Evening star., 1944-10-25
Readers Clearing House

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its own.
To Mrs. M. T., Riverdale: use
. small amount Of furniture polish
on my floor mop, and find 1t very
satisfactory way to dust waxed
floors.
To Mrs. E. S.. Fort Belvoir: Have
you discovered that by waxing your
window sills you can wipe OF dust
and rain spots easily?
After l finish the dinner dishes 7
rinse my dish cloth, soap 1t well
and roll 1t up. A quick rinse next
morning gives you a thoroughly
clean cloth.
Give your refrigerator and oven a
blowing out with an electric fan to
get rid OF dead air and stale odors
A very flexible. broad spatuIa Is
fine for mixing color into margarine,
making biscuits, scraping food out
OF bowls. removing burned food
from pots and pans, and dozens
OF other things.
Can any one tell me how to re-
move indelible ink that has "set?"
SHOO-FLY PIE.
REQUESTED by Mrs. T. w. F.,
Washington
I have watched The Star for a
recipe for a pie pronounced "Shoo-
Fly Pie" It's a Pennsylvania Dutch
crumb pie. I have tried different
recipes but they do not taste like
the ones my mother made. They
don't get stale for over a week. I
would appreciate your cooperation
in helping me-
MOPPING FLOORS.
(Thanks to Mrs. c. G. T,
Chevy Chase.)
For Mrs. M. T., Riverdale: At
almost any and 10, you will fnd
yellow flannel cleaning cloths, ap-
proximately l8 inches square. II
you will place one of these under
your dry mop, You will find that
all OF the dust and dirt will cling
to the flannel cloth, and that your
waxed floors will stay bright and
clean between each waxing
These flannel cloths make excel
lent furniture busters. are Iintlcss
when used to polish windows. and
are the best all-purpose cleaning
cloth I've ever found.
CRISSCROSS CURTAINS
Thanks to Mrs. r. S., Washington. }
To the reader who wanted advice
about remodeling narrow ruffled
curtains: Try putting two Of your
narrow ruffied curtains together for
one by simply putting them on the
rod with the straight edges together
in the center. Use this pair as one
curtain at one side of the window
and another pair at the other SIDE
looping back as usual for a tie
back" arrangement. This will prob
ably be full enough that the seam
in the center will be practically
invisible Having the ruffles at The
sides as well as the center gives a
particularly pretty effect. These
could also be hung criSscross If you
did not mind having part of the
front rod showing, but would re-
quire considerable sewing and re-
modelling If you wanted crisscross
curtains on only one rod.
VASE FROM BOTTLE;
MAKING KETCHUP?
Thanks to Mrs. P. V. D.,
Mount Rainier.)
Fancy bottles make very nice vases
and here is how you do it-soak 9
string in oil and tie it tightly around
the bottle at the place where it is to
be cut. Light the string and let il
burn completely around the bottle
Quickly, while the bottle is still hot
dip in ice cold water and the un-
wanted part of the bottle will crack
from the part that is to be used
File the edges smooth and round
the corners with glass file from any
hardware store. This was requested
by Mrs. w. M. H. of Washington
in The Star, october II.
Here is something I would like to
know Now that the ration points
on ketchup have gone sky high, does
any one know how to make it?