HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Shannon News, 30 October 1928, Page 4

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

To improve the flavour of ham. boil it in the usual way, and then wrap in a buttered paper and bake it in the oven for an hour.

When washing silk stockings, add a few drops of methylated spirits to the last water in which they are rinsed, and when ironed they will look like a new pair and have the rich gleam of new silk.

For cleaning white paint there is nothing to equal a fiannel wrung out in warm water and dipped in whiting, using as much as will cling to the flannel. Wash the paint well with a clean cloth dipped in clean" water afterwards and wipe dry. Moths will not attack clothes which have been sprinkled with turpentine.

Raisins can be stoned much more easily if they are first warmed in a cool oven or in front of the Are.

Children's stockings will last longer if darned neatly over heels, toes, and knees, when new, on the wrong side.

A handful of salt should be added to the water in which pocket handkerchiefs are soaked.

Always remove skin and bone from fish w r hilst still warm; they come away quite easily then. Warts will disappear in from two to six weeks if castor oil is applied to them daily.

If new tinware is rubbed over with fresh lard and then thoroughly heated in the oven before it is used it will never rust afterwards. Hub mirrors which have become cloudy with a cloth'wrung out in cold water and dipped in dry writing, and then polish them with a dry duster. .

- There is no better material for making tennis frocks than that pure British silk, Japshan. It is inexpensive, always looks nice, and wears and washes, splendidly. When washing stockings, if they are not too delicate, a soft nail brush is useful for brushing out stains which sometimes appear at the soles and heels (states a correspondent). If the stockings are at all splashed they should be soaked first in cold water for a few hours before attempting to wash them, but if the mud stains are obstinate and still refuse to disappear rub them gently with a little carbonate of soda, using a piece of clean flannel, and then iron well on the wrong side.