USEFUL HINTS

Patea Mail, Volume XLVIII, 22 May 1925, Page 3

USEFUL HINTS

When dusting, mix two tablespoonfuls of vinegar with two toaspoonl'uls of olive oil, and a few drops of ammonia. Sprinkle on the duster. A piece of stockinette is a good duster. Koll up tightly. Wring so as to have it damp all over. A good way is to put it through the wringer. This method cleans and polishes at the same time.

A large-size scrubbing brush, turned upside down and nailed to the floor of the back porch, makes an excellent shoc-scraper, being particularly useful during the winter, especally for houses in districts where the roads are unformed.

Out air onion in thick •.dices, and with those rub chilblains thoroughly for two or throe nights before a good lire, and they will soon disappear.

Add a teaspoonfui of turpentine to half a gallon of water when soaking very soiled clothes. It loosens the dirt and helps to make the clothes whiter.

Out rounds out of old felt hats, and glue them to the feet of all furniture not on casters, la this way polished doors will be spared many a mark.

To clean rusty knives, drop them into thick, sour milk, and let them remain overnight, fu the morning they can be cleaned verv easily.

'fllie common nut-erncker makes a splendid household wrench to remove the tops from cans and bottles with screw tops. laven glass stoppers will yield to it.