FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
SOME USEFUL HINTS.
Many women do a little painting, esneciall.y with coloured enamel paints. Keep in mind that unless the surface is well prepared there will be failure. It is usually advisable to use a paintremoving mixture before repainting old work.
It is a mistake to starch linen before storing it. In time it will perish.
If onions are being stored they should bo in a cool dark place. To prevent them sprouting singe the roots with a red-hot bar of iron, such as a poker.
The blackening of brown shoes can be simplified by first rubbing them over with a piece of raw potato.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 July 1939, Page 8
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108FOR THE HOUSEWIFE Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 July 1939, Page 8
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