HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 34, 1 March 1935, Page 58

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

HE feet’ of socks always wear out before the. turnovers at the top. If knitted separately. the turnovers can be. stitched on the top of the socks and transferred to the next pau. yF the dye rubs off your oilskin coat in the rain try rubbing the coat ever with the merest smear of slightly warm linseed oil. Chis will make a protective covering fur the surface and prevent the loose dye from rubbing off. [ cobwebs are brushed away with an upward movement they wiil not leave a mark. : BAUTY spots are coming back-but with a difference The new style spots take the form of the initial of

the wearer-one on, the cheek and one on the shoulder when. evening dress is worn. A SOOTHING lotion for inflamed "whites" of the eye: Boric acid. 15 grains; witch hazel extract, 10 minims; rose water. 60 minims: distilled water, add one fluid ounce. Dilute the lotion with an equal quantity of warm water. : EFORDE going to a dance dust your feet with starch or taleum powder and sprinkle some inside your shoes. Your feet will then last out the evening without getting painfully tired and hot. T° diminish your waistline, try this exercise, performed lying flat ov the fioor. Keeping the shoulders flat. roll the body from the waist downwards from side to side. HE net crepes are wrinkled in patterns or in rows like tiers of shirred ribbon. "THERE are hats of all shapes and sizes for the new season. . High squared crowns and high Russian-like turbans for those who can wear them; peaked Tyrolean felts: clown-like caps. FEATHERS, jewels and ribbons are worn in the hair at night, and your ears and neck an be bedecked. Huge paste earrings shaped like wings clip on to the ear: little slips like those you wear on your dress are also clipped on the ear; earrings can drop to the shoulders,