HOUSEWIVES' PROBLEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21807, 23 May 1934, Page 5

HOUSEWIVES' PROBLEMS

CORRESPONDENTS' CORNER INQUIRIES ANSWERED BY FEMIN'A Canvas Trunks Rolling Stone. —To renovate your canvas trunks a clear varnish or paint could be used if they are not torn or in need of patching. If, on the other hand, repairs uro needed, they should bo dono before renovating. If paint is used the whole character of the trunks will bo changed, the paint filling up the interstices of the canvas, if the paint is not allowed to come in contact with the leather corners, the trunks will be greatly improved in appearance, alio paint chosen should be as near the original colour of the trunks as possible. Another way is to scrub the trunks, allow them to dry slowly (not in front of a fire) and after several days apply a coat of clear varnish. .Renovate the leather corners with furniture polish, first cleaning with patrol or carbon tetrachloride. If petrol is used do the work out of doors. To Wash Hair Brushes N.W. asks for the correct way to wash white-bristled hair brushes. A little common salt in cold water, for soaking the brush, keeps the bristles firm and whito. Use about a tablespooui'ul to 1 quart of water, and afterwards wash in warm soapy watei. Devonshire Cream ' 'Backblocks.'I—To 1 —To make Devonshire cream, strain new, warm milk into a shallow pan eight or nine .inches deep. Leave in a cool place until the crenin has risen" —12 hours in summer and 24 in winter. Then remove the pan to a stove and heat the milk slowly by steam or on the side of the The heating must be done very gradually, not less than half an hour being allowed, and the temperature must not exceed degrees Fahrenheit. When the process of scalding is completed, transfer the pan ox mUk to a cool place, or stand it in cold water. Natural cooling is best, as the cooked flavour that is wanted in Devonshire cream is the better retained. When quite cold, skim off the cream into tins or pots. One gallon of fairly rich milk should produce lib. cream. To Renovate Wool Mary V., Mt. Albert. —To renovate wool preparatory to remaking. a garment, after ravelling it tie the wool up in skeins loosely in four or five different places with white cotton, and wash in a good, soapy lather. Rinse well and dry. When relcuitted it will look like now. A Polish—Non-slippery " Regular Reader " asks for a recipe for a non-slippery floor polish such as ie used in hospitals, schools, etc. —one ♦ha-trwfll 1 not * show "each "footmark.