NOTES AND RECIPES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2514, 15 December 1927, Page 2

NOTES AND RECIPES.

An excellent cement for mending glass is made by dissolving isinglass in spirits of wine. The tips of shabby brown shoes can be improved by painting them with iodine. The soles of children’s shoes will last much longer if they are given three coats of varnish. Allow each coat to dry thoroughly before applying the next. When cleaning silver, gloves should be worn both to protect the hands and to prevent them from leaving marks on the silver. If windows stick, rub a little melted lard on the sash cord and between the frame and the casing. Old huckaback bedroom towels are the best of all things for washing paint. Sugar, jam, and pickles should all be kept in a cool, dry place. All bones and scraps of cold meat should be put into the stcck-pot to supply flavour and nutriment. An economical soap ball for removing stains from the hands is made by melting scraps of soap adding a little fine sand and shaping the whole into a ball. Leave it tc harden before use. Gelatine may be used in cake-mak-ing when eggs are dear and scarce. Dissolve one tablespoonful of gelatin in a little cold water, add enough boiling water to make a small cupful, beat well and add to the cake. This is equal to three eggs. A zinc pail or bath can be satisfactorily repaired with putty. Put a large piece over the hole on the outside of tie article and a smaller piece inside. Press both pieces on very firmly and leave until dry and hard. To prevent the frequent use of hot starch causing coloured articles to fade make a solution of one ounce of gum arabic to‘ a pint of hot water; cool, strain, and bottle. Add a teaspoonful to every quart of hot starch. All dyes should be strained through muslin before being added to the water. Whiting is splendid for scrubbing saucepans. All green vegetables, except spinach, should be cooked with the lid off the saucepan. If the rolling-pin is washed in boiling water*, without any soap, it will not stick when used again. Do not pour cold water into enamel vessels while they are still hot from cooking. This causes the enamel to crack and peel off. A little glycerine rubbed on a coffee stain with a piece of clean flannel will quickly remove the stain. Shabby leather can be improved by being rubbed with the well-beaten white of an egg. Fresh mould from the garden will clean, enamel ware. Apply with, a piece of wet newspaper and rinse thoroughly in clear water. Do not use soda to clean aluminium. A little pumice powder on a damp rag is most effective.

Fruit stains can be removed from the hands by rubbing with salt moistened with vinegar.