HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1220, 5 June 1919, Page 6

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Old newspapers finely sbr«wklcd u n>ak«r blliDgi fur cujJiioiii Itciore bofling a crackml egg ru •alls over the shell. Ibis prevents tb< white from boiling out. The white of egg appiicd k» • burn » a more efficacious remedy thai carron oil or collodion* Green Venetian blinds, when faded can be restored by robbing irilh a rat saturated with linseed oil. Knife-handle* which bare becom? yetJow with sgs can b» whitened bj robbing with S««e emery P«P« r - Coffee-grounds should be placed in the oven to dry, and used to clean kzm«a in place of ordinary knife-pow-der. Old. worn-oat emery paper can have •to rough surface quite restored if plac» in a warm own Kor fire or six min* 4»e* before being used. When sprinkling clothe* for ironing ose warn> water instead of cold, '.w less is mjuvred, and the clothes iron more easily* A novel idea for dusting. Get a large paintbrush, d:p it in olive oil, and squeeze dry. It will take up the dust beautifully. When maieing jam or marmalade, butter the bottom of the preserving pan. and the contents will neither burn nor boil over. Polished floor* should be rttbbed with a mixture of one-third raw linseed-oil »nd two-thirds paraffin. Use it sparBgly, or the polishing afterwards with i dry cloth will be a long business.

One of the best methods for cleaning 1 steel f<?ntlrr or the steel parts of the titchen range is to dip a piece of damp lanoel In the coal-ashes and thorougbj rob with this, when a brilliant polah wiU be obtained.

For polishing braes bedsteads there :s no more reliable medium than the »ld-fashion«?d whitening moistened with lotisrhnkJ ammonia, which is less apt «> scratch than most other preparar •ions. To clean pickk-jars and other glass jottles which hare become stained, •rash tip an egg-shell, put it into the settle, add a little hot (bnt not boiling) rater, and shake well. This will dean •nd polish the glass.

lb remove a Ssb-Vme from the throat, swallow a raw egg. and follow, if pottiMe, by eating plenty of mashid potatoes. The egg will carry the 3otv» into the stomach, and the potatoes will prevent it from doing any injury there. To keep a coffee-pot sweet pat a saM«»«ipoonfttl of baking aoda into it. Fill it two-thirds full of water, iitri let t F)oil for an hour. Then rinse very thoh!v. If this is done a hoot once a the pot will always smell fresh »rui clean. When heating pies, place the pie in 1 deep baking-dish filled with boiling water, and stand on the top of the for an honr. then fifteen minntea it is required place it in the arpn to hr>at the crust. It will be as good as if freshly baked.

To rlran currants quickly, place them rn an enamelled colander, sprinkle over with a teaspoonful of flour, stand the eolander on * plate, and rub the currants lightly about. The stalks and toiled floor will pass through the boles, tearing tbe fruit clean.

Soda should he thoroughly difsolred in the washing; water before the clothe* arc put in. Nerer allow it to lie about on the trlothe*. a* this sometimes ran*** ironmould. Soda should never 'ie added to writer in which woollen things are being washed, as it causes them to shrink.

Th© gas store should he cleaned once •very wetk. Jlcmor«» all bars, and wash in strong soda water. Wash the top of the stove* and clean burners, cleaning out the little holes with a 6ne skewer or piece of wire. Wash the shelre*. and clean any enamel linings with rough snlt. Black-lead the bars and polish th" brass taps, rub up steel portions with emery powder.

Ink>tains may lie remove*] «rom p*F" er ill tht > following manner: First wash the paper with warm water, using a fitmpl's hair hrtKth for the piitpose. By this means the surface ink is /cmoved. and the mark should then be moistened with oxalic aeid. in the proportion of r»nr niiiirc to half a pint of water. Th»> ink«itaini* will immediately disappear. Finally, again wash the stained plarp with clean water, ami dry with while bin? ting-paper. Great caie must be taken, howerer. in the nw* of oxalic acid. a« it is a very ilanjjcroos jioison.

Rr'nr* h«Hnnine to fry onions or boil a cabbage !<«• that the kitchen window is. open at the top. and also draw back the prating above the stove. Kven if this i« only open a little way the smell from whatever is hemp cooked will have a means of escape, instead of filling the kitchen and penetrating to other pftrts of the house. If this is forgotten. it is a Rood plan to have some epdar wood dust at hand to use. A little scattered over the hot stove gives •>ff a r?c!*s»nt odonr. which will pnv vent tho smells from being noticeable.