Household Hints.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 4 September 1914, Page 2

Household Hints.

While the canary is moulting tie a piece of bacon fat in its cage. It is a tonic, and will improve ita song. If corks are too large for a bottle soak them in boiling water for a few minutes. When soft they easily enter the bottle. When washing blouses, handkerchiefs, etc., put a small lump of orris root into the rinsing watr and it will give them a delightful perfume of violets. Th.is i s muC h more lasting than if a sachet ia placed amongst the clothes. An excellent remedy for chapped hands is made by mixing equal parts of glycerine and whisky together. Keep the mixture in a bottle tightly corked, and rub a little on the hands every night, and they will always be soft and free from chaps. When gas mantles get smoky and dirty the light becomes poor and the mantles are in Inany cases taken I oft and replaced. To remove all smoke and dirt from ma..ties, take a Pinch of table .salt and S p, inkle it into the mantle. it will look as good as new. Brussels sprouts, greens, etc., can be kept quite fresh for two or three days if the outer leaves are stripped off and the rest put in a basin S ed(;; r and kept quite airtight. They will be found to keep srL;;r galhered iftrJTo keep irons from rusting rub them with mutton fat, wrap in common brown paper, and put them away m a dry place. If they have become rusty, they may be iuade smooth and bright by putlinj , some white san.l on a .smooth board and rubbing the iron over it several tiioea.