HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4363, 9 January 1922, Page 4

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Tannin inside a metal teapot is bflst cleaned with common salt. Potato peelings put into a stained decanter will make it clean and bright. Never waste candle ends. Keep them for fires that won’t burn,- or for stirring into starch to make .your linen glossy.

Lamp-black is a poor conductor of heat. It should therefore be removed from kettles and saucepans. Paraffin rubbed on a shiny coat collar will make it lopk new again. The flannel used should be frequently turned.

To prevent raisins, currants, and citron from sinking tp the bottom; of a cake, warm them well in the oven before adding them to the batter. Run the .tap in the morning for a few minutes before filling the kettle, as the first water has been lying in lead or iron pipes all night and is unwholesome.

Woollen articles will shrink less if they are not. rinsed. Wash them in two lots of soapy water, adding a little blue to the lasts; then, put them through the wringer and afterwards shake well. To renovate blue serge that is worn and shiny, first brush and shake the articles quite free from dus£. Then apply with ‘a sponge the liquid made from boiling a double handful of ivy leaves in about one pint of water. When dry the garment will look like new..

Cold tea should be used when you are cleaning varnished paper. -Black lead will give a brighter palish if mixed with vinegar and soda. Stewed fruit that has been ed too much will taste sharper if hemon-juice is added. Paraffin rubbed intp the scalp occasionally acts as a tonic and keeps ths hair in good condition.When boiling rice, lemon-juice added to the water will not only whiten the rice but separate the grains.