GENERAL ITEMS.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 653, 26 July 1921, Page 8

GENERAL ITEMS.

When making horseradish sauce, use condensed milk instead of cream, and when the vinegar has been added the difference will not bo noticeable.

A fablespoonful of vinegar added to the water in, which meat is stewed or boiled will make the toughest meat tender.

To make red tiles a nice bright clear color, rub them well with lemon dipped in fine ‘salt, leave for a few minutes, then wash in the usual way. This will remove all stains.

Stains on white silk can usually be removed by soaking the stain with gasolene, and then rubbing in as much lump magnesia as the gasolene will absorb. ■ >

Before using a paper pattern, press it with a hot iron. This removes the numerous creases caused by folding and stiffens the usually very thin paper, making'it much easier i; handle.

When brushing stair carpets, have a basin of warm water handy and dip the brush into it occasionally. This prevents the dust from rising, and makes the coin:- look clear and bright.

To remove mildew from linen, rub the spots with a piece of soap, then cover with a layer of chalk and place in the air to bleach. Repeat, the process till all spots have disappeared.

When making milk puddings use half milk and half water for mixing them. This'- is riione economical, and the pudding will taste almost, as well as if made with all milk.

1 If tar should be spilt on any article, place in a saucer part of tfh<? article that is spoilt, and pour pure olive oil over it. Let i( soak all night, then wash in the usual way, and til tar will have disappeared.

' Take a little finely-powdered bathbrick,, moisten .with vinegar, and when it is'mixed to a paste rub a little on. to the copper. Let it • /rtapd for a time, then 1 rub off and polish with a soft cloth.

To lengthen the wear of children’s stockings, darn the knees, heels, and toes or. the wrong side before they are worn, y!!i!,s will make them- ms. ■ three times as long,'.and ijjev will not show signs of having been darned.

A Coal-saving .Pftnt.— Sweep up all coal- dust and mix to the consistency of clay with salted water.v 1 ( orra into lumps,'allow to dry. and use to bank up fires. Tit's is especially useful for banking fires for the night where there ate invalids.

To ron«v.- shabby coat-collars,' take & raw potato, peel-it, and grate it, into & basin. ' Poor half a pint of fold wat'-e over it, and let it stand until it n«*4i settled. Then -take a piece of clean flannel dip it into the clear liquid, and rub the collar well.

To make a soiled moire underskirt

look like new, wash in the ordinary wav; then, instead of using starch, dissolve half an ounce of common glue in d pint of boiling water. Dip the, skirt in. wring, and hang, out immediately. When nearly dry iron on the wrong side.

White shoes' which have become too dhrk and uirty-looking to be cleaned can be turned into smart-looking brown slides by it. ldling them over, with a mixture of tVvcuty drops of soft on and two table'poonfuls of olive oil. Two applications "id he required, to make the color dark qnougu.

If you wish to remove stains from sewing-mf.eii.no oil, wasinng in a lathei made of soap, cold water, and a tablespoonful of ammonia will usually prove successful, but in the case of coloied linens and cottons the ammonia should be. applied, cautiously, as it is apt to make the color lade. .

A good substitute for an eiderdown quilt is a blanket of soft warm texture covered with quilted satin on one side mid wit It sateen on the other in a lighter or'darker, shade, or otherwise in, a contrasting co.or._ The quilting suouhi be done in h diamonds. A good-sized crib blanket is considered large enough, if not. . a single' bod blanket can be utilised, but it should be thick and