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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 291, 7 December 1929, Page 23 (Supplement)

When Cooking Spinach.—Spinach retains more flavour and nutriment if cooked absolutely without water. Prepare, wash and drain the spinach, place it in a saucepan over a low gas, and turn frequently with a spoon. Sufficient juic e will soon flow to cook the spinach properly. This method also prevents the vegetable boiling over.

When Furniture is Dented. —Bruises and dents in furniture can be removed by the action of stem and heat. Fold several thicknesses of brown or blotting paper and soak them in water. Place them over the damaged spot and then apply a hot flat iron till it cleans dry. The moist heat causes the wood to expand. If the bruise is very severe, several applications will be needed. Afterwards put som e linseed oil on a rag and leave it over the bruise for a few hours. Then give a final polishing with equal parts of turpentine and linseed oil. If the furniture is mahogany use alcohol on it after the hot iron and polish with turpentine alone. Ink stains on furniture should be removed at once. Dab the ink marks with oxalic acid diluted with an equal amount of water. When they have faded, carefully wash away all trac e of the acid with hot water. Not Himself An Irish butler, during his master’s absence, gave a party below stairs to some friends, and the occasion was a wet one. The butler, indeed, had to be assisted to bed, and while in a sofiinolent state one humourist blackened his face with boot polish. In the morning, when the housemaid knocked him up, the butler rose and prepared to shave. When he observed his face in the mirror he shrank back. “Heavens,” he. muttered, “she’s woke up the wrong man!” The Mayor was noted for unhappy choice of phrases, but he excelled himself on the occasion of the presentation of a clock and purse to a local resident, who was leaving the town. “The contents of this purse,” he said, “will in time inevitably disappear, but,” he added, placing his hands on the clock. 4 ‘here is something that w.ll never go!”