ODDS AND ENDS
Moth balls on a dying lire act like magic. They are made of naphtha, which melts into liquid llaino. Clean and convenient to handle, they make splendid firelighters, too. Don’t throw away the peel of lemons when you have used the juice, but keep it in the bathroom to rub,on your hands after washing. Lemon peel is excellent for removing ink or tobacco stains from your fingers, and will keep your hands white. It is also useful in the kitchen if vour hands are stained from picking limit or peeling vegetables. The peel of several lemons thrown into a warm bath makes it very refreshing. In making mustard it is a good phiu to add a pinch of salt before mixing in the water. A spoonful of vinegar should always bo used to moisten the dry mustard in the first instance, while a better result can be attained by stirring in warm water instead of cold when the mustard is not required : n haste. The copper tea kettle is a tiling of beauty when it is clean, but an unsightly object when soiled. To brighten it quickly and easily rub with half a lemon dipped in salt. Lemons from which most of the juice has been extracted will answer (he purpose. Old-fashioned perfume bags, (o put in among clothing, serve as a preventive for moths, l.'so half an ounce of cloves, mace, nutmegs, carraway seed, cinnamon, and don of orris root. Have all ground to a. line powder, mix nicely, and put up in small linen bags to place amongst the clothing. it gives them a fine perfume, which the moths protest against; hence the clothing is saved from destruction.
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Evening Star, Issue 19788, 11 February 1928, Page 21
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283ODDS AND ENDS Evening Star, Issue 19788, 11 February 1928, Page 21
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