Hints for the Housewife

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 42, 1 May 1931, Page 32

Hints for the Housewife

Window Cleaning in Cold Weather. WINDOW-CLEANING during cold weather is made easier if a little paraffin is added to the pail of warm water used for washing the glass. For the final polishing put a few drops of glycerine on the cloth or leather. This will prevent the windows from becoming steamy. Or use a reliable waterless polish, Shifting Tight Screws. SCREWS that are tight can be loosened if a screw-driver is placed in the head of the screw and tapped gently with a hammer. This will loosen any surrounding paint, and the screw can be easily removed with the screw-driver in the ordinary way. \ Renovating Chipped Hearths.’ ILED hearths which have become cracked. or chipped can be made to look like bricks if they are painted with a mixture of size and red brick dust. Dissolve:the size in sufficient boiling water to make a consistency like gum, stir in the brick dust, and paint on in two coats to the tiles. Dry Cleaning Upholstery. PHOLSTERY of Chesterfields and lounge chairs can be dry. cleaned at . home by rubbing the suriace gently

with a plece of flannel dipped in warm bran. You can, if you prefer, sprinkle the bran lightly over the furniture, Brush off afterwards and repeat if necessary on extra dirty parts. Mending Linen. HEN darning a hole in a tablecloth, serviette, or bed-linen, tack a ae of fine muslin behind the worn surf before you begin. This will make‘ darn much stronger and once the article has been washed it will be quite wun--noticeable if the edges are cut away whet the work is finished,