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NZ Truth, Issue 1212, 21 February 1929, Page 10

HOME PROBLEMS Solved

If a knot is made- after every bead is threaded, should the neckr lace break, only One bead will, fall off instead of the whole lot. « * # If a cork is ill-fitting: try boiling it m water for about five minutes. Corks' may be made airtiglit by soaking them m oil. Fresh lard rubbed over tins will prevent them from rusting 1 . They should be placed m a hot oven and thoroughly heated, but do not melt solder. * * w To remove soot marks from woodwork use a soft cloth dipped m a solution of kerosene and ammonia. *# ■ # Borax sprinkled about freely is very effective m getting rid of insects. * # ' * A bicycle pump will be found much better than dusters or feather brushes for removing dust from carved furniture; mattresses, etc. * * * To bring up the color of yellow articles, add a little *saffron to the last rinse water. * * ~~# * . A paste made of olive oil and white sugar will remove all stains from the hands. *'. • * To prevent brass from becoming tarnished, rub once a week with a , piece of flannel moistened with sow-ing-machine oil.

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The lure of the sale proves too much for the average woman no matter how she sets her teeth and vows she will not buy. THIS may be because really good 1 value can be obtained at sales, and the woman, knows this, although she deplores the fact that she has to wrestle with myriads of other women m order to obtain what she wants. Trade winds often blow bargains our way when we have no money to take advantage of the offer. Everyone ought to reserve a little cash for use at sale time, for there are always lots of semi-necessaries, such as coat hangers and shoe trees and special skin foods and all sorts of gadgets, that are best bought at this time. One advantage of sales also is that things are spread out before the eyes far more and the casual shopper can pounce on something ' without having to dig it out from behind a counter. Prices come steadily down from the beginning of the sale to the end and one is torn between the fear of losing the article and the expectation that m a few more days or a week it will be down another shilling or two, thus becoming more of a bargain.