USEFUL HINTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 781, 2 April 1910, Page 11

USEFUL HINTS.

. A very.-satisfactory way to clean white feathers is as follows:—Dissolve a tablespoon of . washing powder in- a pint of boiling water and let it'partly cool; then, holding the bunch of feathera by the stems, swish them through the suds for a few minute ■' D o o t rub: nor squeeze. Rinse in tho samemanner. Dry the feathers in the open air or in a warm, place indoors. They 1 will fluff out like new feathers.

A certain mother prooured a goodly number of , the spring clothespins and uses them in various places. In tho back hall, where the , children's hats are kept, four of the pins hang suspended from as many hooks, by means of stdut tapes, each of a different gay colour. When a child somos in. he removes his cap and snaps the clothespin to it, and the hat is in place, ready for him the next' time he needs it. •■ As. each child is allowed to choose his favourite colour for the tape, all confusion as to ownership is avoided. In the back entry stand orderly rows of little overshoes, fastened together by means of clothespins—one pin to a pair. In the bathroom the samo method is used with each" child's washcloth, and in the closets the shoes not in use aie held together, in pairs, by clothespins. For her own delicate lingerie waists, the same mother finds these pins tie best way to hang them in her oloset.

'A most effective trimming for a dress can be seouredi by selecting a pattern of lace with a decided floral figure, and painting the flowers and leaves with oil paints.or dyes. These colours will not fade when laundered if pressed with a hot iron immediately after being painted. Paint the outline of the defor trimming a sheer white dress than the rest. Nothing could bo more dainty for trimming a sheer white dress than u. ro ? e P attern °f ' ace painted pink and the leaves green, the remainder of the lace left white. :

The following' suggestion from an American magazine is commended to those who aro always on tie look out for new ideas for bazaars:—One of tho most profitable and not the least interesting of the booths at a recent bazaar was. a mending booth. All service was volunteered, and -the ordinary, mending materials, sucli as thread, darning cotton and patches, were donated, but anything else needed was furnished by the customer. Wo charged a reasonable rate, and mended anything from fine laces to boys' socks, etc. _ We had a darning attachment to the_. sowing maohine and offered the choice of hand or machine work. Many women who otherwise could not have spared time to'attend the fair brought their mending, thereby gaining recreation for themselves and making a donation to the cause. All our bachelors seized the opportunity "to have their mending done up, and oven tlio women who .did tho mending caught up with their own household rips and tears. . : . . .