HOME-CRAFT GLEANINGS

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 34, 7 March 1930, Page 24

HOME-CRAFT GLEANINGS

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Darn It! DA&8NING dark socks or stockings by artificial light is often a great Strain on the eyes. Try using a small electrie torch in place of a darning ball. If placed in the stocking with the light on, the hole is illuminated, and the bulb provides a smooth working surface. A Camping Tip \VHEN going on a camping holiday ' by ear, take three pieces of fibrocement, beaver board or three-ply, each oft, x 2ft. They fit behind the rack on the back of the front seat of the car, and oceupy very little space, At meal-times, place the Sheets on top of a_ stretcher, and you have a good, serviceable table. | Dirt Defying F, like myself, you are one of those unfortunate people who cannot work in gloves, try the tip given me the

other day, by a man who not only cleans his own car, but does all his own gardening, and still keeps his hands irreproachable. He first scrapes the nails along a cake of soap to filll them, and then rubs his hands with yaseline. No matter how dirty they get, dirt, soap and grease all scrub off together, Passe? O matter how great a bargain, don’t buy a really short frock, unless it is one of the straight ones, like last year’s tennis frocks. In that case you ean bring it up to date by putting in a deep band of contrasting material

around the hips, and side pieces at each seam, the shape of « section in an wnbrella. If the side pieces droop below the hem of the original, so much the better. Worth Knowing Ror three or four onions in a pint of water: then with a soft brush, go lightly over your picture and window frames with the solution. It will do no injury, and you will haye the satisfaction of knowing that uno flies will afterwards alight on the articles. _ ’Kerchiefs OF allsorts, shapes and colours. have some into their own again. Moreover, they fulfil a useful purpose in

ringing the changes on our summer frocks, until we are obliged to take to the more serious ones again. You can wear them like a tiny shawl, tied at the back with the point in front, draped around the shoulders, or merely pinned on to one shoulder, with the ends hanging, and very graceful they are. Just Arrived yf you are thinking of buying yourself a present-and it is a very cheering sort of thing to do sometimes-let it be a lampshade, or a table lamp, for the latest arrivals, in French and peasant pottery and vellum and leather

respectively, are lovely enough to be a joy for ever. And not prohibitiy ely expensive, either. Old Clo’ AVE your old felt hats and every serap 2%f fur. ByefAnd-.by, when the winter comes, they will make such cosy bedroom slippers with a fleecy sole and very little trouble. Leather Reviver HOSH of us who possess thut beautiful hide-covered furniture, as well as those who are owners of leather coats, may like to know that cither can be immensely improved by rubbing with a well-shaken mixture of one part

vinegar to three of boiled linseed oil, and polishing with a soft. duster. Jeffery Farnol ) A DMIRERS of this whimsical author, """ and their names are legion, will be glad to know of his latest book, "Another Day." The scenes in rural Sussex are inimitable. Diamond cut Diamond O you know that if. you are unfortunate enough to have a glass of port wine spilt over your frock at a party, the stains can immediately be removed by dashing a glass of sherry over the same place?

At Your Service _ If you are needing information or advice regarding electrical equipment, ""Gadabout" is here to help you. Correspondence will be welcomed. Replies will appear in the next issue that goes to press, or sent by post if a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed, so do not hesitate to write."Gadabout,’ "Radio Record and Electric Home Journal," P.O. Box 1032, Wellington.