Hints for the busy housewife
1939-05 1939 1930s 50 pages : illustrations HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE rack, worked by pulleys fixed to the scullery or kitchen ceiling, is almost indispensable. The housewife who can include an electric drying cupboard among her home laundry apparatus finds it a great help on wet washing days. Th...
| 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 rack, worked by pulleys fixed to the scullery or kitchen ceiling, is almost indispensable. The housewife who can include an electric drying cupboard among her home laundry apparatus finds it a great help on wet washing days. The wet clothes are hung up in the cupboard, through which there is a constant circulation of warm air. Other housewives who have an electric fan can press this into service on a wet washing day. By creating an artificial breeze the fan helps to dry the clothes when the weather is too bad to hang them out-of-doors. Some modern blocks of flats have a communal laundry attached and are fitted with an electric drying chamber. Hanging out Clothes. — Hang smoothly; do not allow clothes-pegs to drag sheets and tablecloths. Hang thicker parts of garments uppermost, otherwise they take longer to dry. Handkerchiefs may be pinned to the line from the corners in bunches. It will keep them a good colour and purify them if they are dried out-of-doors. When nearly dry, fold each garment carefully, paying special attention to corners of tablecloths and sheets. They will then iron more easily. Some things, such as dusters, oven-cloths, sheets, need not be ironed if you are very busy. They should, however, be folded, put through the dry wringer, and then hung up to air. Be very careful that sheets are quite dry before use. WASH-DAY WRINKLES Dirty Kitchen Towels and Overalls. — When these are oily and greasy, the best method is to use a good washing preparation. Wet the articles and rub dry powder into the very dirty parts. Soak for a short time. Put into lukewarm suds in the wash-boiler again, treating only dirty parts Page Twenty-four
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