The Reporter Dispatch from White Plains, New York • 15

from nnanders Dear Ann Landers: 1 work in a nursing home mainly for elderly people who need to be rehabilitated They have had a variety of illnesses mostly strokes arthri tis and broken bones We have helped many peo ple walk again talk again and return to a life worth living My anger is directed against the families of my patients or example: I have in my care a woman who is grossly obese We put her on a diet but her daughters are full of guilt because they feel their mother should be living with them So they attempt to ease the guilt by bringing her candy cakes cookies everything she eat This woman is gaining weight in stead of losing and we do anything about it Another patient who had a stroke could not feed himself We worked diligently with him and he was doing well Then his daughter decided we were being mean to her father She started to come to the hospital daily to spoon feed him Now he has become totally dependent and re fuses to do anything for himself I sign my name because nurses are ex pected to be compassionate toward everyone I guess a failure because my compassion goes primarily to my patients Please print this Somebody might learn so Seattle Dear Seattle: As one who is close to the Rehabilitation Insti tute of Chicago I am well aware of the dedica tion of physicians nurses and therapists According to Dr Henry Betts medical direc tor of the Institute they encounter very little of the recalcitrance you describe at his facility be cause educating the families is considered part of the treatment When relatives understand the importance of cooperation they become part of the team Dear Ann Landers: Please tell your readers family planning for pets will be a reality soon A dog food with a birth control ingredient is being tested in eight cities One company ran tests for two years on 200 female beagles None became pregnant The US has 30 million dogs and 27 million cats underfoot This will solve a serious problem Pass the RP Dear RP: When the product is available I hope it is well advertised because I sell anything in this column no matter how good for the handymari By ANDY LANG Last year I received a 5 per cent tax credit because I had bought a new home that qualified for it My house is now up for sale and I have been told that I will not be able to keep the credit that 1 will have to return it to the govern ment Since it amounted to $2000 I am very much concerned What is the story on this? A You have not furnished enough informa tion on which to base a precise answer However the National Association of Realtors has just ad vised its members of the circumstances under which tax credits must be returned ull repay ment must be made if the proceeds from the sale are not used to purchase another new replace ment home within 18 months after the sale If the new house costs less than the amount received from the present sale a share of the credit pro portionate to the difference must be repaid There are some exemptions from this rule One is the death of a person having a legal or equitable interest in the property Another is the complete or partial destruction of the house by a casualty such as a fire or storm Also coming under the exemption rule would be a case in which the house was condemned And finally there is this exemption in the event of a di vorce or legal separation in which one spouse re tains the house as a principle residence The ramifications of this entire matter can get very technical so if you are faced with the possibility of returning the tax credit it would be well to get the advice of an attorney for the gardener By GEORGE ABRAHAM it true that we can dry flowers in our microwave oven? I heard it is much quicker and wonder if you have any other information on using the Ray Rothenberger an Extension horticultur ist sys that flowers can be dried in a microwave oven Pack them in silica gel or a borax sand or cornmeal sand material in a Pyrex dish and bake them for 30 seconds to several minutes de pending on the texture and quanitity of blooms After baking leave flowers in the supporting material overnight or as long as 21 hours We hope our readers will try this and pass along your results to us Also has any one used kitty litter for drying flowers? Please write and tell us what you does it work? A raised some good honesty plant (Lu naria) and do not know how to care for il Also please tell us how to care for Honesty also called money plant and are easily handled this way: Right after the seed pods mature hang them upside down until thoroughly dry Next rub off the outer cov erings to expose the bright or Some people like to spray me discs with gold or aluminum paint others leave them untreated Strawflowers (Helichrysum) come in colors of white yellow orange pink and red Cut the flowers before they are completely open Hang them upside down in a garage or attic or stand them in a jar Have you ever tried drying goldenrod? Some species are still nice and fresh and can be cut and dried by hanging them upside down in a ga rage Another good item for drying is the Pee Gee hydrangea good to cut the flowers be fore they get too large and while they are nice and pink when they are showiest After frost the color changes to beige and brown GLifestyles THE REPORTER DISPATCH White Plains NY riday October 81976 GBcInd ex Comics B13 Scene B2 Where to go B9 Gardens B6 Decorative arts museum gets new home By BARBARA MAYER The birth of a new mu seum is a little like the birth of an heir to a throne In both eases the new in fant holds in its hands im mense power for potential good This sense that the lives of individuals in present and future generations may be influenced in im portant ways by its exis tence helps explain why reporters descended with enthusiasm and excite ment on the Cooper Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts this week The mu seum at 2 East 91st Street in Manhattan opened its doors to the public Thurs day A special exhibit con ceived and orchestrated by Han Hollein its parts designed by an inter national cast of design ce lebrities and paid for by Johnson Wax has been set in place for the opening The exhibit Trans does not use ob jects in the permanent collection ACCORDING to Lisa Taylor Cooper di rector the special exhibi tion which will run through eb 1977 has been de signed specially to bring out the child in every per son Whether it brings out the child or is merely child ish such as the doorway exhibit is a question which may be hotly debated However personal reaction to the current ex hibit is not the point The important fact is that one of the foremost re positories of decorative arts and design in the world has been saved from dispersal and will eventu ally be available to anyone in the public who has a deep enough interest to seek it out The collection which contains every conceivable category of Decorative arts including furniture ceramics drawings tex tiles wallpapers and elry among others also has a library and picture archives of more than a million items all cata logued and cross refer enced These objects from all over the world were en trusted to the Smithsonian Institution in 19G9 several years after Cooper Union found it financially impos sible to continue operation of the museum which housed its collection THE PRESENT Cooper Hewitt Museum is under the auspices of the Smithsonian in Washing ton though it raises its own funds Lisa Taylor the first woman director was appointed by the national institution to oversee establishment of Cooper Hewitt The museum is housed in Andrew for mer home which stretches from 90th to 91st Streets just off ifth Avenue The property which consists of the Carnegie mansion and an adjoining townhouse as well as garden between them was given to the Smithsonian in 1972 by the Carnegie Corporation According to Ms Tay A 'It iMMH Stars as a basic design is treated as a special show in opening exhibit at Cooper Hewitt Andrew Carnegie built this neo Ceorgian home in 1901 it is the new home of the Cooper Hewitt Museum if kt I OS Ovz MW AW A Zzz ZZ lY lor the library will be housed on the third floor of the Carnegie mansion This outstanding collection of design reference materi als will be open for use to anyone in the public who pays his $1 admission (Tuesdays are free admis sion days) Ms Taylor said also at a press briefing this week that it is planned to have parts of the collection not currently on display ac cessible to those who wish to consult them EVENTUALLY the mansion next door will be used for special changing exhibitions and the Carne gie mansion is expected to house the regular collec tion Besides its displays and special thematic exhibi tions The Cooper Hewitt Museum is beginning in October an ambitious sche dule of classes for adults and children as well as a series of trips to places of design interest A member ship drive will soon begin members will be given pri ority at classes and events and will have free admit tance to the museum Museum hours are Wednesday through Satur day from 10 am to 5 pm On Tuesdays the Museum will be open from 10 am to 9 pm on Sundays from noon to 5 pm The museum 3 ShSl i Space is transformed into a sacred room where plexiglass is the medium will be closed on Mondays Admission except for Tuesday when there is no charge will BARBARA MAYER is home furnishings writer for Westchester Rockland Newspapers Joan Mondale pays quick visit to county By ELAINE BISSELL She loves politics she loves campaigning she loves traveling and she loves people She even likes some Republicans during college I seemed to date only Re said Joan Mon dale wife of the Democratic vice presiden tial contender Walter Mondale She had just ar rived in a small chartered jet at Westchester County Airport Thursday to visit in the county and to tape a television show riday al ABC TV in Manhattan (Mrs Mondale visited the Otis Elevator Co in Yon kers Thursday and the Se nior Citizen Center in Rockland County and the Democratic Party Head quarters in White Plains riday) When 1 met ritz I said a Democrat at My parents had al ways worked for the Demo cratic Party so finally I found someone who would agree with me All I seemed to do was argue with the Republican men I DRESSED ALL in royal blue and with a bright blue and green shoulder purse blazing the names and in needlepoint across it she arrived in a flurry of excit ement but an excitement that had little to do with long black limousines and milling people and the in evitable Secret Ml JJIJP Staff photo bv Vincent An to! Ini MRS WALTER MONDALE in administration building of airport men and Advance Staff members and curious passersby her own particular brand of excitement that she carries with her like a gaily whipping flag in the wind She moves fast talks fast laughs often and chat ters away like some old friend sitting down over a cup of coffee or tea Sunday be in the Columbus Day parade in Jersey City and ritz will be in Newark then I go back home until the 12th of October when I go out again But tomorrow taping a show in New York City with either Barbara Walters or Harry Rea soner I hope Rea soner the one who came to Washington back in 1965 I think it was and interviewed all the new se nators in the ballroom of one of the hotela the children oh never she said throwing her head back and laughing was just 4 years old then and she slipped out of her chair and right down under the table and then William who was only 2 slipped under the table after her And she took my shoe off and started tickling my foot and William pulled the tablecloth up and peeked out at MARRIED since 1955 when Mondale was still a law student and she paid the food and rent and other bills with her job at the Minneapolis Institute of Art as an assistant in art education Joan Mondale said she knew the moment she met ritz Mondale that he would have a career in politics knew who ritz Mondale was in col lege (Macalester) He was a very big important man on the campus an ex tremely high powered per son always in a hurry but then always in a hurry too have never spent endless hours together So mething is always going on But he loves his family he has a marvelous sense of humor and kids are drawn to him like bees to honey very inter ested in children you know of his legislation has been centered on chil dren like child abuse child care crib death and the amily Impact State ment And as a husband and father a fantasti cally wonderful REPEATING that she loves working at a paying job such as her recent Whirla association with Ellen Proxmire who is married to Sen Proxmire where she was involved in three different areas her and talk at lunch her guide tour of Washington or the National Gallery of Art or serving as the official hostess on the tour bus love being on the she said suddenly calling out her goodbyes as the members of her party swooped her up and into the long black limousine waiting at the door And away she went wildly waving through the win dow ELAINE BISSELL is Lifestyles Social Editor for Westchester Rockland Newspapers Savings in our Closeout section Herman Miller Cado Knoll Pace Directional SAVE on sofas chairs wall systems dining rooms bedrooms children's furniture area rugs lamps accessories and more! 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