HINTS AND IDEAS.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1928, Page 14

HINTS AND IDEAS.

NIGHT LIGHT SUBSTITUTE. Should you rim out of night lights, you will find that a candle, treated in the following manner, makes an excellent substitute: —Light the candle and wait until it is burning quite level, then sprinkle salt thickly round the wick. This will cause the light to go down io a mere glimmer, and the candle will burn steadily throughout the night. BEFORE BAKING POTATOES. Before baking potatoes let them Ho in hot water for 15 minutes and they will take a much shorter time to cook. They will also be more mealy and palatable. Prick the skins with a fork or skewer, and this will prevent them burstingRub the skins over with lard or dripping and the inside can be scooped out easily, leaving the shell of skin as thin as paper. STONING RAISINS. This messy job can be extremely simplified if you pour boiling water over the raisins and leave for a minute or two. Pour the water away and you will then find that the raisin pips are mine easily removed. SOOT STAINS ON A CARPET. Salt is a very good thing to use [Ol removing soot. Cover the marks thick!v mid sweep up after a little while. No smears will be left at all. After this, just wipe the carpet over with a rag dinned in warm water containing a little turpentine. This will Ueslien up the colours. A CLEAR FIRE. .If your fire refuses to burn demly, place a flat ti i with waler in it under the grate. The steam will rise and cause the fire to give out heal almost al onee. TO CLEAN FELT HATS. Do not throw away a light-coloured felt that has become soiled before trying this method. Dry thoroughly two tablespoonsful of flour and one tablespoonful of table salt. Mix them well, and rub the mixture all over tin' hat with a piece of flannel. Leave it for an hour or so, then brush it out thoroughly with a stilt clean brush. Repeat this if the first time does not suffice to clean it thoroughly. RENEWING TOICCAI’S. When the toes of your cliihlien'r 'o' your own shoes become kicked Mid roughened and the smooth surface of the leather lias been destroyed, rub them well with a piece of common bc-.'s wax, then polish them with a modelatelv hot iron. This gives the leather an entirely new surface, which will polish in the usual manner aftc. wards. 0 TIS BISCUITS. Two ounces Silvcrdust flour, quarter lb butter, (>oz O-tis, 1 egg, quarter lb sugar, half teaspoonful baking powder. Mix flour, O-tis, sugar and baking powider thoroughly. Rub in butter and add eggs, well beaten. Roll out thinly, cut into shapes, bake on tray in moderate , ovcu 'B uuniitei