USEFUL HINTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 800, 25 April 1910, Page 3

USEFUL HINTS.

, II moths' get into a carpet wet a clean towel with clear water and lay it over the 'spots that' have been attacked; then iron' places -with a hot iron until the towel is.quite dry. The.steam will kill moths and' eggs, yet wilt not injifrq r.hi> carpet. : ;>

. For' mending table-linen, save those long; even threads which have been drawn, from linen for " hemstitching. Wind the;n on an empty spool and put "aside until a tablecloth, needs darning. Different uses, for small scrubbing brushes may be indicated by burning' the name on tho backs of the brushes, as-"Vegetables," "Pans,!' ) "Hands,': etc..v®ien there will.be no risk,of using the wrong brush. •• ' An ..<3asy - way to stop windows from rattling is >to use broken clothes pins as n;edges>. -They will keep;the window tight. If you tie a cord, around • the head of the pin' and fasten it with a tack to : the. window frame the wedge will always be handy: It may be stained to match the woodwork of the window frame, making it less. conspicuous. Cheap cotton batting is excellent for cleaniug soiled wallpaper. - With a piece of batting go over -the surface of the paper -lightly. Then, with, moro batting go oyer the paper with greater pressure. The result 'is astonishing. ,To keep the.-paper looking well, this, treatment should be given occasionally. ' In having an eiderdown quilt re-coverpd" order an extra half-yard of the material to be left at one end. Eiderdown quilts are usually square and not largo enough to tuck in; and also too bulky, but this extra length being, only of double thickness of the, material, obviates this difficulty. "' , '