HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 243, 11 October 1916, Page 8

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Kerosene oil is excellent for cleaning the rubber rollers of a clothes wringer. ! After it has been applied the rollers I should be rinsed off with' ivarm water. I J It is well to rub the hands freely after '. washing them—that is, rub the hands toI gether as you would do to warm them, for this exercise will be of great benefit in keeping the flesh youthful looking. Carpets infested with moth can be benzolined; or wring out a cloth in hot water, lay over carpet, and press with a hot iron, j A tablespoonful of turpentine added to I a copperfiil of water in which clothes are ■ boiled will cleanse, whiten, and disinfect ! the garments. A Laundry Hint.—Milk added to the blue water used for rinsing curtains will make them look like new. When it is necessary to wash chintz, steep in cold water for twenty minutes to fix the colours, then wash in warm, soapy water, and add a little ammonia !to the rinsing water. Dry as quickly as i possible in a wind; pass through rather |tiff, hot starch, and dry again, indoors this time. If a gloss is desired, scrape half an ounce of beeswax into two quarts of starch, and iron on right side. How to Remove Fruit Stains from the Hands. —Wash your hands in clean water, dry slightly, and while yet moist, strike a sulphur match and hold your hands around the flames. The etains (rill immediately disappear. A warmed knife should 'be used to cut thin bread and butter from a fresh loaf Place a jug of boiling water and a cloth by your side, and before cutting dip the knife into the water, wipe on the cloth md, while it is still, Uot, cut the bread. When the knife is cool dip again into the hot water. In this way fresh bread can >c cut as thinly and as easily as stale bread. .••■*. To preserve mint for the winter wash the mmt- eaves j n vinegar, drain, chop, »nd put them in wide-necked bottles Then cover them with vinegar, and an airtight tissue-paper dipped in S?u ? £ eg ? ° r milk does cxcellcntlv. When the mint is required fo* use adda little-more vinegar, and sugar to taste and cover the Temainder down aaain' This is a far nicer plan than drying the mint. ' To clean furs before placing away ruh oran well into the ekine. Allow \ to remain for a few. days, then shake thoroughly and brush. If mofe baUs or powder is not obtainable, moths my £ fcept from furs by ehaking ordinary pepper well into them. Wrap up in a Choose a fine.day for washing eiderdowns Make a.lather of such loan as preserving caetille, or. mx in ?J.™! water. Dp not rub the quilt, Sat mo™ it up and down in the ,water. Hang on the line, without wringing, and before i< is completely dry shake Jt outTeU c that the down may renew its softaew Does_,t pay_to make jam in warW aske the -•Ladies' Field." The answer to this question 18 "V«- even with th« increased cost of materiale." Preeerr.. in these days are looked upon as almost a necessity, and, provided they are pure they are a wholesome and nutritious addition to a meal. At the present time granulated sugar has to be substituted for preserving sugar, but jam made vit h this will work, out at a decidedly lowei advantage of being made atiome en-