Show items of interest AROUND to the housewife 41 care of woolens neither wools I 1 nor should ever be exposed to dire direct ct rays of the sun intense heat or freezing temperatures woolens should be presse pressed d with a moderately warm iron rayon che nilles need only to be fluffed or gently brushed to bring up the nap and keep them attractive for many seasons sewing tip before me mending riding with new darning wool hold it in the steam of a kettle for a few minutes and let it slowly dry this shrinks it so it will not pull or pucker when the mended garment is washed for babas bath A good soap substitute if the baby has sensitive skin is a pound of oatmeal or a quart of bran tied securely in a gauze bag and allowed to soak in in the bath water conversation made easy keep the center of the room free from furniture this makes tor for easy conver conversation satio n across the room shine off serge the shine on th the e dark serge suit can be removed mo ved to a certain extent by sponging with vine vinegar gar and the then pressing in the usual way sweeten coffee rot pot if the morning coffee seems to have lost its pep perhaps the pot needs attention scald it at least once a week twice is better purify for an hour or longer directly in the s sunlight 0 0 use for leftover velvet cut in the form of a small pad leftover velvet may be used to brush bits of fluff from hats and dark suits invisible mending blending lace c curtains ur may be mended by pl placing acing i a small piece of netting dampened with starch over the hole on the wrong side of the curtain and then pressing firmly with a hot iron if the curtains are in poor condition this will be found a neater and quicker method than darning |