HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16352, 15 February 1921, Page 9

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To remove marks on. paint made by Scratching matches thereon, rub them with a. cut lemon. To prevent mustard from drying and oakiuj' in the mustard pot add a little salt when making it Glycerine is tho best thing to use when tea i* spiff on a cloth. After washing tho mark disappear*. AVhcn washing madras curtains, baste ends together and they will hang as evenly as when new. "When making icing for cakes add a teas porn ful of vinegar to prevent it from becoming too sugary. When ironing coloured silks do not use the. iron too hot' or it -will destroy the colours. \\ ash cretonnes in bran water and put salt in the rinsing water. Wring them through the wringing machine, and iron while still wet. If you are troubled with persistent sleeplessness drink half a glass of hot milk to which a. little-.nutmeg has been added before going to bed Silver may bo cleaned with broken incandescent mantles, powdered and rubbed on with leather:. Starch, added to the blueing writer, improves the appearance of handkerchiefs and small article?. Burnt milk loses.its -.unpleasant taste if a pinch of suit and. a teaspoonful of sugar are added before it gets cold. The best nay to wash, chamois skins is ro use warm water and soap, then rinse ill p clean soup water of the same temperature. This makes the chamois as soft as when now. To wash < olourrd ribbons, make a strong lather of cold water and fine **'oap. "Wash iho ribbons and rinse them Kevevul times, always in soapy water. V\ hen partly dry, iron between thin pieces of muslin. . Try mixing small quantity of fine sugar,with the blacklead next time vou are cleaning the grate. It u ill give it u blacker appearance. When putting away a silver teapot or one that is not in general use. place h little stick across the top under the cover. This allows frash air to get in. and prevents must-mess. To remove tar from the bands, rub them with the outside of fresh orange or lemon, peel, .and drv immediate]v. Tho volatile oils dissolve the tar. so that it can be rubbed off. P r<JTCU t coloured material from lading or tlm colour running, before washing the first time soak for at least two hours in strong salt, and water, to which has been added about a teacupful of vinegar. Candle ends should be saved, placed ln il i ar * melted down, and mixed with enough turpentine to make a soft pa.-te. Tibs will make an excellent polish for linoleum. 1 o remove mud stains from a dress, dissolve a little carbonate of soda in somo warm water; first apply in a circle well outside the spot and gradnallv work inwards - vub the stain until it disappears, then press with a hot iron For chilblains grate a carrot finely and place .t in the oven with about two ounces of lard. When the lard has melted leave it at the bottom of the oven until the lard and carrot are well blended. *Set in h cool place, and when cold use it as an ointment. To wash art muslin shake it well ind soak it in cold water. No soda, of course. r i would spoil the colours. And no vigorous rubbing. That would injure the fabric. Just wash it gently *!n a. soapy lather. Rinse it in water Hun contains plenty of salt. Dry it and iron it with a cool iron. The unpleasant rasping sound which comes from a piano is nearly always caused by the vibration of a photograph frame or a vase resting on the top of tho instrument. \ similar noise wan also be caused by one or both cf the candle sconces being loose. Soak curtains in cold water, changing it as soon as it looks dirty. Then wash them in warm water by dipping them up and down and nothing else. Rinse them in several waters and blue them a little. If you leave them to drv as they are they will look shrivelled up If you iron their, they will get a. stiff, glazed, starchy look about them So pin them on to a sheet to dry. That will prevent them from shrivelling, pull them to their oivn pro!K>rtionß, and cause them to retain their lacy looks.