William Penn, 1964 (47. évfolyam, 5-21. szám)
1964-09-16 / 18. szám
September 16, 1964. PAGE 7---------------------William Penn---------------------------FEA TURES ABOUT YOUR HOME! Electrical engineers and architects have developed a science of lighting in an effort to give better types of lighting to offices, factories, stores and homes. Homemakers would do well to study the various kinds of lights and how they can be used to make the home more attractive and healthful. There are three types of light: direct, indirect and semi-direct. Direct light is obtained from floor or table lamps which throw light up and reflect it down throughout the room and from indirect floor lamps which do the same thing. Indirect light is also obtained from cove lighting which is built into a room at the ceiling line. Semi-direct light is obtained with Built-ins are the order of the day. Not only the conventional closets but built-in beds, chests, book-cases and desks are quite popular. Built-in beds are found in many 16th century European paintings. The Victorian era is remembered by spacious rooms, four poster beds and great wardrobes, but no closets. It was during the 1880’s that builtin closets came into general use. The moderns are experts, in planned space and wall use. Fine results are obtained in exceedingly small space by good wall use. Anyone building a home today should not overlook the possibility of furniture built into walls. Built-in dressing tables and cabinets are frequently put into a relamps that have diffusing bowls. In this case more than fifty percent of the light goes up. Decorators say that every room should have indirect light for general illumination from a switch at the entrance of the room, direct light for reading and semi-direct light for beauty. The direct lamp used for reading should be high enough to throw light on the book. A good height for this kind of lamp is about thirty inches. Use semi-direct light in table lamps for a pleasant “conversational” light. The style today in table lamps is to have them much higher than in the past. Small squatty lamps look old-fashioned. cess in a room. A dressing shelf placed below a mirror on a closet door is useful. Thoughtful closet planning can add much to a home. This planning is done with great skill. Closets in old homes can be replanned and made much more useful with little expense. Garment bags, shoe bags and hat boxes can be bought in a variety of colors and materials and will help a great deal in taking the proper care of your clothes as well as bringing order and attractiveness to an old closet. Even the closet of the man of the house should not be overlooked. Hat boxes and bags in colors suitable for a man will add much to the efficiency of his closet. HEALTH AND BEAUTY Sleep is an important function in our lives. Without enough sleep our bodies break down mentally, emotionally as well as physically. Rest is a cure for many kinds of heart ailments and should be used more often as a preventive for heart trouble. Many women indulge in a little “beauty sleep” after lunch. Perhaps this is one reason why so few of them, as compared to men, have heart attacks. The count is almost three to one. Men have a great deal of drive and it’s a good thing they do. They need it to make a living these days. However, men should learn to take Home seems a safe enough place until you study the statistics about how many accidents happen in the home. According to a recent survey made by a group of foot doctors, you are safer crossing a busy intersection than you are in your own kitchen. More than half of all home accidents are ankle sprains and foot injuries resulting from falls off ladders or slipping on waxed floors or stairs. The study showed that most home accidents occur late in the day, as a result of fatigue. The doctors state that, if women would wear the proper footwear around the home, accidents would be cut down. Rubber soles in contact with wet or highly polished asphalt rubber tile or linoleum floors may skid in the same way rubber tires skid on contact with wet highways. The doctors readvantage of slack periods, of the day, to relax. One important American businessman learned this when he was young. He often takes forty winks at his desk after a long, tiresome conference or interview. He is now one hundred years old and still active in business. It is doubly important to relax after dinner if you are under particular strain. It is amazing how much you reduce the strain on the heart by lying flat for as long as fifteen minutes. It is high time that young men learn to take care of themselves. There is no medicine that is a substitute for sane living. commended a low-heeled walking shoe, with a broad heel, flexible leather soles and supporting leather uppers. It seems that the closed toe is as important in the kitchen as steelcapped safety shoes are in an industrial plant. Many a housewife has suffered a bruised or fractured toe when a can fell off of the shelf. A tired pair of feet can make you look and feel tired all over. Save your high heeled sandals for an occasion, never wear them for housework. Discard that worn pair of house slippers for the right kind of shoe. If you have trouble with your arches, try exercise. Pick up marbles with your toes or stand up a bottle with your toes. You will feel the muscles pulling. Make sure your shoes and your stockings fit correctly. WILL YOU SMILE? Unsound Proof They were entertaining friends in their new prefabricated home. Suddenly one of the guests sat up and listened. “Surely you’re not troubled by mice already?” she said. “That's not mice,” replied the householder. “That’s just the people next door eating celery.”-----§----Latest Style “Dear,” asked the little woman, “is my hat on straight?” “Yes, yes,” her husband replied impatiently, “it’s absolutely straight. Now do hurry, we’re late already.” “I’m sorry,” the little woman rejoined, “but I’ll have to go back, then. This isn’t the sort of hat that is supposed to be worn straight!”-----§----She Fell For It “That fellow was an impudent fraud. How did he manage to wheedle money out of you?” “Oh, John, he told me such a sad, pitiful tale about his poor wife who was a widow with six little children.”-----§----He Should The school visitor was putting-, questions to a class of boys. He nodded to a little fellow with curly black hair. “Do you know the Ten Commandments?” he asked. “No, sir!” said the boy. “What! You don’t know the Ten Commandments ? What’s your name ? ” “Moses,” said the boy.-----§----Helping Out “Watcha doing today?” said Mrs. A. to Mrs. B. during the course of a social telephone call. “I’m washing the baby clothes,” said Mrs. B. And right there the operator cut in and said, “I’m ringing ’em.”-----§----Worries Are Over A convicted murderer was scheduled to die in the electric chair. On the morning of the day of his execution, he was asked by the warden: “Is there anything special you would like for breakfast this morning?” The condemned man replied: “Yes, mushrooms. I’ve always been scared to eat them for fear of being poisoned.” Snaps “That man lives off the snaps of life.” “What kind of a job does he claim ?” “He’s a bone specialist — sets broken arms and legs.”-------§------Danger Signal Hep — Jake’s wife shot him last night. She says she done it becuz he was a big loafer and no ’count. Gap — My heavens! If that there idy gets to be ketchin’ none of us guys is safe.-------§------That Kind Clerk — These are especially strong shirts, madam. They simply laugh at the laundry. Customer — I know that kind. I had some come back with their sides split.-------§------Preferred “Your fiance is a charming man. He has a certain something.” “Yes, but I would rather he had something certain.”-------§------Wrong Method Composer: “I got tight in order to compose a new drinking song.” Friend: “Did it work?” Composer: “No, I couldn’t get beyond the first two bars.”------§-----Think of the Garage Man First Mechanic: “Which do you prefer, leather or fabric upholstery?” Second Mechanic: “I like fabrics; leather is too hard to wipe your hands on.”-----§----Indignant Little George came home in a sad state. He had a black eye, many scratches, and his clothes were a sight. His mother was horrified and, with tears in her eyes, said rebukingly: “Oh, George! George! How often have I told you not to play with that naughty Brown boy?” “Play!” answered little George, looking at his mother in deep disgust. “Do I look as if I’ve been playing with somebody?” TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR PARENTS In last month’s issue we published Ten Commandments for Teen-agers, in this months issue we bring the Ten Commandments for the parents. We trust the acceptance of these will be as popular as those published last month. 1. Make your children at home in the world so they won’t be unhappy strangers all their lives. 2. Be masters of your family and household, otherwise your children will run it and you and themselves to ruin. 3. Be consistent and fair with your children. 4. Don’t hurt your children by unfair comparisons. 5. Don’t try to make your children live an impossible dream. 6. Don’t let your children grow old too soon, and don’t keep them young too long. 7. Teach your children the facts of life so they won’t stumble over them. 8. Trust your children, but hold them responsible. 9. Lead your children to recognize and respect their dignity as children of God. 10. Teach your children God’s Ten Commandments by observing them yourself.
