HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23334, 28 October 1937, Page 21

HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS

If you have a creaking door, a bit of soap rubbed on the hinge will stop it. When knobs of doors have to be polished, use a large piece of cardboard with a hole in the centre just enough to encircle the knob, and a slit in the cardboard to let it in easily. This will prevent the paint from being soiled. To remedy a shoe lace when the metal tag comes off, twirl that end of the shoe lace to a point, squeeze on to it a few drops of liquid glue, and again twirl it to a point between the finger and thumb; in a minute the end will harden, and can be laced as easily as if the tag was there. Brazil nuts and walnuts will come out of their shells whole quite easily if they are placed in a warm oven for a few minutes before being cracked. To prevent rice from sticking, butter the saucepan before putting in the water in which the rice is to be cooked. When baking apples use honey instead of sugar. The taste is the same, but it goes right through the apples, and there are no sour parts when cooked. If the bars and top of a stove get a,red tinge, they will not take the blacklead easily. Paint with a little lemon juice and allow to dry, then use the blacklead in the usual way. and a brilliant polish will result. Sour milk, even when quite thick, is most valuable for mixing pastry, cakes, and scones, making them very light. If the juice of half a lemon is added to the yolks of eggs when making mayonnaise the oil may be added as quickly as liked. If the hands become stiff and sniny on laundry days, wash them well in plain warm water, dry them, and r>our vinegar into the palm of one hand, quickly rubbing it all over both hands. This extracts the hidden soap from the pores. After rubbing, wipe dry. To restore black suede shoes which have begun to take on a brownish tinge, apply a mixture of equal Darts of olive oil and black ink with a clean rag. Do not apply too thickly and allow to dry .slowly. Enough turpentine added to sour milk to make a creamy mixture gives a splendid and economical floor oolish To clean playing cards, rub them with a soft cloth dipped in eau de Cologne. Then dry them and rub with another soft cloth. Cake tins for large cakes never need greasing if they are out in the oven and made really hot; then put the mixture in tin and return to oven. Whei. turned out they have a smooth appearance, and never stick or burn. Eucalyptus will remove chewing gum and grease from clothing, without damaging the fabric.