HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Glycerine is useful for scalds. Strips of linen or well soaked in glycerins and promptly and gently laid over scalded skin, will iiave a, relieving and curative effect. To get a. good polish on a gas stove, mix vinegar with the b!acklf«od, applying it only when the stove is ooM. If the work is done when the stove is hot or even warm the gloss will not appear. To renovate black lace, wash it lightly in warm water and bullock's Rail: rinse in cold water; then pass the lace through a weak solution of glue : clap it. between the hands till all or most of the moisture is squeezed out. then pin it out evenly on a towel to dry. Baked soup should bo made when the -top of the kitchener is required for various pans and the oven is not going to be used. Into a glazed earthenware jar put the soup ingredients, place a" plate on the jar, and tie over with thick paper. Cook in a moderate oven for six hours. The method of removing spots of paint, oil. grease, or tar from silk," wool, or linen. is to pour n few drops of oi! of turpentine on the place and lot it soak in. ?ny. for half an hour; then gently rub in the turpentine; when you will find the foreign substance crumble out. as it were, leaving tho fabric as before. To brighten new brick floor?, wash well with soda and water. »nd, when dry. nd) over with paraffin. This shs-v-k! once a \ve?ki
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14325, 15 October 1910, Page 1 (Supplement)
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