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They say it is dark, has ui objectionable odour, and is liable to make white things a bad colour. To all that I sayâ€" "fiddlesticks"! I agree the water often gets a Httle brownisih, and perhaps there «r» times when it has a somewhat •tale odour â€" if the cistern is clean- ed out when necessary it sihouldn't be more than that â€" but the fact of the water being soft more than compensates for the slight dis- advantages of colour and smell. With soft water yon save on soap; k gets clothes clean in half the time, and it doesn't leave a high- water mark around bathtubs and basins. When our cistern goes dry then the pressure system has. to be connected with the well â€" and how I dread that being done. Hard â€"that well-water is so hard it almost takes a packet of soap-flakes . to wash a few dishes. As for laun- dry â€" ^well, with a hardwater wa«Ii I never think the things are clean. Some folk say that with any one . of tihcie popular detergents it make.i the water so soft it doesn't matter â- wlhat kind of water you use. It does help, I admit, ,but I still think that a detergent that does a good iob in hard water will do an even tetter job in soft. When we were farm-hunting â€" before settling here â€" my brother- ki-law always used to laugrh at m« because every place we looked at I wanted to know if there was •oft water available. Man-like he couldn't understand my anxiety. But for once I know what 1 was talking about â€" my experience out â- west was too recent for me to forget, Well water out there was even harder than here, especially ii there was any alkali in it. We never used it for washing clothes â€" or ourselves â€" if we could help it. In winter time we had a big barrel in the corner of the kitchen and Partner would bring in pail after pail of hard-packed snow so that I always had plenty of melted snow for washday and for bathing the babies. It was a lot of work, and it took up so much time, but oh my, there was no other water quite so soft and sweet smelling as that melted snow! Then canje spring, and with the snow all gone, the sloughs would be full, so Partner would put barrels on the stone-boat and bring me water from the slough. It was not quite as nice as melted snow but it was still better than well water. Eventually the summer would come and the sloughs dry up, then, hopefully, we kept bar- rels ajid tubs at strategic spots to catoh every bit of rain water that we could. Yes, quite early in our experience of farm life we leaned the value of good, soft water. Since coming to Ontario we have leaned a few more things about water. We have discovered that if you put in a bathroom and want to use soft water you need plenty of it. We thought we had a good big cistern here, but this aummer, when we had ten in the house foe awhile, "the cistern was drained dry inside of ten days! Possibly very few people realize just how much water a bathroom can get away with. We knew â€" when SOO gallons went down the drain in ten days I More bathrooms are going into country homes than ever before and very often what to use for water is the first problem. Some people are afraid to depend cm rain water in case their supply should run out. Well, I have just explained what a lot of water a bathroom takes â€" but on the other hand how quickly the cistern fills up even with one good rain. Yesterday, for instance, our cistern was practically diy. This morning we found it full â€" I) MaroM tmlt fAPPep THIMBLE IN CASE YOUR. FliNjeER GETS SORE FROM VOUR THIMBLE WHEN VOU SEVV TRY USIIslft A MUCH LARGER THIM8L» AMP PAD IT WITH THIN FELT. THE FELT CAN BS HELD IN PLAC£ 6Y /MEANS OF RUBBER CEMEMT OR A^4y OTHER HOOSEHOLO CEMENT. If VOU HAVC CMICKfiMt ANP FEED THEM BeSTI. CARROTS, ETC, YOO CAN MAKE A (MNDV HOLPM FOR THESE VGGCTABLg* 9/ PASTSM(N<r Wl COILS OF AN OLD BSPSPftlM^ TO A WALL OR POST. TM»$ MSLPS 10 PRfiVENT WA«n. to overflowing. kwA rain water is so much easier on the pipes. With hard water, you know how lime will collect in a tea-kettle. Imagine what it can do to a hot-water tank. No wonder people put in water- softeners. I guess thej' are needed all right. And you know, well water can also give out. A well that has always given sufficient water for household purposes may not have a strong enough spring to keep a bathroom supplied. Such wells have been known to go completely diy â€" and it is far worse to run out of well water than cistern water. So â€" a word to the wise, (f you are putting in a bathroom, consider first your water supply. Helpful Hints For Housewives Measure your new curtains when you hang them, and mark measure- ments for each window on a card tacked on to your curtain stretcher. Saves measuring soiled curtain be- fore laundering. * • * Hang matching hair ribbon and socks with your little girl's dress in the closet. Attach them to the hanger witli a spring clothes pin â€" and save yourself time in that be- fore-school rush. * ♦ * Put sand in your flower bowl or vase, push flower stems down into it. Keep sand moist; it makes a good "frog," and keeps vase from tipping. * * * Rubber "cap" erasers will fit over the feet oit a wire dish drainer and keep it from scratching te drain- board. * * * Us* coal oil for cleaning your window and door screen*. It will do a good cleaning job, and wiU discourage both rust and moa- quitoes. Before ironing napkins or hankie*, dip about one out of tAtree in hot water, wring, out well, and landwich it in between dry ones. Easier than the sprinkling system, and just a* efficient. * * * When mending wall paper, tear the patch instead of cutting. Torn edges blend in with the design better than straight edges â€" your patch will be scarcely noticeable. * * * Household wax will help you keep well-groomed. Use bufHng wax to put a protective shine on ahoei, handbags, leather and metal acce*- sories, and sports equipment Ua* self-polishing wax to give old ga- loshes â€" your old straw sailor, too â€" a new lease on life. * • * Have you a little hacksaw in your kitchen? It will saw off a broom handle, or the neck of a dresecd chicken, or an ugly n«il-(head th*t sticks out. It saws wood, iron, bones, leather â€" almost anything but concrete. When it loses its teeth, all you do i« throw away the ruined blade and put in a new one, wihich will cost you only a few cents at the hardware store. Place a card tabla under the â- mall end of your ironing board. It will keep the large pieces from dragging on tlie floor. How To Re-Make That Lawn Of Yours AMtumn is the ideal time to make or remake the lawn. For most of u* this lawn-making time extends from the latter part of August to about October IS, with September preferable. Lawn grass is a per- ennial, and experienced gardener* know that this is the natural sea- son for reseeding perennials. There are other reasons, how- ever, which make this a good time for lawn work. First of all, the day* have become shorter, so that the soil loses moisture less rapidly than earKer in the summer. The soil i* warm to a considerable depth, en- couraging grass seedlings to take deep root. Weeds are pulled up easily in the fall. If there is a fair percentage of lawn grass in the law, even thougii you have crab grass and other weeds, you can probably renovate. If the lawn is badlv infested with weeds, and has extensive unsightly brown or bare spots, however, the best thing to do is to make it over. Fundamental points on making it over also apply to renovating spots or sections. A good seed bed is the first need of grass plants. The soil should have a root penetration to the depth of up to 8 or 10 inches There should be good drainage. The .soil should be friable, of good tex- ture, should contain plant food. Young grass plants need moisture, like any other young seedlings. Good grass seed is worth the in- vestment. fiere is a six-point program for remaking the lawn area: 1. Spade deeply to a depth of at least six inches and pulverize the soil. Be sure to sift o"ut any small stones and roots. If the soil is san(Jy add some clay or heavy loaiu mixing it in well. If the soil is heavy, lighten it with some sand. Or instead of these incorparate well-sifted compost. 2. Apply evenly over the area a complete plant food at the rate of four pounds per 100 square feet, and 3. Work the plant food into the soil with the rake a day or so before seeding. 4. Sow a good grass seed over the area at the rate of four to five pounds per 1,000 square feet. To be sure you sow it evenly, choose a day without wind, and sow it lengthwise and half crosswise over the same area. 5. Roll the entire area if it is a large one. If small, tamp it evenly with a tamper or a wide board. This imbeds the seed in the soil and is important. 6. Water witih a fine spray every day until the grass is growing well, then continue to water, soaking not sprinkling, often enough to keen the soil from drying out. If you are renovating the lawn, your first task it to get rid of the weeds. For this, there are several good weed-killers on the market, which are usually put on with a spray equipment. They kill broad- leafed weeds but not grass. Wait a week or so after applying weed killer before reseeding. There are also some crab grass ehemical controls, but it is safer to experiment with these in a small ar*a before risking the entire lawn. The best method for this No. 1 peet seems itill that of hand-pulling, or, as someone has said, the "squat, squint, and stoop method" ot liquidation. Chances are that your lawn needs food. Ap^ply fertilizer â€" there are good commercial lawn foods on the market â€" at the rate of four pounds per 100 square feet. Cut your grass abort, scatter the fertilizer, rake it down to the roots, and knock it off the grass blades wtih the rake. Do this when the grass is thoroughly dry. Then soak the lawn thorough- ly. A day or two later, go over the kwn, loosening the soil on the thin areas enough to give grass seed a chance to nuzzle into the soil. Reseed the thin areas and tamp them well. Keep watered as for a new lawn. WRONG BROTHER Many good stories are told of the famous Mayo Clinic, which has recently been in the news again with a new treatment for rheu- matoid arthritis. One characteristic anecdote is of a wealthy but boorish stranger who walked up to Dr. Will, the elder Mayo brother, in the clinic's lobby, and said: "Tell me, my good man, are you the head doctor here?" The wihite-haired doctor bowed. "No, kind sk-," he replied. "It must be my good brother you are seek- ing. I am the belly doctor." New Gadgets and Inventions You'll Probably Be Seeing Collapaible Sock Stretcher* Aluminum sock stretchers which collapse at toe for easy insertion are being produced. Tapered ankle conforms to shape of sock, will not stretch elasticized cuff, maker claims. Made of specially alloyed aluminum, rustproof, finished in red "Polyflex" which will not rub off, it is said. Handy hook make* stretcher easy to hang on line. For men's, women's and children's hos- iery. > * * Gas Wall Heater Circulating gas-fired heater is designed for wall installation in new or old houses. Heating unit is constructed to fit between two standard centre studs. No special construction necessary. Marker re- commends its use vherever space must be conserved and floor fur- naces are inii)ractical. Has warm air flow of 8,000 cu. ft. per hour- enough to heat two average rooms. Front panel measures 14 in. Afide by 61f8 in. high. Casing extends into room only iVi in. Adjustabts manual control is standard equip- ment, automatic control optional. * * * Utility Table Portable utility table offered by manufacturer was especially design- ed for use by small home owners. Can be used as a dinette table tea wagon, bedside table and bridge table, makers state. Table is 30 x 32 in. open, 16 x 30 in. closed. Ha* plastic top which comes in a variety of colors: said to be heat-proof, stain-proof and scratch-resistant. * * * Auto Ventilation Increased veatilation throughout lower part of automobile may be obtained by use of small fins at- tached to front windows of the car. Fins will fit on most makes of cars according to maker. * ♦ * Indoor Color Shot*. An indoor Koda-color film for the casual cameraman. It can be used with ordinary floodlight or clear flash illumination. No extra filters are necessary for indoor sihots with the new film. * * • Money Mitt; A pair of glove* with a small, zippered pocket built into the palm of the left-hand g4ov*. The compartment is large enough to carry change, a key, and a few bills. The firm plane to put th« pocket into children's mittens thi* fall. * * ♦ Book Pad: Designed for student* and others who take notes while reading. It consists of a note pad and a metal base which clamp* on the cover of a book. Another clamp is provided to hold either a pen or a pencil. * • • Spillproof Shaker*: Combined salt and pepper shakers in a metal yoke with spring cover*, making It impossible to spill the contents if tipped over. A touch of the finger exposes either sihaker. » * • Chrietmas Paper: Balsam-scented Christmas-gift wrapping paper wtU be introduced this fall. ♦ ♦ ♦ No-Glare Television: A "black" television tube with an oxide lena which gives a richer quality to the gray and black portion* of the tele- vision picture and minimizes glare from the white portions. The com- pany claims that the Glare-Ba« "black" tube can be viewed for hours in a lighted room without eye strain. Make a gay picture book for your tiny tot, out of white or color-fast material, »tiffly starched. Cut on the fold, to make double pages. Stitoh pages together along, centre fold. Paste in colorful pictures from magazines. * * * / Plant parsley in small pots fo.- your window sill. These pots of green will keep spring in your kitchen all winter, will be an ever- ready garnish for meats; and you can sell the surplus at your annual Church bazaar. Use alphabet blocks for handle* on your child's dresser drawers. "S" and "H" blocks can mark the drawer that holds socks and hankies. Screw blocks on from in- side of drawers. * * • That extra pastry brush is the handiest tool .for washing the egg beater or the electric mi.\er att;icli- ments. Modern Etiquei:te By Roberta Lee Q. If the bride has a stcpfatlier. should his name be included in the wedding invitations, or just her mother's name? A. The invitations should include his name, as "Mr. and Mrs. James R. Gray request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Ruth Margaret Smith, etc." y. When a large dinner napkin is served, do you open it entirely and spread it out on your lap? A. No; leave the last fold in be- fore spreading it' out on the lap. Q. In a business office, is it nec- essary for a man to rise when a woman enters on business? A. If she is an employee of the *am* firm, it is not necessary. How- aver, if she i* from another firm ealUng on a business matter, he should rise. Q. Is it all right to have letter paper and envelopes of different color and thickness? A. The envelop* may be of slightly thicker paper than the le(h t*r paper, but the color* shoidd be the same. Q. May one write an acknow- Isdgment to a formal invitation la the first person? A. No; a* a formal invitation ia â- Iway* In the tiiird peraon, the an- swer should be w ritt en the same way. DOES INDIGESTION WAUOPYOU BELOWTHEBELT? Hdr Y«w Fvfrita -tr fe n* KM 01 Raiid Thai Ht^ Mih* %â-  iMte' Te Ok •tow «Im Mt-la fMT jSJSn tovS '-\ viMB Indliwttaa (Mkik tar mmiAlm at Ulp* digMtlOB fat tin igeuuli AWg w tha Ult. Mon kiow k£w < _Wha* jroa nair oMd h OmW* Ut«l* livat M twt af bow*b. Tkk* OM Cutw'i UMe \Jam Pttl Maa* Mni on* alUr aiMli. Vhh* thH> mwiiiIIim «* Mnetioaa. Thnr Iwlp «alM wf % kfatr flo* . Thnr Iwlp % >iiidi*«tt*«l uawBof rMMMMi «l tt« 8 nMiln dfawthw jrfwe te .â- â€" ttiiiiMi* AND boink -hda |FM 4laiM «W rm hate W*»B in N*t<m • owe «av. 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