STRAY NOTES

Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1641, 14 May 1925, Page 6

STRAY NOTES

PLATE GLASS AND ITS MANY USES

The use of plate glass in the home has increased very much of late years, and now that it is possible to cut it into practically any shape desired its application opens up a vista of possibilities. Most women, says an overseas writer, know the value of having their trays covered with glass, both those of polished wood and those on which lace or embroidery is spread and they have probably seen table centres of glass and had their table mats or even their whole diningroom table covered with it.

Not so many, however, have realised how charmingly vases or bowls of flowers look when they are placed on a circle or an oval of bevelled and silvered plate glass, after the style of a mirror. The flowers are reflected in the glass with excellent effect. Dressing table tops of glass are both practical and ornamental, especially if 'laid over lace or embroidery. The appearance of a tortoiseshell toilet set, for example, on such a surface is considerably enhanced.

Hand mirrors are now made entirely in silvered, bevelled plate glass and backed with green baize. They can have the owners' initials engraved or embossed on them.

Glass splashers, towel rails, and shelves for the bathroom have become quite general, but not so many housewives know of the existence of various items for the kitchen in plate glass. There are obtainable in Britain, meat safes with glass sides, doors, and sbfclves. These are easily kept clean, maintain a level temperature, and are most hygienic. A glass ova/1, rounded and polished, makes an excellent dish on which to carve hams, tongues and other fools. Pastry boards in especially hard glass are non-absorbent and cool, and glass rolling pins are also efficient. Plate glass can. of course, be washed with soap and water, but except for kitchen utensils this cleansing process is seldom necessary. A daily rub over with a washleather keeps plate glass in excellent condition.