GENERAL HINTS

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 221, 14 June 1930, Page 20

GENERAL HINTS

If you want to dry silk Blockings quickly, stuff them with tissue paper and hang them up. The paper absorbs the moisture.

To clean a stained copper kettle, rub it well with half a lemon dipped in salt. Wash with clean, tepid water and polish with a dry cloth. To clean and polish an ebony piano place a few drops of olive oil on a piece of warm flannel and rub the piano case gently with this. Finish with a clean, soft chamois leather. Potato peelings should not be thrown away, but put into the oven until they are perfectly dry and crisp, and -used to eke out the firewood. To make good tea do not use water that has boiled a long time. Fuller’s earth is excellent for cleaning suede or doeskin. It should be rubbed in with a small soft brush. A pinch of salt added to mustard when it is freshly made will prevent it becoming hard and brown, and will keep it moist for a considerable time. To improve the look of a shabby umbrella, sponge it well with a strong solution of sweetened tea. The tea revives the colour and the sugar stiffens the fabric. , ~ , , Suet pastry should be slackly mixed or it will be heavy and close. Marks on aluminium ware can be removed with a cork and a little sand. Marks on brown shoes can be treated successfully with a cork which has been rubbed over the inside of a banana skin. A few drops of ammonia added to the water when washing pantry shelves will help to keep ants away, and a few drops sprinkled in the cupboard will keep moths away. Soap for household use should be purchased before it is required. If cut into conveniently sized pieces and left for some time the moisture evaporates and the soap lasts much longer. To shrink flannels before making them up, keep the material in the same folds as when bought, and place in a large bowl. Cover the flannel with water and ira-e for a day. Then lay a stick across the bowl, and hang the material, still folded, over the stick, and leave to drain and dry thoroughly. Press till smooth. When making a rhubarb tart, mix a little flour with the sugar. This will thicken the juice and give a rich syrup. As little water as possible should be added. A small piece of butter is an improvement.

If you axe in want of another casserole, you can use a large stone jam or marmalade pot of the three or seven pound size. Place greased paper on top instead of a lid. The food inside the jam-jar can be cooked very satisfactorily. If a chimney catches fire, immediately close the doors and windows in the room so as Ito prevent a current of air increasing the flames. Then throw over the fire a few handfuls of salt, and as a rule it burns itself out in a short time. Have chimneys swept regularly once or twice a year, and keep the accessible part of the chimney free from soot by recovering deposits of soot once a week.

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