THE HOUSEWIFE’S NOTEBOOK
SOME USEFUL HINTS. Add clear, strong coffee to the starch, if a creamy shade is desired, when laundering curtains. A little oil of lavender poured in a glass of hot water makes a pleasant jdour in a sick room. A little glycerine added to the rinsing water will help to keep flannels soft. When an old cushion has become hard and lumpy, open a seam and blow in air with a bicycle pump, and restore soft, downy comfort. If you live in a region where the water is what is called hard, add a few drops of olive oil when applying to the skin. The heat of a hot iron will separate stamps that are stuck together. Press through a piece of thin paper.
A window that is merely washed and dried may be given brilliancy by using a little whiting with the final cloth.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 September 1939, Page 10
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148THE HOUSEWIFE’S NOTEBOOK Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 September 1939, Page 10
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