USEFUL HINTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 624, 29 September 1909, Page 3

USEFUL HINTS.

Blanket-Washing. • ; i - This N is an important part .of ' household cleaning, and one! that needs some- consideration, because p line day is so essential, for - its good performance.'- .If you- wash:,-your /own •blankets this is; not so .difficult,' as.you can wait tintil the day i« suitable; if you lnro help, this is another matter.' No woman likes her, day s [•work' to depend on- tho changeable' weather. Roirio housewives havo.a liking for September' winds -to . hqlp wiJth - 'blanket-drying, -but . this month is rather - uncertain for the. business, arid 'it is to'-wfiit until: the . weather, is, or ought to be, more settled; bosides, whon the nights '.'are !• warmer;' -you -can l-sparo-. -more, blankets'off - the beds for' tho 'washtub;Some /people' uso plenty, qf hot water "and' mtach.' soapsuds i in their washirig. "Others, the cold water system, with'cold'wato soap and.'.strong. hmmoiiia—two tablespoonsful -;of. chemists'-' ammonia, to a tubfiil of water. : method 1 you use, it is necessary to. shako each blanket well'-before,you wet it, removing :thuS as much dirt' as may- be loose; you lirst trot it.Hake any part tl\at is extra dirty, %oap it'well, and rub it thoroughly with, y.our hands first, before touching tho -other parts, l'lentv of water must -be used in tho .washing. Got a fresh tubful. as long as ever any dirt appears , in, the wa,tcr.. shaking, .and -sousing' your blankets thoroughly each time. : Wring and ilry them as >. quickly .as possible,. as . this is the time: of shrinking,-and then .'be/quite sure that each is quite dry and well-airea before put- into uso again... . Cleaning-Pots and Pans. Aluminium pans , are perfectly .easy,,to keep clean, says.an English writer/but, the'y'imust'on 'no account be .washed with soda,: as ; this . at once spoils them, and their colour, can/never be got back, ; for ; soda: blackens them, -'' They 'should be washed, at once with soap'aiid water, and:then well rubbed up inside and out. As a Lpecial powder is prepared for cleaning .aluminium when" buying. the' utensils, it'is. perfectly tpossiblo to clean .them occasionally •-with. a paste of whiting and water.: The great Ithing is Uever tu.allow them to lio about dirty; but this applies equally, to all pots and pans. , With a little care it is perfectly possible.'to :pso tho stoneware so popular nowadays, and :jt ;is ccr-/ tairily easy to keep clean; .being .'glazed ..inside, tlieso pots only require' washing out;;',and are ithen perfectly clean/ It is impossible':to-keep the-saucepans absolutely looking like riew, Iwith. thu best will in. the..world; but much may be' dote with the seamless.steel ,sa-ucepans,' if directly- they are -clono .with ' they are filled with hot water and left, till they "are-to-be clcaricd, -when you use a saucepan brush dipped, into coarse flour; wipe out, and:dry■ Very;thorr oughlv, or they will rust.. Once a ; we.ek they slionli' bo filled with cold water;,:then put iu ia piece: of soda, according ; to thi; size of the pari, b\'ing\tho water to- the./b'oil,: and- let it :boll: for half an hour, empty, .'out .and dry thoroughly. If the pan shouldjnavj; been burtat,J it should be soaked and then scoured, Avitli vinegar; 1 , Fbr:an.omelet, 'really,'the .Best, thing /is; to geta : « copper: p an ; ••«;An omelet pan .should never bo washed, but ..when cleaning .it pieat a little butter, lard, or dripping, in t!vis > j,and when- this melts, smokes "strongly, and bc?!jns"to turn brown, pour, it away, and carefully : wipe out tlio pan with ; clean, soft, paper; changing this until it 'comes away quito clean.l l.t should be wiped out ''most carefully' in -thij 'pay-, each time- after,., it is'- ii'siid,'. anil! shouldj to, kept for'omelets .orily. ' '*•' 1