March 1959

How to draw your own murals

Are you missing income tax deductions?

In 1954 and again in 1958, when Congress was busy plugging old loopholes in the tax laws, determined taxpayers were just as busy finding new ones. For this is the era of the loophole pioneers-- men and women willing to plunge through as much tangled legal undergrowth as necessary to find new and legitimate schemes for holding on to their money.

The expiration date

MARCH GARDEN REMINDERS

Plant: Dig, divide, and transplant crowded clumps in perennial borders when soil and weather permit. Save the most vigorous divisions to plant. Space according to mature size of plants. Water thoroughly.

IMMUNE MILK

A Los Angeles woman, bedridden for years with rheumatoid arthritis, last summer decided to try something new. She drank a quart of milk a day. Less than a month later she was out on the golf course, practicing to break 100.

DON'T IGNORE THOSE WATER SPILLS!

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They did it themselves--and love it!

For the Bensons, or for any young couple, the problem is complex, but simply stated: how do you stretch the furniture from your old apartment to fill the wider spaces in your brand new home? How do you buy new furniture when you've spent most of your savings on the down payment for the house? Finally, how do you get a finished, coordinated look from your furnishings when you've acquired them over the years a piece at a time?

Gals, here's how to Get off the homemaking hook!

Let's face it, today's lady of the house would need a 48-hour day or have to be a juggling artist to get everything done. And since this is unlikely, she either becomes frustrated because she hasn't "accomplished" or else she's forced into making decisions such as "Shall I help Susie make a new outfit for her doll before I start dinner, or shall I dust and run the vacuum cleaner in the living room?"

Big, old bathrooms now make sense!

Time for new window fashions

Tips on shades and blinds that work window wizardry

Blinds insulate windows so air conditioner works less to cool room. Three venetian blinds hang from long header uniting three windows. Blinds operate separately. One is shortened above conditioner left in the year around.

Whirlpool

SPECIAL THIS WEEK ONLY: Super manners at the supermarket

THE $5,000,000 quiz for bright students

Next month, more than a quarter-million high school juniors, from California to Maine, will take the qualifying test of the National Merit Scholarship program. For many of them, the test could mean the difference between going to college and not going.

How to keep home life happy

Today, when divorce statistics show that one marriage in four founders, definitely all is not serene.

Stories your tablewares tell

Bathroom built-ins for moisture control

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.

Catalina: California's Hawaii

An Eastern newspaper executive and his wife once sailed to Santa Catalina aboard a friend's yacht for their first look at that warm, palm-dotted Pacific vacation isle. The executive grew increasingly thoughtful during the dreamy days of their visit, and finally, when the hour of departure arrived, told his wife, "You go on home and close everything up. Sell the stuff or give it away. Then come back. I've made up my mind. I'm not going to leave this island-- ever!"

How to prune shrubs

The diary of a Plain dirt gardener

March 1. After I got home this afternoon, along came the head of the landscape department of our nursery to talk over the cutting down of that elm tree west of the house. It died last summer and he will replace it with the good size red oak I had picked out at the nursery.

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THE MAN NEXT DOOR

After the dreariness of January and February, March is a welcome change even though it's wild and windy. Blustery March, howling of winter's end, is really a noisy overture to spring.