BLOTTING PAPER IN THE KITCHEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 690, 15 June 1929, Page 21

BLOTTING PAPER IN THE KITCHEN

: ill Every housewife ought to keep a iUf stock of good quality white blotting gjg paper on hand. Not the pretty-pretty |*= coloured kind that may adorn .her =l= writing-desk, but sheets and sheets of |jj| the honest-to-goodness, practical kind S?S that is sold by the quire. Manifold— |{i and often most timely—are its uses, ijf Should there be an ugly spill on | f the clean tablecloth, blot it as quickly 11 as possible with a sheet of blotting- = f paper folded in four layers. It will 11 take up the liquid much more 5 5 quickly than would a cloth or sponge. * ■ If it is an extra-big spill, have a £ £ second sheet folded ready to soak up g = what the first pad cannot absorb. = = You will find that whatever stain re- - x mains will be much more easily and 2 | effectively removed as a result of this 5 | quick absorption of the spilt liquid. ijf Similarly, when grease is spilt on |jf the floor or on the kitchen table, sis apply the first-aid blotting-paper. In order to draw up the very last traces of the grease, place something hot =l= over the final lai’er of paper. If you iH happen to have an iron on the stove, £f£ so much the better; if not ,heat one =ll! quickly and apply another blotting- 21= paper pad when ready. £Jf Remember, too, that when you are -i~ removing grease spots—especially 21= drops of candle-grease—-with a hot £t£ iron, blotting-paper is more efficacious ~j~ than the frequently-recommended US brown paper. £t£ Wonderfully useful also in the sick- =S| room are blotting-paper pads, folded 2lr as aforesaid. On these you can stand pti medicine-bottles, liniment bottles, and =|= so on. It usually happens that a §»= “drip” runs down such bottles after a Sp dose has been poured out; and the fjf result, of course, is an ugly mark |TS where the bottle stands—maybe on a 5{S polished bed-table where it has been iff put down in a hurry. A further ad- ={| vantage—not to be ignored in a sick- If! room—is that the blotting-paper pad £ji makes it possible to place the bottle =JI dow’n quietly each time it is used. 5jE