The Cracked Pitcher

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 61, 23 August 1940, Page 45

The Cracked Pitcher

Dear Aunt Daisy, With reference to the cracked electric hot water jug, of which you were speaking: I painted mine with ordinary paint over the crack, then put a band of adhesive plaster round the top of the jug. It turned out to be most successful. — " Brown’s Bay." That is a good hint. Somebody else got her broken electric jug rivetted at an umbrella shop and found it worked successfully, Brands on Flour Bags Dear Aunt Daisy, One day last week I heard you discussing methods of removing the names from flour bags and such things. Well, 1 will guarantee this method to take writing off anything! It also works with removing the writing off honey tins, etc. Just soak the articles in liquid egg-preservative. I usually soak them for 24 to 48 hours (the longer the better); then just take the bags out, wash in the usual way, and boil up well with the family wash. People are getting to the bottom of their tins of preserved eggs by now, so I would advise them to save the liquid for soaking the names off the various articles. I always do this each year, and use’ the flour bags for all kinds of things -bodices for my girls’ pleated skirts, and linings for cushions, and many other things for the home. The bags come out of the wash without a trace of the markings on.-"T.O.L." (Auckland.) Very useful indeed, and many thanks for writing to let us know.