GENERAL HINTS

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 257, 26 July 1930, Page 22

GENERAL HINTS

To Restore Tapestry This Is a really good method to restore the colour and refresh tapestry furnishings :—To a basin containing about three pints of warm water add two tablespoons of vinegar. Have a collection of clean pieces of cloth ready and rub over the tapestry. Keep the cloth damp, not too wet, and as one piece of cloth gets dirty throw it away and use another. This is really important, as a dirty cloth will spread the dirt. The smell of the vinegar evaporates quickly and the tapestry is left clean and fresh. Moths will not attack clothes which have been sprinkled with turpentine. Oatmeal should not be bought in large ■.quantities, as it quickly becomes stale and sour.

Warts will disappear in from two to six weeks if castor oil is applied to them daily. Always remove skin and bone from fish while still warm; they come away quite easily then. A handful of salt should be added to the water in which pocket handkerchiefs arc soaked.

A shabby umbrella can be renovated by brushing with a solution of ammonia and warm water.

Children’s stockings will last longer if darned neatly over heels, toes and knees when new, on the wrong side. While starch is still hot drop into it a piece of alum the size of a walnut. This will give a glaze and the articles starched will keep clean longer. A teaspoonful of ammonia to a cupful of water will clean gold or silver jewellery. A few drops on the under side'' of a diamond will clean it immediately, making it very brilliant.