HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16452, 14 June 1921, Page 9

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Sprinkle flour over meat before roasting to keep iri the juice. Cayenne pepper is excellent for ridding n, cupboard of mice. AY oak tea is good for watering ferns in pots, and is also recommended as a wash for tired eyes. A lump of pipeclay dissolved in tho water used for washing clothes saves labour and soap. A pinch of salt added to starch will prevent- the iron from sticking. A paste mixture of salt and vinegar will remove stains from discoloured teacups. A vigorous rubbing of the fryingpan with soft paper before and after use will insure perfect cleanliness. - If clothes pegs are dipped in white enamel paint and dried in the sun, they can then be kept perfectly clean. To acquire a graceful carriage it is rccSimmended that you should walk about, say, for half an hour every day. balancing a. small book or other similar object on your head. Tho juice of half a lemon squeezed iuto a glass of water and drunk unsweetened is an excellent remedy for biliousness. When boiling a ham, leave it in the water in which it has been boiled unru it is quit© cold. This will make it juicy and tender. An ordinary large glass bottle makes an excellent hot-water bottle. The glaEs must be warmed before the boiling water is poured into it. Cork tightly and wifap in flannel. To clean a shabby carpet, damp it , a small portion at a time, with a cloth wrung out in strongly-salted water. Then rub dry with a clean cluster. Plaster busts and statuettes may be

cleaned by dipping them into thickliquid starch. When dry, brush off the starch, which will take the dirt with it. Bamboo furniture will crack if allowed to get very dry. It should bo rubbed regularly with, a mixture of linseed oil and turpentine applied with a flannel. Jvorv knife handles that have become yellow' may be •whitened by rubbing them with fine sandpaper. Polish vvilli a chamois leather. Placed in a bottle of dried-up glue, it will moisten and make it liquid again. A little placed in the rinsing water on washing day will prevent the hands from becoming rough and chapped. "When frying potato cakes, put a tablespoonful of vinegar into the frying pan. this will prevent the cakes from becoming too greasy when cooked.