HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XI, Issue 1013, 3 October 1917, Page 3

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

After the dust is wiped off a mirror a little camphor on a cloth will brighten it. Never allow fresh meat to remain in paper; it absorbs the juices, and is unhealthy. , ✓'. : After washing the kitchen oilcloth, . rub over with skim milk. This will look, as bright as varnish, and will dry more quickly. When boiling eggs wet the shells thoroughly with cold water before placing in the boiling water, and they will not crack. To brighten oilcloth, wash it witli clean water, to which some borax has been added, then wipe it with a flan&nel cloth dipped in milk and wrung as dry as possible. Save all old newspapers; they can be used for opening the oven door, placed on the kitchen table to stand saucepans on, and for cleaning iron*. The secret of cleaning paint is first of all to brush all the dust off, and then to wash it, drying each'little piece as one goes. Afterwards rinse and dry immediately^ When a boot or shoe pinches, wring a cloth out in very hot water, and place it over the place while the boot is on the foot. This expands the leather and will give relief. To keep yolks of eggs fresh, if only the white is needed, cover the yolk genfly with a little cold water so as net to break it, and it will keep fresh for several days. To prevent newly-painted windows from sticking, open . and run them up and down two or three.times a day for three or four says. Unless this is done the windows are almost bound to stick. When hanging clothes to dry, remember always to hang stockings by the toes, nightdresses by the shoulders, "and skirts by the hem, and so prevent them from dragging out of shape. Steel knives that are not in general ::se may be kept from rusting if they -,re dipped in a strong solution of •oda —one part of water to four parts of soda —then wiped dry, rolled in flannel, and kept in a.dry place. Vinegar placed in a pot of dried-up. glue will moisten and make it liquid 9,s;a- : n. When frying potato cakes, put i. tcaspron'ul nf vinegar into the frying lard; this prevents the cakes from being too /greasy when cooked. When hanging pictures always hang them with the face to the wall first, then turn them without unhooking the wive. This loaves the wire twisted up at the hook, and when they are ; hung in this?way the jarring of the house will haye do effect on them. To kco? celery for a week or even Inns*"-, first roll.it ur> in brown paper, then in a towel, and put it into a I rlurk, cool place. Before preparing it for the l-flMe.piit.it into a pan of cold -v.-jter and let it remain there for an hour to make it crisp and cool. Very Lad stainr, or. marble will often yield to treatment with, unslaked lime and soft soap, thoroughly mixed, and laid on with a brush. Allow it to remain on for some time, then wash away with tepid water. A second application may be necessary to be effectual. To clean a linen sunshade, open it wide and scrub it with a small scrubbing brush and gocd suds made of white snap an d luke warm water. After it is well cleaned; pour several uckets c-f clea:. water over it, and add a l'itle blueing water poured from a wa'ering-pct; then leave it to bleach and dry in the open air. With the aid of some good petrol, any girl" can become her own dry cleaner. Chiffon blouses, gloves, ribbons, and all kinds of vanities that, soil easily are quickly cleaned if immersed in petrol, which, however, must be used with the utmost care in a room in which there is neither a light nor a fire,- as it is very inflammable; To wash varnished wall paper us-s two tablespoonfuls of liquid ammonia to about hp.if a pailful of warm -water, , applied with a soft flannel or sponge, i Then wiye the wall down- with a j chamois leather, wrung out fcj «s®an j water to which has been added two j tablespoonfuls of turpentine. The j turpentine gives a beautiful polish to j the paper. j ' ! To f-znrzve a dent in furniture if j not such j, difficult process as it ma'; j soem, although the degree of success j Is measured to a great extent by the j kind of wood that is to be treated— j soft wood being more easy to deal | with, of course. The first thing is to j damp the affected part with warm 1 water. Then make a pad of brown i paper and damp it thoroughly. When this has been done, lay the damped i brown paper over the dent and hclJ ] over the part a hot iron. The reason j for this is that it makes the waod { swell in the particular part until the » dent swells out level. The harder k woods may require treating sevens) \ times, but excellent results will ' eventually be obtained.