HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Moths •will not attack clothes whick , '. |l have been sprinkled with turpentine.vy- ■••,-, || Raisins can be stoned much more; M easily, if they are first wanned &*£'-, m cool oven or in front of the fire. "'"£? §3 Children's stqckings will last longe&,:,:: tej if darned neatly over heels, toes, an?;-', 'H knees, when new, on the wrong side; '..I^,' , M A handful of salt should be added.to i the water in which pocket handkerchief*/;.",-'. 3 are soaked. .->'-Vv M Always remove skin and bone from !■ '. K fish whilst still warm; they come away ,i |j quite easily then. '.■", .'. -,&'' '. fj Warts will disappear in from two.to . j| six weeks if castor oil is applied to them'.'.. ■ S daily. . ■:?"'■■. *4 If new tinware is rubbed over with:: , . 'M fresh lard and then thoroughly heated-in ..,-■•,-. }| the.oven before it is used it will never, ; rust afterwards. . ■ . . .•μ-v &) Rub mirrors which have become cloudy' 4 \ h. with a cloth wrung out of cold water;:. ■■ H and dipped in- dry whiting, and SB polish them with a dry duster. '■::•'[/ *| There is no better material for making tennis frocks than that pure British v. J| silk, Japshan. It is inexpensive, always a' gj looks nice, and wears and washes splend--.?--.; f. idiy- . ' Ai:- $ When washing stockings, if they '«•":•' |i not too delicate, a soft nail brush_ is'|; g< useful for brushing out stains which y | sometimes appear at the, soles and heels- , ;. ,]; (states a correspondent). If-the stock--'-';; f| ing 3 are at all splashed they should be?" | eoaked first in cold water for a | hours before attempting to wash- t%*PO% ■ a. but if the mud stains are obstinate «i4.e; M still refuse to disappear rub theß".'.■ . | gently wiUi a little carbonate of »| using a- piow of clean flannel, aad SS5>( | S*on well on the wrong; side, . .. v).-;.'-":"■■. p