HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 276, 20 November 1926, Page 26

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Add a few drops of vinegar to the water when washing greasy dishes. To keep your kitchen table spotlessly white add a*few drops of ammonia to the hot water used for scrubbing. If your iron stinks when you iron starched goods, a few drops oi glycerine added to the starch will make the iron run more smoothly. Sago that has been soaked in water or milk until quite sl ft is an excellent substitute for baking powder, in the proportion of one teacuptul of dry sago to four of flour. A little methylated spirit added to the rinsing water when washing white silk garments gives a beautiful gloss when the garments are ironed, and makes them look fresh and new. Bones to be used tor makinu soup will remain in good condition lor several days if the, are baked lor a few minutes in a hot oven. To keep chamois leather gloves from losing their colour, wash them in water W which orange rind has soaked overnight. Old linoleum may be brightened by rubbing it with a mixture made of one part of turpentine and two parts of olive oil. Match murks on a polished or varnished surface can 1 ..■■ removed by rubbin- with n riil '.■•■:•.,:. ;ii ,.! then with a rag dipped in ek'tiii water. i\i iicuii ~ v ,ii .:• i- • p.it that lonkS shabby give it ;i .m.-fiil rubbing with a soft cloth dipped into a weak solution of oxalic acid made in the p ro ' portion of one teaspoonful of acid to i pint of water. Tf the coat is of suede, apply benzine with a flannel. wards the nap may be raised by careful rubbing with, fine sandpaper.