FOR THE LADIES

Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6546, 20 November 1924, Page 2

FOR THE LADIES

USEFUL HINTS When washing glassware use borax instead of soda. This prevents any greasiness and the glasses polish more easily. * * * * Machine oil stains bn white cloth can be removed by rubbing the spot with a cloth wetted with ammonia before washing with soap. ♦ * * * Use sawdust instead of soap for scrubging tables, patsry-boards and so on. It makes them beautifully white and clean. ; *'* * * Two pennyworth of linseed oil mixed with an equal quantity of vinegar makes an, excellent floorcloth polish. Shake the mixture before applying. ' * * * * Lace should be placed face downwards on a blanket and ironed under tissue paper. *. * * •*

As potatoes get old, add a little ~ sugar to the water in which they, are boiled. They wjll taste as good as new one. ; r-‘ * * *. *. Brown paper moistened in vingear will polish your tins until they shine like silver. **. ■ * * To render piecrust flaky, add half a spoonful of vinegar to the cold water when mixing. V * * * Mix a little ammonia with the beeswax and turpentine used for ffoor polishing. The wax will then dissolve quickly. ,*'* * ; * Odd bits of puff-paste make delicious banana tartlets. Take some puffpast, roll thinly and cut into squares. Now peel one oi* two bananas, cut fairly thick, lengthwise, sprinkle with sugar and roll up in a pastes just as you would a sausage roll. Bake in a quick oven for, a quarter of an hour. * * * ■■ # To cover up scratches on walnut or fumed Oak furniture, paint the scars with a little iodine. Then polish in the usual way. * . * /* *;■<;. •; . Stockings and socks should be washed before being worn. The threads shrink together and make the fabric wear as long again. ' / ———————— ; HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS ISte ' " ' t —■ *3 ( Don’t retire with cold or wet feet. Nothing prevents sleep so much. %v."' * .** * * >:/An excellent polish for mirrors can be made by pouring boiling water over ''used tba leaves, and straining off the liquid. This should be bottled arid applied to the mirrors with a soft piece of flannel. * * * *;■ *. A ■ \ After washing clothes rub the hands well with salt. This relieves them of the moisture which they contain frorii being constantly in the water. " v'V * * * * People who find .-Soap irritating to the skin should use instead a teaspoonful of sal ' volatile in a quart of distilled water. '* ■ * .. * ' * . ' Clipped marabouts is so much worn as' a trimming and marabout wraps are so popular that a word on its treatment will not be out of season. Close packing crushes and spoils the appearance, and most people to cure this condition resort to vigorous shaking. This, does very little to restore the fluffiness and a great deal of harm%i loosening the feathers. Marabout will revive much more satisfactorily if it is held before the fire, but at a little distance away.

The best way of gauging the strength of a perfume is to put one spot on the palm of the hand. Many women use scent on their handkerchiefs and lingerie, but the Parisienne applies two or three drops with the finger tips behind each ear. WASHING EIDERDOWNS t> After shaking and brushing the eiderdown, make any necessary repairs. Then make a lather with soap jelly or soap flakes and boiling water. Add a tablespoonful of ammonia, and if the colours are likely to run, one or two tablespoonfuls of salt, as salt will not only prevent this, but also brighten the colours. Use a large tub or bath and plenty of water so that there is room for squeezing and kneading the quilt. Always rinse in water of the same temperature as that of the water in which they were washed. Rinse until all the soap has been removed, and add vingear or salt to the last rinsing water.

I* Fold and pass through the wringer, the tension of which must be as loose as possible, shake well with the help of another person and hang the eider down in the wind, but not in the sun.

Shake often while drying, and rub gently to prevent the down forming into clots. < RUST SPOTS ON LINEN Moisten the spots thoroughly with juice squeezed from a freshly cut lemon. Then expose the material to the light, if possible to the . sunshine. Leave it for an hour or longer, and then rinse out the lemon juice. If the marks are obstinate you may have to repeat the process two or three times, but this plan is scarcely ever known to fail. Finally, remember that it is important to remove all traces of lemon juice, which might, in course of time, act upon the fabric. V

MOTHER AND HOME To prevent a skim forming on hot starch, cover the basin with a lid or plate as soon as it is made. .• sjs sf» * * : /■. To Test Tinned/ Vegetables.—There are such, excellent tinned vegetables on the market—especially peas and as- N paragus that prove such a boon in emergencies—'that many housewives put prejudice aside and keep them in the household stock cupboard. But, as a matter of fact, it is a simple matter to dispel any lingering doubt as to the condition of the tin’s contents before serving. Open the tin and plunge into its contents a bright steel knife. Let it remain for a few moments. If copper is present, even in the most minute portion, it will be visibly deposited on the blade. This is an unfailing test.

When the Jelly Won’t Jell.—lf your jelly hasn’t set in the time for the appointed I’epast, you can get over the difficulty and serve up a pretty sweet in individual custard glasses. Put a little less than half the unset jelly into a basin and whisk it hard until it is white and frothy. Stand aside in a cool place, while you carry on with the rest of the preparations. Into each little custard glass put a heaped teaspdonful of sponge cake crumbs; next a jittle of the clear, unwhipped jelly; now a little jam—seedless, please!—and a little more of the unwhipped jelly. Give another good whisk to your frothy white jelly, and fill up with this, topping with a preserved jelly or strip of angelica. * * * ■ * v" * Tapioca Apples.—Children will often refuse milk pudding when it is served in a separate dish from the stewed fruit. But if the despised rice or tapioca is disguised with the fruit and served as an attractive “maker-up” pudding, it will be eaten without a murmur. Tapioca apples are good to look upon and to eat. Wash 2oz. of tapioca, and leave it to soak in cold water for an hour. * Then put it in a saucepan with -one quart of boiling water and the grated rind of half a lemon. Add one ounce of sugar and simmer till the tapioca is soft (about 8 of an hour). Peel and core lib apples, but do not cut them up. Put them in a pie-dish or casserole and fill up the holes with strawberry or any , preferred jam. Pour the tapioca over them and bake gently till the apples are soft (about half an hour). The pudding can be served hot with* custard served over it or cold with custard or whipped cream on the top.

TO BLACKEN GREY SUEDE SHOES * The following method has been recommended: With an ordinary piece of sandpaper rub the surface of the shoes all over to raise the nap, and remove all the grease marks or shiny places. Then give the shoes two or thrfee coats of good black liquid suede dressing, rubbing it on according to the directions given on the bottle, and allowing each coat to dry before applying the next one. The shoes at this stage will have a bluish " black appearance. Now get a cake or tin of dry suede dressing, and rub the dry dressing all over the shoes thoroughly until they look rich and velvety. It is a good plan to protect the hands while doing this by wearing an old pair of gloves. Rub the nap the right way, so as to get the dressing well iih and then blow on the shoes to see if any powder flies off. Keep on rubging till there is no surplus powder.