Hints for the busy housewife
1939-05 1939 1930s 50 pages : illustrations HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE To Make Drawers Slide Easily. — Rub a bar of hard soap over the lower edges of the drawers and on the grooves in which the drawers slide. Re-enamelling the Bath. — If you have not got a modern porcelain bath...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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London : Health & Cleanliness Council
May 1939
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| Summary: | 1939-05
1939
1930s
50 pages : illustrations
HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE To Make Drawers Slide Easily. — Rub a bar of hard soap over the lower edges of the drawers and on the grooves in which the drawers slide. Re-enamelling the Bath. — If you have not got a modern porcelain bath, it is a good plan to include re-enamelling the bath as one item of the spring clean. Before commencing, however, wash the bath well with hot water and powdered soap to get rid of all greasiness. Coarse Needlework. — If you are sewing carpet or felt or any stiff material, soap the surface and also the sewing-thread: you will find it easier to work with them. When joining a carpet, first watch the pattern, fit together perfectly, and then reverse the carpet. Buttonhole each edge firmly with thread of the same colour as the groundwork. The pieces should then be firmly drawn together so as to result in a perfect join. SOME POLISH HINTS Polished Floors. — Any method of effective household cleaning which lessens stress and strain for the housewife is a real health measure, and there is much to be said in this respect for polished floors in a house. They do not retain dust and are easily cleaned — the modern vacuum cleaner has a special attachment for the purpose. As a further hygienic advantage it must be remembered that the best floor polishes are antiseptic. The greatest care must be taken, however, that floors are not polished too highly, making it easy to slip on them. For the same reason it is wiser not to polish the floor under rugs, although some housewives prefer to guard against slipping by sewing a strip of rubber along the under side or by using special non-slip attachments. Rugs Page Fourteen
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