BRIGHT IDEAS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20536, 30 September 1936, Page 12

BRIGHT IDEAS

Aluminium ware is cleaned admirably if rubbed with a lemon.

A corn may be relieved after bathing the foot in hot water by the application of a few drops of lemon juice to the corn.

A pinch of salt added to the whites of eggs makes them beat up easier and quicker. Use warm water when washing or peeling vegetables during cold weather, it is more pleasant than cold, and potatoes or root vegetables peel more easily. When raking dead leaves and other litter from the lawn, place an ordinary cork on the end of each prong and the rake will glide smoothly along without catching the grass.

If a ceiling is badly stained with rain marks and kalsomine will not cover them, try covering the whole or portion of the ceiling with white kitchen paper and the kalsomine over that. The paper will not be seen. On a very windy day after hanging out the clothes, raise the line just enough to keep the clothes from dragging. Bring clothes in as soon as they are dry enough to iron and thus save all extra wear and tear. If a fuse blows out when motoring and a new one is not immediately available, wrap a piece of tinfoil (from say, a bar of chocolate) round the blown fuse.