Friday, December 5,1958
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
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HANP WASH LINGERIE—The
general rulea for hand washing of
colored garments such as hosiery,
^ocks, lingerie, blouses, and scarves
are quite simple:
1! Use lukewarm water.
2. Use mild soap or detergent
to prepare suds.
3. Wash quickly (do not soak) and
gently squeeze suds through and
through the fabric. If badly soiled,
apply soap or detergent right to
spots with fingertips, or repeat
washing with a second fresh water.
4. Rinse thoroughly jfnd squeeze
out excess water.
5. Smooth to shape and hang to
dry (or roll in a Turkish towel) to
prepare for immediate ironing if
pressing is needed.
It is true that hot water cleans
faster than warm, but for fabrics
which are not color fast, warm
water is safer. The lower tempera
ture is recommended for all color
ed fabrics which are not guaranteed
fast color. Some white fabrics, silk,
wool and some of the new synthe
tics also need the protection of
warm water as they are inclined
to become yellow at high tempera
tures.
SLIPS—Don’t let your slips get
so dirty that they need to be scrub
bed. Even dark slips need regular
washing. It is safe to soak white
slips in lukewarm water and suds,
but dark ones should be washed
quickly. After washing and rinsing,
hang evenly on line or rod to hasten
drying. Nylon slips rarely need
pressing, but others may need
smoothing with an iron. Have these
slightly damp. Press on the wrong
side with a moderate iron. Place a
folded towel or soft cloth under
lace or embroidery to'make the
pattern stand up nicely.
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SERVE SALAD WITH AN ART
IST’S TOUCH—Salads should have
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an “untouched” appearance—too
much handling makes them un
attractive. Have plates or salad
bowls well chilled and large
enough to avoid crowding. Add
dressing just before serving! With
a number of salads to fix, arrange
one ingfedient on all plates before
adding the next.
^ Today, salads can come to the
table at almost any point in the
meal—as main course, appetizer,
side dish, even dessert. When salad
is a side dish,-the plate is placed
at the left and removed after the
main course. As an appetizer or
main dish, the plate is in the cen
ter. •
When setting the table, the sal
ad fork goes to the left—outside
the dinner fork if salad is served
at the start of the meal; inside,
next to the plate if it comes dt the
end of the main course. Many peo
ple feel it is unnecessary to pro
vide both a dinner fork and a
salad fork for informal meals. It
is considered quite proper nowa
days to cut salad with a knife when
necessary. Bowl or platter salads re
quire a large serving fork and
spoon.
Horse-radish, pickle relish, cara
way, sesame, celery and mustard
seed add distinctive flavor to both
salads and salad dressings. Don’t
overlook fresh and dried herbs,
such as sage, mint, chives, basil,
oregano and dill. Use sharp table
sauces like Worchestershire and Ta
basco for a zesty tang. Crunchy
nuts and raisins give a pleasing tex
ture and taste contrast to fish,
meat and fruit salads, and aspics.
Keep garlic, celery salt, onion salt,
minced onion and onion juice on
hand. Add “sugar and spice and ev
erything nice” and you have a
good list of pantry shelf ingredi
ents for salad making.
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shopping, drive carefully and walk
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ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
Change in Educational Trend
Noted in Both U.S. and Russia
Criticism of American education,
on all levels from the first grade
to graducate school, is certainly
not a new phenomena. But it reach
ed something of a fever pitch when
the Soviet Union sent Sputnik I in
to orbit, and news of commu
nism’s scientific achievements be
gan to make the headlines. A great
many people felt, and with sound
reason, that American youth was
not being prepared for the chal
lenges of this grim atomic era.
In the light of this, two articles
in U. S. News & World Report of
October 3 are of unusual interest.
One deals with wha tis going on
in American schools; the other
with a “new look” in Soviet edu
cational policy.
The,magazine says: “. . .Signs of
a new trend in American education
are appearing. That trend is to
ward higher scholastic standards,
more emphasis bn learning, a
tougher attitude toward frills and
toward lazy pupils.”
Chapter and verse are cited. In
a Miami school, for instance, 9th
four years of English and two of
grade students now have to take
mathematics to qualify for a high
school diploma—until now, only
three years of English and one of
mathematics were required. Exam
inations will be harder throughout
the Miami system. True-false
questions, the easy kind, will be
supplanted by the essay type.
In a Georgia county, school time
will no longre be used for extra
curricular activities, and require
ments in mathematics and science
have been increased. Bright 8th
grade students will be started on
courses formerly limited to high
school.
In Texas high schools the stress
will be on more science and Eng
lish, plus a year’s course in world
history that wasn’t demanded until
now. The Houston superintendent
of schools says: “There’s, no doubt
that it’s going to be harder this
year for a student to get through
high school.”
In Washington, D. C., the school
term has been extended by a week,
and the brighter students will be
pushed ahead at a faster pace.
So it goes, throughout the coun
try. To sum up, as U. S. News sees
it, the trend is toward fewer frills,
more basic studies, tougher tests,
increased homework, and the exac
tion of more work and more ad
vanced work from superior chil
dren.
There has also been a change in
Russia—a very different kind of
change. Full time schooling will
last only seven or eight years for
most children. Then they’ll go to
work, on the farms or in the fac
tories. In most cases, high-school
education will be given on a part-
time basis—at night, or through
correspondence courses. Only the
select few will be able to attend
college. To quote the magazine
directly: “Under the new system,
most Soviet youngsters will have
no choice but to go to work at an
early age. Onlyq the brightest and
most ‘politically reliable’ will ever
get to college, and there probably'
will study on a parttime basis while
holding down a regular job.”
Russia ,it seems, needs workers
more urgently than it needs intel
lectuals and her educational system
has been abruptly geared to that
need. The American child, by con
trast, is being given sharply im
proving education opportunity.
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Nearly 42,000 More State
Citizens Get SS Payments
Social security payments are gO:
ing to 41,935 more people in North
Carolina today than a year ago.
This increase of 23 per cent in the
short space of twelve months is due
chiefly to the 1954 and 1956
changes in the law which bfought
farmers into the program.
John Ingle, manager of the Ra
leigh social security office, report
ed that this increase brought the
number receiving payments to a re
cord total of 227,000. Their pay
ments amount to more than $123,-
000,000 in a year.. These payments
are going to persons who have
reached retirement age, to the
survivors of deceased workers and
to persons who are disabled.
Ingle pointed out that the 1958
amendments to the law make ad
ditional persons eligible for bene
fits who could not previously quali
fy. These would include some chil
dren who became disabled before
reaching age 18, certain dependents
of workers receiving disability
benefits and dependent parents of
deceased workers. Other improve
ments provide that re-marriage will
not terminate a b'enefit in every,
case.
Ingle said that anyone who had
a question about his own eligibility
should get in touch with the near
est social security district office.
The Raleigh office is at 114 West
Morgan street.
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