HOUSEHOLD HINTS
A small rug of any kind which is beginning to wear will last for yeat» if lined with heavy overall ducking and stitched firmly.
Old silk stockings, if cut open and sewn together, make soft dust cloths for fine furniture. Have a drawer in the kitchen In which to keep clean white rags, where members of the family may help themselves.
Old bath towels are easily converted into pan lifters, if cut in small squares and given a neat covering of bright gingham or chintz. To the corner may be sewn a brass ring and the lifter hung on a screw hook near the range. These launder very nicely Hard-boiled eggs will peel easily if submerged in cold water as soon as they are removed from the fire. Inexpensive brass curtain rods. If fastened to the wall near the kitchen range, make fine drying racks for tea towels.
Rubber bands kept in n kitchen drawer are ever ready to hold long sleeves out of the way while cooking ia being done or dishes washed.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 26 November 1927, Page 11
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176HOUSEHOLD HINTS Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 26 November 1927, Page 11
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