ODDS AND ENDS

Evening Star, Issue 22454, 26 September 1936, Page 25

ODDS AND ENDS

Never peg a woollen jumper on the Hue, but run a cane or broom handle through from cuff to cuff and suspend on line. For outside steps, in the winter do not use hearthstone, but clean them well with pumice stone. They will keep clean for weeks, and only require sweeping occasionally. When making a roly-poly pudding, sprinkle a cupful of breadcrumbs on tne paste before spreading the jam. This takes up the jam and prevents it from running out of the roll when cooking. Loose covers get soiled where the arms rest. Make a square just to fit the soiled part, fix it with press studs, take off when soiled, wash, and replace. This saves washing the whole cover. To whiten sinks which are badly discoloured, use salts of lemon, running the water afterwards. Be careful to lock up the salts of lemon, as it is a poison. Ordinary cuticle remover is very effective foy removing spots on white kid shoes. Just moisten a clean cloth with the liquid, and rub the soiled spot. This is especially handy if your shoes get spotted when away from home, where a cleaning fluid is not at hand. Crystal necklaces become cloudy after constant wear. To make them clear and sparkUng again, wash in methylated spirits and dry with a soft cloth. When cleaning openwork sandals, to avoid getting your hands covered with polish slip- your hand in an old paper bag before putting it in the shoe to be

cleaned. -'All the surplus polish will then brush on to the bag. To keep a thermos flask sweet and dry when not in use, wash and drain it. well, and put into it several small pieces of charcoal. The flask may then be corked, And will be quite clean when required. If linen, after ironing, is placed in the sun it will be much stiffer than if dried slowly. To keep linen white, wash well and blue in very blue water, then put away rough dry. This will bleach it. To clean real lace, baste it carefully on to muslin, lay it on a table, and, with a fine brush or sponge, cleanse it with soap water. When clean, roll up in the' muslin and rinse well. Squeeze it, but don’t wring. Shake out and, when nearly dry, iron on a wellpadded table (still on the muslin). Rush matting should be cleaned with soft water and salt in order to prevent it turning yellow. To clean a fur collar, rub clean, hot bran into it until all dirt is removed. Shake out the bran, and wrap the collar in blue tissue paper, into which is sprinkled powdered magnesia. Leave for a day or two, and shake well. The collar will be quite clean. To clean a looking glass use powdered blue. If very badly soiled, dip a clean sponge into spirits of wine, rub _it rapidly over the mirror, dust it with powdered blue, and then polish with an old silk handkerchief. To do up lace curtains it is not necessary to iron them. Spread them on an old sheet in the air, pull them carefully into shape, pinning them down i here and there. Leave them till quite dry.