A Housewife's Diary

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 28, 27 October 1937, Page 11

A Housewife's Diary

Hints About The Homd Chintz Covers. A stiff hair hrush is most effectSv* for cleaning chintz covers and drapingf «n light furniture^ Flies. Mignonette in a vase will keep flies out of a room. Old Felt Hats. Pieces can be cut out to fit on Itgends of chairs to make "silencers." Make small hole in chair-leg for tack; glue on felt and then well-hammer in tack. Mats. Clean matting with a cloth that ^bs been dipped in salt and water; Irfpe dry with a clean rag. This prevents mats tuming yellow. Bed Tiles. Keep the starch used on *vwthSa& day" to put in the water for wariiink tiles. ' Result: very red tiles. ^ Cool Hands. Ruh a little talcum powder well tete them. This is specially good for keepihg the hands cool when sewing or knitflitgk Tea Waggon. - j. Cover top with piece of lino. ThtelS merely cut to shape; not fixed. Pot tray cloth on top. It means no men scratches or stains. Knitted Garments. Sew tape across shoulders, neck to armhole, on wrong side. Ikeveail "dropped shoulders" after washing. Oil Paintings. "rT." Oil paintings should he ruhhed eveS with a cloth moistened with a littlh olive oiL If this is done every: mordh it will prevent the surface from crackinfe Wooden Furnitui'e. ■ ^ Wooden surfaces of furnituie «re brightened by ruhbing with a furhiture cleaner or by washing with lighfc. sud% and ruhbing dry. " Dusting Books, v Books deserve dusting more ofteaLflte^f at the annual spring cleaning. Tuce them put and dust them each xnaaflw H is wise to do just one shelf at m flmd so that the job does not becomq toflj tediouis, • Bose on Sunshade. Fasten a xose to the handle ef mU sunshade, or to your ^ handbeg inrfe&a of wekrijig it. Ihe fashion Is a pretty nxe. In the evening, instead of prmflng a fresh flower to your frock, you teay tuck it into your hangle, securing[ h with a clip. Or attach it to your' wr1«t by means of a narrow rihhon band, >