"Sure", you think, "a tip is a tip...they aren't going to change much over time."
Well, maybe. There are a few things in there that I have seen applied in this century. Such as "Melons, cucumbers, bananas, etc., may be placed together with other foods in the refrigerator, without making them distasteful, if you keep a piece of charcoal about two inches square in the corner of the refrigerator. This will keep the refrigerator odorless." Charcoal really works! And is much better than baking soda to get rid of odors (just search "bamboo charcoal" on Google, chances are you will be able to find it for a reasonable price on Ebay)
But then there are the others that are purely perplexing: "Stretching curtains is a tedious job. Here is a time saver. When taking each pair of curtains off the stretcher, jot down the measurements on a tiny piece of paper and insert it in the top corner of the curtains where it cannot be seen, and the next time they are stretched you will not have to waste time adjusting the stretcher for each pair of curtains."
A quick Google search revealed only vague mentions of patents and designs for curtain stretchers, as well as this article from The Milwaukee Sentinel on July 22, 1951:
But again, no mention of why this needed to be done. Were materials so unstable back then that by simple washing caused them to distort that badly? If anyone knows more about this subject I'd love to know!
