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Show It Makes Cents BY VI JUDGE Dear Vi: My baby fell asleep In the grocery cart. She looked so uncomfortable, I thought I'd have to go home before my shopping was finished. As I passed the paper goods, a bright idea hit me. I pillowed her little head with a four-roll package of toilet tissue and went about my shopping without any qualms of conscience. Emma Rae Franklin Dear VI: Talcum powder will often silence a squeaky floor if you can get it into the offending cracks. But what to do when the floor's covered with linoleum or wall-to-wall carpeting? If your basement is unfinished, or if there's no basement and you can get under the house, you can sometimes spray the powder up into the cracks. At any rate, talcum powder's a good thing to remember when you change the floor covering. Squeaking floors are so annoying, especially when you're trying to be quiet at night. Don Erickson Like when you're sneaking in after a late date? Just kidding, of course. Cornstarch makes as good substitute for talcum if you don't have a any around. And have you readers tried cornstarch or talcum on sandy feet? The sand slides right off instead of tracking into the car and house. Dear Vi: Our toddler likes to linger in the bath. I've been cleaning the bathroom while watching her, but that only takes about five minutes and she's never willing to get out of the tub In less than fifteen. One day while folding clothes in the laundry room I got an idea. Now she often has her bath in the laundry tub while I go about my laundry chores. With the dryer going the room'3 V nice and warm. Takes less water, too, and I get a j lot done while she enjoys , her water play. lone Beckstand Dear Vi: ( I'm not much for i gadgets. When one is used for only one thing, and that only occasionally, it . doesn't seem worth the ' storage space. Once I thought that about my ( egg slicer, but not now. I use it for slicing peaches, 1 pears, cooked beets, , strawberries, or any soft , fruit I want cut unifor-mly. It's especially handy ' during the canning I season. ' Mrs. G.D.M. ( Just in time for strawberry season. I, too, 1 am all for having only needed items around and for finding double uses for ' household equipment. 1 Using a plastic I wastebasket for a mop pail, for example. Saves buying and fining ( space for a mop bucket , AND the waste basket gets a good cleaning with ' soapy water while you're ( washing the floor. Dear Vi: ( To remove blood from , fabric, dampen the spot , with cold water, sprinkle generously with plain ' meat tenderizer. Let this set for awhile, then scrub with a brush. (An old toothbrush will do.) When ( the blood has disap- , peared, wash the gar- ( ment as usual. This treatment works every ' time if used BEFORE the ' garment is washed. The I garment should, of course, be washable. , However, I used it successfully on a wool suit. I put a pad of paper toweling under the spot to absorb the moisture and ' when the stain was gone, I rinsed the spot, being careful not to use too much water and brushing from the outer edges toward the center to avoid a ring. Also, be sure to test the material on an inside seam or other inconspicuous spot. Emma Bushman |
