HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3720, 4 January 1913, Page 9

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

do prevent knives from rusting, polish and bury in a box of sawdust till required. This is the best way of keeping knives when not in use. it" Vt- . Pastry can be made without butter if one wineglassful of" salad oil is used to the pound of flour. d’lie oil should i.yj mixed with water and stirred into the paste. Woollen gloves, after being washed, should be rinsed in slightly soapy water. If rinsed in clear they will become hard when drv.

Cooked beetroot which is not required for immediate use should be sliced, placed in a stoneware jar, and covered with vinegar. The jar should he placed in a saucepan containing a little boiling vinegar, which should be kept boiling until the vinegar is as -hot as it can be.' The jar should then be taken out and covered, and the beetroot will keep much longer than if it is simply covered with raw vinegar. ■ * ® To sweeten iars and tins which have contained tobacco, onions, or anything else of a strong odour, wash the article clean, then fill it with fresh garden earth, cover it, and let it stand for twenty-four hours. Then wash it and dry it, and it will he quite sweet and fit for use. - * * To remove blacklead marks from carpets, make a thick paste of fuller’s earth and water, to which add a little ammonia, and apply it to the marks. Allow it to dry thoroughly, then brush off carefully with a clean, hard brush. If the first- application is not successful repeat tlie process. The mixture will not harm the carpet * * * House drains, if they are properly laid, only require keeping clean. Once a week remove the tops of the gTilleypipes take a bucketful of boiling water to which has been added a large handful of soda. and- pour down very quickly, with a rush: this dissolves and breaks away the grease which clings to the sides of the drain-pipes. * » * If you wish to keep really warm where there is a good fire you must seat yourself' at some little distance from it, a position where you are out of the direct line from the door or window to the fire. The heat of the blazing coal draws the cold air towards it- and up the chimney, and thus makes you shiver. You may easily catch cold in this wav.