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| | 20 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1924 Basement Can Be Excellent Playroom For Winter Months Keeps Children Safe and Comfortable as Well as Out of Mischief By ELSIE WEST If your basement is dry and well ventilated it can hold many things besides a furnace, a storeroom, a coal- bin and a laundry. If it is damp, I guess that it is hopeless unless that \ dampness is remedied, for it would be unhealthful for you to use the base- ment for anything at all, and, in fact, it really endangers the healthfulness of the whole hoiuse. But there are many good light basements that are going to waste when with a little trouble they could be fixed up and made into real additions to the house. The walls could be painted with some light color, but not white, as that is too glaring, and it is a simple matter to put up a few partitions, if they are not already there. One small space might be fitted up as a workroom for the man who loves to "putter" around, or even if he doesn't love it there are often little things which must be mended and that is a convenient place to do it, and he will not be cluttering up some other part of the house. And how the growing boy would revel in such a room! A place where he can have his own tools and an experi- ment to his heart's content, with no one to bother him. Speaking of puttering--and I really had no intention of making a pun-- if there is a "golf bug" in the family his winters and rainy Sundays may again be made livable by installing an indoor golf stand by which he can measure his different shots on a put- ting clock. This may be played in the largest part of the basement, which can be well fixed into a gym- nasium, with a few horizontal bars and other things. A billiard table al- ways brings about great fun for the whole family. Fine for the Children Then what more perfect place could the children have to frolic than in a playroom of their own in the base- ment? In it they would .feel almost as free as they would out of doors and the problem of keeping them in during inclement weather would be greatly lessened. The noise would not pervade the rest of the house, and yet the mother will know where they are and that they are not in mischief --or she is as sure of that as it is ever possible to be. The playroom must be fitted up in an attractive and inviting manner, and yet the simplest things will do--the simplest and sturd- iest. & By the use of lamps you can prob- ably light the basement sufficiently with the outlets that you have, but if you are not able to do this it is best to have some more put in, for that is one important thing in the making of your basement into a part of your home. It must be light and cheerful and not let one semblance remain of the natural basement gloom. To keep away from the hardness and bareness in appearance the floors should be covered. This should be done also from the standpoint of health. Old rugs that have been dis- carded for use upstairs may be called into service here. A straw matting grass rug would be fitting and here is another place where the old standby linoleum may be put into use. FIND BAD DIET INJURES TEETH Health Director Comments on Statistics Every other school child in Illinois has at least one bad tooth, declared Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings, state health director, who bases the estimates on surveys re- cently conducted in this and other states. This condition is a serious reflection up- on the ability of parents to choose for themselves and their children the proper kinds of foods, the director adds, be- cause faulty diet causes dental decay more frequently than does the lack of a toothbrush. "When children eat from one-third to half a pound of sugar daily, drink coffee and complete their diet with meat and potatoes, the wonder is that teeth are not worse than they really are" Dr. Rawlings asserted. "Hard, durable teeth are made of material rich in cal- cium, phosphorus and vitamins and the chief source of these ingredients is milk, leafy vegetables, fruits and cereals. "What the prospective mother eats de- termines very largely the character of the primary teeth of her child, while the diet of ahe infant up to six years of age largely determines the character of his permanent teeth. "A toothbrush is a good thing when properly used, but it canot make a hard tooth out of a soft one. Neither can it take the place of diet in giving to a person a durable tooth. Proper diet is no more expensive than poor diet. It is a matter of choice and not cost. A well balanced diet will not only give the r'ght foundation for good teeth, but it will help prevent a lot of such eased conditions as diabetes, cancer and tuberculosis. "Parents should consult their family physician relative to proper diet for making sound, hard teeth and should visit the family dentist twice a year for advice and 'preventative treatment." dis- Read the Want-Ads 'QUALITY FOR 70 YEARS -THATS THE REASON" COFFEE REIDMy CHICAGO wre SDOCH &.CO. "Monarch is the only coffee we ever had to buy in ton lots." KIRKISH BROS., Retail Grocers, Houghton, Mich. Cocoa Pork and Beans anberries Tomatoes Tea Peanut Butter Red Raspberries Peas Sweet Pickles Prepared Mustard Strawberries Hominy Sweet Relish Grape Juice Blackberries Pumpkin Catsu Fruit Salad Cherries Stringless Beans O Chili Sauce Pineapple Beets Sweet Potatoes «¥ Preserves Cling Peaches Red Kidney Beans Sauer Kraut . Mince Meat Sliced Peaches Lima Beans Spinach avorites Mayonnaise Dressing Apricots Asparagus Tips Salmon 1000 Island Dressing Pears Corn Milk he Electric Ranges Prove Popular With Households In the first nine months of 1924 the Public Service company installed and is energyzing 35 per cent more elec- tric ranges than in the same period 1923. So it is apparent the record of the latter year will be pretty well beaten by the 1924 business. For the most part ranges are installed in towns where there is no gas service The records of the Public Service company show that the amount paid by owners for wiring and fixtures in the houses fitted up between January and October, 1924, was considerably more than the sum expended for the some purpose in the same months of 1923. This was chiefly because larg- er installations were ordered and in many cases better fixtures than usual. 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Automatic Windshield Wiper This gas and oiling station is just across the street from our garage, and is under our management. inter Comtorts You should be as comfortable driving your machine in cold weather You probably need one or more of the following Fyrac Spot Light A Good Spare Tire (Silvertown) Alcohol Lighter Oil and Grease Better drive in at once and let us equip your car with whatever you need to make your winter driving comfortable and safe. HUBBARD WOODS GARAGE 1010 Tower Road «Service With A Smile." PHONES: WINNETKA 617--1834 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS Goodrich i Tires