Household Hints

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 86, 25 August 1948, Page 3

Household Hints

Keep Tea Hot Line your tea-cosy with chamois leather and you will always have hot tea, as the “chammy” holds the heat well. Scotch That Scorch. » , Place i teacupful of oatmeal in a basin. Mix to a paste with vinegar. Rub gently into scorch mark with tip of finger. Spread garment out to dry in sun. Leave for two or three hours, then bush off oatmeal. You’ll find the mark gone. Stains To remove stains or grease, etc. from clothing, pour 1 pint boiling water over 50 laurel leaves. Cover and stand for three days (taking care to label bottle “poison”). Rub well into stained parts. • • Reviving Shirts Before turning shirt -cuffs, repair the worn part at the fold with tape. Trim, away worn material, slip in tape and hem down the edges of the tear on to it. This makes a simple, quick and strong repair. Where material under buttons is torn away, strengthen it with a square of tape sewn over the right side and another over the wrong side. This will make a strong base for the replaced buttons. A Pressing Suggestion * When pressing dresses with onramental buttons which stand out, it is helpful to know. how to get the intervening spaces pressed. To do this, place the garment upside down on a folded bath towel. Press the spaces between. The buttons' will : sink down into the soft folds of the towel and ease your task immensely. The .front x of men’s shirts may also be-done in this way.