HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Jla\v potato, clipped in bath-brick, will remove rust from steelware very quickly. Use coffee instead of milk when making a rigc pudding. It is a pleasant change. Carrying a piece of art-gunT in your handbag for removing boot-polish from your stochiftgs. When mixing plain flour with water, avoid small lumps by adding about half a teaspoon of cornflour. The following advice for cleaning embroidery on material that will not wash will be welcomed by many housewives. Cover the embroidery with a thick paste of powdered French chalk and methylated spirit, lay a piece of clean muslin over it, and roll up. Then place in a dark place for a few days, when the spirit will have entirely evaporated, unroll, and brush off the dry chalk.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 9, 8 December 1937, Page 12
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