A Housewife’s Diary

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21065, 17 June 1938, Page 16

A Housewife’s Diary

Hints About The Home Ceilings. Ceilings can be tinted by dissolving a little powdered yellow ochre in water and then .-.dding it to the whi*ewash Hikers. Wear low-heeled shoes; apply met ylated spirit to the soles of your feet if inclined to be “soft”; wear two pairs ot stockings sprinkling innermost pair with boracic powder. Saucepans. Put handful of potato peelings with generous amount of salt with water into burnt enamel saucepan and leave standing overnight; bring to boil in morning and allow t> cool before pouring off. Sink Basket. Give it “legs” by fixing corks al the four coiners. Camp Cuairs. Roll round a lev thicknesses ot any soft material before putting the canvas cover on to the horizontal Lars. American Cloth. This can be repaired with surgical adhesive tape. Press on to the wrong side with a cold iron. Clothes Line. Hang from middle of ine a threadreel attached to piece of string so ’li.it in windy weather the line with the clothes can be pulled towards you. Washing Woollies. /dd a teaspoon of glycerine to the rinsins water for softness and to prevent shrinking. Starch Substitute. Methylated spirit added to rinsing water will give a sufficient stiffness to a tray cloth. Plus Perfume Flowers are now worn a good deal in the evening and a present of a choice artificial bloom m a presentation case together with a small phial of the flower's scent has been a favourite one this season. Gardenias have been “best sellers. ’ Both the perfume and the flower are in keeping with daytime as well as evening clothes and perhaps that is the reason. Dusting Brush In this age of vacuum cleaners, dusting is not such a t resume task as it ont*e was. but his handy dusting brush makes it easier still. It is the shape, although slightly larger, of a scrubbing brush, out instead of short stiff bristles it has soft silky white hair. It lakes off the without scratching the polished surface and goes into all the crevices of the (uiniture without any trouble.