The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

8 â€" Waterioa Chronicle, Thuriday, Augiit &, 1971 °_ t By A.R. Buckiey Part of the joy of growing flowers is to be able to cut them for use in the home or church. Keen gardeners alâ€" so exhibit specimen blooms fairs or flower shows. Most people go into their gardens, cut flowers from all kinds of plants, bring them indoors and place them in vases or other conâ€" tainers with little consideraâ€" tion of methods they might adopt to make them last longer in water. Some flowers,such â€" as chrysanthemums, will take this kind of treatment and last for days while others will start to deteriorate imâ€" mediately. By treating the flowers almost every kind may be made to last longer. Even a wilted flower will often revive and continue to look fresh if recut. Cut flowers take up water through the stem. If they are left out of water for any length of time, the free flow of water up the stems may be impeded. This is why so many florists advise cutting the stems under water; by so doing, the water fills the stems. A sharp knife should always be used for cutting flowers to give a clean cut. After cutting, immediateâ€" ly place the flowers in water at room temperature. Most flowers absorb warm water more readily than cold. If possible, take a pail of warm water to the garden early in the morning before the sun rises high in the sky. Place the cut flowers imâ€" mediately in the warm waâ€" ter. Only the base of the stems needs to be covered. If early morning is not convenient cut them in the late evening when the water in the stems has been reâ€" plenished. Cut the stems on a slant as this gives more surface area for water ab Give cut flowers a lease on life For the ;I â€" E Best L# / ? _ 3;_, Years _ of w ] g Your \- & C *kfi Life Fish are more then pets. They make a fascinating hobby for the whole family. A Fascinating Hobby Our Tropical & Marine Fish Canaries. Budgies, Finches, Par rots, Love Birds. Cocketiels, Sea Horses. Snakes, Monkeys also other smal! pets WATERLOO SQUARE STANLEY PARK PET SHOP PET SHOP COMPLETE LINE OF PET SUPPLIES Reasonable Prices Lower Mail Open Daily 10 6 Thur & Fri til 9 743â€"068 1 743â€"6921 Tulips should be rolled in paper and their stems imâ€" mersed full length in water overnight. This will keep them from bending and will provide nice straight stems for the exhibition table or for arrangements. Catâ€"tails will keep for a long time if dipped in clear shellac or painted with clear nail polish to prevent burstâ€" ing. Do not place these in water. preparation for arranging. gestions, you will be able to extend the cut life of most flowers. There are certain kinds, however, that need special treatment before placing them in water. Woody plants such as lilac, forsythia and crabapples should have the lower two a cool, dark basement for at least three hours. This will Poinsettias, milkweed, oâ€" riental and other types of poppies should have the ends of their stems seared by the heat from a match. Poppies should be cut the night before they open; these and other flowers that are likely to close can be held open if some melted wax is dropped in the centre of the flower. crushed with a hammer or slit an inch or so with a sharp knife. Woody types of perennials such as asters and phlox also respond to dahlias and zinnias should be placed in very hot water for a few seconds and then immersed immediately in cold water. When doing this take care to protect the flowers from steam by wrapping them first in newspaper and allowing only the stems to protrude. this treatment. Except for dried flowers, regardless of stem treatâ€" ment, hardeningâ€"off for a period in a cool dark place is the most important operaâ€" tion and the one usually negâ€" lected. Do not discount the effect of commercial flower preâ€" servatives. These not only prolong the life of cut flowâ€" ers, but also eliminate the necessity for the daily change of water, a factor ofâ€" ten overlooked. They are particularly helpful when added to the water conâ€" taining arrangements of anâ€" nual flowers. If these preâ€" servatives are unavailable a oneâ€"two percent sugar soâ€" lution can be used. WALLâ€"TOâ€"WALL CARPET 110 King S. Waterloo EXPERT INSTALLATION Armstrong Harding Kraus P‘ [ Doris ClaflJ DEAR TRAPPED â€" Childbirth is painful. Yet one of its miracles is the way memories of pain to work for eight days. When I was in labor a nurse kept yelling at me every time I screamed. I‘m haunted day and night by the memory of all this. I hate the bady and hate living. I‘ve turned into a nasty, nagging person and I used to be very cheerful. I am resentful that I‘m not being allowed even one small year alone with my much, but my marriage is falling apart. her arms. With you, memories have no chance to fade; and you have given yourself no chance to love that baby. Can‘t you think of her as a precious human being who will grow into a person like you. DEAR DORIS â€" I just turned 22, yet I feel 100. I got pregnant on the pill, but I never missed taking one. I was terribly sick when the baby came and was unable If the physical damage is interfering with this new marriage of yours, remind yourself that you can heal and recognize that the best things in life lie ahead of you with your wonderful husband and your healthy baby. that marvellous infant in Many a woman would give her eye teeth for these things â€" and you‘ve »&;t them. You can kill love â€" but it is murder‘ DEAR DORIS â€" I can‘t figure my son out. On the one hand, he argues with me to take money from him instead of working while I can. On the other, he seems horrified that I want to move to his city and be near him now that my husband is dead. He says I will miss all my friends and not be at all happy. I have a wide circle of acquaintances, but I don‘t care two hoots about them in comparison with my son. My daughter inâ€" law and I are the best of friends. But I think he is really rejecting me. MRS. 0. DEAR MRS. O Do you want to play second fiddle in the life of your son‘s family? No‘ Don‘t kid yourself about your friends. You are of a different generation from 2 ; do asdt j the young people and to be able to keep in close touch with your contermporaries is your friends â€" and make it a joyful special event when Granny comes to town. DEAR DORIS â€" I am a boy, 18, in grade 12. o I am severely overweight and my friends in and out of school have nicknamed me "Fat Pat‘‘. They emâ€" barrass me in front of girls _ Be thankful you have a son who offers you money tionaly to the extent of I was wondering if I should search for new friends or tell my present ones to quit heckling me. DEAR HECKLED â€" The old meanies‘ Did you ever know of anybody who was harder on teenagers than other teenagers. You could either â€" (1) Ignore the heckling. They do it because you show your mind! Or, (2) Take off the weight and make a hit with the girls. If you were to proceed, quietly, to remoy » the extra pounds, you‘d soon have them all eating crow. For some, the answer is a good permanent and a reguâ€" lar appointment with the hairdresser. Then all that is needed at night is enough bobbie pins to hold an inviâ€" sibleâ€"or nearly invisibleâ€" net in place, to keep the hairâ€"do lovely. For others, it is worth hunting for a pretty ribbon or hanky which will cover up the pinâ€" curls and can be anchored with some hidden hairpins. The main thing is to make it important to be pleasing to the eye even when you are at homeâ€"with only your nearest and dearest. Have you got the willâ€" power to stick to my Reâ€" ducing Diet if I send it to you? â€" Working wife DEAR WORKING WIFEâ€" You are right. It is a diffeâ€" rent problem entirely. to Disillusioned to get his wife to put up her hair in the mornings after he gets out to work is all very well, but what about us wives who work? We have to turn ourâ€" selves out looking nifty first thing in the morning. DEAR DORISâ€"Your advice ployees when Kâ€"W Hospital addressed their weekly hospital‘s support and reâ€" sponsibilities. A report on activities at children had an exciting four volunteers. saw model airplanes in action, the African Lion Conestoga Dam, where the closing picnic of the program was held. Kartwright Wildfowl Park, Elora Gorge Park, the Kiwanis Park where they at room temperature in its unopened package till the bird is pliable. When this amout of thawing has taken place, the bird may be placed in an insulated picnic hamper or in the refrigerator to complete the thawing. A thawed, remain in the refrigeraâ€" tor for one to two days beâ€" fore roasting. ‘Thawing fowl Westmount Place SYTNT HESIS EING‘S OPEN: Monday â€" Friday â€" 10:00 a.m. to 2: 00 a.m. Saturday ~_â€"11:30 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. Sundayâ€"12:00 noon to 10:00 p.m. BUSINESS HOURS 20% to 50% Off AUGUST â€" CLEARANCE SALE Upper Mail North Entrance â€" Waterloo Square In Kitchener over $5.00 Business Men‘s Luncheon 95° and up FOoR Fast service Call 579â€"5040 FREE Delivery in Waterioo and Bridgeport â€" over $3.50 SEE OUR FALL FASHIONS ARRIVING EVERY DAY OPEN 9:30 â€" 6:00 TUESâ€"SAT THURSâ€"FRI. 9:30 â€" 9:00 38 King St. N.. Waterioo SUMMER STOCK Sound Sensational STEREO SHOP MADELEINE RESTAURANT Children‘s Boutique Westmount Place 745â€"1981 OPEN Tues. â€" Sat. 9.30â€"6.00 Thurs. â€" Fri. till 9:00 p.m. Smart Mothers outfit théir schoolâ€"bound youngsters here, where money goes farthest and pickings are choice. Phone 579â€"5650 and Canadian Food