HOME HINTS.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 98, 22 October 1904, Page 11

HOME HINTS.

| Wet Umbrellas. — Wet umbrellas should be stood on their handles to dry. This allows the water to run out of them, instead of into the part where the ribs and silk meet, thus causing the metal to rust and the fiilk to rot. i, Do Not Use Soap. — Varnished light wood chairs should be wiped over once a week with weak ammonia water, and they may be kept looking nice for a long time. It is a mistake to use soap on this kind of furniture, for it will certainly remore the varnish in a very short time. Too much ammonia will remove the gloss, therefore, a teaspoonful to one-half pail of water is usually sufficient. To Whiten Clothes. — When a spoonful of borax is put into the last water in wuicu white clothes are rinsed, it has the effect of whitening them. Before it is added tp the rinsing water the borax should be dissolved in a little hot water. Grass Stains on Clothes. — Sponge the stains with alcohol. Materials which will bear soap and water may be washed in the ordinary way, provided the grass stains have first been wetted with spirit. Ink Spots on Clothes. — Ink spots should be attended to at once, for when fresh they are comparatively easy to remove. Take up as much of the ink 'as possible with blotting paper, and wash out the rest with milk. Finally remove the milk &tain with benzine. For Stained Hands. — Apple, potato, and most other stains can be removed from the hands by rubbing tneni with oatmeal moistened with lemon juice or vinegar. A nail brush should be used all round the finger nails. When the stain is quite removed wash with warm water md soap. Never use soap before removing the stain, or it will be ten times more difficult to remove. Hot Grease. — If hot grease be spilled on a, kitchen floor or table, pour cold water upon it immediately. This will cool the grease, when it can be scraped off instead of being allowed to be absorbed into the wood. ____^_^__