HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 136, 11 June 1927, Page 24

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Leather that is hard can be softened with warm, mpj water. Upholstery on duin can bi cleaned with hot b>an robbed mm with a dm flannel. An egg that is slightly cracked can ho boiled successfully if a teaspoonful of vinegar be added to the waterT^ Tiled hearths should never be washed with water. Instead, moisten a doth in turpentine and rub the tiles until they ■re clean. Polish with a soft cloth. Old velveteen is almost as good as chamoia leather for polishing elver and p When soiled it can be easily washed in a soapy lather. —v. wicks and the burner need s good boa in soda water at least a »onth. The wide should be carefully dried afterwards. ' To remove hot-water marks from PohaheJ. tables, make a thin paste with •alad oil and salt, place on the mark* it remain for one hour. Finish rubbing* with » soft duster. ®oak clothes that have been stained with cocoa or chocolate in cold water for * few minutes, then pour plenty of boiling water over them Scrubbing brushes will have a longer life if they aje rinsed out well in cold water after use, and put out in the air to dry. • The easiest way to peel an onion ii to no »d it with a fork and cut off the top and bottom, when the outer «Hn will come away. If onions are held under water while being peeled the eyes will not smart. After removing marks from a fabric with ammonia, you may find that the colour has suffered. Apply a little weak ▼jnsgar and water; this often serves to bring bade the original colour. . you.wish sQk to retain its original lustre after it baa been washed, add one tablespoonful of turpentine to two gallons of cold ripsing water, and hang °«t in the air to dry. After* wards damp and iron in the usual way. Blacklead marks can be removed from «nrp«ts if a paete is made of fuller's earth and water to which a little ammonia has been added. Leave the paste on the marks for some hours, then oruah briskly. Wash velveteen dresses in the follow, ing manner: Add a large teaspoonfnl of amnion la to a good lather of warm, but not hot, soap flakes. No soap must be rubbed on the velveteen, but the dress should be dabbed tip and down in tha suds and washed as quickly as possible. ae in two separate waters of the ■wne temperature as the first, both eontauung a little ammonia. Do not wring the dress, but hang it out in the opes sir whilst dripping wet;