of Trade Association Influence

home builder is a pretty impor-
tant fellow who has done a good
job and that home ownership is d
laudable ambition.
The spectacular increase in
home ownership in the United
States in recent years has been
made possible by a progressive
building industry" says NAHB
publicity material supplied to
newspapers.
Real estate observers must GER
tainly agree with that statement.
The home building business has
surprised every one by it's ener-
getic attack on the housing Short
age.
1t must be said that without
Evening star., 1951-09-08
Builders Cheered by Action
Easing Home Credit Curbs

Builders appeared to be consid-
erably happier this week as a re-
suit of adoption of smaller down
payment requirements for home
loans by the Federal Reserve
Board, the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration and the Veterans Ad-
miniStration.
The new changes to Regulation
x and its companion credit curbs
were announced almost a week
ago to bring the regulations in
conformity with provisions of the
newly enacted defense housing
act which eases home credit re-
StrictionS.
Evening star., 1951-09-08
848 Applications
For Housing Listed
In Last ; Weeks

The District Housing Gen.
ter reported today that in the
last three weeks it. had re-
ceived applications for 848
houses, apartments and
rooms.
Of these, GOT were new ap-
plications. The remaining 24l
were re-applications.
OF the total, 319 had just
arrived in the District area,
and 529 said their present
housing was inadequate.
During the same period, 636
dwelling units were listed for
rent, plus 208 rooms.
Evening star., 1951-09-08

the easy postwar financing made
possible by the Government, how
ever, through FILA. VA and other
aids to financing enacted by Con-
gress, today's building business
would not quite have behind it
the great housing accomplish
ments it has chalked up since the
war ended.
Financing is the key to home
ownership and to prosperity in
the building business. Relatively
few people are able to save enough
to buy a house if a big down pay
ment is needed. The unusually
small down payments required un-
der the VA and FILA plans until
recently have been a great boon
Evening star., 1951-09-08

ton can hardly have a better
example of the value of organiza-
ton to show their dues-paying
members than the electric effect
of their sponsorship of National
Home Week.
Mayors and Governors have
proclaimed" the week, service
groups have supported the event
at the inspiration of builder mem
bers, newspapers convey the an
nounced purposes of the week to
their readers, and, in general, "a
barrage Of publicity makes the
week smash hit''-as the NAHB
publicity kit reports.
Key figure behind this formid-
Continued on Page B-4, Col. 81
Evening star., 1951-09-08
BY Robert J. Lewis
Reel Estate Editor OF The Stor

National Home Week, which be-
gins tomorrow, is the symbol of
two things important to the home
building business: Organization
and ideas.
The idea of publicizing a week
to mark the accomplishments of
home builders had its origin in a
builders trade journal.
At that stage, it was just an
idea. The fact that the home
builders we'll financed and pow
erful trade organization took it
up meant that the idea could
make a dent in the national con-
SciousneSS.
That trade organization-the
National Association of Home
Builders-undertook promotion of
the week only four years ago. It
spent a considerable amount of
money each year since then con-
v1ncing a lot of different groups
in the home building field they
ldhC vi tAIC
weeks promotional aspects.
Surpasses Others.
BY now, the period is we'll
launched on its way in the tradi-
ton of the myriad weeks" that
overlap one another on the calen-
dar. But because the home build
ing business has such wide and
deep ramif1cations, National Home
Week has dwarfed such other oh
servances as National Sweet
Potato Week." National Apple
Butter Week" and other less -signi-
ficant events developed by versatile
and energetic publicity men.
The story that the National AS
sociation of Home Builders wants
to emphasize dramatically during
the coming week, through all the
means it can enlist, is that the
Evening star., 1951-09-08

Buyers of homes costing $12,-
900 or less are benefited most by
the new rules, though the mini
mum down payments set for over
$4,000 homes are lowered also,
on a sliding scale. Relatively, vet
Grams are permitted to pay down
less than non-veterans.
On VA Loans.
In the case of VA loans only,
the act provided that where the
sales price does not exceed $1,000
a down payment of as low as 4
per cent is acceptable; where the
Continued on Page BIS, Col. 81
Evening star., 1951-08-19

our best boy, he could never even break
four-thirty.
What it boiled down to was this: he didn't
feel he could beat the champ. When he
thought he could win, he won."
Obviously, it isn't just that simple in all
sports, or in life. But there is gap be-
tween what our capacities are and what
we think they are. We consistently tend
to underestimate our abilities. Percivals
tests show that the difference between con-
ditioned athletes physical limits and his
mental concept of those limits generally runs
to 40 per cent. Putting it another way, he
can work harder than he does and so, in all
probability, can you.
People and athletes especially are
holdouts," Ace complains. They hold too
much of themselves in reserve; they don't
invest hundred per cent of themselves in
competition.
"You hear lot of nonsense about athletes
burning themselves out. Actually, assuming
basic physical fitness, it's almost impossible
to exhaust yourself harmfully in single
Continued on page IA
Evening star., 1951-08-19

squads flock of championships in track,
hockey and baseball.
He has played II sports himself, was out
standing in five. He could have turned pro
in hockey or boxing. He played top-fight
tennis, was member of the Toronto Matt
lands a great lacrosse team, and, in 1886, was
top scorer at Lords against England"
This, foregoing considerable explanation, is
about as good as you can get in cricket.
Today, Ace is the head of Sports College,
non-proft organization dedicated to raising
the physical standards of Canada's youth.
This fountainhead of sports information has
no campus and grants no degrees but reaches
some 400, 900 Canadian and us. members by
mail and radio from Toronto.
Each year Ace develops his ideas with
test group of 20 or 80 Sports College members,
including youngsters rejected as hopeless by
other local coaches. In track and field alone
in the past five years, they have won more
Evening star., 1951-08-19
TORONTO

1T is the strongly held opinion of highly
IL successful Canadian coach named Lloyd
Percival that the same skills which enable
Ted Williams to hit home run can help you
to do better job in your profession
Ace" Percival is striving nightly to upset
the popular notion that athletic techniques
are for athletes only. He has devoted most OF
his 38 years to scientific analysis of sports.
He contends that athletic skill is less magi-
cal talent conferred upon the blessed than
blend of many elements which can be isolated
and acquired by almost anyone:
-Four of these elements, he is convinced,
have important applications not only in games
but in everyday life. He urges:
!. Don't Be HOldout; z. Know How
to Relax; 3. Overcome Fatigue; 4. Learn
How to Learn.
These are key points in Percival's theories
on athletics and they have won him and his
Evening star., 1951-08-19
1. Dony Ne j. Hsldout

WE HAD schoolboy miller who was
potential champion" Ace recalls. He ran
a four thirteen mile indoors the first time he
ever tried it. Yet when we ran him against
Evening star., 1951-08-19

than thousand events Many of them
have won athletic scholarships at big US.
universities.
Last winter he and staff of experts worked
with the Detroit Red Wings hockey team for
six weeks, period which conceded with the
Wings rise from second place, nine points
behind. to first, 10 points ahead. He is cur
rently testing the idea of abolishing the
crouch start for sprinters Ia fixture since the
188O's) and believes that, given free hand,
he could reduce the number of games lost by
the ST. Louis Browns by 25 per cent.
Now, what can he do for you?
Ace holds that his methods and principles
are as valid for desk jockeys as for athletes.
He believes that office workers can use the
athletes techniques to make their own jobs
go more smoothly and efficiently Here's how
it can be done:
Evening star., 1951-04-11
TABLE TOP.
SA3S1 AO1s
from Mrs. r. W. j.. Cheuy Chase

from Mrs. r. W. j.. CteDy Chase J
For Mrs. e. r. B.. Washington,
who asked about a table top for
a wooden kitchen table. I have
in my kitchen a table with Stats
on the top. a backyard table,
which has an uneven surface and
was unsuitable for kitchen use. ]
solved the problem to my entire
satisfaction by getting from a lum-
ber yard a single sheet a feet
square) of the tile board that is
used for bathroom walls. They
sold it to me at half price because
it was very dirty and the only one
they had of that color. My hus-
band sawed it in half. It is easy
to do. following the lines Of the
tile. and ! scrubbed it with cleans
ing powder. I had thought to use
one half for several months and
then the other, but the first half
has been on now for nearly three
years and is still good. You can
treat it as you would porcelain,
scrub it, put hot kettles on it. It
Is rigid and durable. and also at
tractive to look at.
Evening star., 1951-04-11
leaders, Clearing House sis;s;: ss1s? s4ywz. s
CLEANING SILVER.

(From Mrs. E. S. D., Washington
For cleaning silver by boiling
in soda solution. Have an alu-
minum pan of sufficient size to
hold silver and water to more
than cover silver. Put silver fat
in dish, cover well with water,
add a generous handful of soda
and boil until tarnish and stain
are gone. Remove from soda
solution. wash well in soapy water
and dry with clean towel.
Several layers Of silver may be
put in at one time If they are
laid loosely.
Evening star., 1951-04-11
fFrons Mrs. r. E. s.,
Upper Mdrlboro.)

In reply to Mrs. E. r. B.. Wash
Iington, I would like to pass on to
her my success In covering q
wooden top table. Measure the
top and purchase a piece Of inlaid
llinoleum. Lay on top and tack
on with small wire nails, and ]
am sure you will like it. You can
put anything except extremely hot
dishes on it and it wipes of like
l china dish. I have three tables
covered with 1t and would not
have anything else. I used some
pieces left from my floor covering
and have had 1t In use for about
five years and there isn't a break
i'm it,
Evening star., 1951-04-11
DIssoLvING SOAP SUDS.
CLEANING SUEDE SHOES.

from Mrs. A. T. s.. Bethesda.)
II Mrs. r. J. H. Of Washington
will pour q little vinegar (about
" to u cup) into her sudsy wash
water in washing machine and
swish 1t around a few times, the
soap suds will disappear like
magic.
Here is quick and easy way to
bring new life to suede shoes.
Steam over boiling water Il use
tea kettle) and brush at the same
time with a clothes or wire suede
brush. The results will be most
pleasing.
Evening star., 1951-04-11
BREAD CRUMB PANCAKES.
TABLE TOP.
YTNY SSY YyrR,ry,r.,Ya0
UN-CLUTTERi

From Mrs. c. r. B.. CheDy Chase
wish to offer . recipe for these
times, and some suggestions fol
easier housekeeping based on long
experience.
With the price Of bread high and
going higher. no family can afford
to waste 1t. Bread crumb pancakes
are delicious. Dry bread in the
oven. then grind it and store in a
screw top jar. One cup bread
crumbs, u cup white flour. 2 tea
spoons baking powder. u teaspoon
salt. / egg. 2 tablespoons melted
shortening or cooking oil. Moisten
crumbs with a little milk and let
stand q few minutes. Sift flour.
baking powder and salt into
crumbs, add more milk, then beat
en- egg and shortening. Batter
should be fairly thin. Bake on
moderately hot griddle.
For the lady who wanted to
know what to put on the top Of
her wooden table,: Any store that
sells linoleum will advise you what
to get for your table. Have 1t cut
to exactly At. Cement it to top
with the cement that comes for
that purpose. Then edge the table
with q strip Of metal, that comes
for that purpose. and which
think can also be bought at the
|linoleum store. Mine has been in
luse for over ten years, and Is still
very good. A coat Of paste wax
now and then will help keep In
condition.
Whether you do your own
cleaning, or hire it done. you car
save a lot of time. strength anc
money. If your house is unclut.
tered and in order before you star
the actual cleaning.
Systematically go through ever,
closet, drawer, shelf and box. Al
you do this, you will no doub
find much that you have storet
away, or pushed under cover. O.
lazily thought you might some
time want. Ask yourself the ques
ltions-do need this? Does thi
help satisfy my sense OF beauty
Am I not selfish to keep thi
when some one who Is In need
lean use it and be made happy
How long have I kept this with
out using it? What are tn
chances Of my ever using it?
If you have never tried this
you will be astonished how muci
easier the annual cleaning be-
comes. But do not put anything
in the waste basket that can pos
sibly be useful to some one.
It is lots Of fun sending ou
from your home many things 70,
do not need, that have been tax
ing up space; that in most case
"posterity" hopes won't be savet
for them. I know, for this ha
been a fascinating game with mi
for many years. Often the re-
suits are quite thrilling. some
times they pull at the heart
strings. OF course this game O
giveaway should be q constan
habit. but at housekeeping tim,
played with extra vigor.
Then when your house is al
uncluttered, the actual cleaning
will go smoothly and swiftly.
i OF course the one room at
time method is much better thai
the old way OF general upset.
Evening star., 1951-04-11
FLOOR CLEANING:
BLOND WOOD:
WINE SATICE.

From Mrs. r. j.. SilDer Spring.
For the lady who wished to re-
move all old wax from floors. ]
recommend q cleaner from the
filling station-a gallon of it
made for cleaning floors. Put in
pail and use with q mop. For
stubborn spots and black marks,
the addition Of steel wool is nee
|essary.
For the one who wished a dur
able and waterproof finish for
blond table tops. After trying sew
eral things, I found two coats Of
clear waterproof varnish, each
Ismoothed with steel wool and final
coat waxed, to be very serviceable
and can be washed and scrubbed,
Jas I finished a blond breakfast
table this way.
For Mrs. j. H. Dell, Washington,
who requested a wine sauce. This
lis q very good one. Rich vanilla
|or wine sauce. One-half cup
sugar. 1h tablespoons cornstarch.
4 cup boiling water. 2 tablespoons
butter and either tablespoon va
|nilla or wine to taste. II favored
with wine it may have to be re-
heated slightly after wine is added,
as sauce should be served hot over
plain cake or whatever. Method: /:
Mix sugar and cornstarch, sprinkle
into boiling water, stirring the
while. Boil slowly a few minutes
until slightly thick and transpar-
ent. Remove from heat and add
vanilla or wine. When re-heating
wine-f favored sauce do not boil
as this evaporates wine.
For Mrs. M. J. b.. Alexandria.
There Is a rug cleaning powder
which can be bought In depart
ment stores for home rug cleaning
that Is supposed to be very good.
Evening star., 1951-04-11
WASHING AWNINGS.

fFrom Mrs. r. j., Washington.J
If an awning is not too large.
it can be slipped from the metal
rod and washed in the washing
machine. I did this. I found the
metal rod or frame a little rusty,
so sandpapered it and waxed it,
so the awning could be easily
pulled on again. It could have
been painted tor prevent further
Evening star., 1951-04-11
Cleaning
Costume

The modern homemaker
likes comfort and practically
in her costume for the spring
cleaning chore. Our front
page model wears a white
bandana to protect her hair, a
washable cotton T-shirt in
blue and white stripes. ac-
cented in navy. and faded
blue" denim shorts.
Want to know where you
can find a similar outfit? Call
Sterling 5000 between 9 and
4::30, Extension 395.
Evening star., 1951-04-11
from Mrs. r. d. C.. Washington. J

fFrom Mrs. r. D. c.. Washington.)
Wash floors thoroughly with
cleaner. This removes all dirt
and wax. When entirely dry, give
floors light coat Of shellac (clear
white, no STAIN. We rent a waxer
from store for a day and use
liquid wax. Our floors are many
years old and are still as light
colored as in the beginning.
Evening star., 1951-04-11
KEROSENE.

fFrom E. j., Wdshington.)
In answer to a question. kero-
sene is excellent for cleaning por-
celain without damaging surface
or gloss. It will remove rust and
yellow spots which resist other
cleansing agents.
Evening star., 1951-04-11
HousEcLEAN1NG HINTS.

From Mrs. c. D. H., Shadyside.)
A very fine way to clean bed
springs is to take them outside on
good sunny day and wash with
the garden hose. The sun will dry
them quickly and the force Of the
spray will get into all the little
crevices much better than you
ever can with a brush or vacuum.
A good sewing hint is to cut up
old luncheon cloths and hem them
for dish towels. Very absorbent
especially if they are linen.
Old sheets which are worn In
the center can be utilized in two
ways: /. For slips. use the 4
corners twhere the wear is least)
and make 2 pairs of pillowslips.
2. For single (63-inch wide) OF
twin bed (72-inch wide) sheets,
tear through the center length
wise, sew the selvedges together in
a fiat full seam, cut off the worn
part (Which was in the center)
and hem the sides, according to
the size wanted. 3. A worn sheet
can also be cut down to make a
crib sheet. Standard crib sheet
size is about 45 by 72 inches.
Evening star., 1951-04-11
SPECIAL MOP.

fFf0m B. T., 11E0znQ PGrkJ
There is a useful article on the
market-at the mail order house
which has a branch on Wisconsin
avenue-which will help people ir
their spring cleaning. It is 9
combination mop and scrub brush
and is such a help where there
are large areas Of linoleum which
have to be scrubbed to remove the
old wax. A strainer. very mex.
pensive. Is also obtainable. which
fits on an ordinary bucket ant
then you have all you need. WEI
an area with the mop part of the
head. turn and scrub 1t with youl
cleansing agent, one that makes
little or no suds is better. and ther
wipe clean with the mop part
again. Simple and so much
faster and easier than doing II
on your knees. And much more
efficient than just using a wet
mop. Heads last about six months
with hard wear and when you
buy a replacement, are easily put
on the metal handle with one
screw. I use mine every week for
my kitchen and bathroom floors
and wouldn't be without 1t now.
X 4 4 \
SPOTS FROM WALLPAPER.
(From Mrs. G. S. NJ. Cheuy Chase
For Mrs. c. r. B.. Silver Spring.
To remove grease spots from wall
paper. apply carbon tetrachloride
to spots with absorbent cotton.
While the spot is still wet, pat
with talcum powder. Repeat if
necessary. This will not leave a
ring and is by far the most effec-
tive thing 7 have tried.
For sticky or sweet spots. after
carbon tetrachloride treatment
mop the spots with a piece of alb
sorbent cotton dipped in warm
water and wrung fairly dry.
\ X
BLACK MARKS?
Won HEUGEL'S LETTERS?
(From Mrs. A. S. r., Alexandria,
D. L. H. asked about removing
black scuff marks. know that a
familiar white silver cream re-
moved the synthetic rubber heel
marks from floors during the las1
war when nothing else would.
Mrs. j. A. w. The w. A
Maurer Co., 316-318 Grand ave-
nue., Chicago, who sell china
painting materials, sent me the
names Of three people here ir
1948 who taught china painting
Perhaps they have a more recen'
list now If you care to write them
Does any one have a copy O
Won Heugel's Letters to Hi
Niece" or know where one nigh
be found?
Evening star., 1951-01-14
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

PIANOS-Jan. clearance at savings.
Several spinets and consoles from
S265 up Grands at less than hall
of new price, incl. Steinway. Chick
ering. Baldwin-Howard, Brambach,
Starr and others, from $345 up:
New spinets. full keyboards, $495
up. Terms. Free delivery. Free
parking. Open Mon. and Fri. ewes.
till 8. SILVER SPRING PIANO CO.,
S57 Pershing dr.. SH. 633S. Ia
PIANO. apt. .-size, upright. Kingsbury;
excel. cond. 10. 2-2389. Ia
PIANO, Kimball. 5-ft.-2-in. grand
good condition. $3.50 or best offer
TIE. So16. IA
PIANO. Story & Clark; AZ" mahog-
any grand; perfect cond.; $3.50;
$500 under new price. CHI. 1888.
PIANO-Used Steinway grand; per.
feet condition; beautiful new bench
$3.50 or best offer. UN. 7134.
PIANOS-Uprights. $50; square
grand. $3.50; new spinets, Admira
TVS. Sun. TIA 18th ST., HU. 1882
PIANO, small upright. in good con.
dition. Call ia. 4-0436. Ia
PIANOS-Many good buys this week
Uprights. S65 UP; grands. 1923 up;
spinets, S245 up; free delivery
terms Always good buy al
Schaeffers. Established 1901 Open
ewes. and Sun. SCHAEFFERS PIANO
SHOP. S25 Bonifant ST.. Silver
Spring, SH. 3039, Ia