HINTS AND RECIPES

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2997, 11 February 1926, Page 4

HINTS AND RECIPES

The French method of administering castor-oil to children is to pour the oil into a pan over a moderate fire, break an egg into it, and stir up; when it is done flavour with a little salt, or sugar, or currant .idly.

If you moisten your tooth paste with a few drops of lemon juice your discoloured teeth can quickly be whitened.

When scissors get blunt, sharpen them by opening and moving backwards and forwards on a piece of glass. This will sharpen the bluntest of scissors.

Cut an onion in thick slices, and with these rub chilblains thoroughly for two or three nights before a good fire, and they will soon disappear.

If your new shoes should happen to rub a blister on the heel, take a piece of soap and wet it. Apply this to the heel and let it dry. This will prevent and ease blisters. . Wihen putting away a silver tea or coffee-pot, which is not in use every day, lay a stick across the top under the cover. This will enable the fresh air to gain access, and prevent the mustiness of the contents so often noticeable.

To make boots waterproof. Melt together loz. of mutton suet and 2 oz. of beeswax. Smear this over the boots —especially round the soles —as soon as it is getting cool. Leave till next day and then wipe oil'. They will polish perfectly well after this treatment.

Save old Kid Gloves. For ironing day. Sew a pad made from the left glove on the plain of the right one, and you will find your hand is saved from becoming blistered, while the fingers and the back of the hand will be protected from the scorching heat which is so damaging to the skin. To Renovate an Umbrella. If you have an umbrella thaL is rather the worse |‘or wear, and want to restore it, dissolve a teaspoonful of white sugar in a saucer of warm water. Brush your umbrella with a clothes brush, and then take some black material, dip in the liquid and rub the umbrella well. Leave open to dry off.

A Good Furniture Polish. Shred loz. of .white wax and li oz. of Castile soap very finely, pour over them half a pint of boiling water, then add half a pint of turpentine and i oz of methylated spirits.

Oil in a Lamp. Should not be allowed to get down to less than one-half the depth of the reservoir. The wick should be soft, and completely fill the space for it, and without crowding. A lamp should be neither suddenly cooled nor exposed to the draught. In extinguishing the flame the wick should first be turned far down, and then a sharp, quick puff blown across, and not straight down upon the flame. The Value of Salt.

Coal sprinkled with a strong solution of salt and water will last much longer on the fire, and its heat-giving properties, will not be affected. The colours of a carpet that has been sprinkled with salt before sweeping will “come up” well. A tablespoonful ,of salt dissolved in a tumblerful of hike-warm water is a simple emetic. A handful of it thrown on the fire when the kettle has boiled over will prevent a disagreeable odour. Added to the bath, salt gives an invigorating effect. , ■