THING WORTH KNOWING.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3403, 6 August 1932, Page 2

THING WORTH KNOWING.

Apply a little glycerine mixed with raw egg and allow it to remain on the stains for an hour or two, then wash the stained parts in a good lather of soapy water. The life of a candle can be doubled without impairing its lighting value. Buy your candles in quantities, varnish them all over with transparent varnish, and leave them to dry foi two or three days. They will burn without a spot of wax running down.

To remove the shininess of suits brush them well and sponge with ammonia and water. When the shininess is obstinate it may be removed by rubbing gently with a wire brush of the type used for cleaning suede shoes.

When removing fillets of fish from the cooking-pan to the dish for serving, slip a palette knife under the length of each fillet and the fish will not break during the operation.

Picture marks on a wall are avoided by cutting an ordinary cork into sections about half an inch wide and fixing one of these cork sections at each bottom corner on the back of the frame. These raise the picture from the wall. They also make the picture hang more evenly and prevent it from slipping out of line.