HELOISE Reader sheds light on hidden hazard

Dear Heloise: Beware of stacking comforters, quilts, etc., on closet shelves where they can touch light bulbs. Bulbs become very hot when left on for an extended period.
Fortunately, when I discovered the burned holes, they had not yet ignited. Joyce Barnes, Huntsville, Ala.
Your reminder is much-appreciated! So, readers, please take a few minutes to check your closets for this danger. It's better to be safe than sorry! Heloise
Dear Heloise: We belong to a mail-order prescription service through our insurance program. When I order a refill either online or by phone, I note on the bottle the date ordered and the method. That way, I don't forget and order twice, and at a glance I can see when it was ordered and therefore when to expect it. On occasion, it has been lost, and I have dates and info at my fingertips so that I can follow up. Brenda, Sidney
Dear Heloise: I send lots of "get well" cards to hospitals, and always put the patient's home address in the left-hand corner of the envelope in case he or she has left the hospital. The card will be returned to that address instead of my address. Lucy, Columbia, S.C.
Dear Heloise: Please thank the lady who advised placing an identifying magnet on her day-use-only steel locker door. For daily fitness workouts, I use an unusually colored combination lock, but often I don't see it due to other men in front of it as closing time nears. Slightly modifying this hint, I now keep a bright-yellow "O" (borrowed from my grandson's alphabet-learner refrigerator magnets) to mark my locker door's top. The O (or any other looped letter) shows brightly, high on the door. Upon leaving, I loop the O into my lock and attach both to my gym bag so nothing gets lost. H. Brundage, Houston
Dear Heloise: If, after wrapping a gift, you have pretty paper left over (and it comes in a tube), roll it and put it inside the tube. This protects it from being tattered. Paste a swatch on the outside of the tube, since you won't be able to see the paper. Esther Harrell, Littlerock, Calif.
Dear Heloise: I just visited your Web site (www.Heloise.com) for the first time. I find it fascinating. I would like to add to the room-freshener idea with lemon concentrate. Soak a cotton ball with the lemon concentrate, your favorite perfume or a great imitation before you vacuum. Put a new vacuum-cleaner bag in and drop the soaked cotton ball in first. Then, as you vacuum, you have a nice fragrance in the house, and it is not in the carpet to harm pets or children. Palma Zwingelberg, via e-mail
XSend a money-saving or timesaving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, Texas 78279-5000, or you can fax it to (210) HELOISE or e-mail it to Heloise@Heloise.com. I can't answer your letter personally but will use the best hints received in my column.
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