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By Miss Diane Brown
Facts are often shocking to us but they do let us see things realistically. These following should be of interest to everyone: Each year more than four million people are hurt badly enough to be disabled in home accidents. Many of these do eventually recover but 100,000 do retain some kind of permanent disability. Home accidents take 28,000 lives annually and are the leading cause of death for children under 14 years old. Of all home fatalities, 12,000 are a result of falls, 6,000 from fire and burns and 10,000 from other causes. Interested in knowing where fatal home injuries occur? Bedrooms 42% of all accidental home deaths; yard, 21%; living room, 12%; kitchen, 11.5%; stairs, 4.5%; bathroom, 4%; and others, 5%. As with any other accident, those in the home are caused - they just don’t happen and likewise they can be prevented. Now is the time to begin taking safety steps to insure that some member of our family doesn’t become another home fatality statistic.
********** Buying new towels? Miss! Katherine Hab'el, extension I home furnishing specialist at V.P.I. gives the following as hints in choosing. Durability of good bath towsis is determined by the weave and strength of the yarn. Towels should be soft to the j couch, yet tightly woven. Check lor depth of the fibers used. Contrary to what we may think,the weight of a towel does not j indicate its quality construe- j, :ion. It is possible to make a lighter towel with more threads per inch than a heav- |, ier one. Test a good towel jj ay holding it up to the light, , the light should barely show i.
through. Also, note the under- j( veave - it should be firm and |i :ven. c
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