USEFUL HINTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2625, 28 August 1923, Page 1

USEFUL HINTS.

Do not use soap to wash a raincoat but a solution of lib. of alum to three gallons of water. Cleaning (he Grate. —Before applying blacklead for polishing make a pad of old cloth and rub soot from the flues on all the greasy parts. The grate will then take the polish, and with much less labour than usual. Rusty Metals. —To remove rust from metal, take a small quantity of light garden soil, sift it to free it from grit, mix with a little paraffin, and rub the metal well. Cleaning old pewter in this way is most successful.

Don’t Lose Gloves. —Many kiddies arc perfect champions at losing one glove; sometimes they lose both, and to avoid this mother should attach either glove to a narrow tape, .just long enough to hang over the neck and pass each glove down the sleeve of the coat or jumper. Glove losing is then impossible.

Cleaning Glasses. — For cleaning glasses which have contained milk (here is nolhing to equal wood ashes, which can lie collected from time to lime soon after a fire has been •lighted. The use in conjunction with water that is slightly off the chill, will remove the grease without harm ing the glass. The frequent use of wood ashes will make the glass extremely brilliant after it has been polished with soft cloth or wash leather.

Making Coffee. —The art of making coffee is extremely simple. Use good coffee, freshly ground; put an ounce or say, a heaped tablespoonful, in a dry, clean jug, and pour on to it a pint of freshly-boiled water. After two minutes, stir it thoroughly, then let it stand for five minutes. Coffee made thus should require no straining. Then pour in to the cup with a liberal allowance of hot, not boiled, milk, and the result will afford the utmost satisfaction.