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Show Makes BY VI JUDGE HJjf Dear VI: Whenever grease gets on an article of clothing IMMEDIATELY sprinkle on baby powder. I filled an empty face powder compact with baby powder to keep in my purse. When dining out or at the service station, if grease happens to get on anyone's clothing, out comes my compact. The powder absorbs the grease. Let it stay on for awhile, then vacuum or shake it off. Occasionally, a second application is needed. Deborah Kline Talcum powder and cornstarch are also effective grease removers. As you indicate, Deborah, the sooner applied the better. This is good to remember for grease spots on carpets and upholstered furniture. It's interesting to me how many suggestions come in concerning other uses for toothpaste. The owni of a day care centt in our neighborly told me they use it for ayon scribbles on walls, whether painted or varnished. It works well on any washable surface, in fact. For small jobs, an old toothbrush is good for applying the paste. For larger surfaces, use a small sponge or scrub brush. I've heard that ants are allergic to cucumber skins and can, therefore, be kept away by putting bits of it wherever they congregate. Have any of you tried this? Also, I'm also advised that if you sprinkle borax powder along ant trails they will scram. When possible, I try everything I pass on to my readers, but since we haven't had ants for a long time, I haven't personally tried either of these remedies, have any of you? If so, or if you do, we'd like to know how this worked for you. O.K.? Dear Vi: When putting socks and shoes on my lively baby, I put him on his tummy. The squirming doesn't stop, but the socks go on much easier with him in this position. Leslie Durham Dear Vi: As anyone who's ever had a cockroach problem knows, once they get started, it's mighty hard to get rid of the odious things. Ugh, how I hate em! We tried several different sprays and powders, as well as cockroach bait. This helped, but they kept coming back. They had to be breeding in cracks and crevices, we decided, but how do you get the poison into all of their hiding pieces? A meat baster (the kind with a bulb) was our answer. With it we can blast Pyrethum powder into even tiny cracks. We haven't seen a cockroach now for two months, but if we should that meat baster and Pyrethum powder is waiting right up there on a high shelf. Randy M. I'm glad you said "high shelf" "cause that stuff is poison and must be kept out of reach of children. Dear Vi: Vacuuming the stairs carpet was a tiring .chore for me as we have no convenient outlets nor the proper attachments for getting into corners. Sweeping with a broom makes so much dust and gets the area below the stairs dirty through the railing. One day. I grabbed a damp sponge I had been using to clean the bathroom floor and used It on the stair carpet. I picked up all the lint and threads and did a: great job on the edges and corners so now that's all I use except for a good vacuuming about twice a year when I borrow my sister's tank-type machine. I also use a damp sponge to dust our velvet headboard. This brightens it and is much easier than using the vacuum. The sponge should be only just damp, not wet. Becky Green READERS: This is your feature. Please address questions and your own good ideas to IT MAKES CENTS, co this newspaper. $2.00 will be paid for each letter printed here. |