HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 231, 29 September 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A raw onion robbed over an inswt sting-will relieve the iiain.

Add two table?T>oonfuls of paraffin to water in which whit£ clothes are boiled. Tt removes dirt and stains and keepe the things a good colour.

A tiny pinch of carbonate of fod», well stirred into the milk as soon as it arrives, will help to keep it sweet in hot weath> r.

Instead of tape or ribbon on baby's everyday bibs, try using a narrow hat elastic. It slips on and off easily over his head and never becomes knotted.

When pouring dripping into a basin, clarify by adding a of boiling water. This will send all foreign matter to the bottom.

To prevent cheese becoming monMy wrap it in a piece of thin mnelin wrung out in vinegar. As the dries moisten it again.

If hot-water bcrttlee and other articles made of india-rubber are washed every two months with water to which a littlt soda or ammonia has been added, it wiH prevent them getting hard. Chamois leather should be washed warm water in which a pinch of baking soda has been dissolved. The chamo* is not only cleansed, but its softness which often is lost in the process o« washing, is re-tained. Onion juice and vinegar are excelled! for cleaning steel. Take three of vinegar to one of onion juice, .mix thoroughly and smear over the eteeL Leave for a little while to dry, then polish.

To clean papered ceiling , mix two cups of flour with cold water to a stiff paste. Roll into a ball with dry flour and rub the ceiling. Ac the grows dirty dip it in fn-ch flour and when liii it lied dust over with a soft duster.

Unvarnished white paint should be cleaned with a flannel, warm water and whitening. Dark paint which has become shabby will look like new i rubbed with equal parte of linseed oil and vinegar, and polished with a soft cloth.