HINTS AND ECONOMIES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 8279, 21 October 1905, Page 7

HINTS AND ECONOMIES.

To keep oil mosquitoes, rub the skin with a little oil of lavender. It is very pungent, and insects dislike it.

Paste brooches and other jewellery can be cleaned by being well rubbed with camphorated chalk on a tooth brush, and then finished with a clean brush.

To prevent cream from dripping from the spout "of the jug, rub the inside of the spout with a very little butter,

To remove strawberry stains from your table linen, wash out in the ordinary way with clear, cold water. Other fruit stains should be touched with whisky before being sent to the wash.

To freshen the air in a sick room put a few drops of oil of lavender into a glass of very hot water, and allow it to stand in the sick room.

Steamed eggs for invalids are splendid, and are much lighter than poached eggs. Break the egg into a cup, then place the cup in the boiling water. White leather belts may be cleaned of all stains if spirits of wine be well rubbed in with a clean cloth.

Tinned foods, directly they are opened, should be turned out, no matter if the whole tin is required or not

Polish damp boots by adding a little paraffin to the blacking. They will polish far more quickly if this is clone, and the paraffin makes the leather wear better. Badly cut fingers may be stopped from bleeding by tying in a piece of soft rag soaked in turpentine. This will at once stop the bleeding, and make the cut heal quickly. The right way to prepare a fomentation is to place a towel across a hand basin, with the ends hanging over. Put on this a double piece of flannel, and fold the towel over from the sides. Then pour on boiling water, and wring by the ends. Take the flannel out, give it a shake, and apply lightly at once.

To Clean Light Gloves.—Provide a saucer of skim milk, some good yellow soap, and a piece of flannel. Spread the gloves on a clean towel, smoothing out the creases. Dip the flannel in the milk, and rub a little soap on it. With this rub the gloves, working downwards from the wrists. You will need to rinse the flannel often. When all dirt is removed, lay the gloves, without rinsing, on a clean, dry towel, pulling them as nearly the right shape as possible. When dry they should be soft and glossy.

To Remove Iron-rust Stains from Linen. —Get some salts of lemon from the chemist, dip the linen in warm water, and then spread on a hot place (a saucepan cover over a boiling pan does excellently), and rub a little of the salts of lemon on the spots with your fingers until they fade away. Then rinse at once very thoroughly. Remember that salts of lemon is poisonous, and should not on any account be touched if you have a sore place or cut on your hand.