HINTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 4955, 13 February 1937, Page 3

HINTS.

A tablespoonful of sugar added to the stove blacking will give a brilpaclting or kept too long out of the liant lustre to the stove. Potatoes which look a bad colour when cooking can be made much whiter if a dessertspoonful of vinegar is added to the water. A mustard plaster will not burn the shin if white of egg is used instead of water for mixing. Warm camphorated oil is much better still. Always apply olive oil to the skin when the plaster is removed to prevent soreness. A slice of potato will clean oil paintings without injury, and, dipped in baking soda, it will brighten silver or clean old knives.

A large sheet of blotting paper placed under a tray-cloth saves the tray by absorbing anything that is spilt, prevents the polished surface from being marked by hot dishes, and deadens tiresome rattling and noises which annoy a sick person. Machine oil stains may be removed by rubbing the spot with a cloth dipped in ammonia. Afterwards wash the article with soap and water. If you are knitting with unravelled wool, before using it wind it on a fairly large piece of cardboard, place a damp cloth over it and press with a hot iron. The wool will be much easier to knit with and will look equal to new. Put a small cup of breadcrumbs tied in muslin with the cabbages when cooking. The bread absorbes all the bitter juices, and the cabbage is digested quite easily. The breadcrumbs absorb almost all the odour of the cabbage. Grained wood should be washed with cold tea, a small part of the surface at a time, and rubbed well with a flannel cloth, before it becomes dry. Vinegar used in rinsing water on washing day will prevent the hands from becoming rough.