GENERAL HINTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIII, Issue 3074, 2 November 1929, Page 7

GENERAL HINTS.

To remove grease stains from leather, moisten round the edges of the stains with water, then paint with rubber solution. In a few minutes the layer of rubber may be peeled off, when the grease-stain, having been absorbed by the rubber, will have vanished.

Save all white blankets from which the nap is worn and use .them instead of sheets in winter for the children. No hot-water bottles are needed, and they dry almost as quickly as sheets. Worn blankets make dressing-]aokets for small children to sleep in.

When re-footing a man's seamless hand-knitted sock, cut the foot off just above the heel, turn the latter to the instep and pick up the stithes for the heel from what was originally the front of the sock. This will add greatly to its wear.

Substitute honey for the sugar in baking custard (the same quantity is required) and omit the flavouring essence. This is a delicious ehangte.

Keep a small glass funnel for filling salt and pepper castors. There will be no wastte and all unpleasantness from flying pepper will be avoided.

Before donning rubber gloves powder the hands thoroughly and they will slip on and off easily. When a weak place appears in a glove fix adhesive tape over the spot inside the glove-

Stewed apricots added instead of the usual lemon or acid to pumpkin mixture for pies, tarts, etc., is a delightful variant.

Add a little custard powder to any cake. It lightens the flour and improves the flavour.

To keep cut dahlias fresh, immerse about six inhes of the stems in boiling water immediately the flowers are cut and leave in. the water until all danger of "bleeding" is past. As an alternative, plunge the stems into hot paraffin wax.

The best cure for mosquito bites is ordinary boracio ointment. Rubbed on the bite, it soothes instantly and there is no swelling left.

If the burners of the glis-stove are not giving satisfaction 1 boil them in a strong solution of washing-soda and thus remove all traces of grease. Wipe them dry before replacing, and run a piece of wire into the holes to remove rust.