Evening star., 1952-10-10
Readers Clearing House
HEIPFUL INFORMATION.

HELPFUL INFORMATION.
mrs. D. D., Mount Rainier)
Mrs. L. r.. Alexandria: For
removing rust stains from cot
ton, spread the article over bowl
Of hot water and apply oxalic
acid solution 6 tablespoons
crystals to l pint water) or put
the crystals directly on the
stain, and moisten with hot
water. After a minute or so,
rinse and repeat until rust stain
vanishes.
Mrs. F. j. D., Washington: If
you are thinking of buying
new iron, strongly recommend
the steam iron. There was one
tested and proven the best by
the Consumers Guide" about
II months ago. It uses distilled
water available from any drug
store and will press over a half
hour on u cup or less. My iron
Is light weight and not in the
least clumsy to handle. It con-
vertS from steam to dry IRON
in at the flick of q switch. Used
as q steam iron. it presses wool
ems dry so they can be worn
Immediately; presses corduroy
without flattening nap; puts
creaSeS in mems SlackS nearly
rs well as the cleaners; is in
valuable for pressing as you
sew, wool. rayon or cotton. Of
ten 1t will cause a crease to dis
appear where you have let down
. hem or let out a seam (when
the nap is not worn Off.
However. it will not iron most
cottons satisfactorily without
dampening. but is perfect for
pressing cottons. It will iron
some rayons without dampen-
ing.
: It saves much time and many
trips to the cleaners for press
jobs. In short. you'll never re-
gret the few extra dollars this
steam-dry iron costs over the
cost of an ordinary dry iron.
Mrs. c. F. c., Washington;
Usually the manufacturer at
tacheS washing instructions to
the label and if your rug is
washable Gas it sounds, I would
advise shampooing. I have a
3x5 cotton loop rug in yellow
which I wash in the washer
without fading or shrinkage.
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ALLOWANCES.
Mrs. NJ. A., SilUer Spring.
To answer the lady who in
quired about allowances. a short
discussion of this subject is
found in the Children's Bureau
Publication, Your Child From
6 to r." My own experience
speaks we'll for this and SINH
lar articles I have read.
My children, aged and 6, re-
ceive ten cents a week to spend
entirely and luxury" We are
now increasing the year old's to
cover the expected expenditure
Of school supplies. but if through
carelessness or misuse, he ex-
ceeds this, we plan to have him
make up at least part of this
from his luxury allowance. He
agrees that this is fair.
Shoestrings have suddenly be-
come quickly broken through
carelessness so there will be an
other time that when exceed
ing normal use will come from
the luxury allowance. There
are no fines for punishment,
however.
The children's small house.
hold duties are entirely separate
from the allowance. We do have
q little threat at the end Of
each day. usually candy, which
is withheld if more than three
demerits are accumulated during
the day.
Extra jobs performed on a
volunteer basis may erase the
demerits. Neatness and be-
havior as we'll as duties are
covered by the demerits but we
try not to expect too much per-
fection. The system works Sue
cessfully as far as accomplish
ment of the duties is concerned.
but 1 would be interested in
comments Of others regarding
this method, and of additional
suggestions for other success
full means of motivation.