HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17029, 1 May 1923, Page 4

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Water in which potatoes have been boiled i, excellent for rrebelling black silk. “ • Coarse, sugar is one of the causes of heavy or hard cakes. coat, hut a "ilb'or alum' to three gallons of water. To prevent n ilk from boiling over, mb the edge <•! the saucepan with i butler. A good remedy for a cut is raw I starch. It should hr- wetted and ap- i plied thickly as soon a.s possible. j Cold tea is excellent for cleaning j Cake - When filling cake I tins with cake mixture, fill one with | water: fchi* will prevent the cakes i from browning too quickly. Use Tv.fi Dusters. -When polishing! any kind of furniture, use a hot duster" i FWe two dusters in an oven, and j use them alternately. Coffee Dyeing. - White gloves which refuse to wash -i good colour may be J dyed pale brown by dipping them into strong coffee. Blur Water. If a lump of soda.is dissolved in the blue water on washing day. it will prevent Cue blue from marking the eh th©s. Shellac for Lino.- Linoleum painted w“ o shellac gives a brilliant polish without causing a slippery surface, and day. Grained Woodwork. Grained woodwork should not be washed, with soap and water, bui cleaned and polished !>v rubbing it with a cloth dipped in To Clean Wallpaper.-- Wallpaper may he much improved liy being cleaned with bran. The bran should H** sprinkled on a dry. flat sponge, and rubbed over the wallpaper. Directly the bran appears soiled it should be Thrown away, and a fresh supply obtained. Finger marks that cannot he removed by tlie application of bran should be gently taken out with indiarubber. Used Wool.—A good hint to renovate used wool is to wind it over a chairbhek and lay the skein loosely just as it is on a pi~*oe of clean newspaper. Prepare your steamer as for preparing vegetables-. Lay the wool on the paper in the steamer, and cover with another piece of paper. Then steam over the fire until the wool is quite wet and all the crinkles have disappeared. Take out and leave until dry, then wind. Silk Underwear.—Silk underwear should be dried quickly and ironed while still fairly damp with a moderately hot iron, first on the wrong, then on the right side. House Dusters.—Tea-cloths and house dusters should be constantly washed through to keep them sweet and fresh. Towels, too, should be put aside before they have acquired anv definite stains. Much surface dirt will come out with the greatest ease if only th© things to be washed are. sensibly taken rut of use soon enough. Ali About Cornflour.—Cornflour chiefly consists of finely ground maize, which is mostly grown in America, but also in many other countries haring a warm climate. About two-thirds of cornflour is composed of starch granules, and m appearance these may be easilv disti 'Aguish©d from other kinds of starch. Each granule resembles a disc having six or more sides, and marked in the centre with a small cross. The thickening power of cornflour is due to this starch-