Evening star., 1948-07-04
CHILD IN CAR?
(Fron Mrs. M. J. H., Greenbe

(From Mrs. M. j. H., Greenbelt.)
We are driving to California in
August and are taking our (then)
18-month-old son. We are planning
to stop at places of interest en- route,
thus taking about 10 days to get to
the West Coast. We shall be gone
for a month in all. My problem is
the entertainment of our very active
youngster, while he is forced to be
cooped up in the car. Could kind
reader offer me some hints as to
the type of toys to take, other en-
| tertainment ideas? Also, I need
some advice on tthe possible Sleep
ing arrangements for him. 1t Is
best to take a portable crib with us,
in spite of it's bulk, ETC.? I'll be
very grateful for any help.
CLEANING VENETIAN BLINDS.
from Mrs. G. w. c., WGshington.)
There was a request some time
ago from a woman who had moved
into an apartment and wanted to
know a simple way of cleaning
Venetian blinds. l haven't noticed
an answer in the RICH and I
thought could help. I have blinds
all over my house, some 80 windows
and when housecleaning time came
I went almost mad trying to get
them cleaned. tried standing on
ladders and washing each slat, TAX
ing them down and cleaning them
on table, all of which took long
time.
Then I read the advertisement of
a powder that washed glasses and
dishes and after rinsing didn't have
to be wiped and would be left clear
and shining. I decided to try it on
Venetian blinds. I filled my tub
with lukewarm water, making a
suds of the powder, put my Vene-
tian blinds in the tub, and used a
soft scrub-brush to 60 quickly over
the Stats. had the blinds opened
their full length when I put them
in the tub, so it was easy to run the
scrub brush quickly over all of
them. I took them out Of the tub
and laid them on an old mattress
pad I had, so the water wouldn't
drain on my floor. I emptied the
tub and filled it with clear water
and rinsed the blinds and then
stood them on their ends on the
mattress pad to drain.
After I had cleaned the window
frames, I put the blinds back in
their places, hanging them up full
length. The ribbons drained little
after I put them up, but left an
old rag under them to catch the
drain. Result-the shades were
cleaner than ever, no finger smudge
and the Stats were clean and
glossy looking. It took very little
time to clean the shades that way
and cut my housecleaning down by
two days, because I have so many of
them to do.
CROCHET BOOK?
(Fron, Mrs. L. j., WaShington.)
I write asking If any Of the read
ers of the RICH know where I may
obtain a copy of the Crochet Book
No. lat by the Spool Cotton Com
pany H-157C-13, Third Edition. r
have been looking for the book in
every available place but cannot
locate one.
MAGAZINE ADDRESS.
(Frors Mrs. r. r. c., Arlington.) |
Mrs. w. E. R., Silver Spring, re-
quests again the address of the
Writer'S Digest Magazine. It is:
Writer'S Digest( 20 East Twelfth
street, Cincinnati 10, Ohio.
NEEDED OVERSEAS.
From Miss C.. M. r., Washington.
Iwonder If RICH readers are aware
that kitchen utensils are among the
much needed articles overseas. An
acquaintance from Central Europe
recently informed me that the scare
ity or lack of the most ordinary
equipment in the bombed out homes
so handicaps the home woman in
her routine duties that she finds it
difficult or impossible to undertake
the outside job. Young couples at
tempting to set up home find that
pots and pans are rationed and hard
to get. Metals are scarce. With
many American women adopting
new methods of cooking. there is
doubtless many a utenSil on the
kitchen shelf that Is little used but
in good condition. One group Of
women in this city, wishing to give
a lift to neighbors overseas, hit upon
the clever plan of having social
and making the price OF admission
a good kitchen utensil.
Another trivial article, the lack of
which may cause distress, is shoe
laces. OF course, If one had piece
a string-but there isn't any string,
so the shoe lace becomes as impor-
tant as the proverbial nail for the
horses shoe. And SO is the hairpin
and hairnet. |
All OF these articles, as well as
clothing, bedding, shoes, toys, tin
canned or dried food, school supplies,
etc., are collected and shipped by
Church World Service. All one
needs to do Is to take them to one
of the designated church collection
centers in the city or suburbs. Call
National 1904 for these centers. A
pickup service can generally be ar
ranged if necessary. CWS gave as
sistance to 43 countries in 1947, dis
tributing to the neediest through
church organizations overseas. Al
most nothing is lost by pilferage and
there is almost no chance of goods
reaching black markets.
FBRING THIS AC
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