HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23692, 27 December 1938, Page 17

HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS

To ease cupboard drawers which stick and are difficult to close quickly, rub the edges with soap, wax, or any prepared wax polish. if. tf- 'f

Scratches on varnish will entirely disappear if a coarse cloth that has been well saturated with linseed oil is laid over them. * * *

That lovely polish is got on floors by keepink the tools clean. Brushes in constant use ought to be thoroughly cleaned at regular intervals and put outside to dry or hung in a warm place. Dusters and woollen rubbers should be well soaked and washed out and dried. When they get too thin for use two or three can be sewed together. Dusters should always be hemmed, else the ragged edges will come off and odd bits will stick to furniture crevices.

Keep the flower-pots at the windows always bright and clean: they will look as nice again. Just put them into a basin of lukewarm water with a piece of washing soda in it now and then, and give them a good scrubbing. They will be bright and red,-, and if set m pretty fancy saucers the flowers can be watered without making a mess of the window sill.

Try adding a pinch of salt to the next lot of apples you are cooking. You will be surprised at the full and rich flavour which it brings out. A pirtch should.also be added to coffee for the same reason, and also in order to force the grounds to settle at the bottom. H- * *

Don't forget that salt is useful when the bath becomes stained. Get a mixture of salt and paraffin, rub it well over the surface of the bath, and then wash it ofr with warm, soapy water, and finish by rinsing with cold water.

Whitening is splendid for scrubbing saucepans.