Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-14
HELPFUL HINTS FOR VIOLA AND
 EiNk

If your husband wears flannel trous- ers;you can rip up and wash and make your little girl a skirt to wear with her middy blose. If little boy you can make him a pair of pants.
 When raking up the yard and clean ing the cellar sift all the trash and put in paper bags. The pieces of wood however small. will take the chill off the room When steady fire is not needed cardboard boxes can be torn into small pieces; and old shoes make good heat; old brooms, fruit baskets, etc, help to make a fire and they also reduce the high cost of living. When your kid gloves begin to wear, l before they are worn through, stick a ! piece of adhesive plaster inside of the worn glove under the worn part. When l the glove begins to break, the hole l will not be noticed.
 | When your rubbers begin to wear l out at the side, take a piece of rub 1 Der from a discarded rubber, place 1 over the hole on the inside, cut piece of adhesive plaster a little larger than l the rubber patch and stick on. It will | wear a long time and the rubber 1 will not leak.
 1 Baby's shoes most always wear out at the ankle joint. By taking piece i of kid from an old glove, or an old l shoe, the baby's shoe can be mended | the same as the rubbers, and baby s shoes will last much longer.
 1 A most satisfactory way of using up
 old short waists is to make them in 1 to children'S dresses. Sew up the fronts, open in the back, start from
 the waist line, cutting upwards, leav- ing two inches on the shoulder for the dress cut the bottom part of the sleeves and use for the child's dress; cut the collar off and trim as prefer
 red. For a small child they will be l long enough to even off the bottom and hem up; while for a larger child f1ounce of some other white material or hamburg edge lace could be used Another way to use them is to cut up the sides to the shoulder, cutting
 out sleeves and leaving both open on each side ad hemming with a very
 narrow hem; sew take on each side
 of the back tying it around the waist
 holding down the front. Cut out the
 neck as low as you prefer-this will
 make a good corset cover for nurs-
 ing mother.
 A bean pot is very good substi-
 ute for an expensive casserole. CheaT 1 cuts of meat Drowned. seasoned and
 cooked in a bean pot in the oven in
 little hot water are tender and de-
 licious.
 Every morning gather up all broken
 pieces of bread, lay them on the grate in the oven and let remain until nice
 even brown. then grind in your chop
 per and served with milk make 8
 most delectable breakfast dish. It is
 breakfast food that is crisp an6
 fresh; and there is nothing better te roll your croquettes or fish in. When sweetening your tea or coffee place sugar in your cup before pour
 ing hot water on it, You will find you will use les sugar.
 Take your left over scraps such a: beef, lamb, mutton and veal and make a hash. croquettes, meat loaf, escal
 loped dish or salad.
 A left over ham bone will greatly | improve bean soup. $ Meat pie that is delicious can b, , made from left over vegetables ant l meat.
 Leaves of, celery dry are valuable il
 the soup pot for favoring.
 Save egg shells. These. can be use,
 to settle coffee.
 Leftover fish can be used fo !. creamed dishes.
 a Now is the time to do up your Thu . barb for. winter.
 II You can clean your furniture if un - vanished with parrafn oil.
 When your sweater sleeves, or tn childrens underwear sleeves becom
 thin. cut them out and sew the righ f sleeve into the left arm hole and tn left in the right. sew in by hand wit
 d back stitch, and it can be worn a . long as it already has without mend e ing.