HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 180, 29 July 1916, Page 17

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

I In washing plates and dishes wash all jlass first, and rinse in cold water to rive a good polish. Next wash tbe cups md saucers and fine china, using a mop md a' little ammonia in place of soda, as ;he latter makes china brittle. Place the lishes and plates to soak while washing ;hc silver and drying up the glassware. 11l grease should be wiped off plates and lishes with a piece of paper before they ire placed in the water. When making wastry fill plates and basins used for mixing pastry with cold water as soor is finished, and leave to soak. This nakes them much easier to wash. Glazing Collars. — Those who wasl their own collars, etc., at home, car glaze them quite easily by making th( following mixture: Scrape fine a tea spoonful of white soap, and add- thi same amount of French chalk. Pour tw< tablespoonfuls of boiling water ovei them, let the mixture cool, and thei beat it up. Iron the collars till dry, thei apply a small quantity of the glaze witl a bit of muslin. Rub tho iron over it and a glaze like that of china will b obtained. To Clean Black and Blue Serges.—Tak a handful of ivy leaves, cut up int fairly small pieces, then pour boilin: water over them. Let them stand unti the water is quite cold, pour the wate off, take a clean sponge or rag, an thoroughly rub the material with th sponge dipped frequently into the watei This is most effectual. To Use Old Flannel.—lt can be washe and cut up to make bags to hold hoi water bottles, and sent to the Red Cros Society. It can also be made into belt by using threefold, and notching th sides a little, and stitching tape on th front a few inches from the end. Bei socks also can be made from old flanne The subject of washing white cloth< is always of interest. An America housewife advises tbe following: Tr washing them in the soft warm wat< and using hard water to blue them ii This is said to help keep the natun colour in coloured clothes, as well as 1 help whiten white things. I use one cr, of javelle water in the big boiler ( water I have to boil my clothes in, b fore I wash them at all, and put in lo of 6oap and a tablespoonful of bora This preparation will do for a larj family washing, but it is not good fc delicate coloured things, as' it fad them. It saves a lot of rubbing, i ! much of tbe dirt drops out in the boile and does not rot the clothing at all. A saucepan in which milk has be boiled is often a trouble to clean; b . after pouring out the boiling mi! i quickly replace the lid before the .rtes has time to escape, and allow the saui pan to cool before taking it off aga (Then put the pan in cold water to sos and it can be cleaned quickly and easi When tea is spilt on the tablcelol if salt is spread thickly over it at on • allowed to remain on for a short tin land the spot then immersed in wa: water, all trace of the stain will -d appear. .! A good composition to render bo( ' aud shoes waterproof is composed I two parts beeswax and one part mutt ; suet melted together. It should be i ■ plied to the boots at night, and wij • dff"\vith-a"flanhel the next-'inoraing;----i is probable that the leather will not ts ( tbe blacking very well at first, but af ; a. few applications it will polish bri j antly.