Household Hints

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 42, 26 April 1935, Page 57

Household Hints

\ YYEING by an amateur often results in a streaky effect. To avoid this put the dye in a soup shaker and work this about in the water in which the garment is put, This also prevents the hands from becoming stained. (CHAIR-BACK covers on leather suites can be kept in place by making a pocket at top and bottom, and inserting in each. a flat strip of brass or lead. ‘These will lie flat and be easily removed for laundering purposes. POLISHED dining tables will be kept in a very good condition if after every meal a cloth wrung out in vine.gar and water is used to wipe them ‘over. This sdves a good deal of un- | necessary polishing. : Oak tables that are very much besrimed will be improved by this treatment, Scrub with soft soap to which

SS aii ae a,gmall handful of soda is added, repeating two or three times if necessary; then wipe over with linseed oil, let this-soak in, and the next day wipe over’ again with a little methylated spirit, Olean with furniture polish in the usual way. . N= eurtains are easily washed at home. Shake first to free from loose dust, squeeze in warm, soapy water, and rinse in warm water, and then in cold gum water. Wring by hand. and stretch out to their original size on a table. When only damp, iron on the wrong side with a moderate iron. Putto air immediately.