Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15

Ilme-SaVlnG Is the most important
of household economies. no matter In
what branch of housekeeping it is used
for upon it depends the saving OF ex-
pense, health, patience and all the
other indispensables.
After you have learned to reduce the
time required for individual units of
work you will be ready to organize sew
eral units into series and to prove
by experiments how much time can be
saved on a series in a given length OF
time.
Note with pencil and paper the
amount of time usually expended on a
given task, then apply to the same task
the principles of time-saving and find
out the very shortest time in which it
can be done without undue haste or
excitement. Compare the two results.
BY thus studying and testing each unit
you will soon find satisfactory stand
ard of work.
When the hours allotted to house,
hold tasks are misused or wasted one
of two things must inevitably happen:
Either the work will be botched or it
will encroach on the time reserved for
other duties and for rest and recreation.
1t is astonishing how much time can
be wasted unconsciously in the course
of one mornings work and in how many
different ways.
When trying to avoid wasting time
care must, of course, be taken not to
fall into the opposite error of squander-
ing 1t through undue haste and zeal.
To use too much speed is as bad as to
use too little. After careful practice
you will find the pace that is most eff
cient.
Tried and Tested.
When vanishing a Night of stairs,
varnish every other step so that the
stairs can be used while being refin-
ished. When these are dry, paint the
remaining stairs. This dispenseS with
number of inconvenience that would
otherwise interfere with the work.
The hall at the foot of the stairs
may be covered with inlaid linoleum.
which will wear well. If pattern is
liked. checked design in black and
cream squares or marble pattern would
look well. If you do not use linoleum,
the border, and lay runner of carpet
down the center Of the hall, which can
be taken up and cleaned easily.
If you use linoleum. nail strips of
narrow molding over the linoleum where
it comes against the mop board to pre-
vent the entrance of water under the
floor covering. The molding also gives a
nice finish. A good way to polish limo
leum is to wiring out flannel from hot
water as dry as possible, then apply floor
polish on it in the usual way The
flannel cleans and polishes at the same
time. To repair holes worn in linoleum,
mix some flnely-chopped cork with
liquid glue and fill the holes with this.
Clean and remove spots from white
enamel or painted furniture with warm
water and baking soda To remove
white spots from dark furniture, caused
by heat or water, rub lightly with a
cloth wet with camphor. Clean leather
upholstery with gasoline or alcohol,
polish with neat's-foot oil and allow
to dry well before using. To remove
ink stains from carpet first sprinkle
some baking soda on the stain, then
wet with warm water and rub with a
cloth, wringing the cloth out from
time to time. This is effective and no
harm comes from the use of the soda.
Vanished wallpaper may be washed
by using two tablespoonful of liquid
ammonia in about half a pailful of
warm water applied with soft flannel
or sponge. The wall should then be
wiped down with chamois skin wrung
out Of clean water to which two table
spoonfuls of turpentine have been
added. The paper receives beautiful
polish from the turpentine
To clean windows successfully and
quickly, take a pan of clean, plain
water and chamois skin. First wash
the windows with the wet chamois,
then wiring the chamois out dry and
wipe the windows. There will be no
need of polishing them, for they will
be brilliant and in few minutes a
busy housewife can have all her. win
ni1
paint from the windows wet a wooden
cloth with ammonia and apply to the
spots, rubbing briskly but not too hard.
Window shades that have become
cracked and broken can be renovated
by laying them on the floor or other
fiat surface and painting them with
ordinary Oil paint bought at any hard
ware store In half-pint or one-pint
cans. Paint one side of the shade and
let it thoroughly dry before touching
the other side This treatment pre-
serves the shades and makes them last
for years. Use paint as near the color
Of the shade as you can get it.
In the Kitchen.
To remove dark stains from a porce-
lain sink, use equal parts of baking
soda and chloride of lime. Let the
mixture remain on the surface for a
few minutes before rubbing To unstop
a drain pipe, pour a little baking soda
over the drain then pour some vinegar
over the soda. The efferveScing of the
soda and vinegar cuts the grease and
will quickly clear the clogged pipe. A
boiling hot I've solution is also good to
use because it removes all grease and
dirt from the pipes as well as acting
as deodoriZer. Rinse with clear hot
water.
A burnt saucepan can be cleaned by
filling it with hot water then adding a
pinch of baking soda, leaving to soak
for few hours, then bringing to boil.
The burnt matter will peel off. A
damp cloth dipped in baking soda will
brighten tinWare easily. II SilverWare