TESTED TIPS

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 70, 15 December 1932, Page 4

TESTED TIPS

(By Vera Wise.) Copyright. .4 papAief of rubber bands kept in a handit place tcill be found most useful In the kitchen. . They scree to keep jam-pot covers in position and household bills tidy; to lighten up loose lids or bind up a broken toy. and for many other purposes which will occur to the busy housewife. Old silk stockings make a useful stuffing for garden cushions and pillows. Prepare a ease of the required size and fill it with the silk portions of tip: stockings, or other silk knitwear, snipped into small pieces. When full, sew it up and slip it into an outer cover of bright mutcrial, and the result will be (/utto satisfagtorii. White or light-coloured fell hats may bo cleaned with a mixture of two commodities on hand and salt. Take two tablcspoonsful of dry flour and one of fine salt; mix well and rub it into the felt with a piece of flannel, afterwards brushing it out with a clean, stiff brush. This method is also useful for cleaning light cloth facings on dark garments provided they are not too soiled.