A WORD.

Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19011, 31 July 1933, Page 5

A WORD.

TO THE HOUBEWIFE. After the last of the wet* clothes has been put through the wringer on washing day, run a fairly thick, dry towell or a piece of - old blanket through. This will.partly dry the wooden rollers, and if the machine Ts then Unscrewed so that the- air can get freely between them, you will double their lifetime. When you . want to stick down an envelope which lias lost the gum trom its flap or use a stamp which is Insufficiently gummed and find yourself without paste or glue in the house, try rubbing a piece of cold boiled potato up and down on a piece of white paper for a few minutes. It will form a gluey substance that will> stick firmly. Floor polish which has gone hard or is too thick for ordinary use may be softened and thinned down with a little terpentine. You will find lids hint an economy as well as a help, and especially useful during the winter, as it is then that this trouble generally arises. Water spilled from the flower bowl on to a polished wood table often leaves a whitish mark. This will disappear if it is rubbed with a damp cloth sprinkled with spirits of camphor. Another cloth dipped in linseed or olive oil and rubbed vigorously on the place will restore the gloss to the furniture.

Faded flowers which are allowed to remain in a vase with the leaves and stems which are under -water sometimes decompose,- causing an unpleasant smell, which clings to the vase in spite of washing. This can be speedily removed hy filling the vase with a strong solution of carbolic. Let it stand for about half an hour, then wash the vase, and the smell wil. have completely disappeared. If you eat yeast you will find i! much* more palatable if, instead of dissolving it in liquid, you stuff dales with it and eat like candy.