HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Use a penny to remove paint spots from glass. Use a silver spoon in cooking mushrooms. The silver will be blackened if any injurious quality is present. If cream soups are to stand any length of time after being prepared, place a damp towel over the dish to prevent a scum from rising.
To keep away moths, soak blotting paper in
equal parts of oil of camphor and spirits of turpentine ; and lay the paper among the clothing or furs. If you are obliged to leave a basket of clothes which have been damped for ironing longer than usual, put them in a dry place away from artificial heat ; and they will not mildew or sour for a ays. It may be worth knowing that water in which three or four onions have been boiled, applied wiuh a gilding brush to the frames of pictures and chimney glasses will prevent flies from lighting on them. If the handles of stove brushes are kept clean from the first, that part of the work will seem no dirtier than any other about the house. It is an excellent plan to use a paint brush for putting on the blackinf?. n.lsn nlrmt-.-tr *™v „„.„.,„
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Observer, Volume 9, Issue 533, 9 March 1889, Page 4
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202HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Observer, Volume 9, Issue 533, 9 March 1889, Page 4
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