Things My Mother Should Have Told Me: The Best of "Good Housekeeping", 1922-40 by Brian Braithwaite
The fifth "Good Housekeeping" nostalgia book, compiled from the amusing and factual articles featured in the magazine during the 1920s and 1930s. The household advice dispensed by the experts at "Good Housekeeping" ranges from the removal of grease spots from navy serge (using eucalyptus) and new uses for old hot water bottles, to the cleaning of lacquered brass and instructions for enamelling a bath. Illustrated throughout with appropriate advertisements from the magazine, this book is full of household information, hints and tips from yesteryear and a summary of the things every mother told her daughter.