Evening star., 1924-08-29
Necessities for Children
Ways in Which Comfort and Economy May Be
Assured by Methods Employed in the
Home-School Luncheons

found as surprise after everything
else has been eaten.
There are three requirements to in
sure that feeling of pleasure in open
ing the lunch which plays so large a
part in promoting appetite and per-
fc' t digestion. They are that 1t
should he neatly, attractively and
conveniently packed, that it should
,,ontain the right food combinations,
that ample time and as clean and
pleasant place a possible be pro-
vided for the eating.
4 CliId's BcdroOm.
One mother. blessed with more
originality than money. planned at
comparatively small expense a very
dainty room for her little girl. She
bought secondhand small enam
eled chest of drawers, on which car
penter fixed little round wall mir
ror in wide fiat frame. The same
carpenter made her wardrobe about
four feet high. She also bought a
hair and a narrow kitchen table, the
'egS of which were shortened to make
hem the correct height for a wash
tand
She enameled all these pale gray.
and Il friend who was an amateur
lrtist kindly painted a bunch of pink
'ipped daisies with jade green leaves
nn the back of the chair and a daisy
hahn around the frame of the mirror.
The Wallpaper was a narrowly striped
one. A shade darker than the enamel.
he paint also gray, and the floor COW
ering roSe-colored felt. An old iron
bedstcad was heautitied by being
painted gray. with the round balls
where the bars cross in jade green.
The little toilet cover was rose color
with an edeing of white crochet, and
the short window curtains striped
rose and gray and jade green taffeta.
Make Them Run Smoothly.
When the drawers of any article of
furniture are hard to move they can
he made to run easily by rubbing dry
soap on the parts that fit into the
grooves. Door hinges that do not
work we'll should be rubbed along
the bearings with oil. Many un-
pleasant noises arise when wood bears
on metal. but the sound may be en-
tirely stopped by the application of d
little grease. A window that is diff
rut to move should also be treated
with grease. applying it on the sash
and then pushing the window up and
down until an easy movement is Sc
cured.
T" Make Fabrics Fireproof.
Few people realize that it is possi-
BILE with very little trouble or expense
to make various kinds of material
practically fireproof. To do this.
three parts of EPSON salts and six
parts of borax are dissolved together
in 40 parts of hot water. The fabric
should then be we'll soaked in this
solution, squeezed and hung up to
dry. In the case Of material that is
to be starched, EPSON salts and borax
can be added to the starch paste.
These ingredients do not affect col
ored fabrics. Materials so treated
will burn only with the greatest
difficulty.
Do You Know.
When picture nails in walls become
loose they may be replaced in the
original holes in the following way:
Melt some glue and mix it with plas-
ter of paris into a rather Stiff paste.
Fill the hole in the wall with the
paste, and before it sets hard push in
the nail to the desired depth. AS soon
as the plaster and glue mixture has
hardened the nail will be more firmly
in position than it was before.
A safe and easy method of remov-
ing a stopper from a fragile bottle is
to draw a piece of string backward
and forward several times round the
neck of the bottle, which should be
firmly held by another person. The
friction so caused will warm the neck
of the bottle and expand it suffi-
ciently to allow the stopper to be
drawn out easily. The same result
can sometimes be obtained by holding
the stopper over flame.
To clean an aluminium pan that has
been badly burned pour in a little
water and boil and onion in it. The
burned matter will rise to the top and
leave the pan quite clean.
A good way to remove the taste
and smell from utensils that have
been used for cooking onions or other
strong favored foods is to scrub them
thoroughly with dry mustard.