October 1960

OCTOBER GARDENING WHERE YOU LIVE!

Winter flowers: Among the wonders of the New World that amazed the pilgrims were the shrubs that bloomed from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Two hardy plants that you can set out now will give you bloom from Thanksgiving till spring. They are the Christmas rose-- not really a rose at all, but a member of the buttercup family-- and witch hazel.

CROWN THE COOK

What it costs to borrow on life insurance

All life insurance policies, except term insurance, build up a cash-surrender value after a year or two. While other interest rates have risen recently, most insurance contracts stipulate that you can borrow up to 100 per cent of your current cash value at a rate of 5 per cent. There are a few policies that set the rate at 6 per cent. On GI policies, it's 4 per cent.

Know these quick antidotes for poisoning

To be given immediately in cases of suspected poisoning, poisoning by an unknown substance, or in place of nonavailable specific antidotes:

Now: armor-plated teeth to resist decay

Can you trust lifetime and money-back guarantees?

Breakfasts that pour. These go down easily!

Can't face solid food in the morning? Don't have time to eat breakfast? Then drink that first meal. Go ahead and have your coffee eye-opener, but don't stop there. You need breakfast for at least one-fourth of the day's nourishment. Fact is, you feel better, work better.

Take sixty seconds--and relax

Plan a winter vacation for the thrift season

To have the luxury of a winter vacation and save money too, make your plans and reservations now to take advantage of off- or thrift-season rates. In most cases, you can save $4-$25 a day for two people.

To teach a child about beauty . . .

How to shave years off your mortgage

Once you know how long it takes, it doesn't take so long!

DO YOU feel guilty because your house doesn't measure up to your own standards of cleanliness and neatness? Maybe you're a member of the "Daily Doldrums Club." Kiss hubby off in the morning, then sit staring at the dirty breakfast dishes unhappy over your monotonous lot in life. Or maybe you're a gal so wrapped up in community and PTA work that housekeeping time is limited.

New Dutch bulbs for American gardens

How to make your best room look even better

JUST any change in a room will provide variety, but the right change can make your worst room look as good as your best --and your best room look even better.

How not to pick a college haphazardly

The techniques now employed by high school students for picking the wrong colleges to attend are so efficient that 60 per cent of the freshmen who reach campus this autumn will either transfer or quit before graduating. This is the result, in large part, of two common misconceptions. First is the notion that colleges can be listed by reputation or popularity, as though they were tunes on the Hit Parade.

Get personal help at a Home Planning Center in furnishing and decorating 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 which feature personal counsel in furnishing and decorating your home.

A bill of rights-and wrongs-for baby-sitting

The secret of a good relationship between baby sitter and parent is that they both know what to expect from each other. Just because someone comes and stays with your children while you are gone doesn't mean that she is doing everything she should as a baby sitter. And just because you pay her what she asks doesn't mean you are doing everything you should as a parent.

The gold on your trees is worth money

Know your evergreens

CENTENNIAL TOUR OF THE CIVIL WAR

IT was an intimately known war. We know where the first Union soldier was killed at Gettysburg and his name-- Private George W. Sandoe. We know where Lee, watching the shattered remnants of Pickett's charge straggle back to the Confederate lines, was startled to hear a voice cry. "Hurrah for the Union!" Dismounting, he saw a wounded Union prisoner.

ACTION in EDUCATION awards

Education is in action throughout the country. Proof came in the hundreds of entries submitted to Better Homes & Gardens first ACTION IN EDUCATION Awards program, designed to recognize and stimulate local action for the improvement of schools-- public, private, and parochial. This program was undertaken in cooperation with the National Education Association and the National School Boards Association.

Ranch house-western style!

The ranch house originated in the West as an expression of easy, confident living. Families who value relaxed living indoors and out still find the ranch style and informal floor plan unequaled.

Shape this shop to suit yourself

Know your hardy Spring-flowering bulbs!

Physical checkups: WHAT and WHEN?

What's new in furnishings

KING-SIZE OR MINIATURE --either way, beds make news. Soon you'll see an oval bed-- not the mammoth, circular style of Hollywood fame, but oval-shaped dual mattresses and box springs which swing out from a regulation headboard. The result: 4 bonus inches of length and width.

the man next door

Martin Daly claims the only reason he is not a celebrity is because people do not know who he is.