USEFUL HINTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2220, 28 December 1920, Page 4

USEFUL HINTS.

Sprinkle .Hour over meat before roasting, to keep in the juice, A few drops of vinegar added to poli,sh will do away with the dead, oily look so often noticed after cleaning furniture! There is nothing so good for (denning tiles as pa rati in. Hub a little over the tiles with a piece of soft jag. and polish with soft paper. Windows should he washed with cold water, and after being dried with a soft (doth, should he rubbed again with methylated spirits applied will) a soft. rag. To (dean white paint, dissolve a piece of ammonia about I lie size of a walnut in a half pailful of water, and rub the paint carefully with a sponge. Dry with a clean, soft duster.

Fill burnt, saucepans with salt and water. Leave for a few hour", then bring slowly to lhe boil. The burnt particles will come oh without difficult v.

A, teaspdonful of glycerine added lo the well-beaten white of an egg, the juice of a lemon, and enough sugar lo make palatable, will relieve hoarseness.

If after a day’s shopping or walking on healed pavements the feet are tired, painful or blistered, the juice of a lemon well rubbed into them will afford relict. Dishcloths may be knitted on coarse wooden needles from the string lied round parcels. They are strong and have a rough surface, and are capital for cleaning. They should be boiled in soda-water to keep them sweet.

When (deaning bools, lirst brush them free of dust, then apply a small quantity of glycerine with a rag. Let them stand for 1.0 minutes, ami then polish with a brush. Boots treated in this way will keep their polish for several days, and no hlackng is required.