USEFUL HINTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 12 June 1926, Page 3

USEFUL HINTS.

A little moistened ’powdered whiting will remove stains unicli, even witn , carol ul washing, irequonuy appear on l teacups. j .Keep small salety-pins at hnml when , working on material that tloes not hold ordinary pins wadi. The loss of pins ill gathers or ilrapiugs often means 1 anotner fitting. i flic besL way to cut a cork is to damp it sligliiiy and then use a sharp knile. .11 tne cork is not damped there , is a danger that if may slip and the ■j lingers lie out. j Hut milk in an ordinary white crockery jug, in a saucepan of cold water, and place on gas cooker or ■ range. It can be made scalding hot this way, and instead of the difficult washing ol a saucepan in which milk has been heated, the jug can be washed , with tlie greatest ease. ! Alter mincing cooked or uncooked meat often tho inside of the machine gets clogged with meat. If a few pieces of stale bread are passed through last, tho mincer will be left practically clean. When frying fish a substitute for dried bread crumbs may be quickly prolimvifl l.ir r. ...... 1. ... - .. .1. ( I ...

pared .by crushing .several “cream cracker” biscuits with a rolling-pin. The iish is just as crisp as when bread crumbs are used. Work with a duster in each hand —one dry, the other sprinkled with cedar wood oil. There will then ho no fingermarks to remove after polishing. A small quantity of the oil will last a long while, and sprinkled about flic house, it will prove very cffcctivo in driving out flies. To clean a celluloid windscreen, or any other celluloid article which has become dirty and yellow, use metal polish in exactly the same way as it is used for cleaning materials. This will make the celluloid equal to new. .lumpers that have become out of shapo can bo re-made successfully if I the silk is hrst wound into hanks and placed in cold water for con 10 hours, then hung up to dry without squeezing out the water. The weight of the water straightens out the silk, and it makes up practically like new. Trice down the blinds and spread them flat on the kitchen table. Then, for light colours, take some white bread-crust with half an inch of crumb left on, dip it in dr l- salt and rub nil ever the blind on both sides. For dark colours, use dry wholemeal bread. They will look liko new and remain ! quite stiff, 1