Useful Hints
A good way to repair lace curtains is to tack tissue paper over the hole, then, after slackening the tension of the sewing machine, cover the paper with rows of stitching, as for*' a darn. This forms a strong mesh, and the darn is scarcely visible when the paper is removed.
To test the heat of an oven for cake baking,'place on a shelf a sheet of white paper. If the paper turns brown almost immediately the oven is too hot. It'in about four minutes the paper turns light brown tho ov.en is right for small cakes; if it turns dark yellow it is right for large cakes. From the moment. of delivery niilk should bo carefully protected from cpntamination. Covers of butter muslin for jugs, glasses,- basins, or other milk containers, cut in squares and hemmed,; can be made for a few pence.. Uncovered milk arid water are absorbents of bad odours, especially of the acid fumes; from gas fires.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 292, 10 December 1936, Page 11
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163Useful Hints Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 292, 10 December 1936, Page 11
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