Evening star., 1950-01-05
COMMENTS.
fFTont Mrs. H. w. X,

have received so much benefit
from reading your columns that
I would like to answer some recent
queries. I, too, broke the top
of my Dutch oven and looked for
them in every store until got
the idea of writing to the company
who manufactured the Dutch oven.
They very promptly sent me a
new glass cover with a request that
I send them fifty cents. This was
three, years ago.
If those persons worrying about
how to get all the housework
done had my experience they
might worry less when they do
get through. My mother was
such sloppy housekeeper that II
was embarrassed everytime my
friends came when I was an ado
lescent. I tried to improve con-
ditions but with six other children
and my mother to misplace things
it was hopless struggle. I wentl
to the other extreme as bachelor
girl, living in an apartment shared
by other working girls. I realize
now that I often made them un-
comfortable. married the son
of a meticulous housekeeper who
could not bear to 60 anywhere if
her dishes, beds and house in
general were not in order. I was
i'll most of the time for two months
the first year we were married.
My husband was as helpless as
I because he had never been taught
to do anything. I soon found out
that the place wouldn't fall in
If the work were left undone.
At present, I try to keep all
things cleaned up that might breed
germs and get the other work
done as I have time.
I am trying to achieve a happy
medium between my mother and
mother-in-law. My husband is
often embarrassed when our
friends call and find dust every
where but they have better time
than if they were afraid to come
on a rainy day for fear they would
track in bit of mud. At fifty, my
mother-in-law looks sixty and she,
with two children, has had so little
time for readying. her outlook is
narrow and friends few although
she is good as can be. My mother
is still young at sixty-nine. she
keeps up with the times and her
house is still gathering place
for neighbors and friends. It Is |
amazing how few people pay any
attention to her dust and mis-
placed articles. I would say the
important thing is to choose the |
jobs needing to be done the worst
and do not worry when you can't
do it all. ! do not apologize when
my friends catch my place in an
uproar. just show them the suit
I have been making or the garden
ing. canning or carpentering II
have been doing that week. II
they have any sense, they under
stand.
+ \ II
sos?
From L. X. S., North EnolewoodJ
Will some one please help me
In my plight?
My husband upset bottle of
acetone (similiar to finger nail
polish remover) on my lined oak
table while repairing a plastic
article. The acetone has COM
pletely taken the finish OF part
of the table top. Can any reader
offer any suggestions for touch
ing up the spot or refinishing the
top Of the table so the refinishing
job won't be too noticeable? Also
does any one have a formula for
preparing a lined oak stain for re-
finishing several articles OF un-
painted furniture?
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SUITABLE GIFTS?
(From M. E. F., Chepy Chase.J
am to attend golden wedding
anniversary party In the near fu-
ture. Not being in a position to
give gold. I am wondering II any
OF the readers have suggestions
to offer of suitable gift for about
SIS.
X
BRIDGE CLASSES.
from NJ. L. r., WashingtonJ
We thought that you might be
interested to learn that new class
for beginners in Contract Bridge
will open at Roosevelt High School.