HELPFUL HINTS

Don’t throw away that leaky hot water bottle. Stuff it with worn out nylons and use
it as a kneeling pad,

An extra curtain rod makes a good shoe rack. Fasten it to the inside of a closet ‘door
and hang shoes on it by the heels.

To enable smal! boys to hang up their own trousers, buy a kitchen towel rack with
three swinging rods. Hang it within your boy’s reach. A handy place to hang trous-
ers and keep them clean and neat. Saves mother work too after you get them trained
to use if.

When sewing the casing for elastic im children’s pyjamas, make a button-hole in the
seam where you wish to insert the elastic. For overalls and sunsuits a button-hole
placed at each side of the back saves time when replacing elastic.

Try using lead from a penci! on a zipper which becomes stubborn. Just run the lead
up and down the zipper. The graphite does the trick and the zipper will slide easily
again.

When lengthening girl’s dresses, sew a suitable tape or braid over the fold left by the
old hemline. it’s an eye-catching decoration and eliminates that let-down look.

Keep a small jar near your washing machine for the buttons that come off in the wash.
You will know where to find them when it comes time for mending.

To prevent a rough edge on plain knitting, slip the first stitch of every new row, then
purl the second stitch and proceed as the pattern requires.

Dirt will slide off your dust-pan easier if you wax it with no-rubbing liquid wax. Do
the same with your snow shovel and it will keep it from rusting as well as make shov-
elling snow an easier job.

When you hang curtains, pull the shades down all around the room to the point where
you want the tie-backs. Then you will get them even without measuring.

Your chocolate baked goods will taste even better if you add a little cinnamon to the
recipe.

Jam or jelly that is hard and sugary will be like new if you leave it in a warm oven
until the sugar softens.

To see whether old yeast is sti!l good put it in warm water with a teaspoon of sugar
and stir. If it begins to foam in 10 minutes you can use it with your flour right away.

To keep legs of furniture from scratching floor, smooth them with fine sandpaper and
coat with liquid wax.

To keep your brass and copper shining, clean it with a good glass cleaner, then give
it a coat of liquid wax which protects it from the ir.

Crumpled newspaper may be used to shine windows and mirrors which have been wash-
ed with detergent or bon ami.

Odds and ends of toilet soap: bars can be barely covered in water — and allowed to

simmer until dissolved — then poured into an empty soup can. When soap cools and

sate — the bottom of the can can be cut off — and the soap pushed out and cut into
ars.

To soften cocoanut that has dried out, heat over hot water in a sieve.
To keep scalding milk from scorching, rinse the pan with hot water before using.

To test oven temperature without a thermometer, sprinkle a small amount of flour in
a pan and piace in heated oven, leave five minutes:

If flour is a delicate brown, the oven is slow 250 degrees F. to 325 degrees F.;

if flour is a golden brown, the oven is moderate 325 degrees F. to 400 degrees F.;

if flour is a deep brown, the oven is hot 400 degrees F. to 450 degrees F.;

If flour is a deep dark brown, the oven is very hot 450 degrees F. to 500 degrees F.

You'll find that ironing puff sleeves can be made much easier if you first slip the
sleeves over a lamp bulb plugged in for 3-4 minutes. By moving them back and forth
over the buib you’ll find the wrinkles will come out.

Before opening a pound of butter, place it in a bowl of ‘cold water for a few minutes.
You'll then find that the paper will come off clean with no butter adhering. It also
works equally well with margarine.

When singing fowl, pour a small amount of methyl hydrate into a wide, shallow metal
pan and light it. This will give a good flame with which you can singe five or more
fowl, and will not cause ashes or smoke to dirty your house.

When planting Pole Beans, plant a corn kernel beside each bean. This will provide a
ready stalk for the beans to cling to, eliminates staking, and also provides corn for
your table.

Porm, Olen