SPRINGTIME HINTS.

Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20426, 30 September 1938, Page 7

SPRINGTIME HINTS.

ABOUT THE HOME. MANY TIME-SAVERS. FQli BUSY HOUSEWIVES. Parchment lampshades, if not too dirty, can be cleaned with a piece of rubber. Methylated spirits applied with cotton wool will do the trick if they are really grubby. Soap flakes, melted in hot water, cooled down to just warm, will wash silk shades. Specially dirty marks ; may be scrubbed with a soft brush. When white clothes have been blued too much, add a little vinegar to a j fresh bowl of water, rub articles, and blue streak? will soon disappear. J Sponge cocoa stains immediately with cold water. J Rust on metal should be covered with sweet oil and left for two days. Then rub with finely-powdered unslaked lime until the rust disappears. If pitted, scour first with very fine emery paper. | Tea towels rinsed in a solution of weak starch water will not leave fluff on china. I Vinegar and eggshells will clean musty thermos flasks. Put in a little warm water, add three teaspoonfuls of vinegar and a few broken eggshells. Shake and rinse with clean hot water. Keep out the cork when not in use. American cloth, if a thick needle is used, will make most attractive curtains that wear beautifully and wash easily. Puller’s earth, rubbed in lightly, and sprinkled on top of a greasy fur. will clean it, if left for two or three days, and then thoroughly shaken.