Household Hints.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 12 January 1918, Page 4

Household Hints.

To clean a furred kettle, boil a handful of whitening in it for a few hours. Vinegar and salt are excellent for cleaning brass. Allow two tablespoonfuls of salt to half a pint of vinegar. To restore the colour to ivory-han-dled knives after they have become yellow, rub them with fine emery or sandpaper. If no suet is at hand, and a little is required for puddings, chop some dripping finely and use; it will answer the purpose just as well. When boiling a pudding in a cloth, put plenty of orange peelings in the water. They collect the grease, and the cloth will be easier to wash. Beeswax and salt, used as a polish for flat-irons, will keep them smooth and prevent them from sticking to the material when ironing starched articles. A very high polish that will not fin-ger-mark can be given to furniture if —before the polish is put on —it is wiped over with a cloth wrung out of hot water.

The best way to dislodge any grease or clogging of the pipes is with kitchen salt. Put a handful on the trap and let it dissolve slowly and so remove dirt and grease. To cook kippers, place them on a tin oi- dish, put a small piece of butter on each, cover the tin, and place in the oven for ten minutes. This method preserves the flavour of the fish. Allow dirty gold jewellery to be in a saucer of paraffin for a minute or two. Shake gently and you will see the dirt rolling off it. Take out, dry carefully, and polish with a chamois leather.

Mildew stains are sometimes difficult to remove. The marks should first be well soaped, then sprinkled _ with dry French chalk and iplaced out in the sun to bleach. The process may have to be repeated several times. A little soap mixed with the stove polish makes a brilliant and lasting

lustre. Turpentine and warm milk mixed together make old oilcloth look like new. A littlo pipeclay dissolved in water used for washing saves a great deal of labour and soap. To heat dishes quickly put them in> to hot water. This is a safer and better plan than heating them in the oven. In beating eggs take care there is no grease of any kind on the whisk, or it will prevent the eggs from frothing.