HINTS TO HELP YOU.
When stewing prunes, add an eggspoon of lemon juice to the stewing water. 11ns greatly improves their flavour. If you are troubled by bettles or ants, sprinkle powdered borax in tlieir runs. They refuse to live with this chemical. To remove candle-grease, lift off as much as possible with a knife, then place a sheet of blotting-paper on both sides of the fabric and put a warm iron on top. Repeat several times, if necessary, using a fresh part of ’the blotting-paper every time. If a ceiling becomes flaky and portions of whitewash tend to fall away, make a solution of alum (£oz) a.iid water (1 pint). Paint this on the ceiling with a soft brush. Hands which have roughened through sewing may be smoothed if they are lathered with a mixture of soap and granulated sugar. If a coat has shiny elbows, ta.ke a piece of sandpaper while v the wearer has the coat on and gently rub the shining portion. This just roughens the surface enough to do away with the shine, and should hot injure the material.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 112, 13 April 1936, Page 11
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