HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 17 March 1928, Page 17

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

TAR SPLASHES. If .your car or your baby’s pera.mbu-ato-r lms been ,‘plashed by tar on the oads try removing the marks with turpentine. If this fails, a. litte nipt a 1 lolish, rubbed lightly on, will sorne;imes get rid of them. Polish aftercards with furniture cream. STALE SANDWICHES. It' you have any sandwiches left over rom picnics, you can utilise them the text day in a very delicate fashion, .lake an ordinary batter, ilet it stand •or a little while, dip each sandwich n it, and then fry in a small quantity :f fat. WHEN BAKING' CAKES. If you have a. large cake to bake, and ou havi 2 any difficulty in baking it hcrouglily without burning the top and lottom, stand it on a piece of asbestos in.per or on an abesto,s mat, and also nit one over it. TO REMOVE A CORK. If you have no corkscrew handy, an rdinary screw will sometimes prove affiectivfc. Screw it into the cork as deeply as possible, and pull the cork out '.■ith a piece of string tied round its read. FRENCH BEANS. A much quicker way of cutting up French beans than using a kiiife is to use a potato peeler. This will cut them evenly and thinly. i SIMPLE BEAUTY TREATMENT. The white of an egg beaten up very 'isrlitlv' is very good for removing sunhnrn and leaving the skin soft and white. Smear it over the face and neck snd allow it to dry on- Leave for half an hour and then rinse off with warm, milk. „ FOR YOUR TEETH. Keep a, small salt sprinkler in the bathroom —von will find it simply wonderful for occasionally brushing the teeth with. Tfc keeps them polished and white. A saVr. water gargle l.s • no rf thp greatest.- enemies of an in* fipieni cotd.