HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 41, 16 February 1918, Page 16

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A teaepoonful of salt added to starch makee ironing easier, and gives a fine gloss. Equal parts of ammonia and turpentine will take paint out of clothings no matter how dry and hard it may be. Saturate the spot two or three times, and afterwards wash out in eoapeude.

When rugs curl up at the corners, cut at piece of buckram in the shape of an L, and sew to the under side. Save the stale bite of cheese, grate them up finely, and keep in a tin for flavouring. Freshly-mixed mustard will remove inkstains from the most delicate fabric without injury. Simply apply to the stained part, let it remain on an hour or so, then rinse with clean water. If you want to remove any pieces of fat or grease from your aoup, pour it through a cloth that has been well saturated in cold water. All the fat will remain in the cloth, and the soup will bo quite clear and free from grease. When you wish tc knock a nail into a crumbly wall, try this plan. Put your nail in position, and drive it into the wall; if the plaster gives and crumbles away, fill up the gap with plaster of Paris. Leave it for an hour or two, and you -will find that the plaeter is quite hard, and the nail firm enough to hold a heavy picture. When you empty the boiler, and while it is still warm, rub the inside with soap. This not only prevents it rusting, but helps to make the suds when it ie filled again the next washing day. Socks and stockinge, before washing; should be turned inside out and well shaken. They retain their softness if treated in this way. Thie also applies to flannels.