HARDY DOMESTIC TIPS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3567, 31 August 1905, Page 4

HARDY DOMESTIC TIPS.

ff curtains are allowed to dry before being starched they will la« 1 clean quite a mouth longer. To f ;r »ceel brooches or email run getting rusty ior dull, V i t,.. oni wearing keep in a box in h h there is a little powdered .-.i -.nVUe doors ten n i!, fs for ••■vr crer.ing seat.* are uitnie u,.-' . . siiowing on iuicriiiyer oi a setter material. Sawdust laid evenly over the ilooi before putting down oilcloth wil cause it to wear much better ano deaden the sound of walking. A substitute for cream may b« made by beating the white of an egg with a (caspoonful of - sugar and s very TI T water. Put it if ‘ ‘ '■' l,T,S be fore the coffee is poim C To e’enn a painted T' w so.v 'ink nut on with a cu-’cfully washed off wit« o*;- •"** I';, ,T -firs are v 1 11 us- of fuller's earth and - •' _ >■■■, "d to ad l ' into a paste cm r ii. i‘-,. hoards. This pc be wo d off with lukewa ater A nr -l rof a pound of p ' ll ln n i • t of hot water will n m^ve grease spots. They must be w&b .scrubbed with the pearlash and wa« ter. To keep out moths wash crevice? with a half pound of alum dissolved in boiling water. Powdered alum should be sprinkled about wherever it is suspected that the moths will make Mmir appearance. The winter’s, superfluous bed clothing, particularly the olankets, ought to be wrapped in pews papers and put away in tight box-s or drawers in which borax and camphor have been sprinkled. Red or black pepper, sandalwood any odorous substance —i* offensive to tilt insects.