NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 257, 17 October 1911, Page 6

NOTES FOR WOMEN.

USES FOR OLD NEWSPAPERS. “I could never be without my stack of old newspapers, right within easy reach in the pantry.” remarked a housekeeper recently, who can boast of a few short-cut methods not commonly in use among the average. “They come handiest in the kitchen when Ido my cooking. The two double breadth pages spread out on the kitchen table the surface of which is covered with white oilcloth, receives all the waste when I cull fruit, pare vegetables, or prepare meat for the oven. M hen lam ready to clear away all rubbish, all I do is fold over the corners of the- newspapers and then it is only a step to the rear porch and the garbage can, and the large splint basket receives all the

waste paper. "This, you see, entirely obviates the need of an extra waste pan or a slushy dishrag, and my kitchen table is left absolutely clean. Dripping pans and dishrags sometimes make a lot of extra work, and without inem I can save'my hands, my feet, and, of course, my time.” In an up-to-date kitchen -where j cne has an abundance of utensils and I conveniences this short cut does not always suggest itself. It is in kitchenette housekeeping, where necessity is often the mother of invention, that one first might learn to save old newspapers for future convenience. On wash day they make good temporary rugs to protect the floor from splashes and stains. When the range is in full blast with a kettle of lard on it. or a frying pan full of doughnuts, they are indispensible as floor and wall protectors. On ironing day you need semething on which to rest your irons—and the newspaper always comes first to mind. When your supply runs out you don’t look pleasant.

Dry newspapers made good polishers for windows and mirrors as well as stoves. Wet newspapers when torn into shreds and scattered over carpet and rugs will help to settle and eliminate dustjiy attracting it. When staining furniture, an old newspaper is -first aid in laying out your brushes and sampling your stains or pigments. When retouching the woodwork in your living rooms a thick newspaper rug comes handy. Many housekeepers use it beneath carpet and rugs to catch the dust that sifts through and to add resilience. ami again between bed springs and mattresses to protect the latter from rust. They are the next best thing to tar paper ami cloth rags in protecting young shrubs against the severities of snowless winters or the rat ages of rabbits. M ith heavy bintier twine drawn tightly they may be wadded securely around the base of young trees ami other garden growth that needs protection over winter. Certainly the housekeeper can find so many uses for old newspapers that she ought no longer to plug up the furnace with them for the mere sake of getting them out of sight. A handy box of them becomes almost as necessary as a bread box or wood box.