Domestic Hints
TO save the wear of your mangle rollers when wet, unscrew them and run half a clothes peg between. This keeps the rollers apart. They dry much quicker, thus saving the life of the rollers, and also using up the broken pegs. Driving Nails into Walls Next time you drive a nail into the wall,try immcrsiug.it in hot water Until thoroughly heated, and the plaster will not break. Dents in Table Tops. Dents in table tops or other furniture can be.removed by placing pads of blotting paper, slightly damped, over the dents,, and pressing them with a hot iron. New Cups and Saucers. New cups and saucers or dishes of any kind should bo put into a pan and covered with cold water and slowly brought to the boil. Then, after being allowed to pool, you will find they do not crack so easily. To Make Stale Bread New. To make stale bread new and appetising. , ■ Brush the loaf all over with milk. Bake ,in a moderate oven about to minutes. The crust will be crisp and the bread much nicer than,. when fresh from the baker.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17417, 15 November 1930, Page 10
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189Domestic Hints Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17417, 15 November 1930, Page 10
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