HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 111, 13 May 1933, Page 3

HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES

Brassware calls for constant attention during the winter months. A penetrating fog will dim all the brass in the house in an hour or so as well as make the outside door knocker and bell look utterly neglected. The best preservative is a coat of colourless lacquer painted over the brass when it is perfectly clean and dry. A rub over with a soft duster will then keep the brass in good condition. When you buy new brass that is already lacquered no metal polish should bo used to clean it until it is really necessary. Even when you aro tempted to do so, its brilliance can often be revived with a wash in warm soapy water and a good rub with a soft polishing cloth. Aromatic Tea. Some people like tea with an orange flavour as a change from ordinary Indian or China tea. Here is how the aromatic tea is obtained. Put a large piece of orange peel—from a tangerine orange for preference—in a tea caddy which has an air-tight lid. Place the caddy in a warm place for at least a week before using any of the tea in it. Those Scraps of Soap. The simplest way of using up scraps of soap is to melt down all the small pieces in an earthenware jar stood in a saucepan of water on thc side of the stove or over a low gas flame. As the water gradually gets hot, the soap will melt. It can then either be poured out into a shallow tin to set into a slab again, or a little water can be added to it and well mixed in, when it will turn into a jelly for laundry purposes.