USEFUL HINTS

Evening Star, Issue 21721, 16 May 1934, Page 5

USEFUL HINTS

To get rid of beetles, sprinkle salt where they frequent. To get rid of ants, sprinkle powdered borax where they frequent; they will soon disappear. A few drops of salad oil put into the water in which wash-leathers are washed leaves them velvety. Hot water and soda make a red brick floor look smeary. It should be scrubbed with a stiff brush and cold water. Save the water in which potatoes

have hceii boiled and use it for washing silver. It will make spoons and forks bright, and remove stains. When cleaning windows, make the water blue: it will make the windows nice and clear, as it does in rinsing clothes in blue water. After washing net curtains, hang them up at once wet, allow to dry at the window; pull them slightly from time to time to keep the shape. Sea-water stains on dresses or other garments of navy_ blue or black can be removed by rubbing the stain with a piece of the same material moistened with vinegar. Muslin curtains should be rinsed in alum water, which does not spoil their colour and renders them non-inflam-mable. Allow ‘2ox of alum to a gallon of water.