NEW FLOWER NOTIONS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20782, 17 July 1937, Page 11 (Supplement)

NEW FLOWER NOTIONS

Flower containers, matched to the exact tint of the walls of reception rooms, so that they act as an unobtrusive background for flower arrangements, are the new idea.

A range of these bowls and vases in classical designs is made of white

Devon clay baked to give a deep cream tone and glazed only inside. Women have tlie unglazed outside toned to the pastel shade of their drawingroom.

Narrow mantelpieces, rooms where only wall vases can be used, and arrangements of leaves and berries each call for special vases . Wall vases of pottery are pierced at the back and should be secured to the wall where they are standing. USEFUL CLOTHES PEG When silk stockings are hung to dry out of doors, peg them to the line by the toe and weight the other end with a spring peg to prevent them from being blown round the line. After washing pleated garments slip the pleats in position by means of spring pegs before hanging the garments up to dry. If the handle of a pan lid is too hot to touch clip a spring peg on to it. The lid may then be lifted without inconvenience. To keep the pleats of tweed skirts or coats in good order clip them in place with spring pegs before hanging them in a wardrobe. Tie one or two spring pegs to hooks in the scullery and use them, instead of the hooks, for holding wash-leathers. This saves the leathers from being torn by catching on the hooks. Keep a few spring pegs in the darning basket so that socks and stockings may be clipped together in the right pairs ready for mending. To remove mildew from linen, moisten the affected parts and sprinkle liberally with salt. Leave in the sun, renewing the treatment as the cloth dries. If possible, leave the cloth out over-night in the frost.