What is "ooey, gooey, rich and chewy inside; tender, flaky,golden cakey outside" and is 100 years old? Give up? It's the FigNewton. On May 7, Nabisco Brands will celebrate its cookie'sbirthday by donating 25 fig trees to the town of Newton, Mass., forwhich the popular cookie was named. And who says tastes change?Sixty-five million pounds of Fig Newtons are consumed annually. Whoelse would tell you these things?
BIRD BITS: That bird that continually crashes against your largepicture window isn't trying to build a nest in your home. Heprobably sees his reflection in the glass and presumes that it is arival flying into his territory. This is the opinion of JamesFizzell, a University of Illinois horticulturist. Here is Fizzell'shelpful hint: "Break up the reflection in the window by pullingdrapes over the window or hanging up a sheet. The simple way toreduce the reflection is to place an `X' of tape over the window toconvince the bird that the reflection is not a rival trying to stealhis mate."
GOURMET TIDBITS: To obtain the most nutrients from freshproduce, shop for them frequently and buy only as much as you willuse in a few days. If your produce sits in the fridge for a week,it's better to opt for frozen fruits and vegetables. They willretain more vitamin C than fresh vegetables kept too long.
BEAUTY BRIEFS: If you need the strength of mousse to set yourhair, but find that it is drying, use half mousse and half settinglotion. When there is no time for a shampoo, pour witch hazel into asmall bowl. Dip your fingertips into the mild astringent and massageit into your scalp. It will not disturb your set, and will freshenyour scalp until you have time for a shampoo.
TIMELY TIPS: A firm, well-padded ironing board is a must to makeyour ironing quicker and better. If your old board wiggles orwobbles, it's high time you got a new one. Also buy a plastic sheetto cover the floor area before you iron sheets or tablecloths. Whenyou dampen clothes, use warm water. Iron low-heat fabrics first, andthen go on to cotton and linen temperatures. (This preventsscorching.) Stop guessing how much water to use to fill your steamiron. Mark your glass measuring cup with red nail polish to show howmuch you need.
A dampened cloth dipped into baking soda will clean the bottomof an iron. If the soleplate is very sticky, pour salt onto a pieceof brown paper. Run the iron over the salt. Then "iron" a piece ofwaxed paper. Your iron will glide smoothly!
DEAR DORSEY: We read so much about water shortages all over thecountry that we should all resort to ways to save water. For years Ihave collected rain water. I have large plastic buckets that I placeat strategic places where the water runs off my roof. I then fillplastic bottles with the water and store them in the garage. Ialways have enough water when it doesn't rain to water my plants andthe flowers in my garden. Saved rainwater is also great for cleaninghands that have been working in the garden (the water is so soft youneed little soap). And I use it for washing garden tools, dust mopsand dust rags. It sure saves on the water bill!
CAROLE KUBIK
Thank you, Carole, for presenting a very important idea. Weshould all be more conscious of saving water. Any more ideas outthere in readerland?
DEAR DORSEY: When my nephew was a teenager looking forneighborhood jobs, his business-smart father had inexpensive businesscards printed for his son. On these cards along with his name andtelephone number, were listed the kinds of services that his son wasable and prepared to do. This garnered a lot of responses and mynephew was a busy lad for some time thereafter.
MASON SEGLIN
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