FOR YOUR MEMORY

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 June 1927, Page 7

FOR YOUR MEMORY

lodine stains. —Often after an illness or an accident the children’s night clothes and sheets are stained with iodine. This can bo removed it the affected nrticlo i s soaked in a solution of carbolic acid, allowing one part of the carbolic to forty parts of water.

Cleaning a Wire Mattress. —Wire matresses are so closely woven that it is oftcr difficult entirely to remove the accumulated dust. Take the mattress; nut of doors, if possible, and direct the air from a bicycle pump on to the "ungetatable” dust spots. Whitewash Marks. —Those can be easily removed from furniture and windows by rubbing the article with a rag that has been soaked in paraffin and wrung out.

Carpet Fasteners. —Instead of fastening down the carpet by hammering nails right through and into the boards, get. a number of carpet fasteners which are something like press studs on a large scale. Sew the spring half to the carpet or rug and screw the other into the floor, then press the two together. After Painting the Bath.—After painting a hath run in cold water and allow this to stand twenty-four hours. This will harden the paint. Whether the bath in painted or of the porcelain variety, cold water should always be turned on before the hot.

Drawers that Stick. —Hub a bar of hard soap over the lower edges of drawers that stick, also on the grooves in which the drawers slide. Then polish and repeat this from time to time.

The Smell of Paint. —Place, a bucket of cold water in a newly-painted room and the smell will be considerably lessened.