HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 258, 29 October 1921, Page 20

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Never leave brushes lying on standiir on fcbeir bristles. \Vfocn Mack silk begins to look shabby and dull, try sponging it over in the water in which potatoes • have bjen boiled. It will freshen the silk up wonderfully. An excellent remedy for (burns is linseed oil and lime-water mixed together in equal parts. If this is unobtainable a little carbonate of soda dissolved in water should be applied. To freshen black lace or veils wind tihem smoothly on a rolling pin, fasten with pins, and hold near the mouth of a steaming kettle until damp. Dry near the fire before, unwinding. To clean tins, take Sia.lf a pound of soap ami a 'ball of pounded whiting, and pour in sufficient warm water to make it the consistency of a thick cream. Rub it well into the tins, and wliou dry, polish them with a clean doth or leather. Limestone, or fur, can easily lie removed from a copper kettle 'bv boilin» rain-water in it. Bain-water' contains carbonic acid gas, and this dissolves the I fur and leaves it in solution, which will pour out with tho 'boiling water. Another way: Half fill the kettle with oyster shells, and full of water; keep it on the 'boil for a day or two. Xon- and again give them a shake. When clean, keep n marble in kettle. That will prevent fur gathering again.

Javclle water is made by dissolving HI) chloride of lime in two quarts of boiling water. When nearly dissolved, add lib of washing soda. Strain through flannel, and use the dear portion. Brash the liquid on the spots, rinse well, and put in a little ammonia in tho final rinsing water. Javelle water is to he carefully used, as if left on the clothes it would rot tlicm. It is good for 'bleaching clothes that have become yellow.