Vintage tips

1. Remove a Splinter

Instructions: Fill a wide-mouthed bottle with hot water nearly to the brim, and press the affected part of the hand tightly against the mouth of the bottle. The suction will pull down the flesh, and steam will soon draw out the splinter. 

 

2. Pick Up Broken Glass

Instructions: To pick up broken glass quickly and cleanly, a soft damp cloth will be found to be most effective, for it takes up the small splinters. The best plan is to use an old rag that can be thrown away with the glass. 

 

 

 

3. Make Your Shoes More Comfortable

Instructions: A pair of loose shoes can be made to fit comfortably by fixing (with seccotine) a piece of velvet or velveteen inside the heel as shown in the picture. Care must be taken to see that no wrinkles are left in the velvet. 

 

 

4. Carry a Heavy Jug Safely

Instructions: The correct way to hold the jug is shown in the right-hand sketch. This prevents the weight from pulling the jug down, spilling what it contains, as is likely to happen if carried the other way. 

 

 

 

5. Keep Flies Away from Your Trash Can

Instructions: As the result of experiments it has been found that a small amount of ordinary Borax sprinkled daily in the dustbin, which is one of their favorite haunts, will put a stop to the breeding of flies. 

 

 

6. Stop a Vase from Being Easily Toppled by a Pet or Child

Instructions: Partly fill the vase with sand, which, acting as a weight, keeps it upright and firm on its base. This idea is particularly useful in the case of vases which are inclined to be top-heavy. 

 

 

 

 

7. Strike a Match When in Breezy Conditions

Instructions: The familiar difficulty of lighting a match in a wind can be, to a great extent, overcome if thin shavings are first cut on the match towards its striking end, as shown in the picture. On lighting the match the curled strips catch fire at once; the flame is stronger and has a better chance. 

 

 

 

8. Make Your Fire Extinguisher (useful if you failed to strike the match correctly!)

Instructions: Dissolve one pound of salt and half a pound of sal-ammoniac in two quarts of water and bottle the liquor in thin glass bottles holding about a quart each. Should a fire break out, dash one or more of the bottles into the flames, and any serious outbreak will probably be averted. 

 

 

9. Separate Two Drinking Glasses 

 

 

 

Instructions: When two glass tumblers stick together, there is a danger of breakage in trying to separate them. The simplest and most effective method of releasing the glasses is to put cold water in the upper one and place the lower one in warm water. They will be found to separate at once.

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