16 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, December 1, 1967 Ever New Uses For Leather Man's Earliest By KARIN MOSER MONTREAL (CP) -- Man has been using leather for about 600,000 years, says Beth Hammond, director of the Leather Bureau of Canada, but he's still finding new uses for it. A pigskin floor for the busi- nessman's executive suit, for example, or as multi-colored fashion accessories such as brooches, earrings, pendants and bracelets. Aside from these innova- tions, a main reason for the continuing popularity of leath- er is its long-wearing quall- ties, especially if properly cared for. "Most important is not to neglect leather if it becomes soiled or wet,"' Mrs. Ham- mond says. "Shoes, when wet, should be dried immediately both inside and out and put on shoe trees. If no shoe trees are available, stuff tissue paper into the toes and let the shoes dry in normal room temperature. "Never place shoes on ra- diators or direct sources of heat. This will dry the leather and cause it to break." Suede shoes should be brushed frequently. "Should they become soiled in spots, gently pass a fine piece of eandpaper or emery board over the area. This will raise the surface of the leather and allow you to clean the spot." Suede clothing can often be cleaned with a dry sponge to remove surface dirt. SCARVES PROTECT "Most women wear scarves inside their suede garments to eliminate a dark neckline caused by hair oil, makeup and just plain dirt. It's vital that suede be kept from be- coming too soiled, otherwise it will lose its beauty, especially after repeated cleanings." Light spots can be removed by wiping the surface with a soft cloth dampened in luke- warm water. Creases in suede and other leather garments can be removed by placing a dry cloth on the area and using an iron with heat con- trol set at nylon Handbags retain their lustre Material quire a boot wardrobe," Mrs. Hammond says. "One boot just can't see them through the varfous winter condi- tions." She recommends an unlined boot for early winter's cold dry days and a shearling-lined shoe-boot in suede or smooth leather for severe cold, dry days. : "For late-day wear a kid, fine calf or suede boot is ideal and for wet slushy days rub- ber or vinyl boots are best." Boots with seaming down | the centre front are the driest, | "This year's winter boots have special rubber linings between the outside leather | and inside lining to prevent | water from seeping through. But boots must be siliconed regularly to prevent dirt and calcium deposits from eating through the leather." CLEAN IMMEDIATELY Hard-to-erase calcium stains can be removed by cleaning the boot with a mix- ture of vinegar and water. "If you wait for several days after the boot has been dragged through slush and calcium, don't expect perfect results. Immediate cleaning ts imperative to preserve leather." Oils and silicones shou never be used on boots whic require stiffness of leather. Apply ski-boot was ad For ski boots some excellent wat compounds available Mrs. Hammond still ad h finds many women are unfamiliar with the terms used to de- scribe leathers. She offers this glossary: --Kidskin, made from 'm ported goatskins, light, strong, highly porous, soft and fine-grained. Chief use is in fashionable shoes --Pigskin, with faint pores, {s smooth or buffed and used mostly for casual shoes --Sheepskin, soft but loose- textured, used mostly in up- pers for slippers and for lir- ings. Lambskin refers to leath- SANTA CANDLE NEW DICTIONARY " of Dic ng m can Scho Hartford, Conn. 06107, U.S.A some regulations in the family and to calm down. Greatly limit the time of TV viewing for both boys and violence I'm sure a big problem with him is his feeling that his little ¢ Parowax, plastic a} (the mould, being sure to ¢ well at the bottom. forbid programs of The traditions of Christmas are centred 'around lighted can- dies. Here are three different holiday candles. especially _ created for this-festive season. SANTA CANDLE For this candle you will need paints, color- ing and a large cone mould Begin dy installing the wick in seal Now meit the parowax over n s. boiling water to a temperature r ol for the of 180F. This 139 No. Main Street, West tinted a bright red because it wax. should be will become Santa's tall hat. Fill the mould about two-thirds full, allow this to set completely in a water bath. Prod and refill as the wax cools and shrinks. Because the remaining one- third of the mould will become Santa's face, melt more wax and tint it with pink to give a |nice ruddy flesh color. Allow to er made from skin of young \brother stands in better with| completely harden before un- sheep. --Calfskin, from the skins of calves, is the elite of shoe leather, soft, supple, strong you than he himself does. Do all you can with the help of your relatives and friends to build up self-regard in this boy. Help moulding. The features are painted with the plastic paints. If you want CHRISTMAS CHIMNEY Creative Christmas Idea Construct Holiday Candles brush, coat the outside of the, shell red. When this has cooled, | carefully score the bricks, which} will then be surrounded by white) ae unded by white) Te AND NUT BREAD Set on a Styrofoam base andj! cup sifted all-purpose flour decorate with fluffy snow, made|!% cups whole wheat flour from white whipped parowax.|1 teaspoon salt First melt the parowax, then| ¥% teaspoon soda pour into a foil plate and cool|2, teaspoons baking powder until a white film forms, now| %4 CUP brown sugar whip with a fork. When all is|_'4 Cup melted shortening ready place a candle in a votive egg glass inside the chimney and|_ 4 Cup molasses add a small Santa ready to|! cup chopped dates climb into the chimney. We got| 14, cup walnuts chopped ours from the variety store.| Preheat oven to 350 degrees |When the votive light is lit, it/F. Grease and lightly flour the will glow through the chimney|>ottom of a loaf pan, or line |walls, Just wait until the chil-|Pottom with wax paper. | Sift |dren see this one! the dry ingredients together, add dates and nuts. In another STAR IN THE EAST bowl, beat eggs, molasses, and This tapered star candle has|milk with an egg beater. Pour |a holly trim and is a fagcinating/liquid into the dry ingredients, leandle to burn because the|add melted fat and mix with a lcentre core is red and it will/minimum of stirring. Turn into softly glow through the white|loaf pan, let stand 15 minutes, |eoating. Prepare the mould with|then bake for 50 minutes or a square braid wick, sealing|until done. Cool, wrap, and well at the bottom with mould|store at least 24 hours before sealer or moulding clay. The|serving. Day-old bread is easier STAR IN THE EAST and fine-grained, and turns up in fine shoes for men and women and in handbags. --Kipskin or side leather, toughest leather made from medium-size cattle, most often used where rugged wear required. if polished lightly before they're. used the first time. A thin film of neutral polish or one of the new spray-ons will protect leather bags from gathering dust that clogs pores of the skin. * "Women in this climate re- CHILD GUIDANCE Failure In School Affects Child's Emotional Stability By GARRY C. MYERS, PhD jeasy for you to get the results/hour or more a day. Suppose you had two boys and/from your efforts you had hoped the elder repeated a grade and/to get. may have to do so again. Sup- That teacher seems to have pose this boy had further prob-/insichts when she observes the|e inclined to lie less and less. lems such as those described by emotional difficulties 43 : your boy ) ood writing from Cali-| reveals as he tries to express yams himself. I hope you have him in I do need advice in helping|the care of a physician who can my eldest son with his school|/ advise you on ways to calm him work because he was already|down. held back one year and he is not} doing fourth grade work well|/IN SELF-DEFENCE now and he should be gothg into| It seems that his lying 1s the fifth grade. jaround hisexperiences at "T have had trouble with his|school. Naturally you have been lying to me about his teacher|questioning him about these and what she tells him. He is a|matters and as he senses your poor student in all ways be-,/ worries and your readiness to cause he will not stop talking in|rebuke him for talking in class class. I would like to know how|jand being inattentive, he feels to get him to pay attention to in-| tempted to lie in self-defence to give Santa the additional) yi. must de centred at the top|to slice. him cultivate playmates of his touch Of Wile e@hikeds anil x own age. lfur trimmed hat topped with alot the mould with a wick rod. It would be wonderful if YOu! nom-pom, buy from your hobby| Ve have chosen to use a tall could quit questioning him| chop parowax with @ melt noint | apered star mould. about his ways at school and|, ; | Heat imate] 2 : of 145F and add three table- eat approximately 2% never put him on trial. Try to\snoons of stearic acid r|Pounds of parowax with three avoid the word lie. pound. Then whip and apply. |tablespoons per pound stearic Find some books easy and in-| jacid over boiling water to a teresting enough to appeal to| CHRISTMAS CHIMNEY \temperature of 180 F. If you lhim. Read to him and encour-| The square brick chimney {s|prefer a _ whiter candle, add jage him to read to his little|a shell made in the square hur-|some lustre crystals, measur- \brother. Almost surely he is ajTicane mould. No wick isjing % teaspoon to the pound. (for reader, Anything you can\needed. Melt and pour white|Fill the mould with the white do to help him read better|Parowax to the desired height| wax. Now place in a water bath \should help him improve in all|in the mould. The temperature |for about three minutes. Re- jhis school work. At almost any | Should be at 190F. Place the; move from the bath and pur all | sacrifice, find a person to work) mould carefully in a water bath|the liquid wax from the mould. lwith him at bis lessons half an|Of about 65F. You may have to| Drain well. Return the shell to ae a weight to keep the mould|the water bath and leave for a As he can enjoy more success |from floating. further 20 minutes. at work or play and as you can| Allow the mould to set until] Reheat the excess wax adding have more fun with him, he will|@ film about % inch thick hasjred coloring. When the shell is pore age the gee of the| sufficiently cooled and set, pour' rowax. You will want thejin the red parowax heated to ANSWERING QUESTIONS walls to be about 14-inch thick./180F. Fill the mould to within Q. What is the most common|Remove the mould from the/14 inch of the first white pour. need of the child beyond the|bath and with a paring knife cut|Carefully prod and refill as the second or third grade in arith-'a square out of the chimney/wax cools and shrinks. This step metic? \leaving a hollow shell on alljis very important in order to A. To learn by heart the sim-jsides. Remove this square ofjavoid air pockets around the ple addition and subtractionjexcess parowax. Let the shell|wick. When topping up with a combinations. If he has not, he|cool until ready for unmould- refill be sure this wax is re- HOUSEHOLD HINT If you keep your nail polish in the refrigerator it won't dry out. mould and flatten the bottom of the candle on a warm tin pie plate. Trim with holly, using sprays with leaves and berries, and add some silver bells. For more candle making ideas plus information on mak- ing wax fruit and doing pre- serves, write for the newsletter to 'Wax Creative," P.O. Box 4080, Terminal A, Toronto 1. By ROBERTA ROESCH -- "A few weeks ago, you published a letter saying women who go out to work everyday homes than women who don't have a job,' one working moth- er writes. "But I'm here to say in a loud voice that that isn't true for me. "From the time I had to go back to work to help out with the bills, I have found that cook- ing, cleaning and washing and froning have been mountains that I can't climb. "Paid help is out of the ques- tion, too, since maids and house- keepers where I live earn more than I do, But I need some suggestions from mothers who work about how they. get the housework done at the same time they work at a job." PASS ON TIPS Ten million mothers are man- |aging to hold a job while main- taining a home. Here is a com- posite of some of the tips that many women have passed on to me. ble, turn your EVERYONE * SLIPPERS " BOOTS * SHOES -- FROM -- MODEL SHOE STORE 55 KING EAST Downtown Oshewe Free Parking et Reer How To Be A Working Mother And Still Maintain A Home often take better care of their] jir., First of all, be flexible and | adjust your household routine to} fit the double life you take on when you go out to get a job. And while you are being flexi-| homemaking | standards into reasonable ones. | Once you establish reasonable | standards in the 'Cleaning De- partment."' get an overall pic- ture of what must be done in| your house by making a list of| the daily, weekly and monthly CISTI Se | jobs that you have always done. Then eliminate completely those that you can cross off the. list without hurting anyone's home After that, set up a system-- or whatever you want to call it --for doing the daily jobs quick- ly in the early mornings and early evenings. Then set up a similar schedule for doing your weekly jobs one or two evenings a week. Set aside some weekend hours for the monthly chores. In the "Laundry Depart- ment," replace your family's clothes (whenever it is time to buy new ones) with wash and wear garments. Toss one load of clothes in the washing ma- chine every single day so laun-| dry won't be the mountain to- day's reader says it is. Iron) only what is an absolute) "must." Stock up on table mats) and good paper products to cut) down ironing even more, To keep up with the mending, | carry it with you in @ straw bag and do it in whatever waiting time you have. MASTER MENU : " In the "Cooking Department," develop some master meng plans which you vary from week to week so your husband and children won't always know what is going to be served any given night. To go with each plan, make a)" master list for the weekly trip to the market so you won't have' to take one evening each week _ to write down the things that» you-need. Instead you can use the time you gain for going on a cooking spree and freezin a7 meals for the future. oa More "how to run the house tips from working mothers will." follow in a future column. Be. sure to send us any suggestiong™ you may have. eg = HAWA Piz HOME MADE PIES & PASTRY Baked On Premises 153 SIMCOE SOUTH 1 HEAVY DUTY Wool Twist '9-95 we 9'x 9 AMTICO VINYL ASBESTOS TILE oe REG. 13¢ 12 x 12 INDOOR-OUTDOOR CARPET 3 Beles Only 5 Broadloom Reg. te 16.95. From 2:65 i 10:°5 5Q. YD. 282 KING ST. W. | JOCK'S FLOORING SPECIALS! ORIENTAL RUGS 77:77 39.99 NYLONS 9'x12' 6'x9' 5 pair -00 ONLY | BRAIDED OVALS x 12' REG, 69.95 47:" CORLON el «Reg. 4.95 te 10.98. OSHAWA will be slow and inaccurate injing. lheated to the correct tempera- adding and subtracting num-| Melt some more parowax and ture. It will take at least 6 hours bers. color it red. Using a- paint'for this candle to fully set. Un- x structions from his teacher or me. His teacher tells me that George gets so nervous he can- not communicate. Maybe I should tell you that his prob- lems started when his father) Try to have an understanding with his teacher thet you expect her to deal with. him at school as she sees fit and that you will try at home to do all you can to help him there to conform to was killed suddenly. His brother| was born three months after his/ father's death "Tt is hard bringing up chil-| dren alone, and I shall appreci- | ate any help I can get with my/| two boys.' CONSULT PHYSICIAN My reply in part: It surely must be hard bring- ing up your children alone and the more so after the tragedy you and the older boy faced. I can see how you are worried over his ways at school and his stretching the truth about them. But I don't believe your prob-| lems are as hopeless as. they| seem to you to be. You have) tried so hard and been 80 wor-| tied about them that it is not! 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