June 1951

Are nice "things" necessary?

Number 300 Mulberry Street is a drab old brick-and-graystone building with chipped, high front steps and two fresh coats of soot. You'll find it in one of downtown New York's unlovelier sections. It was built just after the Civil War, and in the subbasement are dungeons the size of two cots, and iron chains that say it used to be a prison.

Don't give your children the jitters!

Without even realizing it, and with the best of intentions, you may make your youngsters afraid. Afraid of the everyday events of living, afraid to try new things, afraid of vague and imaginary dangers. You may think you are just being loving and protective, but if you're tense and anxious all the time, your fears will spill over onto your boy or girl. The result may be chronic anxiety, which will handicap them now and in the future as adults.

A Blessed Event for Mothers Everywhere

We're mighty proud of this beautiful new Baby Book because we sincerely believe that it's going to help out not only millions of mothers and babies, but everyone in their families as well. It's that kind of a book, a family book on child care and training.

What's wrong with this family?

Anything goes in this storage wall

Three-in-one pieces for small rooms

Have you heard the Latest Garden News?

Even gardeners with some scientific training often argue that melons, if planted in the same field with squash and cucumbers, are sure to cross.

HOW-TO for the handyman

New foods

Whole lobsters, cooked and frozen, come with an herbseasoned, bread-crumb stuffing. For a festive dinner, heat the lobster in the oven and serve with drawn butter and lemon wedges. Lobsters weigh approximately one pound.

No room is hopeless

Westinghouse

For healthy roses

It's NEWS to me!

Shelves make the room

SK-SD

Of great importance to your family's health in peace and to our servicemen in war is a new medical development which will be available to your doctor when you read this article-- or shortly thereafter.

This family's living in the present tense

Are you in the market for a Four-bedroom house?

The family that can't put four bedrooms to good use is almost nonexistent. If you have three children or more, you can't live comfortably with less than four bedrooms. If you have two children, the extra bedroom can be a study and guest room. If you have one child, you have both guest room and study. If your children are grown and gone, you need the space more than ever when they bring their children back to visit.

Color now--and where you want it

Seven vacations for the price of one!

George Washington, who is supposed to have christened it "The Empire State," must have been a vacationing man himself. For the commonwealth of New York is an empire of mountains, lakes, rivers, farms, peoples, impressive buildings, and historic shrines. There's no like area in America with more different things to see and do.

Here's privacy by a busy highway

Privacy inside your house isn't enough. What a family needs for complete home enjoyment is a place to relax and entertain outdoors-- with gates shut on the bustle of life outside.

Ideas for a cool summer

The most abused grass in the world

There's ripping, tearing, crushing action on the grass at the Stadium, home of the American League's Yankees. It starts with the first jolting impact of horsehide and second- growth ash and a runner streaking to first in the mid-April opener. It lasts through some 70 home games and the World Series (13 world championships since 1923) in October. To one Yank of 23-years standing, the Stadium is considerably more than the site of team conquest.

How to turn nickels into dimes

Not literally, of course. Uncle Sam wouldn't like that. But when someone builds-- for just $5,700-- a house with 930 square feet of highly livable floor space, plus a carport, then that nickel-into-dime trick is practically what he's done.

Paint puts the rainbow at your finger tips

You can buy or mix wall paint to match any carpet, wallpaper, or drapery fabric; tints and shades of every color in the rainbow are possible in today's range of paint colors.

Try some extra altitude

How to sit down on the job

Gifts for every occasion

Sizzling good with bacon

Smart cook!

Broiling is easy when you follow these tips

Dress up your fresh-air meals

There's a best way to take care of nylon

Question: Should I use hot water for washing nylon? Answer: Any temperature that the hands can stand is safe. Avoid extremely hot water.

How to starch clothes to bandbox perfection

Starching can give your clothes that look of fresh perfection and help them keep it. And the starches you find at your grocer's now make the job faster and easier than ever before.

Here's a big sandbox for little money

Tables with extra uses

How to hide kitchen clutter

Ways with problem windows

Balconies are back in style-1

How to fish if yon don't know how

Many a family has shied away from fishing because it doesn't know a fly from a fishworm-- or which you use to catch what. The editors of Better Homes & Gardens, who don't know much about fishing either, asked us to write a piece for amateurs, and their wives and kids, who get tangled up in the tackle, and let even the little ones get away.

Six good ways to support pot plants

What can you do with a Front porch?

Modernfold DOORS

Got concrete troubles?

Ruffled curtains at their best

I cured my house of paint rash

When the paint on my 1-year-old house erupted with unsightly blisters, friends and neighbors nodded knowingly. "Poor paint," said some. "Wet lumber," chimed in others.

A door that saves space

Your pet and mine

Too many dogs are the victims of a mistaken belief that bones are the answer to a dog's prayer. Far too many dog owners think that giving Towser "a nice bone" is like handing him a new lease on life and some kind of seventh heaven.

Furniture yon can use indoors or out

The best side trip we ever took

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Easiest terrace You can build

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Help your kids keep busy this summer

Each year when summer approaches, do you get that "Well, school's out-- here come the kids again!" feeling? Not that they aren't fun to have around, but oftentimes their inability to round up interesting things to do makes inroads into your domestic routine. Vacations frequently become boring for children after the first few hectic days and often are breeding periods for troublemaking.

Little kitchen with big, daring ideas

Garden clinic

New planting ideas

June Garden Guide

Prune your spring-blooming shrubs such as forsythia and spirea now. Apply mulch of peatmoss or other organic matter to your evergreens.

The diary of a plain dirt gardener

June 1 After a long and loud oration by me, the family task force sallied forth after supper tonight. David went to work to get more ground ready for late vegetables. Donald cultivated earlier vegetables coming up and also went over prepared ground not yet sown. His idea was to kill out a few million little weeds now germinating.

Good outdoor seats yon can build

Easy does it around the yard

Should four youngsters travel alone?

Has your youngster made his first independent trip or visit? Are you afraid when he sets out on his own?

Paneling in a good disguise

The MAN NEXT DOOR

There can be no doubt about where we're going on our summer trip. My wife's sister in Dallas has a new baby, her brother in Fort Worth a new house, and her cousin in Houston a new oil well.