The Washington herald., 1914-03-15
SERVICES THAT
HOOKS CAN RENDER
No Other Agent as Effective and In
expensive in Every Home as
s. the Handy Hook.

There II perhaps no other agent or
order as efficient In every home as the
handy hook. Hooks are good bit like
salt We cannot do without them. Added
TO their qualities Of usefulness. We have
inexPensiveness.
Hooks placed within the reach OF chill
dren. can actually be used as a means
of education. II the child Is taught to
hang each article in its respective place
il has learned a valuable lesson in order
and independence. In homes where there
place rows OF hooks around the clothes
closet which the children can reach. The
ohiIdren should then be taught to hang
their night clothes and bathrobes up every
morning and their wearing apparel up
every night. This saves the time of either
the mother or the maid
Yet more time can be saved IL hooks
are placed in the bathroom for every
towel. face cloth. or tooth brush.
Children. especially boys, are so active.
that they knock the towels from the
racks. 80 hooks often answer the purpose
better When the appointed time comes
for the changing Of the towels the child
himself can be taught to place the soiled
towel in the hamper and replace il with
a clean towel from the. drawer or closet
Has Hooks Everywhere.
Women have sometimes found odd
places to hang things. The woman who
lives in an apartment house learns to
do as the French do: to have hooks
everywhere and a hook for everything
When there are no broom and brush
closets. the brooms and brushes are al
ways i'm the way and look out Of place
Aal hx-h h.l
ers for brComs can he purchased for a
few cents in any hardware store. Tn,
carpet sweeper. map handle. 'Can he
suspended without any trouble by insert
ing a little lOOped srrew at tn" top or
by tying a piece of string in the groove
made in the handle for this Special
purpose.
When the kitchen Is very crowded =
china closet or cup hooks screwed along
the side or the ends Of the kitchen table
afford handy. places which to hang
the potato Thasher. kitchen scissors.
Sratcrs. strainers. egg beater and numcr-
Gus other articles that arc of frequent
use.
when one has not clothes rack in
the bedroom or sufficient room for one
the handy hook on the wall will be found
quite convenient for bathrobc or kirnon,
In many homes hooks are found ON the
bathroom dOrr or about the framework
OF the bathroom door on which the
clothes can be suspended while one i.
bathing.
Hooks in the stairway that leads from
the cellar to the attic will bo found quite
convenient fer articles that have no abId-
ing place that arc used too frr,,uCnily
1" bc stored and vet that arc too little
I" h" kept about the house ur living
rooms.
Very Convenient.
y hook placed outsid" Of tn" bathroom
window Is very cuny y"ui"ut fuT tn" sl!s-
pension 81 articles and brushes .l>0d !!
the bathroom.
\ little hook placed IN tho framcWor.
e tho front door affords = convenient
resting place for tho mail hon and door
KEYS. NS or" leaves IN" house "r apart
mcnt tn" key can he slipped into glove
or pUrs" and when ono returns II can
bN rehunE.
The telephone book and pad for writing
memOrandums of numbers arc Of rcadigI
access il suspended near the telephone.
lnnumerable uses for hooks can he
found. New uses and places Will bc dis
covered every day. II any article is Al
ways in the way or never seems to have
place. the best way to s,Ive the prob
lem is to hang il up. For instance even
those patterns that persist i'm Httering ur
the sewing room would be a lot los
troUhl" Il slipped into a bag and hung on
hook.
Only As you study your own needs can
YOU realize what service a hook will rem
der You.