USEFUL HINTS
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. A cosy cot mattress can be made out of sheepskins. Wash and tan well two medium-sized skins. Cut alike and sew together by hand, wool side in, and then turn inside-out. The finished article is a fluffy, warm mattress, which can be washed easily. When you are soaking dried fruit to cook add to the water the juice of a lemon and a tablespoon of glycerine. Let the fruit soak for a few hours. Hosiery can be macle to last longer by immersing stockings when new in a solution of 4 parts water to 1 part vinegar. Steep for about one hour, then rinse in clean, warm water and dry the hose in the usual way before wearing.
When using heather and mixture wools, to count rows of stocking-stitch count on the back, stretching the work very slightly. Lipstick stains can be removed from linen by soaking the article in cold -milk for half an hour and then rinsing in hot soapy lather. On washing day use a bath soap-rack hung inside the wash-tub and you will find that this will obviate the usual search for the soap.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 May 1940, Page 8
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