Household Hints

Levin Daily Chronicle, 20 July 1918, Page 1

Household Hints

J.O clean pen paintings when soiled, first put. the paintings in lukewarm water, and make a good lather with soap; do not rub painting, just shako it about in the water. When clean lay it on about six thicknesses of towelling, and iron .with a moderatelyheated iron, having the wrong side up to-the surface. If you are putting paintings aside for any time you often lind they stick. To prevent this, lay a sheet of blotting paper between them. To clcan a grey felt hat, unpick the trimming and take out the head lining. Sponge any grease marks with a little weak ammonia and water. Make a thick paste of equal parts of powdered pipeclay and white precipitated chalk and water. Cover the hat with this paste, let it dry on, then brush off briskly. To unscrew a rusted screw, heat a thin iron red hot, and hold it on the screw ,and apply the screw-driver immediately. When cooking macaroni for sweet puddings, use boiling milk, for checse dishes use boiling salted water. To preserve orange and lemon peel put the orange peel in on 0 wide-mouth-ed bottle, the lemon peel in another, and cover both with fine salt. Lcavo space enough in th c bottle to shake tho contents occasionally, and see that tho top of the bottle is securely fastened. When you want to use thc rind soak it in warm water for one hour. When washing white stockings, whether of silk or thread, add a few drops of oxalic acid to the water; this acid lias tho effect of removing the stains caused by the boots and shoes. Many people when frying fish find a difficulty in turning the steaks. If, however, tho fish slice is greased on both sides before being used it will easily slip under thc fish. To remove a tight stopper from a bottle, wring a cloth out in boiling water, and wrap it round the ncck of the bottle. The heat will expand the glass, and allow the stopper to be re- I moved. Nee that all scrubbing brushes arc well rinsed after use, and then either hung up or turned on their sides to dry. If thc bristles are always wet 110 brush will last long, and it will never do good work, for tho bristles will bend too much. Brooms and all sweeping brushes should be hung up when not in use. If loft standing oil the heads the brushes get bent, and will not do their work properly. Kic.e contains more nutritious matter than wheat or any other grain, nearly four tiuies as much as potatoes', and - almost twice as much as fat beef. Kice is an ideal food for thc invalid, and is equally valuable as a muscle builder for those engaged in hard work and who are in perfect health. An amazing revelation of thc Busso-Japancse war was thc health and endurance of "the Japanese soldiery, whose main diet has always been rice. At thc time of tlic Boxer uprising in China it was found sha "Coys of Japan arc a constant . source of surprise to thc traveller in southern side of it.