HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 218, 13 September 1924, Page 22

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

If a drawer sticks Tub the edges well with a good furniture polish. Ordinary stains can be removed from china by well rubbing them with salt and vinegar. Stained piano keys may be restored if rubbed with a rag dipped in vinegar. Rub them dry with-a soft duster. A little soot on a .soft rag and rubbed on a shoe will remove grease spots. If a few drops of paraffin are added to the water for cleaning windows, the windows will be found to last clean longer and they will be eas'er to polish. To remove rust from steel, rub the rusty part with an onion, leave it for twenty-four hours, and then polish with bathbrick and turpentine. If a lump of sugar is put in a plated teapot after it h_s been dried, it will soak up the moisture and prevent it becoming musty. If an iron is run over a cake of soap when it is taken from the gas. and then rubbed with a. duster, it will be found to pass over the articles which are being ironed very smoothly. To restore a faded carpet. After a carpet has been well swept, go over it again with a broom dipped in strong salt water. It will revive the colours considerably. To clean Japanned articles, rub the surface with a rag which has been dipped in paraffin. Dry thoroughly, and dust the surface with flour, and I then polish lightly with a soft cloth.

To clean gas-stove burners, remove the burners of the gas stove, turn them upside down and shake out all tbe dust. If they aTe dirty, wash them in a solution of hot water and soda, and dry them thoroughly before replacing them.

A good furniture polish. Take a quarter of a pint of vinegar, half a' pint of turpentine, a quarter of a pint of methylated spirits, and half a pint of linseed oil. Mix we ll tosrether and apply with a Boft rag.

in favour of farm homes for epileptic, degenerate, and feeble-minded persons, with a view to the care and the segregation of the unfit. In this matter of the segregation of tbe unfit, Miss Jamieson (Christchurch) moved: "That, owing to the increase of crime by mental defectives, preventive work must begin by segregation of sub-normal children, as their presence in schools interferes, with the progress of ordinary classes, and, as a natural consequence of this segregation, the segregation of adult defectives must follow." In the course of the discussion, 'Miss Jean Begg called attention to what the department had been doing, and said she' thought the department was looking for encouragement from such bodies as this council to establish a mental hygiene department.