The Housewife's Diary
$ Hints About Ihe Home Furniture.-* Whiting, made into a thin paste" wifE tepid water will remove finger-marks fro'm enamelled f urniture. Wash off with clean water and dry with soft duster. K, Ironing Voile. * Evenly damp pique voile and iron it on the wrong side; Lamp Wicks. After cleahing, rub gently with a small pieee of emery paper. Mop. Keep ends bunched together by binding with a piece of string. Drying Clothes. » _ Turn baby's playgrotmd on its side at nighttime and hang clothes pn bars. Socks. Start rolling up mended socks from the top, turn the foot inwards and finish rolling at the heel. False Teeth. If set in vulcanite, brush them with salted water and then well rinse. Wrinkled Rugs. ' y Face downward on bare floor, damp. the back, streteh tightly and tack down at corners, Leave for a night. Mustard Plaster. * Instead of using water, mix the mustard with white of egg, and the plaster will not cause any blistering. Stockings. Wash new silk stockings, then sew inside • heels pieces of an old stocking the same shade. This treatment stops nndue wear at the heels.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 63, 1 April 1937, Page 14
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