HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 9 May 1925, Page 3

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A little sugar added to the water in which “salt meat” has boon cooked will take away the saltiness. A pinch of salt will also counteract food that lias been made a trifle too sweet.

To extract the goodness and flavour from meat, bones, etc., put them into cold water, but to keep in the goodness, they must be put into boiling water.

An excellent method of cleaning white kid gloves is to rub them with Indiarubbcr. Put them on your hands and when the rubber gets dirty, clean it by rubbing on a piece of white paper. Then continue to rub, until all the dirt has disappeared from tho gloves. Persons who suffer from the coid should wear loose clothing in chilly weather, remembering that two thin garments retaiu more heat than one thick one.

Use corks for cleaning steel knives. Dip the cork in the cleaning preparation you always use, and rub it briskly over the blade. To make a useful shampoo: Beat up the yolk of an egg in a pint of rain water; add half a teaspoontul of glycerine and half an ounce of rosemary spirit. Rub this well into the head, and then rinse in plenty of warm rain water.

'J ake a piece of varnished board 1 large enough to hold a bucket, and insert casters at the corners. Wet your bucket of water on this when you are ready to clean floors. You will mid it saves you a great deal of unnecessary trouble in lifting and carrying. \Y'nen polishing stained floors try this. It is a good idea to put the polish on with a soit boot brush. Then rub it over with a soft cloth as usual. I find I can do the floors in about half tho time.

Before going bathing, mix together equal parts of Jime water and olive oil. Shako well. It will become like a thick cream. .Thoroughly rub arms, neck aim any exposed parts with this lotion. Then you will not blister or burn, it will save anyone with tender skin untold misery. They can then enjoy their holiday to the full. To Get Rid of Cockroaches —Avoid having any rubbish standing about; keep food covered; keep all corners and crevices dry; never leave any crumbs in any part of tiro room. Blow insect powder into all the cracks from which the vermin come; brush up powder and insects and burn; repeat the process several times, then spread powdered' borax about the cracks and crevices. A strong solution of carbolic acid—two tablespoonfuls to a pint of water—may - be used in the same manner as the in- j sect powder. i Instead of Eggs.—When short ol’ eggs for a milk pudding mix a teaspoonful of custard-powder with a little milk, and add to the pudding. This serves' almost the same purposes as eggs. Now that silk dust-coast are not fashionable, lots of people have them put aside. I made mine into a princess petticoat. I had the neck and ; armholes spokestitched. Round the : bottom was spokestitched in scallops, j I worked a crochet edging through ! the spoke stitching. It has made a nice 1 serviceable petticoat. I Use outer covers of discarded’ motor ’ tyres to half-sole your boots instead .of . rubber. It can be very easily affixed j with a few Jong tacks. It has double the life of leather. Inner tubes serve for the children’s boots. First clean the surface thoroughly, and apply a rubber solution, holding in position till dry. It will outlast the uppers. This lias been tested, and reduces the boot bill, for children especially. To hide cracks in white plaster walls, try this, Take a piece of white cotton and dip iri thin flour paste, and place along (or, if a hole, push in) crack. The thickness of cotton depends on size of crack. For large cracks, thin tape is effective. Crack is then scarcely noticeable.

Bath towels usually wear out first in the middle. From ends and sides can be cut out a number of feeders, bibs and face cloths for baby. Run them around with ordinary wide tape, and work a small flower or design in the corners.