February 1958

THE FAMILY CAR

The automatic choke, which is the round case about 2½ inches in diameter mounted on the side of your carburetor, is a simple mechanism that comes into operation every time you start your car's engine. Without any thought or decision from you, it decides whether any choking action is necessary to start the engine, and if so, how much.

GARDEN REMINDERS

Dusts and sprays: Check your supplies and be sure you have enough to carry you through the first part of the season. Buy what you need now-- avoid the rush and possible disappointment.

How to quit waiting on your kids

"There's nothing I wouldn't do for my children. Nothing." Sound familiar? It should. You've probably said the same thing yourself more times than you can remember. And no doubt it expresses exactly the way you feel about your little Johnny or Mary. So you spend the greater part of your waking hours mending, cooking, washing, and ironing for them to make their lives comfortable. You never count the cost in terms of time, energy, and money.

Better HOME INSURANCE through package policies

Because of the abundance of new home-insurance policies, a wise buyer can now get more protection than ever before-- and possibly for less money.

Council sponsors Home Contest

Recreation room that's game for anything

These FOODS are NEWS!

Condensed turkey-noodle soup, minestrone (an Italianstyle vegetable soup), and chicken-vegetable soup are three canned-soup newcomers. Each 10½-or 10¾-ounce can, plus water, makes 2 to 3 generous servings.

TV is more versatile

HOW-TO for the handyman

1001 ways to say almost anything to practically everybody

Not long ago, most Americans sent greeting cards only in celebration of two or three traditional holidays. Today, things are different. We prod the absent visitor with a picture of an Indian rope-climber, captioned "Come up and see me one of these days." We needle a vacationing associate with an artistic panorama of a ship's galley and dozens of chained slaves pulling wearily at their oars. "Missing you at work," says the caption.

Room for family relaxing and overnight guests

It's NEWS to me!.

Reduces sound of your TV or radio automatically when you lift up telephone receiver so you can hear what caller says. Remote control switch raises volume again when you replace receiver. Clips to phone base, is connected by wire to set. Easily installed, it has no electrical connection to phone.

Fascinating gardens of the South

A house that makes the "good life" even better

FIVE STAR HOME 2802 YOU CAN BUY PLANS

Houses like this are no longer labeled "regional" and limited to moderate climates. Today, a good house is still a good house-- built in St. Paul or St. Petersburg.

What the new freeways will mean to you

On Chicago's northwest side, bulldozers are clearing a lane amid construction-scarred rubble, opening the way for a new eight-lane highway linking the downtown area with a superhighway to Wisconsin. In Cincinnati, the eight-lane Millcreek Expressway is being sliced through the city. In Maryland, engineers plan a new Baltimore-Washington route.

New setting for old family treasures

You'll love these new roses

Let us show you how to ... Adapt costly ideas to a budget room

Need another carport or garage?

Winter flair with short-stem flowers

This family kitchen roosts in the treetops

This remodeling highlights a trend to family kitchens

Friendly as a hearty handshake, intriguing as the history behind it. Those are the impressions you get when you enter this kitchen-family room. Though just newly remodeled, these rooms retain all the Colonial charm of the century-old farmhouse-- but with modern conveniences, appliances, cabinets.

Make your own tart pans

Furniture convertibles to save you space

Bedroom with a living-room look

An addition that made a wrong house right

Power Companies

Treasures from old knobs and handles!

The care your parakeet sings for

Three decorative spacesavers

Personal help in planning, decorating and furnishing YOUR home

Look for this Belter Homes & Gardens "Home Planning Center" seal when you're looking for ideas to help make your home more comfortable and attractive. It identifies leading stores who feature personal counsel on home planning, decorating, and furnishings problems.

Have your PLIERS lost their grip?

Benches you can build

How and why to PRUNE TREES

The diary of a Plain dirt gardener

Feb. 1 Yesterday I heard a cardinal trying out his spring song. This morning I heard the cheerful tune of a titmouse. Maggie remarked that the evenings stay light a lot longer.

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HOW-TO for the home gardener

Three helpful window ideas

Safe driving

Approximately 2,500 children between 5 and 14 will be killed by motor vehicles in the next 12 months.

THE MAN NEXT DOOR

"Marriage," complained the bride of six months at our office, "surely works some subtle changes in a man. When I had my first date with George, I gave him a slice of strawberry shortcake, and he stole a kiss. Yesterday, when he came home, I gave him a kiss, and he swiped a slice of strawberry shortcake."