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HAVE YOU EVER TRIED THIS?

A slice of orange rind put in with apples when stewing gives a different flavour.

To. brighten a faded and shabby felt hat take off the band, brush stiffly to remove all dust, then go over the hat inch by inch with a pad of steel wool; turn the band, replace it and note the difference.

When a reel of cotton and needle is kept handy on the shelf; instead of pushing the needle through the reeled cotton pack the hole of the reel with a length af knitting wool and you have a safe needle-holder.

To restore resiliency to old jam-jar rings that have been used for bottling dip them- in ammonia. To keep a fur rich and well nourished rub a little good brilliantine on your hands and smooth them over the fur; as brilliantine makes the hair sleek and shining so it brings out the highlights in a fur.

Make porridge in the ordinary way sweeten it, beat into it an egg yolk and the grated rind of a lemon, then whip the egg-white to a stiff froth and stir into porridge. A delightful change

To prevent the legs of a good table from -being scratched when removing slip an old stocking up each leg and fasten it with a rubber band at the top;

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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3293, 28 July 1943, Page 2

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223

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED THIS? Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3293, 28 July 1943, Page 2

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED THIS? Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3293, 28 July 1943, Page 2

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