Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 43, DeMotte, Jasper County, 8 September 1944 — AROUND THE HOUSE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AROUND THE HOUSE

To clean rust from any kind of farm implements, dissolve one can of lye in five gallons of water and apply with an old broom or brush. Scrub well, the rust will come off quickly. — • — When the metal tip comes off a shoe lace, it is not necessary to discard the lace. A satisfactory tip can be put on quickly and easily by dipping the end of the lace in melted paraffin or beeswax and shaved to a point before the wax hardens. When flour bin or other kitchen container leaks dry ingredients, I pour melted paraffin or beeswax into the cracks and let it harden. — • — A bit of wax rubbed on the bottoms of rockers will prevent them marking even the glossiest of floors. —_ Knitted woolens and wool dresses and skirts washed by hand are less likely to shrink or become matted than if cleaned in a washing machine. Oftentimes a pretty flower arrangement cannot be achieved because the frog is not the right size or shape. In this case, make one by melting paraffin, molding it in the desired shape and punching holes with a heated ice pick.

Fill coffee pot half full of cold water, add 1 teaspoon of soda and bring to a boil for a few minutes. Then the pot should be washed in clean water. — • — Garden tools free from rust are easier to work with and, if a small can of tractor oil and an old shaving brush are kept handy, it takes little time to clean and oil the tools after using. — • — If it is necessary to carry a number of small drills in your pocket, an old spectacle case comes in handy in which to carry them. — • — _ If ice cubes arc held under warm water for a few seconds, they will have no sharp edges to jab or cut the precious rubber icebag. — •— When clothes must be ironed soon after dampening, always use hot water as it penetrates the material more quickly.