HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
When moat is very slightly tainted ry throwing a few nieces of charcoal •ito tin pot into which it is being- cookvj. This will make it quite sweet, and "■-event any unpleasant odour arising .vhile is it boiling. .To mako breadcrumbs quickly, place a piece of crumb in a. muslin bag, tie the opening, and rub witlv the hands. The crumbs will be quite fine, and it will only take a .minute or two to bake 'hem: When making a pie, the juice from the fruit very often soalcs through the imdercrust and spoils the appearance of it. This can ha prevented by brushing the crust over with the white of an egg. To clean discolored marble, first of all wash with soap and water, then wipe dry and apply a paste made of powdered Bath brick and lemon juice. Rub it well into the discolored parts and rinse it off in cltan cold water. Lamp chimneys should never be washed in soapy water. Hold the chimney over steam and polish with a cloth. Then rub over with a rag upon which a little powdered whiting has been sprinkled. Flat irons when heated by gas become rough. It has been found that if the surface and edges be rubbed with oil after use, and when next required. heated and rubbed with a dry cloth, tlioy will keep smooth. An economical way of frying onions is to place sufficient cold water at the bottom of the pan and cover it, then slice the onions and put them into- the pan with a piece of dripping the size of a walnut. Fried in this way they will not burn. When putting away furs ana woollen garments, dip old rag-s in paraffin, place them between layers of newspaper, and nut the newspapers in the boxes or drawers in which the woollen things nre stored. This will keep away the moth. To ease a tight shoe wring out a i-loth in very hot water and place it over the place where the shoe pinches. Repeat this as soon as the cloth becomes cold,, and after two or three applications tho leather will have become stretched to the foot through the moist 'neat from the dainp cloth.
To free carpets from moth or insects, strew thickly with fine, dry salv, and roll up for a week. Unroll, sweep hard; if indoors burn the sweepings. Repeat Hid process, and in three days sweep twice, once against the nap and once with it, and, before relaying-, sift) salt and red pepper into the parts affected.
To keep silver bright dissolve a small handful of borax and a tiny piece of white soap in a pan of hot water. Place the silver in this, and allow it to stand for a few hours. Then pour off tlie suds, and rinse the silver in clear water. Dry with a soft cloth, and polish with a chamois leather. Silver treated in this way will keep clean and 'bright for quite a long time, if it is occasionally rubbed with a clean chamois.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 730, 16 December 1914, Page 3
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514HOUSEHOLD HINTS. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 730, 16 December 1914, Page 3
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