Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-02
Many Tasks in Household
Home Requires Expert Attention in All Details of
Equipment Storage, Repairs, Porch
Pillows and Other Matters.

busters are ideal for polishing mirrors
and fine furniture. When Soiled they
can be washed and dried as are silk
hose and can be used over and over
again.
Buy a small notebook. and If you
have a good prescription that could be
repeated safely, write the number down
the ailment for which it was used and
the patients name. Record in the
same way all other valuable reminders
and you will save many dollars during
a year, especially with q large family.
That Stitch in Time.
When necessary to darn a small place
in a mans suit do not use silk or other
sewing thread, but take from the seam
inside the trousers enough rawlings to
do the work Find place where the
goods are cut straight and get few
threads. They need not be long, and
you will be surprised that so few OF
these threads will do the work. To
thread your needle twist the tiniest
wisp of cotton on the end of the ravel-
ing, then follow the threads of the
goods in darning. Finish by pressing
on the right side under dampened
cloth, and the place can scarcely be
found afterward.
Use your embroidery hoops when
working buttonholes. Place a portion
of the garment containing the button
hole to be worked in the center of the
hoops, as you would to embroider. This
will hold the goods tight and smooth
while you work. This method Is easy,
and the buttonholeS are neater than
when done by the old method of pin
ing the garment to the knee while
working.
To hem napkins first draw a thread
to insure straight hem, then put the
narroweSt hemmer on the sewing ma
chine, unthread the needle and run the
napkins through the hemmer. The
hem is then in place to hem by hand.
This tnSureS perfect work and saves
time as well.
Do not throw away your old felt
hats, but use them to make bootees for
the baby. Lined with outing flannel or
silk. they make cunning little bootees
and last much longer than those that
you buy. White kid gloves also make
very pretty booteeS for Sunday and
dresS-up occasions, so do not throw
away long kid gloves.
Do not discard old bathrobes. Make
them into laprobes. Cut the worn tops
off and go around the four sides with
binding tape. The pockets may be left
on and used to put your hands in to
keep them warm while riding. The fig
ured bathrobes look like Indian robes.
Make porch pillows of oilcloth. An
economical way to stuff them is to
stitch up paper bag the size and shape
OF the pillow and fill with paper cut
| into strips. This will make the pillow
light and stiff so that it will stand
where it is placed. Use the good cor
nerS from discarded oilcloth table
covers to make pillows for children to
use outdoors and for yourself when
working among flowers. These should
be stuffed with more pliable material
than those described, which are more
for ornamentation than for use.
If you have a small porch that needs
a curtain to keep out both sun and
rain, buy cheap roller shade and paint
the outside with two thin coats Of en-
amel. This ewill make the curtain
waterproof, and 1t will not be too stiff to
roll up and down easily.
Useful but Cheap.
| Buy a 1o-cent bunch of large rubber
bands and use them for the children's
carriers. If they are lost, the expense is
small. Use them also when a new blouse
is worn until washed. Father can also
use them for sleeve holders when at
work, and they will always be clean.
To make a useful but inexpensive
sewing table, varnish or paint an ordi-
nary cheese box and lid on the outside,
then paint three narrow strips of wood
for legs for the box, and line the box
and lid with cretonne. Tack the three
strips to the top and bottom of the
box, using the box at the top to hold
your darning and sewing materials, and
| the lid placed down lower to hold small
articles, such as scissors, darning ball,
thread, pins, needles and thimble. You
will find this improvised work basket
or sewing table very useful and mex
pensive sewing help.