ODDS AND ENDS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20892, 23 November 1937, Page 10

ODDS AND ENDS

Mint will retain its bright green colour in sauce if dipped in vinegar before being chopped up. If a few drops of olive oil are added to the water used in washing chamois gloves, they will not become hard and stiff.

Add cloudy ammonia to any metal polish when the liquid is getting low; this will make it last longer and restore its freshness.

To'remove slight scratches from plate-glass, clean the surface by gently rubbing with a pad of cottonwool. Then cover the pad with velvet, rubbed with fine rouge, and rub the surface for five minutes.

When making-sponges or light cakes, grease the tins and then lightly sprinkle the grease with cornflour. The cakes will leave the tin evenly, and will be a nice colour. A wardrobe or linen chest can be fitted with a low-powered lamp to illuminate the dark recesses. This can be controlled by an automatic switch which operates with the opening and closing of the door. Keep moths away by binding wool over a piece of camphor. This is less odorous than mothballs, and equally effective.

If glass and leadlight windows are brushed regularly with a firm brush, no washing is required. Pyjama cords which have outworn the pyjamas can be made into belts and dyed to match a light frock. When starched, they iron out splendidly. To prevent rice, oatmeal, etc., from sticking to the saucepan, add a piece of butter when cooking. Put your hair tonic into a cheap scent spray. You can then spray your scalp under the set waves without spoiling them. If rusty knives are soaked in raw linseed oil for a few hours, the rust can be wiped off and the knife polished in the usual way.