A Housewife’s Diary

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 40, 26 November 1938, Page 7

A Housewife’s Diary

i Hints About The Home & i I j Tired Feet. I Use blotting paper as an insole tar shoes during hot weather and feet will 1 not get so quickly tired. Malt. > If malted food becomes caked in the tin, remove and rub on a grater. Fruit Stains. Fruit and potato stains can be removed from hands by rubbing them with oat- | meal moistened with lemon juice or ; vinegar. Then wash in warm water. After Games. j Stiffness after games can be relieved j by rubbing with equal parts of olive oil j and ammonia that have been mixed to- ; gether and shaken together in a bottle. i * . . ;Fire Screen. | One can be made by stretchings pici tured piece of fabric on the back of an old picture-frame, and screwing on two "feet.” For Bedrooms. Flowers are particularly attractive in j bedroom furnishings and the modern i dressing-table accessories in fiorai-pat-j terned pulp are popular. This light, uni breakable material that has been appearing in tea-trays makes the daintiest trays and powder bowls for a toilet table ar.d conies in the loveliest colours. Pleasing Catkins. ' Jars filled, with branches of catkins and hazel twigs make a charming springlike appearance in cur rooms. To }end them a touch of novelty, brightly coloured glass birds with spun glass tails can be perched here and there among, the branches. These birds are the kind of things one used to see for sale in village "curio” shops many years ago. The new variety are made to balance and stay perched just they are placed.