Health and Beauty
The use of paint and powder
goes back as far as recorded his
tory. The book of Job is supposed
to be the oldest literature in the
world. Job's third daughter was
named Keren-Happuch, a Hebrew
word which means "paint-horn," L
e, cosmetic box. The name im
plies that cosmetics were popular
when the world was young.
We realize that powder not only
enhances the beauty of the com
plexion by removing the shiny,
greasy appearance, but softena
harsh lines and contours, if prop
erly applied.
Powder also provides valuable
protection to delicate skin against
the irritating action of the sun and
wind. However, powder should
be selected that will cling smooth
ly and evenly to the skin.
Some women have an idea that
powder clogs the pores of the skin,
thus preventing the escape of im
purities through the pores. Many
of these women dust their faces
with talcum, under the delusion
that they are beautifying them
selves without injuring their com
plexions.
Talcum is useless as a protec
tion, and comes off very quickly. It
has its uses as a body powder, es
pecially for babies, but is a failure
as a face powder.
The making of powder is really
an art. An ancient formula that is
still popular requires the finest
and purest almond meal, orris
root, wheat and rice starch. These
are sifted by machinery many
times through cloth, then tinted
and perfumed with a delicate oil.
After the process is completed
the mixture is soft and fine, pos
sessing the quality of adhering to
the skin, to which it imparts a vel
vety appearance.
No complexions are wnue. me
powder should be chocen not only
for its quality but particular at
tention should be paid to its shade,
the natural tints of the skins.
The shades most in use are
achieved by adding carmine and
ochre to the white materials until
the desired shade I* obtained.
There are many beauticians who
will blend ponder to suit almost
any complexion.
Home Menu ? safe enough place
until you study the statistics about
h6w many accidents happen in the
home. According to a recent sur
vey made by a group of foot doc
tors, you are safer crossing a busy
intersection than you are in your
own kitchen.
More than half of all home acci
dents 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 as
phalt rubber tile or- linoleum
floors may skid in the same way
rubber tires skid on contact with
wet highways. The doctors recom
mended a low-heeled walking shoe,
with a broad heel, flexible leather
soles and supporting leather up
pers.
It seems that the closed toe is
as important in the kitchen as
steel-capped safety shoes are in
an industrial plant. Many a house
wife has suffered a bruised or
fractured toe when a can fell off
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 mar
bles with your toes or stand up a
bottle with your toes. You will
feel the muscles pulling. Make
sure your shoes and your stock
ings fit correctly.
Fudge Cake Wins Top Honors
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A dramatic demonstration of the art at fine baking was given by
Mrs. Hal Weik of Leicester, N. C, with a date-filled, chocolate
rich fudge cake that won top honors for cakes at the National
Graiue Bake-Off in Winston-Salem, N. C. Mrs. Wells represented
her Grange Region comprising Indiana, North and South Caro
lina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Hare, for you to
try, is Mia. Wells' prize recipe:
Measure sifted flour, add soda, and salt, and sift together.
Cream sugar, shortening, and vanilla together. Add eggs and beat
until light and fluffy. Add melted chocolate. Alternately add flour
and water to chocolate mixture, beating after each adcUion until
hatter is smooth. Pour into three greased 8-inch layerAns. Bake
in a moderate oven (360*F.) 36 minutes. Cool/ Spread Date Cream
Filling between layers and Chocolate Cream Frosting over top and
sides of cake.
Dale Cream Filling: Heat 1 cap milk and V4 pound chopped
dates in the top of a double boiler. Combine Vi cup sugar, 1 table
spoon flour, and 1 egg, blending until smooth. Slowly stir into hot
milk mixture. Cook and stir until mixture is thickened. Cool. Then
stir in V4 cup chopped nuts and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Makes about
2 cups.
Chocolate Cream Fronting: Grate 2 squares unsweetened choco
late. Combine with 1 cup light cream and 2 cups sugar in I small
heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil. Then boil 3 minutes, stirring
occasionally. Remove from heat and set in a bowl of ice and
water. Beat until frosting will hold its shape. Makes about 3 cups.
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Hints For Homemakers
By RUTH CURRENT
Cold weather time for carbo
hydrate*. ? la cold weather hard to
take? Reaearch shows that carbo
hydrate food* are rold weather pro
tector*. Best known are: Fruits,
moat vegetables, breads, cereals,
milk. Be sure bread and cereal
are enriched or whole grain.
Sopiething different in menu
planning. ? For a change of menu,
switch the high protein food of the
meal from the main course to the
daeaert course. Add preserved gin
ger, chocolate chip*, or plump rais
in* to baked cuatard. Tasty bread
puddings are good selections, too.
Angel food cake or meringues,
tMmed with fruit or ice cream, are
bargains in high quality protein as
are cheeae cakes and baked Alas
kaa. O
Teen-agers need good breakfast.
? It's foolhardy for high school stu
dent* to trade their breakfast for
a little extra morning sleep. It
is practically impossible to make
up the food missed at breakfast by
eating snaeks or "overeating" at
other meals. Breakfast should pro
vide at least one-fourth of the
teen-ager's total daily food intake.
That mid-morning hunger feeling
among teen-agers can be stopped
with a good serving of eggs at
breakfast. Because high protein
foods are slowly digested, hunger
comes less quickly after eating eggs
for breakfast.
Much of the ground work for
health in later life is laid during
the teen-age period. It is often
impossible to compensate for nu
tritional damage incurred during
the teens.
Make best use of life insurance
policies. ? Life insurance enables a
family to have household help
when most in need of it ? some
times during stress and strain of a
family emergency.
Know the choices you have for
using dividends. Some policy hold
ers apply dividends to premiums;
others take the dividends in cash.
Count your life insurance in re
tirement planning. When you
reach retirement age the cash \al
ues in your policies may be used
to supplement other retirement in
come, such as a company pension
and Social Security. Many retired
families today have a very com
fortable income built up of such
"bits-and-pieces." At the same
time, husbands ke^ii part of their
insurance as protection for their
wives.
Laying stair carpet. ? We suggest
to the person who is going to put
down stair carpet that this be done.
When you buy your carpet buy
an extra foot of carpet and fold
it under against one or two risers
at the top of the stairs. As neces
sary, shift carpet downward an
inch or two before the edges look
worn. Fold under the excess car
pet at the foot of the stairs against
the lower riser.
Traffic areas the first to
show wear on your rugs. It is
wise, therefore, to reverse the po
sition of a rug at intervals. The
location of heavy furniture should
be changed occasionally. Use
matching scatter rugs on the car
pet or rug in front of favorite
easy chairs used for TV viewing.
Dbn't put your scatter rugs down
zigzag ? they should be straight in
front of furniture.
Emergency Successors for Top Otthials
STATE GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE
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JUDICIAL
LEGISLATIVE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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COUNTY SUPERVISOR
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MAYOR OR CITY MOR.
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?? niMllil k otrani emerrenclee to unn that repreeenta.
Uto fforernmeat would (arrive a mwlni attack and bo able to
funotloa effectively. "Conttnnlty o I t?voramimt lefUlat i," Dlreo
torlML Hooch. 0 1 the Office of Civil a ?J Defcnae MobUbaUon,
declares, "Is ?till to !???? nrrtral, mmm ul victory.**
Many Btotai already have provided (or Unee o i aatomatle saooe*
?loa la proper depth for key oxecotlTO offlclala, lerUaton and
the Judiciary. Fourteen State* win be T otitic on emergency power
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Regular Exercise Aids In Controlling Weight
Regular exercise can be a big
help in controlling weight. More
activity in the daily routine can
further the cause of a reducing
diet, or with no change in diet at
all it can bring about a gradual
loss of excess fat.
Long hours of strenuous exer
cise are not necessary to keep
weight in check and, for many
people, are not even recommended.
But regular, less strenuous exer
cise, can be surprisingly effective
for people who need to take it
easier and at the same time need
to either lose or maintain weight
while eating the same amount of
food as before.
Nutritionists say if an over
weight woman, who gets just
enough calories to maintain her
weight, spends one extra hour ev
ery day at housework that keeps
her moderately active and moving
around instead of sitting, she used
80 more calories a day. In a year,
" if her diet remains about the same,
she can lose nine pounds. Then if
she can change a second "sitting
hour" to some type of daily active
recreation, without changing diet,
she can use an additional 170 cal
ories a day, and in a year shed an
other 15 pounds, or a total of 24
pounds.
Many people, of course, are not
as free to get more activity into
their daily routines, particularly
those with fulltime jobs. Thus,
leisure time offers the best oppor
tunity for more exercise. Even
though the time given to added ac
tivity may be short, if established
as a regular routine it can have
gradual and lasting effects on
weight and can also help muscle
tone and circulation.
BRITISH SYMPATHY
London ? Americans are more
popular in Britain than they used
to be ? because they are not so
rich as they used to be.
This is a contrast to the days
when the United States by its gen
erosity toward Britain created en
vy, annoyance and sometimes re
vulsion.
However, this sympathy is re
flected in conversations and news
paper discussions about the loss
es of United States gold reserves.
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