HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2355, 15 November 1921, Page 4

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A paste mixture of salt and vinegar will remove stains from discoloured teacqps.

The juice of half a lemon in a glass of water will frequently cure a sick headache.

Weak tea is good for watering ferns in pots, and is also recommended as a wash for tired eyes. Tough meat can be made tender by steeping it in vinegar for a few minutes.

Never black a while it is hot; it takes more blacking and gives less polish. To clean rusty hooks or other articles similarly discoloured, soak them in ammonia and water.

To get rid of flies, mix half a teaspoonful of black pepper with a teaspoonful of cream, and leave in a saucer on the mantelpiece or table. When there is no shoe polish in the house, lemon-juice makes an excellent substitute, A few drops rubbed briskly on black or brown shoes gives a brilliant polish. Worn emery-paper should never be thrown away. Instead, place the used paper in a warm oven for a few minutes, and much of its former rough surface will be restored. Drooping flowers may be revived by standing them in hot water to which a small quantity of ammonia has been added.

4 To mend hot-water bottles, waterproofs, and any sort of indiarubber goods, adhesive plaster is very useful.'

Use water in which vegetables have been boiled, but especially rice water, as a basis for soups.