USEFUL HINTS

Patea Mail, Volume XLVI, 7 September 1923, Page 4

USEFUL HINTS

Do not use soap to wash u raincoat, but a solution of lib of alum to three gallons of water. To stop a leak iu a zinc pail or bath, place a piece of putty inside the pail and a largo piece outside, and flatten out. When dry, the pail will again hold water. A little dry starch or arrowroot, moistened with cold water and laid on the injured part will prevent the skin discolouring after a bruise or fall. It also keeps dona swelling. .Rusty Metals.I—To 1 —To remove rust from metai take a small quantity of light garden soil, sift it to nee it from grit, mix with a little paraffin, and rub the metal well. Cleaning old pewter iu this way is most successful. j If potatoes are watery, scrub them and score the skin all the way round, but not deep; then boil in salted water, keeping on the skins. The cracked skin lots out the moisture, and the potato is dry and floury. , Cleaning the Grate.—Before applying blacklead for polishing make a pad of old cloth and rub soot from the flues on all the greasy parts. The grate will then take the polish, and with much less labour than usual. If you want your umbrella to last, make it a rule to pour a few drops of oil into the top notch occasionally. This prevents the ends of the ribs from rusting, jukl so prolongs the life of the umbrella. To prepare sweetbreads for cooking, soak Uiem iu luke-warm water to which a teaspoon of vinegar has been addc 1, for two hours. Then place them in boiling water and-simmer for ten minutes, strain and press between live plates. They are then ready for cooking in a variety of ways. In the spring-time we frequently go to a cupboard and find that bools and shoe's are coaled with mildew. The excessive dampness which aids the growth of mildew may bo almost entirely removed by the use of quicklime. An old bucket containing five or six lump;;' of quicklime should bo put in the cupboard, and will serve to absorb the moisture from the air. Even a room of moderate size may be kept free from damp in this way. After a. tow weeks (the length of time' varying according to flic weather), the lime begins to crumble, and Anally will become almost liquid, owing to the large amount of moisture absorbed. From time to time the lime should be replaced.