HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Taranaki Daily News, 11 February 1928, Page 20

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

THINGS TO REMEMBER. Fruit stains can be removed quickly l>y a £l'y> n g powdered starch, which will absorb the colouring matter of the fruit. Afterwards wash the article as usual. • 444 Hot water marks on polished furniture can be removed if a little camphorated oil is dropped on them, allowed to soak in and then rubbed briskly with a soft cloth. 4 4 4 4

To save your stockings from the dye inside your shoes, cut out clean blotting paper insoles and fit inside the shoes. If changed frequently these will lengthen the life of stockin S s - _

Windows and mirrors smeared with thin, cold starch and allowed to dry thoroughly will polish splendidly with a soft cloth. * • * *

Furniture known to the trade as “dull polished” should be wiped with vinegar and water and then polished with a soft duster. Bright polish mixtures should never be used on this class of furniture. 4 4 4 4

A good substitute for cream can bo made by stirring a dessertspoon of plain flour into a pint of new milk, taking care to mix smoothly, then simmer a few minutes to take off the raw taste of the flour, then beat well the yolk of an egg and stir gently into the mixture.

The brown marks on plates due to overheating can be removed with a cork and so: > salt. Sprinkle the salt over the part to be treated and then rub it briskly with the cork. A little moisture will heln. but the salt must not be made too moist.

When a cork will not fit into a bottle quite easily it should not be driven homo. It is difficult, too, to shave the outside down evenly, but if a wedge-shaped piece is cut out at the bottom the cork will fit in comfortably with no danger to the bottle. * * * *

In cleaning spots from clothing if a small quantity of salt be added to tho petrol the customary “ring” will not be left around the spot.

When the cream is doubtful and there is no more on hand so it must be used, a pinch of carb, soda will keep it from curdling even in Lot coffee. °* * 4 *

If you possess an ordinary kitchen table of white wood, and if you are unlucky enough to spill grease upon its spotless surface, sprinkle the stain immediately with coarse salt and so prevent the grease from sinking into the wood.

Probably it would help some housekeepers to know that an excellent mahogany furniture polish is made from equal parts of pure olive oil and warm black coffee. Just dampen a cheesecloth with this mixture and pass oyer the- surface to be polished, then wipe with an old piece of silk. The result will be surprising.

LACE IN THE HOME. CHARMING DECORATIVE EFFECTS. Efforts to revive the lace industry have not only resulted in the vogue of the lace frock, but have brought about also the introduction of lace into the home. At a recent exhibition of women's handiwork, a. most attractive stall displayed little lace slip-overs to fit parchment candle shades. These were made of ecru tambour lace, which, though worked by hand on a frame, costs no more than machine-made lace. The silp-overs were exactly the same shape and size as ordinary candle-shades, and, not being attached in any way to the latter, could be removed for washing without any trouble. When the candles were lit the effect was extremely dainty.

Lace table mats have their disadvantages, for good lace does not im - prove with constant washing, and poor lace will not stand it. But when it is placed between two thin sheets of glass, skilfully joined round the edges and made neat with gold galon, the lace is effectually protected. Trinket trays of lace under glass, set in light wooden frames are newer and more attractive for the dressing table. Cushion covers in filet lace, which are Slipped on over perfectly plain silk covers, are useful for special occasions when the drawing-room must look its best. The filet is most attractive when it is copied from some of the old Flemish squares depicting allegorical ot Biblical themes. The work is not difficult to do, being merely an elaborate form of darning upon net, but the machine-made copies form excellent substitutes when time forbids the making of lace at home. Mary Lovat. PUFF BREAD. Delicious hot bread, which may be baked in a hurry, and which depends for its success on the ■ beating of the batter, is made as follows: Take a pint of warm milk in wb.lrii a tablespoonful of butter has been dissolved; mix in carefully, to avoid lumping, six tablespoonsful of flour; add the beaten yolks of four eggs, a teaspoonful of salt and, last of all, the whites of the eggs, whipped stiff. Beat the whole together until the batter is light and airy, and bake for fifteen or twenty minutes in tins which are filled to one-third of their capacity.