USEFUL HINTS
To get rid of beetles, sprinkle salt where they frequent. To get rid of ants, sprinkle powdered borax where they frequent; they will soon disappear. A few drops of salad oil put into the water in which wash-leathers are washed leaves them velvety. Hot water and soda make a red brick floor look smeary. It should be scrubbed with a stiff brush and cold water. When cleaning windows, make the water blue; it will make the windows nice and clear, as it does in rinsing clothes in blue water.
After washing net curtains, hang them up at once wet, allow to dry at the window; pull them slightly from time to time to keep the shape. Sea-water stains on dresses or other garments of navy blue or black can be removed by rubbing the stain with a piece of the same material moistened with vinegar.
Muslin curtains should be rinsed in alum water, which does not spoil their colour and renders them non-inflam-mable. Allow 2oz of alum to a gallon of water.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19805, 22 May 1934, Page 12
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174USEFUL HINTS Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19805, 22 May 1934, Page 12
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