HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7749, 15 July 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

T . W ' J! , down QUILTS i J""* i lave , ost Oieir elasticity and become limp, should be hung in the air f< ’ w h mrs, then shaken well. They will be much improved y * * „ WHEN TWO GLASSES STICK TOGETHER Place the outer one in warm water and pour cold water into tlie inner they will separate directly. , PIANO KEYS* I ill “ny® become discoloured Should ho rubbed with alcohol. Dip a cloth into the spirit, rub the keys ind 1.-avo to dry. * * # TN PLACE OF A DISH-CLOTH Use a piece of looiah about four indies square. This is far better for Moaning pota, and’ pans as well a* dishes. * * * AFTER CLEANING BRASS. Rub with n little methylated spirit, Uian with n cloth dipped in whitening. Mils will make the polish last much longer. * * * TO CLEAN A FURRED KETTLE, Boil a handful of whitening in it for n few hours. To prevent furring, keen a marble in tbo kettle. * * * NEW TIN-WARE /Should bo rubbed over with fresh lard, and thoroughly heated in the oven before being used. It will never rust after this treatment. GREASE SPOTS ON THE PAGES OF BOOKS Should be sprinkled with finely powdered pipoc'ay, then a piece of tissue paper laid over the pipe clay and tlie page pressed with a warm iron. Rub off with indin rubber, TO CLEAN COPPER KETTLES, Dip a cut lemon into finely powdered bath-brick, and rub to remove stains. Then wash in warm soapy water, and polish with dry powdered bathbrick and n soft cloth. THREE LARDER HINTS. Never put onions or cabbage intothe larder. The smell is apt lo affect other food. Warm gravy should also he kept away from the larder fftr the same reaTlie bread pan should be scoured out one.? a week and thoroughly dried before the bread is put back again. A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK. Dare to be true; nothing can need a lie; A fault which needs it most, grows two thereby. —George Herbert.