HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 277, 20 November 1907, Page 8

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

(Lemons -will keep fresh if they aie.-pn» into an. -uncovered jar of cold waten Change the water everj.twoorruiree days. .';.. ,'■•■■ -M-Z, China silk should be washed ia /wa™ soapsuds, snd should be neither boße4 nor scalded. Kemove it fecm the."» ■ before it is quite dry, and" roll it nfl without sprinkling it. i A spot on polished ."wood , made; "J! placirg a heated dish on it ;(wU disappear iif a little salt and. salad oil is ponrea on it »nd allo-wed to remain tat or so, and then rubbed; off iwith'a sow cloth. • '.'•'*•'.. If the upper edge of the-saucepan, a well buttered it -will -be found tftat chocolate, milk, cocoa,-or anything « tlie kind ■will not boil over. • ■• Should too much salt have been addea to soup, sJice a Taw potato and boU,»« in the soup for a few minntes. - *■» potato will absorb much'of the salt. • To cleanse a burnt saucepan fill « ■with, cold water and add a soda., also wood ashes. Place it over tne fire and let it come to the boil. If a gloss is desired on linen, add■« ifsspoonful of salt to the starch when making it. A good home-made remedy for burns is the following: — Add, by poumg-B slowly, a little castor or olive oil to> the white of an egg that has already been beaten stiff. Beat all the while the oil is being slowly poured until the two are of the consistency of a. soft paf te - Sp/ead this, over the burn, and then , wrap it in a soft cloth. - Aγ. excellent cleaning paste for marwe is made by pounding together two ounces of washing soda, one ounce ot powdered ipumice stone, and .one.ounce of powdered chalk. Put these mgrements through a sieve, and when wmhh make it into a paste with cold wate. and rub it over the marble. When tue stains are removed, wash it .with. soap, and water. rm A little cold tea mixed with wa »° water and applied with a soft wooueu cloth will make stained woodwork iw* bright and fresh. . _~ Should tea-leaves, used .when brubnm,, a carpet stain it, fresh-cut grass, available, should be employed ' ins r*7 to give the carpet a bright and lie?" appearance. , ..„. Shoes that have become stiff comfortable by being worn in tne_ > may be rendered soft and pliable n™> are well rubbed with vaseline ü ß * doth. Take a dry cloth to remofe. vm superfluous vaseline.