HOUSEWIFE'S DIARY
HINTS ABOUT THE HOME fireplace. Convert non-tile fireplace hy painting ^ a shade to match your colour scheme, or a soft brick red. Leave bars black. They will only require wipe over with soapy flannel to keep clean. Wardrobe Extra. Screw five or six hooks into stout wooden hanger for full-length dresses unable to he accommodated in wardrobe. Cover with length of coloured fabric to keep dust-proof and hang from picture rail. Boiled Clothes. Two ounces of Epsom salts put 1ft water will remove dirt from clothes being. steeped. Polisher. Cut off feet of old wooiien stocKingt draw one leg over the other, fold over, tack down sides to form bag which can be siipped over hand to be used as polisher. Sleeve Board. Cover old cricket bat with tmwaated blanket, then with piece of "sheeting. Insert into the sleeves of blouses, etc., that are to be Ironed. Baby's Chair. Pad back of high chair with an old tea cosy so that baby does not hump head when jerked up. Aluminium. If aluminium pan is burnt, repia ea on stove without any water until burnt portion flakes. Then bumt portion easily removed. Woollies. For darning light-welght woollles use twisted knitting silk in preferenca to darning wool for better matching, Daxice Frocks. Grease marks on last year's frock can be removed by sprinkling french chalk thickly on stains to ahsorb grease. Shake off; press frock on wrong side with a warm iron. Luggage FastenerA One designer is putting luggage fasteners down the front of a coat instead of buttons. A felt hat to go with a travel outfit has, in place of the usual ribbon • hand, a narrow leather strap to which is attached a miniature luggase labeL Chenille Cravat. Knit yourself a cravat In chenflla to go with your coat or suit Give it broad square enda and choose a good rich colour for it Something else you may knit in chenille for your personal adornment is a set of collar and cuffs. Wooiien collars knitted in moss stitch are also smart additions to a wool day frock,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 70, 15 December 1937, Page 14
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349HOUSEWIFE'S DIARY Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 70, 15 December 1937, Page 14
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