HOUSEHOLD HINTS AND ECONOMIES

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 8241, 9 September 1905, Page 7

HOUSEHOLD HINTS AND ECONOMIES

Finger-murks on paint can he removed by rubbing with a cloth moistened with a little paraffin ; but the paint should afterwards be well rubbed with a clean cloth. Newspapers soaked in cold water squeezed as dry as possible, and sprinkled over the carpet, will prevent the dust from flying, and will not injure the most delicate colours. Muslin curtains, if needed in a hurry, can be washed, starched, and well shaken and hung up again at once, and, though they may not look quite so well as when ironed, will pass muster. A rusty grate should be smeared over with blacklead mixed very soft, and left for a day or two. The damp blacklead will eat oft' the rust, and the grate can afterwards be cleaned as usual.

Bars of a grate that have got reel and rusty-looking should be brushed over with a little water, in which a knob or two of sugar has been dissolved, allowed to dry, then polished as usual. Blacklead stains on carpet should be covered with a paste made of fuller's earth and water, to which a little ammonia has been added, left till absolutely dry, and then well brushed.

If you want a lamp to burn satisfactorily, it must be refilled every time after using, and the burner must be kept thoroughly clean. After trimming, the wick should be turnel down below the top of the burner, or the oil will ooze out. To Reseat C-hairs.—Cane-seated chairs, if not worth re caning, can be mended in this wav: Take some very still brown-paper, cut to the required shape and size, paste six thicknesses together, and tack this to, the chair frame when dry. Then ornament the seat with brass-headed nails all round, and the result is a seat quite as strong as the cane or wooden ones, and the cost is next to nothing. For broken china use this cement, which is excellent: dissolve in six ounces rain or distilled water four ounces of gum arabic (brown won't do). Add six ounces of white cane sugar and three ounces of starch. Let it dissolve. Put the mixture in ajar, which stand in a saucepan of water, and boil until the starch becomes clear. When it begins to cool add a few drops of essence of cloves. Keep well corked. To use, wash the china in warm water, dry thoroughly, and while still warm apply a little of the mixture and press the pieces together. Tie together with wet tape, and "let stand for several hours.

Cotiec and eggs make an excellent stimulant. Separate "the yolk and white, and beat the latter to a stilt froth. Boil and sweeten the coffee, and add boiling milk to taste. Pour gently on the yolk, beating well. Stir in the white and serve at once.

After doing washing of any kind, rub your hands with a little dry salt before wiping. It softens and improves them. A pinch of salt will greatly improve the flavour of apple sauce. Some people al_o add a little brown gravy.