THE SOLUTION TO MANY HOUSEHOLD—AND OTHER—PROBLEMS
To clean white fur collar.—Rob well with dry cornflour (heated a little), then brush with a clean soft brush. Remove t-he figures from, their space on an old calendar and paste in. the space a piece of fine sand paper. Then you have a handy match-igniter to hang near stove, bath-heater, etc. A crochet-hook kept in a drawer of the sewing machine will come in handy for putting bindings, braids and hems into their places,' and will be a big help ' in felling seams. Also, a' draw-wiring which has disappeared .for, a few iae-hes into the casing may be hauled promptly forth with one of these hooks. An effective waterproof sheet •«.» be made by dipping a piece of OTdißary unbleached calico into parafin. When dry, paint any colour diesixed. A waterproof-sheet made in this way w.'ll • not harden or stick.
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Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 15, 4 September 1930, Page 2
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