HINTS AND RECIPES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 8 June 1927, Page 3

HINTS AND RECIPES

The white of an egg v\\l whip quicker and better if a pinch of salt is addG A you add milk to mashed potatoes be. sure the milk used is hot. Cold or lukewarm milk will mako the potatoes heavy and pasty. Stains on enamel can be removed by rubbing tjiom with rough salt moistened with vinegar. If a cloth is placed over a basin ot freshly-made starch, no skin will form on the top. Use soapy water when making starch, and the irons will not stick, while it gives the clothes a glossy appearance. Petrol is excellent for cleaning all kinds of leather goods; put it on with a brush, rinse, and potusft with a. soft cloth. .

A piece of charcoal if placed ini thesaucepan in which cabage is boiled will prevent a disagreeable smell arising while the vegetable is cooking. A little lemon-juice added to the water used for mixing pastry will make the pastry lighter and lemove all taste of fat or Jard. % INK STAINS Ink upset on linoleum should be soaked up immediately with blotting paper, and the stain well rubber with a title \varm water. If any ink remains it may be treated with a little oxalic acid and rinsed with water containing a lHtle soda. When quite dry the surface may lie polished in the usual way.

TO CLEAN PATENT SHOES

To keep patept leather shoes from cracking, never put them on until they have been warmed, and always keep liliem on trees. Once a week rub a little vaseline on the leather, leave for a few hours, then rub off and polish with a cream specially prepared for patent leather! Then rub the shoes with a soft cloth to give them a brilliant shine. Patent leather can be cleaned by rub"bing with a soft cloth dipped in milk and afterwards polishing well.

TO MEND AN ENAMEL BOWL

Get same rrdinary bu'ldir.g cement and mix with cold water to the consistency of a thick cream. Spread evenly •,'ver tho 'hole, and leave to dry for a day or two. when it will be quite firm, and the bowl fit for use.

PAINT MARKS ON CLOTHING

luix together equal parts of turpentine and ammonia and apply to Lue paint marks with a piece of material "he fame colour as the stained garment. Rub gently till the paint is removed, then sponge the, marks with warm, soapy water and afterwards clean with warn. -vat"i. ■

CLL GAS MANTLES

Broken lamp mantles should not be thrown away i-,: when crushed they make an excellent polish for silver. A little of the powder should be rubbed on then polished with a chamois leather.

TO CLEAN CARPETS

Make a warm, soapy lather, and int:> this dissolve a tablespeonful of common washing soda. Saturate a clean cloth with the solution, and rub the carpet thoroughly with it, renewing the soda water directly it becomes dirty, and being careful not to -have any' unwashed patches. The soda removes the dirt, aiid, at the same time brings up the colon: without de.?!.oyrng the "pile" in iiisy way. MILDEWED LINES Mildewed is not an ordinary stain, but a growth in the fibres caused by damp. There are ways "by which mildew can be cured. First dissolve one once and a-half of cholride of lime in a quart of boiling water. Strain the liquid through a cloth and soak the mildewed article (well damped first) for several hours. Then rinse in cold water. If, after this treatment, the mildewed stains are not removed put the cloth outside every time the eun shines and bleach it well. When moving the clotli about in the chloride of lime solution use a stick. Keep the hands as dry as possible. A CHEAP FLOOR STAIN Pour some paraffin into a 21b jam jar, add two tablespoonfuls of Brunswick black, stir thoroughly with a stick. Let it stand for an hour or two, and then apply the stain evenly with a brush. The floor will require neither ritz nor varnish, but may be brightened occasionally with beeswax and turpentine. TO CLEAN FURNITURE To clean old oak, thoroughly wash it in hot water to which a little" soda has been added. Then dry well. Mix together one gill each o"f turpentine and linseed oil, and half a gill each of vinegar and methylated spirit. Bottle, ni.d shake well before using, then apply to the oak with a soft rag, and a forward* polish with a soft duster. fo cleat, mahogany, wash with hot beer or hot tea, and then dry and poli-in with i: e preparation used for cr.ic*.