HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Grey River Argus, 21 May 1943, Page 7

HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

If you happen to run short of clothes-pegs and have lots of soft collars to hang out, run a piece of tape through one buttonhole of each collar, them peg the two ends of the tape to the clothes-line. When sewing, it is a good plan to keep an empty cotton-reel and wind the tacking threads on it. It comes in very handy when an odd thread is required, and it is surprising how much cotton is saved in this way. Cotton-wool dipped in methylated spirits will clean a photograph without destroying the surface, To keep crochet or tatting perfectly clean, so that it will not have to be washed before using, sprinkle some talcum powder on the hands and rub them well. However badly an aluminium saucepan may be burnt, cover the bottom with salad oil ( and gently heat over the fire, and all traces of the burn will then be easily removed. To remove stubborn tea or coffee stains from linen, place in boiling washing suds for fifteen minutes, then lift out and place on grass without wringing. Leave overnight and, the stains will disappear. During wet weather put plenty of shoe polish in the part where, the uppers and soles of your shoes are joined. This helps to make the footwear waterproof. .