HELPFUL HINTS

— DEAR HELOISE: Recently, our local paper published your comments about uses for comics. You included teaching children to read. Years ago, my father (from the Netherlands) and my mother (from Ukraine)immigrated to the U.S.; they used the Sunday comics to learn how to read English.

  • Irene Silverman, Washington

DEAR READER: How wonderful that your parents were able to learn English using the Sunday comics. I hear from readers all the time saying that reading this column (which ran in the comics section in many papers) helped them learn English. I would be interested in knowing of other readers who learned from my column (or comic strips or comic books).

Send your story to the address below. Please write “English” in the subject line or on the envelope.

DEAR READERS: If you wear contact lenses, you probably have a collection of lens cases, like I do. Here are some hints on how to use them:

Store small earrings in when traveling

Use for petroleum-jelly or lip-gloss storage

Use for creams, lotions or liquid makeup when on the go

In a sink without a stopper, can be used to block the drain while putting in contacts or putting on jewelry.

DEAR HELOISE: Why are so many products that are intended for use in the bathroom or shower (soap dishes, shower rods, shower organizers) made out of materials that rust over time? Is it that manufacturers want us to replace things all the time? I would rather pay more at the start than have to worry about something intended for use in my moist, steamy bathroom eventually rusting out!

  • Susan Martin, Orwigsburg, Pa. Send a money- or time-saving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, Texas 78279-5000; fax to (210) 435-6473; or e-mail

HELOISE@CompuServe.com

ActiveStyle, Pages 28 on 12/05/2011

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