May 1958

MAY GARDEN REMINDERS

Spray and dust: Insects multiply during spring months. Keep sprayingand dusting program in high gear to stay ahead of garden pests.

Get in the swim for less-in '58

New developments in less costly swimming pools are good news for you this summer. You'll see more and more pools in modest back yards across the country, north as well as south. They've become a practical addition to the home, adding more value to the house and offering more at-home fun for the whole family. They'll save the cost and fuss of week-end trips to the shore or lake, practically pay for them-selves.

IT'S NEW for handymen

We like this idea for a Bedroom-dressing room

We like this idea... For hanging shelves

How to grow annuals

It's easy to underestimate annuals, because they seem too good to be true. Just a few packets of seeds will give you a hundred square feet of rainbow colors, from early July until the first hard frost.

Your '58 guide to air conditioning

One room of air conditioning today could cost you less than $150. Or you might spend $2,000 or more to cool a large house completely. This report covers the whole range of values.

Never better!

Never worse!

If your Johnny can't read, write, or do arithmetic, it may be due to the fact that his teacher can't do these things well herself. And the reason she can't do them is that her instructors in teachers college were told she should be taught other things instead.

Keats answers Beck

Doctor Beck says high-school students scored higher on GED tests in 1955 than in 1943, citing this as proof of better teaching methods and standards.

Beck answers Keats

Mr. Keats says there are teachers who spend far more time learning to ventilate a classroom than they spend learning anything they might be asked to teach.

The sculptured look New trend in small gardens

THERE'S NOTHING cold about the trend to a cleaner, more dramatic look that's coming over American gardens today. No familiar favorites are banished. In most gardens, it's a rearrangement only, with our favorite plants and best-loved nooks looking much better for the going over they get to show off their best points.

SCANDINAVIA

SMALL HOMES in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, and Oslo are much like ours. People do their own housework, are just as home-loving as we are. Probably that's why Scandinavian-style furniture has become so popular in the U.S.A. during the last 10 years. It's slender to make small homes live larger, it's economical, it's Contemporary without being cold. When I flew over to cover the annual fall Design Cavalcade, I saw over a hundred model rooms, dozens of museums-- all four countries showed the newest home fashions.

It doubles the space but not the cost

When it comes to enclosing space for living-- pure and simple space-- the two-story house comes into its own. Dollar cost per square foot is minimum; so's the land you devote to building.

Three-step magic with flowers

IT'S EASY AS ABC to put dramatic beauty into your flower arrangements. Whether you prefer the full, lush loveliness of the Traditional bouquet or the simple elegance of Oriental design, follow these basic steps. Use showy branches and flowers for a magnificent display; smaller blossoms and leaves for beauty in miniature. You'll enjoy the excitement you can so easily create

Fabulous iris-for your very own

DON'T PLANT TROUBLE

A family room in the attic!

A family room in the basement!

Here's an idea!

Strip away that laundry film

IS that old rascal, washing scum, casting its gray shadow on the snowy white or pretty colors of your dainty nylons? On Dad's shirts? On the children's clothes?

MOVING? Don't keep it a secret

These FOODS are NEWS!

Meringue mix is exciting! In a jiffy, you can whip up a pretty, soft meringue to bake atop cream pies. Or you can bake crisp meringue shells-- big or little-- to fill with ice cream or strawberries. Each 4.1-ounce package contains two packets of egg-white mix. (No leftover yolks this way!) One packet makes meringue for an 8- or 9-inch pie. You'll want to use this all-purpose meringue mix for easy meringue kisses, tortes, baked Alaska, too.

How to get your boat ready for summer fun

If you're one of the 35 million Americans who helped make boating the country's most popular participant sport last year, there's probably no need to tell you that working on boats is a big part of the pleasure of boating.

Science opportunities for teen-agers

At the age of 17, Galileo made one of the basic discoveries of science-- that the time of a pendulum's swing stays the same no matter what the arc. At 20, Halley published a paper on planets' orbits. At 21, Davy discovered laughing gas. Marconi, at 20, was deep in wireless telegraphy. Edison got his first patent at 21.

Remodeled kitchen-for only $618!

The how-to of family camping

Lumber storage

Just how should your baby sleep?

Recently, a number of orthopedic surgeons have noticed many cases in which toddlers' legs from hips to feet were turned either inward or outward in a marked degree, rather than being held in the normal midline position. The orthopedists noted, also, that there seemed to be a definite relationship between these distortions and the manner in which the children had been accustomed to sleep since early infancy.

Winning curtain combinations

Bright ideas in lighting

Personal help in planning, decorating and furnishing YOUR home

Look for this Better 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.

What an ARCHITECT does for you

THE FIRST JOB of an architect is to understand what you have in mind for your home. You'll want to tell him all about yourselves so he can suggest ideas that will match your house to your hobbies, your children, and you. He can make a small house work well, and make any house look better.

Latest Garden News

Pest is an accurate word for iris borers. They work unseen, for the most part, and complete their damage before there's much evidence they've been busy.

Keep your power mower purring

The diary of a Plain dirt gardener

May 1 Once again I was singing, "Oh, what a wonderful May morning." There is bloom everywhere-- lilacs, fragrant viburnum, another viburnum with white bloom, and Halesia or giant silver- bell. Other plants showing, too.

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THE MAN NEXT DOOR

Our young friends, the O'Reillys, longed for the country life. "City living's too hectic," protested Judy. They were going to find a "country" house, just right for commuting. We were surprised to see them return that evening exhausted. "The trouble with the American suburb," Judy explained, "is that everybody who dreamed of getting away from it all arrived at the same time."