USEFUL HINTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2113, 10 April 1920, Page 4

USEFUL HINTS.

Milk that is turned may be rendered (it for use by stirring in a little baking soda. Thoroughly warm the knifehoard and a brilliant polish will be quickly obtained. A liny sure at the corner of the lips should at once be well powdered with hovaeic powder, and kept covered with it til! it disappears, A pinched Unger should be held in water as hot ‘as can be borne. Tins relievos the pain more quickly than anything. To clean Venetian blinds, wash well with hot, soapy water, and when thoroughly dry rub with a very little sweet oil. Suet puddings cannot be overcooked. The longer they are steamed or boiled the easier they will be to digest.

To soothe a fresh burn when the skin is not broken, scrape raw potato on a piece of soft linen and apply this as a poultice to the injured part. Powdered starch, if applied at once, will take out.almost any fruit stain from table linen. If the stain has dried, moisten with whiskey be-

fore sending to the wash. To ensure a good gloss on starched collars, first mix the starch with cold water, add a tiny lump of butter, and then pour on the boiling water,

When beating white of eggs, see that the beater' is dry and clean. Add a pinch of salt to the whites,

this makes them froth up very quickly. Boiling water will remove lea stains, and many fruit stains. Pour the water through the slain, and thus prevent it from spreading over the fabric.

For removing blood stains, take some win to slareh and mix with water to a think paste,'and lay over the stains. Leave till dry, and when it is brushed off the stains will have disappeared. Unsightly carpet stains may bo removed by an application of Fuller’s earth made into a paste with cold water to which a few drops of ammonia have been added. Rub the paste veil into the marks, and leave to dry, when it can be brushed off.

If suet is melted in the oven and put into Jars, it will keep any length of time. Puddings will keep better if made with suet that has been melted.

When boiling celery, if a little milk is added to the water before the celery is put in, it will be nice and white when cooked, even if the outside stalks are used. Do not throw away boiled starch when finished with in the laundry, but pour it into'the water to wash oilcloth or linoleum. Besides making it look bright and clean, it will double the wear.