HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 33, 8 February 1905, Page 10

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Clean gift frames with rain water in which 'flower of sulphur has ken stirred. In order to prevent syrups, jams, etc, from fermenting, add a small piece oi, sulphate of potass. Fish-bone in the Throat.—The best way to remove a fish-bone that is stuck in your throat is to swallow a taw egg. To clean carved ivory, brush it witit a soft nailbrush, and use the best Castile soap. Then rinse it in clean wafer; and dry thoroughly. Varnish Oilcloth.—Do not clean your oilcloth with soap. It will last longer, if a thin coat of varnish is applied Ones a year. Stale Tobacco.—A basin of cold water placed in a room will go a long way toward absorbing the odour of stale tobacco. Gleaning Mirror.?.—After washing mirrors or window-panes, a bright lustre can be obtained by polishing with a soft cloth and a little alcohol. - ; When machining chiffon, Machine with it a strip of paper. This prevents it from puckering, and can easily be. torn off afterwards. Orange-peel, if dried in the oven, makes an excellent fire reviver, far better than sticks, for a fire that has nearly gone out. ' * The following simple method of getting tbe dust out of the buttons miur-' niture acts like magic:—Take a piir of bellows once or twi'je a week, itnd blow round the buttons. o"it flics fhe dirt, without damaging the leather. To make potatoes white when cooked, let them lie (pared) in cold wafer for two or three hours previous to cooking. ' . ' When washing dishes which ia« held milk, rinse them out witlC.eOldwater before washing them iB hot water. Maidenhair fern will last nSuch longer in vases if. before it is arranged with the flowers, its stems are put into a little hot water, and kept there till the water becomes cold. ri~; When ironing starched clothes,'it') 3 a good plan to wipe over the iron with * doth just sprinkled with paraffin. ..tbe suspicion of greasiness prevents the iron from sticking. .-> : Lamp wicks should be soaked in strong vinegar and then well dried before being used. This precaution will ensure a better light and a freem* from smoked lamp chimneys. Putting on New Gloves.—Dust yoW hands over first with a little powdered then warm the gloves a little by holding in front of a fire, and work them on very slowly and evenly. For a silk petticoat use a pad covered with velvet instead of a brush. A brush wears the silk, and a velvet-pad, while avoiding this, removes the dust just «s well. -.[.. Tortoisesbell which has become.dull should be treated with a paste made of jewellers' rouge and sweet oil. ke fc this remain on til! the shell is dry, then brush off and polish with a washleather. A Method of Disinfection: Cheap afid original, this method has been efflpwf w with success for some years. It **** - sists in employing turpentine, a drop of which let fall occasionally into sifife etc., drives away all unpleasant snW 7 To Paste Labels on Zinc. Tiflpla*& *«•" Dip the metal in a hot solution of carbonate of soda: then rinse and dry well. Rub a little onion juice over file surface, and stick the piper with starch paste. When dry the paper caanot -o* torn from the metal. '"'■'■■* To clean and brighten a carpetsprinkle it over with a little damped salt before sweeping it. The salt prevents the dust from fhing, keeps on moths, and brightens the colours of tM carpet. Burnt Milk.—lf milk happens toi Barn when you are boiling it, pour it at ° into a jug. and stand the jug_ * basin of told water till cool, when » will probably be perfectly free disagreeable taste. '