Sir, – In these straitened times, we must look to the old days for housekeeping tips. I knew people who wallpapered around furniture, gave the cat flour and water, ate the goldfish on Good Friday, and in the evening, crumpled red and yellow crepe paper into the fireplace and huddled over it until bedtime.
They lived well into their forties. – Yours, etc,
EUGENE TANNAM,
Firhouse,
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