November 1959

These FOODS are NEWS!

Lemon-flavor chiffon float-- a delightful new dessert from a mix. As it bakes, the airy chiffon layer puffs up top; the sauce goes below. Serve in sherbets with sauce spooned over. The mix is in 8-ounce package; add water, milk, eggs.

Glass--lovely enough to frame

Fireplaces: new looks, new uses!

You once found fireplaces in every room. 1 hey were needed to keep warm. With improvements in heating, fireplaces retreated to the living room where they became largely decorative, little used.

THE SMART WAY TO BUY STOCKS

If you had invested $500 in each of four particular stocks at the beginning of 1958, by year's end your $2,000 would have grown to $6,600. But with four other well-known securities, the investment would have dwindled to $1,640.

Who has more fun than puppies?

THE answer is you. With just a little planning-- as spelled out in this and next month's column-- you'll be surprised at how easy it is to handle a litter of pups. If you have young children, the rewards are multiplied-- both in the rollicking fun of it all, and the chance for youngsters to be a part of this process of nature.

Fill Christmas stockings with handmade gifts

NOVEMBER GARDEN REMINDERS

Shrubs and trees: Protect young shrubs and trees from rabbit damage by placing barriers around them or by applying a rabbit repellent.

Buying a home? Note these three money-savers

A big change has taken place in home financing in recent weeks. Since Congress passed the 1959 housing bill into law, a great, wide door has opened for home-seekers who couldn't arrange the terms they needed.

The Traditional look without antiques

Unusual house plants you'll like

Year-round vacationland--THE GULF COAST

"IN SEASON" is any season along the Gulf of Mexico, 1,500 miles from Brownsville, Texas, to Tallahassee, Florida, and on down to the Florida Keys. The trip can be made in five days, but two or three weeks would be more in the mood of this leisurely country.

Kitchen decorating on a shoestring!

If you need ideas, here's the shop!

Here's a house with built-in privacy

Bulbs in pots are perfect!

More talent than money!

IT'S NOT unusual to long for a home of your own. It is unique, though, for a young couple to want a home so much that they are willing to build it with, literally, their own hands-- and then have the ability to furnish it tastefully. That's the wonderful accomplishment of Marilyn and Irving Deneen of St. Paul, Minnesota.

Gay decorations yours in a package

Put your feet up and relax in style

The right knife for the job!

GIFTS for the family table

Easy-does-it silver care

The busy life is the best life for silver. Use it every day at every meal and tarnishing problems become practically nonexistent.

Grow plants in glass houses

Get personal help at a Home Planning Center

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 which feature personal counsel on home planning, decorating, and furnishings.

What instrument should your child play?

Anxious parents frequently ask me what musical instrument their Johnny should play, or how Susie can be made to practice. These people turn to me because the National Symphony Orchestra has a broad program of concerts for children.

Fine ideas for a family room

How not to listen to somebody else talking until you can give somebody else the chance not to listen to you

AT THE dinner table, when I was a kid, conversation flowed over us young 'uns like a mighty, incomprehensible torrent.

I had this baby under hypnosis

SIX months ago (May 15) I had the most delightful experience of my life. I gave birth under hypnosis. No, I was not unconscious. I was aware of everything, but I felt no pain, only a little discomfort. The nurse even propped me up so I could see better, and I watched the baby born all the way, from her head to her little toes.

Now, here's a real rumpus room!

HANDYMAN HOW-TO

Cooling system protection

For a successful aquarium

The diary of a Plain dirt gardener

Nov. I. All day long it drizzled rain. Not much, but enough to make it too nasty to work outdoors.

Gift Shopping by Mail

THE MAN NEXT DOOR

Luscious quote from my high school daughter in a telephone conversation with a chum who just took a job: "It would be absolutely impossible for me to work. I simply haven't the time."