Household Hints

Radio Record, 12 June 1936, Page 65

Household Hints

[ your fur coat needs mending, place undér the torn edgés a strip of velvet of plush to match the pelt, and tack into place with rather | large stitches which go well back into the fur. The furry edges will cover the. velvet and make it invisible when the coat is worn. Yrour clean sugar-bags, turned inside out to avoid the trade-marks, filled with cut-up scraps of material and joined together widthwise make a serviceable mattress for the single bed or camp stretcher. The sacking, dyed or left in its natural colouring with a spray of flowers is gaily-coloured wools embroideréd on each section, together with a few cushions of the saive niaterial makes a handsome sctee swab. Hl) usefulness of wrist watches to motorists, airwomen and othérs is , impaired by the fact that the watch cannot be seen through the gauntlet driving gloves. This can be remedied at home. Make a hole in one gauntlet four inches in diameter, and cover it with a piece of heavy transparent cel‘luloid, stitched into the leather, the hole being so located that the window comes directly over the watch-face. This permits observation without admitting air or dust to the watch, TAKE any quantity of clean, fresh mushrooms, peel and cut the stalks short. Thread a piece of thin string with sewing needle and thread mushrooms on string. Tie the strings in the hot-water cupboard or in the sun. They will take about a week to dry thproughly. Store, still on the strings. in} béttles for winter use.. Soak in a little water about 24 hours, and cook in the usual way. The flavour of the fresh mushroom ig preserved in this way. F your garden hose needs repairing try this simple and _ effective method: Dry in the sun thoroughly and paint the defective parts with quick-drying oil paint; then cut. strips of calico the correct width to cover the holes. Paint the strips and bind the worn parts of hose evenly and tightly, taking care that no ait-bubbles appear Pinder the layers. When dry, apply another coat of paint and allow the \ hose to set for a few days. After this treatment you will find your hose will Yast a long time. HEN there are several young children in the family, it is usually difficult to keep their bathroom requisites separate. A good idea to overcome the difficulties is to procure a suitable number of coat-hangers of the euamel kind in suitable colours, allowing each child to choose its own colour, Screw a number of small hooks into each. cnathanger, then secure loops of tape to each of the handles of the hair brushes and toothbrushes, and to the towels and washers, to enable them to be hung on to the hooks. Choose toothbrushes with handles to natch the coat-hangers while the towels, etc., can be decorated with coloured borders also to mateh "the coat-hangers. The bathroom will Ho kept tidy, and it will be an easy to keep each child's belongings patate, Hang the coat-hanger at a height within the children’s reach.