HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Mice are banished by laying" wild, mint in their haunts. Sprinkle flour on burning oil. Itwill quickly extinguish it, whereas water would spread the flame. Tea, coffee or cocoa stains should be removed with boiling water; if obstinate, with a weak solution of oxalic acid.
The crown of a crushed straw hat should be dampened with cold water stuffed very lightly with old, soft paper. Then put to dry in a hot place. It will be blocked to it# original shape. It should not be overlooked in coloring plaster casts that only certain subjects are suitable for coloring. Those which represent subjects that in the original are in white marble should not’be colored beyond the shade of old marble.
Housekeepers will find a canton flannel bag made with the downy side outward to slip over the broom on cleaning days a great convenience for dusting the walls. Make the bag with a drawstring, so that it can be tied securely on to the handle of the'.bnpooi.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3608, 9 December 1905, Page 4
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168HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3608, 9 December 1905, Page 4
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