USEFUL HINTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2507, 16 November 1922, Page 1

USEFUL HINTS.

Do not.,soak macaroni before cooking it in boiling water. Salt mixed with powdered chalk makes a good teeth-cleaner. Furniture will never shine if the polish is applied with a soiled eloih. Sweeten stewed fruit after you have removed it from the gas stove. A weak solution of borax makes an excellent wash for removing dandruff. Never use soda for scrubbing floors and tables, as it makes (he boards a bad colour. Fine ashes, moistened with turpentine, are an economical and effective cleaner for steel and brass. Polish the gas stove with newspaper directly after cooking and while the metal is still hot. It will remove all grease. Tea stains on a tablecloth should be damped, covered with powdered starch, left to dry, then brushed off. To clean tarnished silver, moisten powdered magnesia with cold water, apply to the article, and let it dry. Kill) off with a soft (doth. Bones for making soup will remain in good condition for several day.' if they are linked for a few minutes in a hot oven. For cleaning (date, an old cork dipped in a little moistened powder is excellent. Egg stains on spoons disappear if treated with salt applied with a cork. . Brooms will last longer, and sweep better, if they are dipped once a week in very hot soap-suds. This treatment toughens and preserves the bristles. When frying fat has got slightly burned, drop in a peeled raw potato for a few minutes, and then remove it. All traces of burning will have disappeared. An easy method of removing rust from plated articles is to wash them with soap and water, dry thoroughly, and then polish with dry whiting. A mixture of two ounces of mutton sit el and two ounces of beeswax melted and well stirred will, when rubbed on boots with a soft rag render them waterproof. In a day or two they will acquire a good polish. One of the best thirst-quenchers ia cup of hot tea. II a cold drink is preferred, oatmeal and water, flavoured with lemon-juice and sugar, i' not easily surpassed. To clean a furred kettle, till it with cold water to which has been added two iablespoonfuls of salammoniac. Boil for five minutes, empty, refill with water, and hoi! again, alter which the kettle is ready for use. If you want to save a quarter of a pound of tea on every pound you use spread your weeks allowance on a sheet of paper and place it m a cool oven for ten minutes. This will not only make the tea go I Hither hut improve the flavour. Try polishing painted-surfaces instead of washing them. You will lind that the polish will give it a protecting surface, ami a.i the same time the lloor will last cleanet for "a much longer time.