Document 6515116

FOLIA'S POINTERS
THE KITCHEN
She's Peeved at Guests
Who Won't Use Towels
By POLLY' CRAMER
PAGE 4
TUESDAY, APRIL 25,1972
THE JOURNAL
By Camille Howland
Woman s Page Editor
Another reader has sent me a little
folder entitled "A Re'port on Animal
'Overpopulation' in response to my
recent column on the subject.
According to the statistics reported in
this folder, "Overbreeding has created a
surplus of nearly, 50 million dogs and
cats. These animals are unwanted and
homeless. Some of them--the lucky oneswill get a quick, merciful death at
humane society shelters. Most,
however, haven't even the hope of being
reached and protected from suffering in
the 3,000 or more communities without
humane societies. Instead, they roam
the country-starving, thirsting, suffering from disease and injury."
Published by the Humane Society of
the United States, this information includes the fact that pet owners should be
urged to cooperate in a community
spaying program. "It may indeed be
possible to set up a low-cost spaying and
neutering clinic." "
This, to me, is sound advice. It might
behoove the local SPCA to act on the
advice from the national unit.
Visiting the shelter to take pictures
one day a few months ago, I was asked
to snap the picture of a new litter of
puppies. "You took the picture of the
mother's litter last year," I was told
proudly.
Now, to me that doesn't make a great
deal of common sense. But this shelter is
in existence for one purpose only-to
provide homes for homeless animals.
What they do while they're in the shelter
is their own business, even if it means
having to try to find homes for six more
new puppies every few weeks.
I think it is commendable that there
are those with the heart and ambition to
care for homeless animals. I do believe,
however, that propagating and
prolonging inferior and unwanted
animal life is not always most merciful.
Polly's Problem
Quilling Revives an Ancient Art
By JOANNE SCHREIBER
DEAR ABBY: We are a family of six.
All healthy and normal, I think. Our
eldest son is 16. (I'll call him BOD Last
summer Bill started putting on an act in
public which I have found utterly
disgusting. He puts his glasses on
askew, shakes, trembles, crosses his
eyes, slurps and giggles and pretends
that he is retarded. This isn't a once-ina-while thing; he can't walk a half a
block on the sidewalk without going into
his act. His father thinks it is hilarious.
I think it is a cheap, sick way of getting attention. Last Saturday at the
shopping center, Bill was so "retarded"
he could hardly get out of the car, and
when he finally got everyone looking at
him, he straightened up and acted
normal.
If we attempt as a family to watch
with his eyes crossed, slurping and
giggling until it's just a nightmare.Meanwhile his father is holding his
sides. I think they are both sicker then
they know. Or is something wrong with
my sense of humor? Perhaps I should
tell you that we have no retardation in
the family anywhere. What on earth is
the matter with this boy?
CANADIAN
DEAR CANADIAN: He obviously
doesn't realize 'that he is ridiculing the
handicapped. But what's his father's
excuse? I hope they both grow up soon.
DEAR ABBY: For some months I
have kept the letter in your column
signed, "NO NAME, PLEASE" who has
been (and probably still is) taking care
of. an aging parent. She wants to know
why nobody offers to stay with the
parent so she herself can have a little
break in her routine.
Abby, nobody needs to be in such
distress. I am a volunteer in a program
which helps people in just such circumstances. This woman has only to tell
her story to her pastor. He surely knows
of organizations and agencies that
provide such services.
There is FISH, also VOLUNTEER
FRIENDLY VISITORS, and others,
listed under "City of," or "County of,"
or "State of," followed by an appropriate title.
If I knew that that woman was in my
neighborhood, I would go at once and
offer to stay with her elderly parent so
she could get some relief. If we don't
hear about these people, their
loneliness, and their related problems,
we cannot offer to help.
Please tell her, and others that the
DEAR POLLY—Mary N. wanted to remove chocolate
stains from her brocade sofa so I suggest that, she try a
Are you looking for a new
little normal-strength peroxide (the kind bought at the
kind of craft? Try your hand
at quilling — the latest of
the great-grandmother skills
to be revived for today's
handworkers.
Quilling is a technique for
making intricate, lacy designs from narrow strips of
paper which have been tightly rolled around a quill pen—
hence, the name. Today, the
drugstore) on the chocolate. I have used this- dozens of
times and find it always works on chocqlate as it bleaches
corsage pin,, a toothpick or
even a knitting needle.
Quilling is believed to have
been originated by 13th-century nuns in Europe, to simulate expensive c a r v e d
ivory. It became so popular
in £he 17th c e n t u r y that
young ladies, were given les-
DEAR POLLY—Money has to be stretched at my house
so I made a crib for' my tiny baby such as I learned to do
when I was in nurses' training. Cribs are soon outgrown
so I would like to share my idea with other girls who
have to watch their pennies.
Needed for this are two straight chairs, strong cord
or old nylon hose, a large
it out without damaging the material and is not as strong
as bleach.—SUE.
DEAR GIRLS^-When Using this on brocade or any such
fabric be sure to first test an inconspicuous spot. A commonly used formula for removing chocolate from silk o r '
wool is two tablespoons peroxide to each, gallon of water.
If necessary leave this on. for half an hour. Be sure to
thoroughly rinse it out.^-POLLY
strips are wound around a
sheet or blanket and large
safety pins. P l a c e the
chairs with the seats facing
•sons in the craft, and fine
examples exist in several
museums.
The basic quilling form is
made by wrapping a Vs-inch
strip of paper tightly around
a corsage pin, and fastening
with a drop of glue. With a
little practice, it's possible
to make the coils tight or
loose, to pinch one end for a
flower petal shape or both
ends for a diamond shape;
to form stars, hearts, leaves
and various kinds of scrolls.
Once a supply of coils has
been made up, they are arranged in an attractive design and glued to a wood or
fabric background.
You can make all kinds of
quilled designs, either abstract or realistic, and frame
them for decorations.
One of the most, enthusi-
each other and tie the'legs
A tiny pearl is Mrs. Alice Yahn's signature for her quillwork. designs, made
up of tiny coils of paper in delicate arrangements. An instruction sheet for this
fascinating old craft is available to readers of this newspaper.
astic quilling experts is Mrs.
Alice Yahn of Prairie Creek,
Ark. She has exhibited her
work at the War Eagle Arts
and Crafts Festival near
Rogers, Ark., and her pieces
have sold out almost instantly. She considers each work
a "little gem," and uses a
small pearl as her signature.
By studying Mrs. Yahn's
technique, we've been able
to work up an instruction
sheet for making quilling designs, which is available exclusively to readers of this
newspaper. If you're running
next fall's church bazaar, if
you're on the lookout for a
new craft technique, if you
• work with groups such as
Girl Scouts, this is a revival
w o r t h investigating. The
technique takes a little practice, but the cost of materials is virtually nothing.
If you'd like to try your
hand at quilling, just send
STITCHIN' TIPS
Dear Joanne: Help! I've
been trying to do machinemade buttonholes on knits,
and they keep coming out
stretchy and ripply. What's
wrong? The machine works
fine on woven fabrics. M. R.
Dear M. R.: Always back
a
buttonhole in a knit fabric
60 cents to Stitchin1 Time, with a basted-on square of
c/o this newspaper, Box 503, nonwoven interfacing. Work
R a d i o City Station, New the buttonhole over the staYork, N.Y. 10019. Ask for bilizing material, and trim
Quilling Pattern No. 5565, away the extra afterwards.
and be sure to include your You'll have a neat; trim butown name, address and zip tonhole! Best, Joanne.
code. Try it—you'll like it!
{NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
of the two chairs together
with the cord or nylons.
Place a sheet or the blanket lengthwise so the center
of it comes down the middle of the chair backs and
over the seats. Place a
firm pad, protected with
waterproof material, over the seats of the chairs. This
weight will hold the sheet or blanket in place. Pick up
sides of sheet of blanket and bring them up and behind- ^
the chair backs, making the sides of the "crib" about 15
inches high. Pin through sides of sheet or blanket that
form sides of bed and also through the layers that fall
over the center of the chair backs. Tuck the hanging ends
up under the sheet of blanket to give the crib a neater
look.-MARY P.
DEAR GIRLS—Of course, you all realize this is only for
a very small baby who cannot move about. Would be a
great idea for visiting babies or to use while traveling and %^
staying in motels—POLLY
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
' "
CANARY
How to Undoldrum Husband
By BETTY CANARY
Smile and say, "You're cute when you're mad," when
he screams about, your sending his favorite golf shoes to
What with the furor over women's rights, there is no
wonder that more and more husbands are showing the Good Will.
Look wonderingly at him when he asks why you didn't
classic signs of depression.
deposit your paycheck at the bank. Say, "Why, I bought
Certainly a woman should recognize these symptoms in the
s w e e t e s t dress and three pairs of shoes." Look
a man. He is less sure of himself today. He feels unloved, blankly
at him and let him tell you about rent on the"
unappreciated, unworthy. Most of all, he feels as dis- apartment
and car payments.
pensable as a paper napkin. And any wife wants to let
At a party, stay with him constantly. Clutch at him as
him know he is loved, needed and masterful.
How to convince a man he is indispensable? First, real- if he's a Royal Daulton 'figurine that's just been knocked•
ize that nothing makes a man feel more useless than to off a mantel.
Refuse to go to the supermarket without him. Tell him
have nothing to complain about.
you're
afraid to drive on the expressway. Make him take
You can assert your dependence on him by, for exam- an afternoon off work and take you to your doctor's apple, forgetting to pick up his clothes at the cleaners un- pointment.
less he pins a note on your coat collar.
If he begins walking through the house with a whip and
Or ask, "'Will you explain that, honey?" at least 15
chair, you've done the job too well and he's too masterful.
times while he's watching his favorite ball club on TV.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
FAMILY DINNER
Stuffed Breast of Veal
Potatoes
Asparagus
Salad Bowl
Chocolate Cake
Beverage
STUFFED BREAST
OF VEAL
1/2 cup bulk sausage
3 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 cup finely chopped celery
6 slices bread, finely crumbed
(about 2 cups)
1/2 teaspoon salt
. 1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
Bone-in breast of veal (about 3
pounds )j with pocket
3 slices bacon
In a 10-inch skillet cook sausage gently, "crumbling with a
fork. Add butter, onion and
celery and cook until vegetables are wilted. Mix in the
bread, salt, pepper and poultry
seasoning. Stuff into veal pocket; close opening with toothpicks or skewers. Place bone
side down in a 13 by 9 by 2 inch
baking pan. Place bacon over
top of meat and anchor ends
with toothpicks. Tightly cover
pan with foil. Roast in a 350degree oven until veal is very
tender — aboui 21/2 hours;
uncover and roast 1/2 hour
longer to brown.
Note: To make gravy, remove veal to platter and keep
warm. Tilt pan and spoon off
fat. To drippings in pan add 1
container (8 ounces) light
world has many willing, generous
people who will come when they are
needed.
FLORENCE IN
HADDONFIELD, N.J.
DEAR FLORENCE: Thank you for
telling them.
v
DEAR POLLY—^-There is nothing like a fresh paint
job to renew the looks of a house but hands receive
such harsh treatment from strong paint thinner or
similar products used to remove enamel paint, from
the hands. Is there something more gentle, yet
equally as effective, to use for this paint'removal?
—MARY ANN
STITCHIN' TIME
BETTY
BY Abigail Van Buren
.DEAR POLLY—My Pet Peeve is with guests who use
the bathroom but will not use the guest towels (linen or
paper) provided for drying hands and instead use toilet
tissue. The towel rack is right by the basin and the towels
are there to be used.—MRS. V. B. B.
cream. With a wooden spoon
The new knit blazer dress (left) from Dalton of America has plenty of dramatic
flare. VVear it without the jacket and you have a new look as well. Classic knit
dress (right)1 is perfect for the whole spring season. It's from James Kenrob and
was inspired by the sweater dress. Both are in easy-to-pack, easy-to-eare-for
Trevira polyester.
stir over low heat to get up
drippings; add enough gravybrowning-and-seasoning sauce
to give a light brown color and
cook until gravy is slightly
thickened.
Journalist Writes Sad Story
Of his Son's Drug Addiction
?y PEACE MOFFAT
At? Newsfeatures Writer
NEW YORK (AP) —
Most people would think
Sausalito, Calif., would be
a perfect place for a boy to
grow up. North of San Francisco, it's in Marin County —
one of the wealthiest counties in
the United States.
But Sausalito didn't turn out
to be such a good place for
Mark Chapin. He started smote
ing marijuana when he was 14,
soon went on to experiment
with large doses of LSD and
amphetamines, commonly
known as "speed."
Now Mark is 21 years old and
is in a private mental hospital
with a schizophrenic psychosis,
and William Chapin, a journalism teacher and Mark's father,
has wrirtt-Mi a book, "Wasted,
The Story of My Soil's Drug
Addiction."
It is a brutally frank account
which he says he hopes will
make other parents with the
same problem realize they're
not alone. Chapin also says he
wanted to document some of
the mistakes he arid his wife
doctors they saw had few answers. As Mark began using
LSD and speed, he began to sell
his belongings to pay for drugs
and to stay away from home for
varying lengths of time.
"We'd simply not know when
the phone was going to ring — if
he'd be dead, if he'd be in jail.
Then the not knowing where to
turn was pretty bad," Chapin *
says.
At one point, on the advice of
Mark's peers, the Chapiris
threw Mark out of his home —
hoping to frighten him into
changing. But Mark came back
— and, Chapin says, "When •
your son comes home, covered
with dirt and stands in your
doorway, you don't turn him
away."
"I first thought the story's
not that different — why write
about it," Chapin recalls. "And
I thought it would be an invasion of my privacy. But just
thinking was difficult, and I decided not to hold back. Basically Mark has done nothing to be
ashamed of and, aside from
making mistakes, I've done
nothing to be ashamed of."
Mark's parents have asked
themselves over and over what
went wrong with their son.
They have some answers and
theories, say they understand
that they should have been
more consistent and more openly affectionate with their children, but that they will never
know why Mark "went under"
and his sister Pennell (who also
experimented with drugs but
iieVer got heavily involved) did
not.
The Chapins tried putting
Mark in a private school, but he
only sank Seepef into drug use,
and during his senior year he
was suspended from school indefinitely. Mark's psychiatrist
advised putting him in a hospital, but at several private ones
the medical directors refused
to admit him — saying treatment was voluntary and it was
doubtful Mark would stay. He •
was admitted to Synanon, a
drug rehabilitation community,
but returned home after only a
few days.
Finally the Chapins had their
son committed to Napa State
Hospital. After escaping from
there, he was admitted to Mendociiid State Hospital. At this
point, Chapin says, Mark was •
having hallucinations that he
was either Mick Jagger of the
Rolling Stones or singer Bob
Dylan. Finally Mark was admitted to a private' hospital,
where he is today.
"He was tormented by being
half in and half out of reality,"
Chapin says. "But the last hospital reports have been enormously encouraging. I have
strong hopes he will make it."
Chapin says he asked -r— and
received -^ Mark's permission
to publish the hook using real
wife first realized Mark was
smoking marijuana, they went
the medical route. But drug use
was a relatively new problem
seven years ago and the many
all the pain, he says, "Maybe
Mark was a kind of a gift.
People change — even me at
age 53.1 think I am more open
now. I'm getting better."
made.
Chapin says when he and his names, and even now, despite