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NZ Truth, Issue 1080, 12 August 1926, Page 17

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When bread is too new to make into crumbs, shake a very little dry flour and ground rice on it. This will en-" able you to crumble it easily. * • * | The colors, m colored handkerchiefs, may be kept from running or fading if they are- soaked for a short lime. :n cold water before washing. i ■ * * * Put aside coal dust m an iron coal scuttle; add sufficient water to the coal to make it moist. When a fire is' burning brightly bank it up with +his wet dust and you will have a >lear fire which will last for hours. * ■ * " Two ounces of fullers earth boiled m half a pint of vinegar and the juice of three onions is splendid for removing scorch marks from linen. * * • If a pot should accidentally become hurned- or boil dry, empty out the contents immediately and fill with warm water to which a heaped handful of common salt has been added. Allow it to stand for about half an hour or longer and pot will become clean again with no effort at all. *«*. • # " Place a piece of thick blotting-paper on the bottom of ornaments and bowls cutting it evenly round the edges This saves the scratching of polished taWes - * ••■■•■ ' I When using soda, sift it m with the flour. Dissolving it m water causes the gas to escape and the results "will not be. so good. .* * * Keep a small piece of fresh bread or a slice of apple m the cake tin, and your cakes will remain fresh and 1 moist .very much longer. j ■».-■■ • . ' ♦ If a polished table or tray is marked with hot water, make a thin paste of salad oil and salt; leave it on the marks for an hgur, then polish with a soft cloth,' , •:."■.- ,