WOMAN TO WOMAN

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 86, 5 January 1935, Page 8

WOMAN TO WOMAN

For Mutual Help

All those readers who require help iu any matter of household management, cookery, dress, etiquette, or needlework, are invited to put their problems before us, when every effort will be made to assist them, free of charge, the only condition being that the full name and address is given. This is not for publication, but for record' pitrposes'only. Those requiring a reply by post ure asked to send a stamped and addressed envelope. A prize of half-g-crown is given each week for the best housewifery hint received for this column by “Woman's World Coinpetition." The prize of 2/6 goes this week 1»> M.J.R., Nireaha, who sent the following hint: —

Some New Ideas. To make excellent jam pot covers, dip rounds of greaseproof paper into very hot starch. Put them over the jars immediately, fixing firmly round the sides. When dry this paper will be absolutely airtight.-—M.J.R., Nireaha.

It is a good plan to fill valuable china or pottery vases with sand., and there is less chance of tneir being knocked over.

The water which potatoes are boiled in will remove tea or coffe stains from tablecloths.

When washing hairbrushes, dip the bristles in milk and they will be quite stiff when dry.—M.J.R., Nireaha.

The Breakfast Bacon. Before putting bacon into the pantry, put a piece of greaseproof paper between each two rashers, and it will keep fresh much longer.—Mrs. R.. Masterton.

Two Useful Hints. During the hot weather wrap cheese in a cloth that has been wrung out in vinegar. This will prevent it from cracking and getting greasy. After washing curtains, put the rods through the hems and tie the rods to the clothes line. This will keep them straight and save the necessity of ironing.—J.B., Martinborough. Cleaning Summer Woollies. White woollen, knitted garments can be well and easily cleaned with flour. The flour acts much more efliciently if it is warmed. A quantity should be placed into a moderately hot oven and watched very closely. Stir occasionally as on no account must it be allowed to get at all brown. Spread some sheets of paper on a table and on these put the sweater. Now get a number of scraps of clean white cloth of some soft material. Dip these in the flour- from time to time and rub the sweater thoroughly in every part. Discard any scraps of cloth as soon as they get soiled. The flour will remove all ordinary dirt marks. When the sweater is clean, it should be well beaten with a small stick to remove every trace of the white powder. Finally hang out of doors, if possible, for some hours. Bright sunshine is good for a sweater that has been cleaned in this way as it has a bleaching action... —“Laundrymaid,” Wellington.