THE SOLUTION TO MAY HOUSEHOLD-AND OTHER-PROBLEMS

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 12, 14 August 1930, Page 2

THE SOLUTION TO MAY HOUSE-HOLD-AND OTHER-PROBLEMS

When Travelling..—Even the person who travels frequently occasionally forgets to put into the travelling bag some necessary articles. Time and inconvenience may be saved by having a list, of all the articles needed for travel written oni a card, which can foe slipped into the pocket of the travelling bag. It requires but a moment to cheek this over when about to leave for a trip, :uid it may save the purcluise of Hi any extras which reaiHy should not have to be boughf. Fire Extiaguishier.—Put 31bs o£ salt lan a gallon of water and add XJlbs of sal-aminoniacv Keep well corked bottles &f this liquid 'iii various parts of the iumse. . .';■ "-''.".'. "-"v: ■' .' ' ■- ... ■ ' To Mend a Saucepan. Mix some "finely-sifted 'lime .with some white, of an egg to a thin paste then add some ironriilings. Apply this to the hole and the vessel .will tie nearly as sound as evier.. '- -' ( •■■ > .-.■- ~.-. ■-. 'Another Method. Make a cement of 2 parts: sulphur and 1 part -blacklead, Medt the sulphur in an old iron pot, \ add the blaeklead. and allow the two to blend. Four on "to an iron/plate or rfitiet of' iron to cool. ' When set, break into small pieces. Put a small piece of the cement over the hole in the saucepan and distribute with, a hot spldenng-irdn. This, of course, must be done on the outside of the saucepan. Kub round inside with a cloth to -prevent any roughness.

Instead of cooking root-vegetables, try grating them and serve raw.

Boil onions in their skins. When "cooked, dip in cold water, then slip skins off and there is practically no

waste.

To freshen a carpet, shake it well and draw it, pile downwards, across the lawn (while the dew is still on the grass-.

When packing pleated garments, secure the end of each pleat with a piipeT-cHp and put a folded newspaper into the centre of the dress or skirt. Fold the sides over and the garment will travel without being tumbled.

■If you are tall, have extra Hong handles fitted into your brooms and mops ; ,tbus preventing backache w<hile doing the floors.