Pecos Enterprise in Pecos, Texas

Dear Polly and readers share thrifty living tips

A reader offers odor remedies for a wool or synthetic sweater and suggests sealing the item in an airtight box with charcoal or crumpled newspaper and avoiding direct contact with the odor absorbers. Other letters propose baking soda uses for dishwashing and car cleaning, plus DIY craft ideas for billiard balls, yarn scraps, and making slippers from knitted squares.