ODDS AND ENDS

Evening Star, Issue 19918, 14 July 1928, Page 20

ODDS AND ENDS

Boiling Over.—lf anything boils over on the gas stove, sprinkle the stove and burner with salt. This takes away the objectionable smell.

To Remove Tar from tho Hands.— Tar may be removed from tho hands by rubbing with the outside of fresh orange or lemon peel, and drying immediately. Tho volatile oils dissolve tar so tliat it can bo rubbed off.

For the Fruit Knives, etc.—To make ivory handles like new, get the juice of one lemon, kitchen salt, some putty powder from chemist. First remove stains with lemon juice and salt, wipe with damp cloth, then polish with powder and soft cloth. No Need to Cry.—l used to consider peeling onions a most painful proceeding until a friend of mine told me to try peeling them in water, keeping the onion well under the water the whole time. 1 tried her dodge, and found that done in this way they have no painful effect on tho eyes. To Blacken Brown Boots.—Take a lump of washing soda about the size of a walnut, dissolve it in a cupful of water. Thoroughly wash the boots with tho soda water, and leave them to dry. Then wet them all over with some burnishing ink (to be obtained from any leather merchant or currier), and let it well dry in. When this is done they are ready to be cleaned with any good black boot polish. When marking linen it is usually an unfortunate occurrence for the ink to blot and so mar the neatness. The ink, however, will not run if the name is first written in lead pencil, thou go over with tho marking ink.