June 15, 2004
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T O D A Y ‘ S Q U O T E
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Let us not look not back in anger, or forward
with fear, but around in awareness. ~James Thurber
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T O D A Y ‘ S T I P S
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VINTAGE ADVICE
Today I have some household tips from The Farmer’s Wife magazine
from 1928. Some of still useful and some I included just to show how
much times have changed!
When rag carpets begin wear, try running a few lines of machine
stitching over the spot where the warp has broken.
To repair a leak in a bucket, paint over the hole and stick a piece
of cloth over it. After the paint is dry, apply two more coats of
paint.
An easy and satisfactory way of preparing grated cheese is to
press it through an ordinary tea strainer. It is much quicker than
grating. Boiled eggs can be treated the same way.
Apply iodine to scratches on mahogany furniture and then rub
with a good furniture polish.
Felt hats can be well cleaned by rubbing them thoroughly with a
rubber bath sponge.
One of the best cleansers that I can use of glass baking dishes,
granite ware, and milk pails, is a very fine sandpaper. I always
keep a number of two-inch squares in my kitchen cabinet.
I find that my house plants do not get such tall, watery stalks
and stems and they seem to blossom more fully if I stir wood
ashes into the soil once in a while throughout the period they
are indoors.
A thorough application of linseed oil before putting stoves away
for the summer will prevent them and pipes from rusting. In
the fall leave oil on and polish.
To make an almost invisible hanger for small pictures, especially
those made with a loop extending above the frame, use a discarded,
fine phonograph needle. This also has the advantage of making so
fine a hole in the plastering that no damage is done.
MORE TIPS:
Use these great non-toxic tips for cleaning blackened
pans and casserole dishes!
http://www.oldfashionedliving.com/dirtypans.html
Mornin’, Granny. Here’s another great site with loads of good information. I particularly like “Ask Jackie.” She answers all sorts of questions pertaining to gardening, canning, etc. They have changed the format somewhat, and she has a blog there, and answers questions at the end of her article.
There’s also a lot of information the men will be interested in.
They put out a monthly print magazine, too.
http://www.backwoodshome.com/index.html