HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 169, 12 April 1930, Page 22

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Traps which are not wanted for a time should be wrapped up in brown paper and stored in a dry place. If they become at all rusty they can be made smooth by rubbing the irons on white sand and put on a smooth board. . To whiten and soften the skin, partboil a few medium-sized potatoes, remove the skin, and use them as you would a piece of soap for washing the hands. When Making Jam. —To prevent the trouble of skimming, and consequent loss of jam, butter the preserving pan before putting in the fruit. When the fruit is sufficieutly cooked, add the sugar and put in a lump of butter the size of a walnut. The scum which forms will entirely disappear by the time the jam is done, and skimming will be'unnecessary. The height of the ironing table is important to the comfort of the ironer. The average kitchen table is about right for an average woman, but the tall woman would find great relief by raising the table legs on wooden blocks so that the table is 36in. from the floor. Ironing blankets should be thick, and firmly fastened to the table, for a blanket that wrinkles and moves easily makes great difficulties for the ironer. To sew curtain rings on casement curtains when machining the fop hem. mark the intervals for the rings along the tacked hem with a pencil. When machining the hem take a ring and a small slip of tape about 11 inches long! and fold this through the ring, and tuck' the two ends under the hem at the pencil mark. Continue the machining. This method is very quick and most secure. When dyeing garments or materials of any sort always put some darning wool and . some cotton into the dye both at the same time, so you will be prepared for sewing and mending. This : involves no extra work, and saves the trouble and expense of matching colours in sewing materials.

Without doubt the praises of the lemon cannot be sung too loudly. Should your washing not be as white as usual; put a few drops of lemon juice into the rinsing water. A good cure for a cough is lemon juice and glycerine mixed together. This also makes the hands white if it is applied every night. ■■

Equal narts of lemon juice and soda water will soon cure a bilious attack. Should you feel your beauty needs a little aid take half a glass (without sugar) every morning. This will help to keep the blood pure, nnd make the eyes br ! "ht and sparkling. Fair-haired people should add a little lemon juice to the rinsing water, after shamnooing: this will heln to keep the hn ! " bright and make it fluffy. To remove rust from scissors and manicure instruments immerse them for a while in kerosene and then wipe them thoroughlv. To remove the oil polish them with a chaniois. . Don’t soak rhubarb for any lenyth of time, as it absorbs such a . quantity of water than when cooked there is often too much ..iuice. If troubled with rheumatic peins rub petrol into the affected parts. The second application mny be made with n pledget of cotton-wool. This has cured rheumatism of twelve years’ standing.