Radio and television mirror (July-Dec 1951)

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BY BARBARA WEEKS She's Nurse Ann Malone on the air, and the rest of the time, a wife, a mother, a homemaker. It can be done — but it takes a lot of doing;! It's no longer news that a woman can have a home, a career — and even a child — and manage sufficient time for each. But that sort of life does mean doing only important things, never bothering about unimportant ones! Most important of all on my list comes my daughter Roberta; everything else has to give in order that I spend plenty of time with her. For example, we seldom entertain at late dinner parties, but when we do I make sure the occasion becomes a, special one for Roberta, too, rather than a time when she feels left out of the fun. Well before time for guests to arrive, I set a special table for her in the living room. She sits in a comfortable chair, eats an appetizing, nourishing dinner — no sandwich and milk supper — and I take time from my party preparations to sit with her and either talk or read to her while she eats. dto Som QxAfvt Jpm -ioau ' zJn Som QxAetvt There's nothing that can make your whole place look unattractive as quickly as a soiled, spotted rug. The combination of sooty Manhattan and a small daughter doesn't help to keep my rugs new-looking for very long at a time and, although I do some emergency repair work myself on them from time to time, I firmly believe that rugcleaning is not a profession to which I'm suited, and I'm more than willing to leave the job to someone who understands it better than I do. It takes the services of a reliable rug cleaner, experience has taught me, to remove all of the soil embedded in a rug — home spot-cleaning should be reserved for emergencies only. There are many rug cleaners, but not all of them can be depended . on to do a good job, unfortunately. If your rug cleaner is a member of the National Institute of Rug Cleaners you can, however, be reasonably safe in assuming he'll do a good job for you. You see, the NIRC makes available to its members information on most up-to-date and effective methods, machines and materials. Here's another thing I've learned — if you want a good job of rug-cleaning done, it's a good idea to know what constitutes one — and to let your cleaner know that you know! Here are some points to bear in mind: (a) Dry dusting or mechanical beating is a process preliminary to shampoo. It removes as much loose dirt and grit as possible, (b) Shampooing washes both face and back of rug with solution of neutral soap or soapless lather. This is followed by (c) series of rinses with water to completely remove soil and soap, (d) Moisture is removed with special equipment, and then rug is thoroughly dried, (e) Shrinkage — and this is very important — is controlled by frames or other equipment during or after the drying period. Advantages of having your rugs cleaned by experts are these: saving of time and hard work for you, and the fact that professional cleaners have facilities for thorough rinsing, fast, controlled-shrinka'ge drying — two important points! RADIO TELEVISION MIRROR for 50