Evening star., 1948-10-21
ANSWERS TO REQUESTS;
SUGGESTION.

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For the lady who spilled bleach on
her cotton striped dress, you cannot
restore the original colors, but pur-
chase a box of regular wax crayons
and use the color nearest to stripe
on the spot where needed. When
the shade you want, take a piece of
heavy brown store paper Tor heavy
brown paper bag) and lay it over
the spots. Use a very hot iron on
the paper and press. The heat will
take out the wax, but will leave
the color and the dress can be
washed as usual.
Ambitious young girls can also
make lunch cloths, etc, stamp or
draw their design, color and press
as directed. They'll love doing it,
it's loads Of fun.
For all needlework lovers who
want to make gifts or lovely things
for yourself or home send for a
copy of the latest Aunt Ellen's
Complete Art Needlework Catalog"
to Modern Handcraft, Inc, 2401
Burlington street, Kansas City 16,
Mo.
In it is one lady's request for the
Sunbonnet Sue and Overall Bill
quilt pattern. Or she can look in
any embroidery pattern book
The dress potholder," No. 5513,
with scalloped sleeves and skirt,
can be found in the Star Book of
Potholders, No. S., for 10 cents.
Look among any stores selection of
needlework books or send to Amer
ican Thread Co., 260 West Broad
way, New York 13, N. Y.
For you mothers who take your
young child to shop, ETC., take a
baby bottle" of milk or water and
use rubber cap Cused for SANTA
ton as well as keeping 1t from spill
ing, and your child can have
good drink anywhere, anytime. Also
few crackers wrapped in wax
paper will also keep him contented,
and you'll both enjoy your little
trips.
STICKY WAFFLE IRON.
(From Mr.. d. G. H., Washington.)
In reply to v. p, Bethesda, for a
method of preventing a waffle iron
from sticking, may I suggest the
following which cured" my iron:
With a pairing knife, carefully
clean the waffle iron of all particles
of the last waffle. Be patient, do
not scratch the surface of the iron.
When the iron is free of the last
particle of stuck waffle, fill the bot
tom section with clear water. Turn
on electricity and let the iron BOIL
DRY. Fill half full and let BOIL
DRY three or four more times. You
must get rid Of all grease which
has been absorbed into the pores
Of the aluminium or iron.
Try baking waffle now. 1t may
still stick. Try again. You may
notice improvement. Pardon me
for suggesting that If you have an
aluminium waffle iron" that you
DO NOT GREASE THE IRON. Be
sure that your batter has sufficient
grease in 1t, NOT IN THE IRON.
Use shortening which is free from
salt. Cooking is chemistry. Re-
actions occur and aluminium is
very fine catlyst, which means
that it may aid in the reaction
even though it takes no active part
in the reaction. If the waffle still
insists on sticking, BOIL 1T OUT
SEVERAL MORE TIMES. Do NOT
use any Of the solvents, soaps or
cleansers. Just plain water, plus
heat and let boil DRY each time.
Speaking of chemistry, may say
that I was very much amused at
the several articles on cleaning sill
yer which appeared recently. One
gentleman was overjoyed at having
purchased not one but two (pos-
sibly more) Jewellers Silver Clean
ers" or some such trade name for
81 each. Had he but known that
his own kitchen contained-most
likely-the very article he pur-
chased-namely, any piece of
aluminium. That is precisely what
he purchased, and it simply acted
as a catlyst, aiding in dissolving
the tarnisK on the silver by a
chemical reaction of the washing
soda and good old H20 with that
Of the silver "tarnish" (for the
want of better chemical term of
a specific type Of tarnish.