NEW IDEAS WORTH TESTING

Waipa Post, Volume 49, Issue 3554, 6 December 1934, Page 2

NEW IDEAS WORTH TESTING

HINTS YOU WILL FIND EXTREMELY USEFUL

Two-tone Jellies are Interesting: When filling up a jelly mould with the liquid, stand a small basin, pot, etc., in the mould, and arrange it so that the liquid can flow all round it. As soon as the jelly sets, carefully remove the basin, or whatever was used, and fill up the space with a jelly liquid of some other colour, set, your friends will wonder how you managed to provide a two-colour jelly. To Quick-dry Stockings: When you want your silk stockings in a hurry after washing them, just fill them with tissue paper, and hang out. You will be surprised how quickly they will dry. Hard-boiled Eggs: So popular for salads, are often served showing.an ugly dark line round the yolk. This need not happen. Have ready a basin of cold water, and plunge the egg into it the instant you take it out of the boiling water. This will Prevent the discolouration. To Catch Snails: Readers who are troubled with snails in their gardens will find this a most effective 'mre. Sprinkle bran all round the plants, and a little more thickly between the fence and young plants. In the morning you will be able to go round and pick these garden pests off the bran, drop them in a bucket of salty water, and in a week or so your troubles will be over. The snails like the bran, and eat so much that they cannot crawl away. This is the cheapest and most effective cure I know.

A lump of sugar will take away the over-salted taste from dishes without leaving any taste of sugar. A wash-leather wrung out in a weak solution of vinegar and warm water, wiped quickly over velvet upholstered furniture, after the usual brush, will bring up the colour, and get rid of any dust which the brushing has failed to remove. These hints come from “The New

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