Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

vent discoloration and absorption of re-
frigerator odors. Keep in the kitchen
cabinet some white crepe paper nap
kins cut in quarters to use for greasing
to use than brush. You will also find
many other uses for this kind of paper.
Cleansing and Repairing.
When washing dishes instead of using
the regular diShcloth put into a little
flve-pound meal or sugar sack all the
bits of soap that are usually thrown
away and use, this soap-filled sack as a
diShcloth. This method Is a consider
able saving of soap and also saves the
trouble of hunting in the dishwater for
bar Of soap that is more or less wasted
this way.
To remove milk from a bottle or uten-
sill, fill with water, add a little baking
soda and let stand for a while When
ready to wash the receptacle that has
contained milk, especially buttermilk,
which Is so hard to remove, you will
find that all the milk has been removed
from the bottom and sides of the con-
tainer. A good way to cleanse silver
ware IS as follows: After emptying q
bottle of buttermilk, put silver knives,
forks and spoons In the bottle, I'LL with
water and leave overnight. In the
morning rinse the Silverware in hot
suds and it will be bright and clean.
To prevent skillets and frying pans
from sticking, put about two-thirds of a
cupful of salt into a small cloth sack.
Rub this over the bottom of the skillet
or frying pan, which has been creased
enough to moisten the salt. Take dry
cloth and clean the pan, 1t viii then
be ready for use and food viii not stick
to it. This may be applied to aluminium
and tin utensils also.
An old card table can be made like
new, even after the top seems to be
hopeieasiy worn. Remove the old cover
and in its place use q piece Of wall
It smoothly over the top OF the table,
then shellac 1t all over. You will be
pleased with the result When doing
repair work on furniture or any kind OF
brittle wood, instead of using tacks use
old photograph needles. They will not
split the wood and can scarcely be de-
tected In the finished work.
Laundry Thrift.
wool in them put shoe trees inside
them while they are still wet to keep
them from getting out of shape and
shortening at the feet. Wooden tipped
shoe trees with q strip of metal con-
Meeting the heel and toe are good to
use. These gently but firmly hold the
hose in position and when dry leave
them in better shape and more COM
Portable to wear than before. Rub q
small amount of hand soap on the In
side of the heels of your hose and
they viii wear longer. Have a spool
OF naending cotton to match in color
each pair Of your hose, then you are
prepared for any emergency.
Instead OF pressing seams and plaits
with . damp cloth, as is usual, use
brown wrapping paper. Place piece
Of the paper over the seam or plat
and sprinkle with water, then iron as
usual. This does not wet the ma
te-ial, but steans it. This way Is
quicker and scorching is less likely.
After washing window curtains fold
them IS II you were going 10 put them
away, then hang them on wire coat
hangers TO dry. They viii then hang
straight after being ironed. When put
ting children's clothes away after being
ironed put handkerchief in the
pocket Of each child's school dress.
when Sewing.
After opening a pattern Immediately
write the number Of the pattern on
each piece, then, no matter II the
pieces become scattered or mixed, you
will always know to which pattern each
piece belongs. In small apartments
and homes the home dressmaker is
sometimes handicapped by the lack of
large fat surface on which to cut
out q sewing pattern. An excellent
substitute for cutting table is made
by using large square Of oilcloth and
placing Ii over the bed. The scissors
viii slide over this smooth surface and
there Is little danger Of their penetrat-
ing the oilcloth. It also Is easy TO
remove threads and Rawlings from oil
cloth.
When sewing seams Of heavy ma
terial, such IS cretonne or canvas, rub
the seam with soap and the needle
viii go through the goods easily with
out breaking. If q safety pin is dull,
or you wish TO put 1t through several
folds Of goods, first stick II into 9
bar Of soap and 1t viii run easily into
the goods. When drawing threads for
hemstitching on delicate material 1t Is