HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 591, 6 August 1913, Page 7

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To clean windows in winter nothingis better than methylated spirits. This give 3 a splendid polish, and as it quickly evaporates is no trouble to dry.

Articles infested with moth should be saturated with benzine, which injures nothing but the moth. Exposure to the air will soon remove all smell.

Baking tins should be washed as clean as possible with a strong solution of soda, and then scoured with a piece of pumice stone. This will keep them in excellent condition. As soon as the cooking has been cleared away pour a few drops of oil of lavender into a basin of boiling water. In a very short time the odour of the cooking will have disappeared, and the air of the apartment be pure and fresh.

A worn stair carpet may bv much improved by having the surface darned with a rug wool. Match the colour carefully, and the improved appearance of the carpet will delight you. :

Suede shoe 3 which have become shiny and rubbed looking may be freshened by rubbing the parts with fine sandpaper.

A cheap red colouring for cookery is made thus: Chop a large beetroot ov?r fine and pour a little boiling water over; strain and use.

A good way to clean brown boots when they have gone a dirty, almost black colour, is to rub well with a piece of soft cloth dipped in benzine. This will have the effect of making them almost their original colour.

The smell of cigar smoke can soon he dispelled from a room. Put a I'eW redhot coals on a shovel, and then sprinkle some ground coffee over. The fumes will purify the room.

j A key board is a useful addition to' ! the furniture of a house. Get a carpenter to make a board with a bevelled edges of the size to hold from six to twelve keys. Into this screw some cup hooks, so arranged that the keys will hang independently of each other. A small card over each will bear the name of the key, and the board is complete. j KEEP THE OVEN CLEAN. Unless an oven is kept scrupulously jjean, an unpleasant flavour is imparted to all food cooked in it, by the burning of the splashes of fat when the oven is hot. To avoid such an unpleasant result, baa all meat in a special double, tin which has the larger vessel filled with water, or if such a tin is not at hand, wipe the sides and top of the oven with newspaper, while it is still lint, and before it is heated next day, wash it with hot soda water. THE CAKE OF FLOOR CLOTHE. Do not have this made very wet if you want it to wear well. If it is dirty, wine it over with a cloth vsrtmg out'in warm water, rinsing and turnin u.- the cloth often/ and rubbing till alfdirt is removed. Have ready some turpentine in which beeswax (half an ounce to a pint) has been dissolved; rub a very little of this weil in and polish with soft dusters. Washing floorcloths with soap and hot water makes it crack. If it is cleaned with the beeswax and turpentine once a week, and on other days well rubbed with a duster after sweeping, it will last for years. | TO IMPROVE BRONZES. Bronzes which have become dull and lustreless with age can be immensely improved by the simple means of washing them with a soapy sponge and then rinsing them in beer. Some authorities say the (ire rinsed bronzes should bs ulaced close to the fire while still wet, and allowed to dry of themselves. This is supposed to produce the dull, leaden glaze which i* characteristic of gold bronze. The les3 soap used the better. To clean bronzes in the ordinary way with plenty of hot water and a strong lather will be apt to injure their appeara nee.