April 1959

Advances in dentistry

Restoring individual teeth, rather than extracting them, is becoming routine. New materials and techniques make this possible even if decay or an accident requires grinding the original tooth down below the gum line-- if the root is sound.

HANDYMAN HOW-TO...

Lighting ideas you can borrow

These FOODS are NEWS!

Strawberry angel-food cake mix makes a feathery, pink cake that's polka-dotted with bits of red strawberries. Pretty for birthday parties. Divided 16-ounce package has egg-white mix and flour mix. You add water. Bake cake in the pan of your choice-- from tube to loaf pans.

Six ideas from one room

When your child goes to the hospital

A heartsick mother and father who had just "abandoned" their six-year-old daughter to the Children's Medical Center in Boston were asked if they'd like to see how little girls spend their time at the hospital. When they answered that they would, a nurse took them to a window looking into a large sunlit room. There, a dozen small patients, some busy with toys, some sitting cozily around child-size tables, were completely engrossed in play, and right in the middle sat their daughter, quietly cuddling a doll as she giggled at the antics of a television cartoon.

It's NEWS to me!

Help your children develop their appreciation for good music with records that mix fun and learning. These albums, developed by Milton Cross, music commentator, and Ernest LaPrade, teacher-musician, include quizzes, illustrated booklets.

HOW TO BE HAPPY WITH YOUR LANDSCAPING

Holiday in the ROCKIES!

Stretching from the Tetons of Wyoming northward through Montana and into the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, the central section of the Rocky Mountains provides not only spectacular scenery and a variety of outdoor activities, but also easy access to six of the finest national parks in North America: Grand Teton, Yellowstone, and Glacier in the United States, and Waterton Lakes, Banff, and Jasper in Canada.

Meet a house that's "true to life"

When the Phillip Egans first went to Architect Louis Huebner, they described a simple and graceful house-- one having elements of much-admired Japanese design, without the look of an Oriental curiosity. It had to meet a budget and fit their 75×150-foot lot in Glenview, Illinois.

Carl Sandburg

You remember back to many years ago when you talked in Dayton, Ohio, with Orville Wright, and how he told you, "The faster you go, the less power you need." You remember how he described that first precarious air adventure at Kitty Hawk. And now you're witness to man's latest daring and intelligence, an airplane that moves as fast as the arc of the sun and is itself longer than the distance of Orville Wright's first flight.

Six rooms--dozens of ideas!

Lively colors and carefree furnishings make this little-used porch a comfortable family room. In your room, as they did here, synthetics can go a long way toward cutting down cleanup work.

They got their house... and furnishings too!

When Liz and Ron Eckert told the builder to go ahead with their first home, they knew they were also facing the expense of furnishing it-- after making that big down payment. In the four-month waiting period while their home was being built, here's what they did to make the usually difficult apartment-to-home transition go more smoothly:

HOW THE GOOF-OFF GULPS YOUR BUILDING DOLLARS

WE AMERICANS pride ourselves on hard work, knowhow, and the ability to do a job and do it right. We don't appreciate people who shirk their duties-- whether it be in a professional office, at a white-collar desk, in a factory, or anywhere else. Nor do we put up with deliberate inefficiency, obstructionism, and plain stalling.

Do something to your kitchen every year

Money for your recipes

Holiday birds. We bet you have a festive way with turkey, chicken, Rock Cornish game hens, duckling, or goose. Use a whole bird, a half, quarter, or the cutups. Include stuffing and sauce recipes, and platter-garnish ideas. Or is your recipe for leftover poultry?

You need a top-notch sink center

The clean-up center in your kitchen is important-- every day. You spend more time at the sink than at any other area, so why not plan a sink center that really saves time and work? Keep in mind, today's sinks come in many styles and sizes.

Babies and bottles

"Will cold milk hurt my baby?" a young mother asked her infant's pediatrician. "I gave him an ice-cold formula the other night. I was so tired I didn't realize what I was doing, but he liked the milk cold and now prefers all his bottles straight out of the refrigerator. Will it hurt him?"

Even the lamps and curtains are built in!

Seven quick answers to closet bedlam

Here are inexpensive gadgets which give you more space to store clothing. Some expand your present closet. Others are "closets on wheels" which you can put into any room, from basement to attic, even use on the porch for a party evening! Some of these portable closets are sealed for out-of-season storage. Others are best for airing sports gear.

HANDYWOMAN HOW-TO...

See what fabrics can do!

What is a HEADACHE?

Ironically, a standard medical dictionary defines headache as "a pain in the head." By conservative estimates, that's what 20 to 40 million Americans suffer each week. Indeed, headache, along with the common cold, aching muscles, and tooth decay, comprise the most common ailments of Modern Man.

What boat for your family?

How three places gained new faces

How to plant practically anything

How to get plans

Five Star Home 2904, shown on page 54, is one of a monthly series for which you can buy complete plans with the following features:

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.

Stories your tablewares tell

The brilliant design treatment seen in Classic Gold crystal, Asia pattern china, and The Diamond Pattern sterling silver flatware is as new as tomorrow. But the inspiration for each lies in the past. Like the handsome ceramic reproduction shown above-- an authentic copy of a Sixth Century B.C. Etruscan cup-- these stunning modern patterns show strong, clean lines, perfectly balanced proportions, and a dignified respect for materials and function.

15 GREAT HYMNS

In 1824, when his Ninth symphony finally fulfilled Beethoven's dream of creating a work "celebrating joy, the conqueror of grief," the composer was too deaf to hear the tumultuous applause that greeted its premiere. But when he faced the audience, he saw a demonstration almost unequaled in the annals of music-- people standing, waving handkerchiefs, and weeping.

Elegant extras for your bathroom

While you're away, board your dog

Spring care of roses

The diary of a Plain dirt gardener

April 1. At work time it was 70 as I sallied forth to plant my new roses, clad in familiar old overalls, denim coat, clodhopper shoes, and old felt hat. The roses I planted included some of the new 1959 introductions: Ivory Fashion-- All- America Winner-- Fashionette, Gold Coast, and Kordes Perfecta.

VEGETABLES

Nature is profile. Wish your help, a relatively small garden plot will produce tremendous quantities of vegetables. In fact, it is quite easy to plant too much of one vegetable. So before you plant the first seed, determine your family's requirements: how much will be used fresh, how much will be needed for canning or freezing, and how much is to be given away to friends.

APRIL GARDEN REMINDERS

Plant supports: Lay in a supply of bamboo, wood, and heavy wire plant stakes to have on hand when needed. Get plenty of plant ties, too.

How to succeed with strawberries

Facts on lawn feeding

Fine lawns are easier to grow today. One reason, perhaps the most important, is that lawn fertilizers are getting better each year.

THE MAN NEXT DOOR

I happen to know exactly what Fred Randolph's lawn needs this year, and I eased over to the fence to give him a few pointers. But I let it go when I couldn't find a decent opening in his discussion of what my lawn needs this year.