HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Clean mirrors with a pad of tissue paper sprinkled with methylated spirits. Mud stains can be removed by rub--bing them with a out potato. Finger-nails' that are inclined to be brittle should be soaked occasionally in olive oil. . - When c-ooking turnips add a. teaspooniul of white sugar to the water. Tins greatly improves their flavour; Scratches on varnish will disappear if a coarse cloth that has bteeh saturated with linseed oil is laid over them. Before boiling an egg which lias been accidentally cracked, it is a good plan to place a" little salt in the saucepan of water. The smell of onions, fish, or cabbage is quickly removed from pans by the addition of a little vinegar to the water in which they are washed. Do not let soup boil, but allow it to simmer slowly. Much of the liquid is wasted in evaporation, and the best of the flavour is lost if the soup boils or is heated too quickly.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 14 April 1928, Page 17
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164HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 14 April 1928, Page 17
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