HOME HINTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 45, 21 January 1939, Page 12

HOME HINTS.

Do not use bicarbonate of soda when cooking green vegetables. Lump sugar will retain both the vitamins and green colour. If someone is ill in the house and she complains that reading is difficult owing to the bed facing the light, try hanging a mirror at the hack of the bed, and it will catch the light and reflect it on to the hook or paper, making it very simple and quite comfortable to read. AATiito shoes that have lieromc shabby can bo dyed in the following way: Alako a strong solution of permanganate of potash, put it on the shoes and allow to dry, then apply again." Polish with brown shoo pol sh and the discarded shoes will look like a brand new pair of dark brown ones. Brown leather chairs that have become faded through being in strong sunlight can have then- colour brought back to them by rubbing over the leather with linseed oil and polishing with a soft, dry duster. Silk frocks that have perspiration stains on them can bo cleaned bv soaking in methylated spirit and ammonia (equal parts' of both). AVash later in soapy water and the stain will have gone. Only try this method on fastdye materials; others will have had the colour taken from them by the stain, which makes the job hopeless. _ If you have a headache or if someone is ill with ia. high temperature, and there is not any icc in the house, use cucumber instead. Cut thick strips of the skin and place them, cut side downwards, on the forehead, and they will feel as cool as any piece of ice. Next time you polish glass vases, just give the glass a quick rub over with metal polish and then rub with a dry duster. The job will l>e finished in half the time it takes with soap and water.

If potatoes are brushed with melted butter before being put in the bakingdish, they will be crisp and brown when cooked,.