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Thursday. December 21, 1961 THE McHENRY PLAINDEALEH UNDER 21 column for By Dan HalUgan IH sufcst diffiin • •• ] I)EAR DAN: I'm 20 and one of the local fellows who is 2W "as been home from service for more than a year now. He'* also going steady with a girl who has left home to atteiitL, school. While talking to him over a cup of coffee, he asked me if .JfcVvoulcl consider dating him during the week only* as his steady comes home each weekend. However, he did not state where we #ould go on dates, public or otherwise, nor did he mention whether his girl would know about the dating. He says he thinks a lot of her and hopes to marry her someday. Put ting yourself in my place, if you liked the guy, what would you do? -- Alice. DEAR AI.ICE: First of all, I wotdd know for a fact * wl his girl was aware of the extra dieting and' »«* she didn't mind. I would also Ilnd out what sort of dating this fellow had in mind. If tlu> dates consisted of meeting in the shadows, that would be that. However, I don't believe you date htm Why? fle's already told you he thinks a lot of the girl and hopes to marry her. For your part, you also admit you like him Thus, two girls are showing interest in one fellow |mt this one ff How has pretty much committed himself to Girl No. 1. 1 don't want to push you into marriage but when a girl is 20, I think she can do more with her social life than serve as stitute dating material for the varsity player who is aw&v Fihg the week. There's just no future in this for you. Karla Boyd, 12 years old and a seventh grader of Lawrence, Ind., would like to h^ve girl pen pals of the same age and would also like them to be active in Scouting. Karla, whose address is 7725 East 51st street, Lawrence, Ind., is active in 4-H. girls Softball and Methodist Youth Fellowship. PEAK DAN: My sister and I, twins of 13,- have to come home from school dances at 11 o'clock and it's only then that the school band begins to play. The dance ends at 11:30 and several of our girl friends are there who are allowed to stay until 11:30 when their fathers bring them home. We're a ways sure of a ride home with a father so don't you think that once a month, we could stay out until 11:30 p.m.? -- J. and S. DEAR TWINS: I'm sorry but the answer is no -- not when you're 13. Why can't the school band^start playing an hour earlier? Personally, I think you two arevery lucky to be allowed out until 11 o'clock and as long •• you've got a good thing going, don't kick. ^ DEAR DAN: The girls in our neighborhood have a problem boys. You see, these girls have boy friends and as fat. as we know, these boys like these girls. The problem is ttim. a couple of guys get together on a phone or two and call some boy's girl friend and try to disguise their voices. The boy or boys then tell the girls their boy friends don't like them anymore. They do this -just for kicks but they're losing a lot of girl friends and the respect of the girls' parents. What can we do to - prevent these phone calls? -'Troubled Girls. , I)FiAB TROUBLED GIRLS: Believe it or not but phone calls of this nature are typical of' many boys of 12, IS and I 14 and they do so just to have something to do. Most parents don't appreciate their daughters receiving such calls and in nr^pt cases, the calls stop when the parents decide enough is enough. The hoys should know better but If they have to learn the hard way, that will have to be the solution. DEAR DAN: I'm 12 years old and I would like girls b<>.\s to write to me. I like the outdoors and my name address are Judy Bitter, Rural Route 4, Columbus, Neb. by Anne Ashley (Persons who wish to have help with specific problems may write to Anne Ashley in care of W. L. Gordon Feature. 9th floor, Resor building, 37 W. Seventh Street, Cincinnati, 2. Ohio, sending along a stamped self-addressed envelope.) and and DEAR DAN1. I'm going steadily but not steady with this girl around the corner and she's getting too serious for me. She hasn't ever come right out and said so but she keeps dropping .hints about my class ring. Even if I was going steady vvjlh her, I couldn't give her the ring because that's one tnwig my parents said they wouldn't stand for -- a girl getting the ring I worked so hard to buy. - How can I tell this girl the story without making her feel tike I'm hitting her in the face? -- Indy. •DEAR INDY: The next time mention of the ring Is brought up, even casually, just as casually tell her you can never give your ring to a girl no matter how much you Ufa* her because of orders on the home front. Once she knows thi*, she may let up and change the subject. DEAR DAN: Every so often my boy friend shows up flat broke and it always happens when we have a date for tl^, movies or somewhere else. I don't enjoy sitting at home but what else can we do when he doesn't have any money? I get£ a nice allowance each week and want to know if it would be wrong to offer him a loan of a couple of dollars. That would solve all our problems. •-- Lillian. 'IDEAR LILLIAN: Sorry but you might create more problems. If your boy friend doesn't have enough money for all the dating you do, that could mean you two either spent too much on one date or you're dating too often. What's wrong with sitting at home once in a while? Yoiir heart is in the right place but I don't think any money should be offered under the circumstances you wrote a&ut. DEAR DAN: Are peg pants completely out of style these days? -- G. O. • t DEAR G. O.: I certainly hope so. DEAR DAN: My older brother usually gets home from work just about the time I come home from my dates and he makes me very uncomfortable. If my date and I stay out on the porch longer than a minute, he starts calling me into the house and I don't think he has this right. My parents never say anything. What can I do about him? -- S. DEAR S.: Time can slip by very quickly when a girl a hoy are saying goodnight. However, see what your mother has to say. Q. How can I flatten the edge or corner of a linoleum rug that persists in bulging or curling up? A. Place a hot-water bottle filled with hot water over the bulged or curled area. When the linoleum is thoroughly warm, remove the bottle and place a large book or flat weight over the spot until it has cooled. A stubborn spot «iil usually respond to this treatment. Q. How can I prevent th? bottom crusts of my fruit pies from becoming poeiy from the juices of the fruits? A. Bake the^shel! of your pie for about five minutes before putting in the fruit, and this will prevent the juice from penetrating the crust. Q. How can I remove a piece of paper that has become stuck to the polished surface of a table top? A. Olive oil will usually do a quick and easy job of this. Q. How can I remedy a pair of gloves when some of the fingers are a bit too tight for comfortable wearing? A. Insert a clean, cold curling iron into each finger. Open the iron slightly to stretch gently, pulling the iron out slowly at the same time to avoid "fan" shaping of the fingertips of the gloves. Q. Any sue: s e s I i o n s for some "homemade" Chrisimas tree ornaments? A. You can fashion some very attractive tree orn»ni< ills from burned-out light bulbs. Cover the bulbs with mucilage and then dip them into colored confetti or artificial snow. Q. How can I make a better job of cleaning ashtrays'1 A. With denatured alcohol, a .stiff brush, and lots of scrubbing. This procedure will clean either brass or copper ashtrays that are discolored by tobacco and nicotine. Q. H"\v can I make dry shampoo to clean the hair of a person who is suffering from a severe cold? A. Massage some dry cornmeal thoroughly into the scalp, then brush it out. This treatment will invigorate the scalp and at the same time give the hair a natural gloss, besides a much cleaner feeling. Q. How can I make a ^ood aluminum polish? A. Mix amonia and water in equal quantities, and then add the mixture to sufficient borax to make a paste about as thick as paint. Apply this with a thick, soft cloth, and then polish with a flannel. Q. Is there any "way I can repair a hole thaj has been burned into a~ leather-covered table top? A. You can sometimes hide this by melting some candlewax of a matching color, pouring into the hole, and smoothing this out while it's still soft. Q. How can I improvise a glu£, when I have run out cf the real thing in my house? A. Colorless fingernail polish makes a good substitute ghie for most purposes. Q. How can I remedy chair legs or rungs that have become loosened? A. You can usually do a pretty good job of locking these legs or rungs securely in their holes if you'll drive some small brads in the sides of the holes at an angle before forcing the leg tenons or rungs back into the holes. The brads will bend and act as wedges. Q. What can I do when some cream seems too thick to whip? A. Place the dish of cream in another dish containing cold water. When chilled, place in a dish of hot water for a few minutes, and then your cream should whip very readily. Q. Can you suggest a good tip for the easy removal of decals from furniture? A. Place some adhesive cellulose tape over the decal, and then remove it. and the decal will peel off with it. Q. Please give me a suggestion for an attractive Christmas table centerpiece or mantel decoration. A. Light a candle inside a four-sided kitchen grater. The holes in the grater look like hundreds of tiny stars when Uluminated from within. Stand this "lantern" on a plate of Christmas greens, and top it with a red bow. Q. How can 1 prevent eggs from bursting while boiling them? A. They'll not burst if one end of each egg is stuck with a needle" before placing it in j ( the water. This'makes ail out- | let for air, and prevents the « eggs from cracking. J Q. How can T clean win- ( Page Eleven dows during cold weather without using water? A. There are any number of commercial products ou Hie market for window cleaning. You can also use a cloth dampened in wood alcohol, then polishing with a clean, dry cloth. Q. What can I do when the stains on my marble-topped table fail to respond to soap-andwater cleaning? A. Try rubbing them with a cotton pad soaked in lemon Juice. Rinse the* surface thoroughly with clean water to prevent damage to the marble. Colorless polishing wax is a good conditioner for thoroughly clean marble. Q. How can I make my own linoleum polish? A. A mixture of equal parts of thick, boiled starch and thick, warm soapsuds makes a good polish for linoleum -- and also makes it resistant to soiling. Q. Do you have a tip foi stopping loose windows from 'attling during high winds and seeping us awake at night? A. One stopper is to wedge some wooden golf tees between he windows and their frames. Q. 'What is the proper way o cut off excess carpeting? A. Turn the carpet upside lown. and use a very sharp inife to sever the oords. As a uide for making a straight •ut. keep the blade between ^ 'wo parallel filler or warp •trands. Q. I hpve to park my en: u;side duiing the winter "lonths. which means much Tapirr; in the morning of the frost that accumulates on m> vindshield. How can I avoid his? A. Slip some rubber floor lats, waffle-side against the Tlass, under your windshield viper blades. When you remove h< *se mats in the morning, our windsliield will be clean ind dry. Q. What's the easiest way o apply liquid wax A. Use a sponge that has >e< n dipped Into water, \mm '.ry, and patted between papi owels to soak up any excess water. This sponge will do a much better job, and waste lea* ] into some colorless fingernail wax, than a dry. one would Q. Is there some way I can prevent white enamel paint from turning yellow later after its application? A. ^Fhis may sound somewhat paradoxical, but one teaspoon of black enamel added to a quart of white enamel will prevent this yellowing. Q. How can I add new life to fiber brooms? A. A bath of four quarts of warm water and six tablespoons of liquid detergent will add lots of life to your fiber brooms. Let them stand in this solution for about a half-hour, then hang them up in a cool place to dry. Q. How can I renovate used Christmas wrapping paper, ribbons. and the like, which I have saved from past Christmases? A. With a damp sponge, wipe the ribbons and the paper on the wrong side, then iron them -- and you'll have "newlooking" package decorations. Q. How can I repair a shoelace that has lost its metal tip? A. Dip the end of the lace polish, give It a twist, and let it dry. It'll end up stiff enough to poke through the eyelets of your shoes. Q. Any suggestions on the making of good stew? A. Be sure to brown the meat on all sides in a little fat before adding any liquid. Chopped onions may be added during the browning process, if you like. Add other vegetables to the stew just long enough before the meat Is tender sc that they will not be overdone in the finished product. 'X -- Q. How can I remove mSk stains from fabrics? A. Moisten the stains with warm water, apply some powdered pepsin, and work this into the fabric with a glass rod. Let it remain for a half-hoar er so, then sponge with water or wash. Q. How can I make a good, transparent cement for glass? A. One good one is made by digesting together for about a week one ounce of Indiarubber, 67 ounces of ddoraform and 40 ounces of mastic. 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