Ants in the Sugar
Dear Aunt Daisy, You have told us about a person who has written to you in despair because ants have got into her sugar. This is nothing to be upset about, for it is very easy to get rid of those little beasts. Tell her to spread the sugar on a clean paper and leave it in the sun for a while. The ants will disappear as if by magic-indeed, what could be easier? | I do want to tell you how grateful I am for the help your session, and your page in The Listener have brought me. Being in a foreign country, unprepared for: housekeeping, cooking and all the new jobs marriage brings us, without anyone to advise me, I really don’t know what I should have done without you. Thank you again. THE HAY BOX:-I heard you speak several times about the wonderful hay box. People living in a city may wonder how to get the hay. They might be interested to know that in France hay is never used for this purpose, but is replaced by sawdust. The results are wonderful. Sawdust is indeed a very good insulating agent, and is used in the tropics mixed with powdered coal, in the ice-boxes, which are built on the same principle as the hay boxes. I must now end this short note as my 10-months’-old baby boy is waking up. Hoping that you will be kind enough to ddopt a little foreign Link into the Daisy Chain.-Sincerely yours, Joan of Paris. Indeed, yes, Joan! You are well qualified by your helpful letter as well as by your interest and goodwill, to be welcomed into the Daisy Chain as a strong Link.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 231, 26 November 1943, Page 19
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286Ants in the Sugar New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 231, 26 November 1943, Page 19
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