ODDS AND ENDS

Evening Star, Issue 20020, 10 November 1928, Page 21

ODDS AND ENDS

[By DIANA.]

Before sewing on hooks and eyes, boil them in strong soda water. This will prevent them rusting in the wash. Dry the green tops of celery in an oven, rub them down to powder, store in jars, and use as flavouring for soups and stows. . „ To remove coffee stains from a delicate material, brush the marks with pure glycerine, rinse in lukewarm water, and press on the wrong side. To remove tea stains from linen, mix the yolk of an egg with an equal quantity of rub on the stain, and leave tul dry. Rinse in cold water, and the stain will disappear. ,’hon you wish to warm up a joint, let it stand in cold water for about three minutes before putting it into the oven. This will make it taste almost exactly like freshly cooked meat. For cleaning hair brushes borax is e v Uont. Dip the brush up and down in a warm solution of water, a tear spoonful of borax, and a tablospoonful of soda. Do not wet the backs of tire brushes. Neglected jugs and decanters may be cleaned by filling with used tea leaves covered with equal parts of vinegar and warm water. Allow to stand for several hours, then rinse in clear, cold water. When you have upset grease on.the kitchen floor, sprinkle powdered bathbrick on it and leave for a time. Then when the kitchen is cleaned, scrubbing with hot soda water will remove all If a patent shoe pinches any part of the foot, a rag well soaked in boiling water should bo placed over the part. If this is done while the foot is in the shoo, the leather wall soften to the shape of the foot. Rubber hot water bottles should be suspended upside down when not in use.