Evening star., 1949-11-06
ANSWERS TO QUERIES.


fFron, Mrs. r. A. c., Fairfar)
Probably most Of these queries
have already been answered at
this late date. but I shall try to
help. For your encouragement !
know nothing about salt-rising
bread and African violets.
To M. K. NJ, Chevy Chase: A
large mail-order house issues q
free booklet. SOCK. How to Up
holster" which I found quite easy
to use. It is well illustrated and
contains yardage estimates.
To Mr.. B. A., Riverdale: The
Home Garden, 444 Madison ave-
nue., New York %. N. Y, is an
enjoyable small magazine for
amateur gardeners. One member
of the staff has a small green
house, giving frequent reports on
his progress. A letter to the staff
probably would bring some assist
ance. The November issue. which
should be out any time now, will
have Eyes, I Have a Greenhouse"
as its Report of the Month"
topic, with reports from several
readers. =
To all readers interested in
stain removals: Farmers Bulletin.
No. 1474, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, for sale by
the Superintendent Of Documents.
D.. c., for 5 cents, will be Of some
help. It is called stain Removal
From Fabrics"
For the lady who is troubled
with mildew stains on her hus-
bands best shirt, I suggest solu-
ton Of chlorine bleach tested on
the shirt tail. Even If it should
fade the shirt lightly, it would be
better to remove the stain before
the fabric is weakened by mildew
than retint the shirt to the de-
sired shade. For iron rust I have
used an iron rust soap (drug-
stores carry it) with q good bit
Of success, even a nylon shirt. with
no apparent ILL effects. There Is
q companion bulletin called
"Home Laundering Methods" or
something similar, published by
the Agriculture Department. This
did, however, contain one tip I
ind invaluable in home launder-
ing. which is to boil handkerchiefS
tn q baking soda solution to re-
move mucous.
To Mrs. r. E. e.. Hyattsuille:
Roger c. Whitman's column,
First Aid for Houses" or "Aid for
Houses" in the Saturday Evening
Star, often answers furniture re-
finishing queries.
To Mrs. j. E. E., Washington:
7 use slightly sweetened whipped
cream spread about u inch thick
on cookies, alternating the cream
and q cookie until there are about
10 layers of each, If 1t is to sit
upright; to the desired length II
it is to be made with the cookies
on edge. Push it together until
the cream is about 1s inch thick.
cover top and sides with cream,
store about four hours in refriger-
ator. 1t is delicious frozen after
the cookies have had time to be-
come slightly soaked, too. I usu-
ally use cream SKINNED from our
milk. Though I have never used
1t, q pinch of cream of tartar may
help the light cream to thicken
enough to spread, without flavor
ing it noticeably. For variety try
using the vanilla favored cook
les, with cocoa beaten into the
whipped cream.
To readers interested in old
crochet patterns: Possibly the
Spool Cotton Co.. New York. will
be able to supply you with the
desired patterns. I looked through
two Of their booklets of small
designs and was impressed with
the number and variety they have.
These two booklets were Of more
recent publication than those
patterns you wish. however.
To the reader who wants to
recover her lamp shades: I
bought a nylon sheer fabric, not
marquisette, though curtain
material, cut straight pieces
slightly wider than the height of
the shades, about twice as long
as the smaller circumference of
the shade, sewed the ends to-
gether, hemmed the top and
bottom edges with very fine
hem, then shirred top and bottom
so some of the stitching In the.
shirring would be above, some
below the circular wires, with
lastex sewing threat used Accord
. ing to the directions. That will
mean at least two rows Of the
elastic shirring at top Of shade,
two rows at bottom. More rows
will pull the shirring tighter.
This covering can be slipped OF
the wire frame, laundered. and
slipped back on in matter OF
: minutes. Some types of nylon
fabric will look better If pressed
with q warm iron.. The fabric Is
sheer enough to permit ample
light to penetrate, something