USEFUL HINTS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3827, 4 August 1928, Page 1

USEFUL HINTS

Tissue paper is excellent for polishing glass. ,

To cure a corn, rub with lemon dipped in carbonate of soda. Boil clothes pegs before using and they will last twice as long. A pad of cotton wool dipped in methylated spirits will clean and revive shabby brown shoes. A shaddy umbrella can be renovated by brushing with a solution of. ammonia and warm water.

When silk is being washed, a little salt added to the water helps to iix the colour, and to keep the material soft.

To keep chamois leather gloves from losing their colour wash them in water in which orange rind has been soaked overnight. The test of a nutmeg consists in pridking the outside with a pin or needle. It the oil spreads immediately the nutmeg is good. Glycerine is excellent for preserving apples. Smear thinly over each apple and store in a cool dry place, keeping a space between each to prevent rotting. ' A good way in which to keep lettuce and cucumbers fresh is place them on the stone floor in the larder and cover with a clean large basin or bowl. , When doing bead work keep a glass of water close at hand to dip your needle in occasionally. The moisture makes the beads stick together as well as stay on the needle —there may be a dozen beads on the needle, but they never slip off.

If new shoes and boois are varnished on the sole with best copal varnish they will wear much longer. Lemon juice rubbed into the scalp before washing the hair will dissolve all dandruff. It will remove warts if applied regularly every day. For corns and bunions, soak them in hot water and apply a slice of lemon covered with a bandage.

If the loose cover of a couch or chair slips out of place when in use it is a good plan to till two old stockings with pieces of clean rag, and push the two rolls tightly down between'the back and the seal. This keeps the covers in place and prevents them quickly becoming crumpled.

Boiled starch may be washed over newly-cleaned linoleum and allowed to dry. This will form a skin, and if the linoleum, is to he polished only a small quantity of polish need he used. Soak a rag in turpentine and put it beside any hole in the floor where you suspect mice get into the room.

To protect a bed from the draught caused by cold air rising from the floor, place several sheets of newspaper between the wool or hair mattress and the wire mattress. To clean very tarnished silver, mix a few drops of ammonia, instead of water with the plate powder.