Evening star., 1948-04-06
LETTING DOWN HENS.

| OaIupeQ only 6OOuG u IOOG at
time. Then put the thumbs on
either side Of the top side of the
crease and the fore fingers on the
under side just beneath the thumbs,
which should be about a quarter
to half an inch apart. Now pull
across the crease and work your
hands back and forth, one going
forward as the other goes back.
This tends to remove any stretch
ing about the crease and pulls the
f1bers back into fiat position.
Keep this up until the crease has
almost or entirely disappeared and
then press under q damp cloth.
For rayons. For ordinary rayon I
simply put folded bath towel on
the ironing board and place the
crease right side up over the towel
and press under . damp cloth. This
is for washable rayons. have fixed
coat, suit and two rayon dresses
and they look like new. had in
tended to do . silk one before
writing but have not had the time.
1t will probably not give any trouble
as II Is a pure SILK.
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COMMENT.
(Fron, Mrs. II. M. M, Washington
Have seen no reply to the lady
who. wanted some ones opinion as
to whether she was too "old" to
learn to play the piano. I would
like to say that think one Is never
too old to learn anything and to e
lady in the 40s the word should
never be applied. Some of the most
famous artists have never taken up
any art until the Cos and 70s. Any
way, If you have a love of music,
dear lady, you will find the greatest
pleasure and satisfaction in being
able to play the piano, even If you
never get beyond the stage of play
ing simple little songs, but there
is no reason why you could not
learn to play many things. If you
have access to a piano, by all means
find a teacher soon and just begin.
All 1t takes is practice and, of
course, you will need to find the
time Tor that. I do not know any
thing about the so-called short
courses in piano playing but would
recommend your finding a regular
teacher of piano. There are many
good ones in Washington and usually
one or more in every neighborhood.
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LINOLEUM ON FLOOR.
(From Mrs. H. E., Silver SPRING.
For Mrs. H. E. W., Vienna. was
very glad had linoleum on my
nursery floor when my little boy
was an infant because about once a
day practically an entire bottle
would come up like fountain all
over me and anything else within
an area Of several feet and it was
very easy to clean 1t up of the lin
oleum. But after the baby Is old
enough to be fed in his high chair
in the dining room or kitchen or
wherever you feed your children I
see no particular advantage to
having linoleum on the floor. left
the nursery rhyme rug in the nurs-
cry until I made it over into lit
tie boys room when he was 5, but If
I were starting from scratch, fixing
up room for a toddler, I doubt If
I would choose 1t. My little fellow
was in his room very little except to
sleep, preferring to play wherever I
happened to be working, and If he
had played there much, a rug would
have been much warmer and more
comfortable. If you think there may
be more infants in your family,
linoleum might be a worthwhile in
vestment, but if were you I would
use whatever I preferred for bed
room for esthetic reasons or ease of
cleaning. If you like linoleum in
bedroom, get it. If you prefer scat
ter rugs or one large rug, Ak the
room up that way and you will not
have to replace it when nursery at
mosphere is no longer appropriate.
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HELP ON TRIP?
From v. K, Alerandria.)
We are planning a trip some
time in December and we would
appreciate information concerning
housing, food and transportation
from readers who have taken
vacations in warm and healthy
climates during this month.
Our family consists of my hus-
band, son (who will be 80 months
old in December) and the expected
baby who will be around 5 months
old in December.
Expenses would have to be kept
very low as I have been extremely
i'll and the bulk of our money has
gone for medical bills.
May your column continue for
ever and have no doubt but that
my grandchildren will enjoy it as
much as we do.
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GLIDING.
From Mrs. D. K, Arlington.)
BY accident I discovered the best
way to gild so you get that sprofes-
sional look. A "quickie" is to use
the dry gold powder on dry artist
brush and rub it into the article you
WISH 10 pTlSIlCcu. oIuSl OA t1iC Ca
cess. OF course, have large news
paper spread out first. The excess
can be put back with the rest Of the
dry powder.
The more permanent way is to
use varnish or lacquer first, or
let dry some until tacky. Then take
your dry brush, dip in dry gold
powder and hold over the article,
and gently tap brush so it will
sprinkle over article, sprinkle liber-
ally, let stand until dry or overnight.
When dry take dry brush and brush
of excess. Now you have profess
al-looking article. Lacquer will
dry in an hour. There is a gold
paint which comes separated. Or
you can 60 to a paint store or artist
supply and get. or look over, the
different shades they have. Gold
dust comes in almost as many diff
ferent shades as paint. from the very
light gold to bronze or antique gold
To put on the lacquer or varnish I
used my paint Sprayer, which is
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