HOUSEHOLD HINTS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1683, 1 June 1904, Page 24

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

An almost invisible cement for mend* ing glass is made of isinglass boiled in spirits of wine. A Smoky Tire.—A, little salt sprinkled on a smoky fire will clear it. The same method on a firo prepared for broiling will give the blue flame so much desired. • A candle may be made to fit any candlestick if it be dipped into very hot water. This softens the wax, and it may then be easily pushed into a candlestick which otherwise would be too small,, and it will be neatly and firmly held. When a whitewashed ceiling has become blackened, apply a layer of starch ajid water to it with a piece of soft flannel Allow it to dry. then brush off lightly with a brush. The blackness will have disappeared, leaving no marks whatever. . : A Simple Disinfectant.—-To fumigate al room put a few red-hot coals in an empty coal shoot or iron kettle, and sprinkle a little sulphur over them. Close the windows and doors for several hours. This should be done often m rooms occupied by transient lodgers. To Glaze Collars and Cuffs.—Use a polishing iron with a rounded surface faced with steel. Iron each collar till quite dry, lay on a hoard covered with cue thickness of calico only, dub quickly over Avith a clean, rag squeezed out of cold water, and iron with the polishing iron, pressing hard. The iron should be moderately warm. Rusty flat irons can. be made clean and as smooth as glass by the use of beeswax and salt. Tie a lump of wax in a piece of cloth, and keep .. it- for the purpose. When the iron-is hot, rub it with , the wax, and then scour with a paper or cloth sprinkled with salt/ Wax the iron . # again before putting it away, for a little film of wax will prevent the formation of rust.