Show your home and ym lu 0 ft 0 by betsy callister HOW TO MEND CHINA M thina china seenie to most i housewives an antiquated procedure it Is like mending kishtow els and sai saving ing grease for forlai soap oai something our grandmothers did as a matter of economy but a waste of time in these days at least it seem to many housewives to be so hut but often it is quite worth thile to mend broken china china mend log in require requires patience but kihen hen you have time to putter oer the work vork you will find it rather an entertain ing occupation If it U Is rather badly broken the work will be like a alc tur ture e puzzle one thing of course Is necessary and that Is that none of the pieces are missing end and that edges are not so badly chirped as to make impossible smooth june ture to begin falth ith select some one ot of the reliable cements or other china chins mending preparations that are to be bad had at the drug store and read the directions carefully whatever you choose the first step should be 1113 to wash iash the pieces to be mended tn in warm water and soap and to dry them thoroughly I 1 biow piece them tog together ther with your hands ji jat t to see whether they will fit then apply the cement to all broken pieces and fit them carefully together A good plan if you have a num ber of small pieces that are not in to dined to stay in place Is 1 to slick stick gummed paper over them alien once you have got them into position later when the piece Is set you caa can scrape this off carefully for larger pieces yoa you will bind it in place with string 0 tape while bile it Is setting of couise coulse in most cases it Is foolish to mend dishes that have to be washed frequently because they are pretty sure to come Uns unstuck tuel at a critical moment A bouse ife once cemented a dislocated handle unto one of her best tea cups and one fine day when etie she was ing tea the handle unstuck show cring ering frock and lap of the guest of honor with steaming hot tea often an expensive plate that tins has been broken can be mended and then put arway u for very special use it can be used occasionally athen ben extra plates aro are needed to hold cake coke wafers or other dry food 06 1132 mcclure News raier syndicate I 1 service |