HOME AND COUNTRY

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 60, Issue 4367, 11 December 1950, Page 2

HOME AND COUNTRY

> SHORT CUTS IN THE HOUSE ADDRESS AT MARAMARUA Mrs C. Peach presided at the November meeting of the Maramarua Women’s Institute held in the Maramarua hall, where the attendance was good despite many apologies for absense owing to seasonal work. ■ Mrs 0. Reed, vice-president, was in hospital, reported Mrs Peach, but she was pleased to say that her early return home was expected. Nominations for the federation executive were attended to, all being unanimous in returning Mrs A. M. Lithgow for a further term as president. It was decided to donate handkerchiefs to the Tararu home and to send a subscription to the hospital cheer fund. Following the usual custom to honour bride elects with a small gift, Mrs Manning was asked to accept a cup a cup and saucer for her daughter Shirley, whose marriage will shortly take place. Apologising for her daughter’s absence, Mrs Manning thanked' members for their kind thoughts on Shirley’s behalf. ' The guest speaker, Miss N, Macpherson, B.H. Sc., rural sociologist, of Auckland, was introduced' by Mrs Peach and chose “Short cuts in the home” as her subject. Apologising first for Mrs Topping, who was prevented from being present by illness,

attractive plastic materials. By placing silver in an aluminium pot filled with hot soapy water, leaving a while and then drying, a brilliant shine could be kept on silver without hours of polishing. A properly equipped cleaning box should ,be kept in the cupboard, containing a whisk, shovel and brush, dusters, polish and a pair of soft cotton gloves or mittens to be used as dusters, both hands going at cnce. Long handled brooms would reach the highest windows on the outside and an ordinary dish mop would reach all the corners on the inside, soapy water being used. A quick and easy way to apply polish to floors was, to pin strong brown paper over the broom and it would be found economi-1 cal and quick, the polishing to be done in the same way with a fresh paper covered by a soft cloth. A hard brush qn a short handle was better than a mop for dish washing and drying could be eliminated if, after rinsing, the articles were placed in a rack or upon a tea towel. The porridge poc should always be filled with water and left until lunch wash up, saving much work and wear on saucepans. Most people' when making double beds walked round them eight times when the job could be done one side at a time and many steps saved. To stop the ironing blanket slipping, a newspaper should be placed underneath. Women should sit down to iron whenever possible and remove their shoes. Many flat articles could be put through the wringer. Much mending could be