TOMATO JUICE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 43, 19 January 1938, Page 12

TOMATO JUICE.

USES IN HOUSEHOLD. Few housewives outside of France make full use of tomato juice. Tomatoes have many other uses besides culinary ones. For example, to take ink stains from a tablecloth, apply tomato juice to the ink spot before water has touched it. A little rubbing may be necessary, and after the stain is out wash thoroughly in. water.

Different inks have different staying qualities, some of them being Very I persistent, but with ordinary black ink, the tomato juice is entirely successful. Being a natural bleacher, tomatoes have their use in the toilet, too. Parisian girls pin their faith to a ripe tomato cut in half and applied to the face and neck once or twice a week when the skin shows signs of sallowness. If used at night and allowed to remain on until morning, the benefit will be obtained much quicker. Tomato juice is also a splpndid cosmetic for the hands, especially if they are spoiled by housework. It will remove all stains and whiten the skin, besides improving its texture. 4 SILVERWARE POLISHER. Tomato juice is a splendid polisher of silverware. Simply dip a soft rag in the strained juice and rub it over j the metal, and polish before it has! time to dry. Rinse under the tap, ! wipe dry and give a final polishing with a square of chamois leather. Chrome, gold and platinum may also be burnished up like new with the aid of tomato juice, and given a final rub with a chamois leather. Nickel and electroplate can be polished in the same way, but in this ' case give a final rub with a soft wool-I leu cloth—to avoid scratches. I

Mirrors and window glass can he kept bright and lustrous by means of tomato juice. "With mirrors, add a few drops of the tomato juice on a soft old flannel and apply to the glass, being particular to get into the corners of the bevels.

The point of the cloth only needs lightly dampening with the juice, of course. Afterward polish with a soft, fluffless duster.

Ordinary table glassware and decanters come up bright and lustrous like new if washed in water containing a teaspoonful of strained tomato juice. This ,is enough for each quart of water used. Afterward dry and polish and give a final rub with tissue paper. NATURAL BLEACHER.

Handkerchiefs that have taken on a bad colour due to neglect or careless laundering may be got up like new again if allowed to soak in water containing a tablespoonful of tomato juice. This is enough for two quarts of water. Let them soak for two clear days, if possible, then add the tomatowater to the ordinary washing water and wash in the usual way. Wipe the wood free from surlace dust, then cut a tomato in half and rub the juice into the wood, then with a clean, dry cloth go over it, rubbing first in one direction, then in the other. The resultant gloss will deliglit J °A S a substitute for paraffin, tomato juice is splendid for cleaning paint or enamel, enamel ware, lacquer ware, wicker and wine furniture, inlay work, or japanned goods. . You can also use it for cleaning the bath sink or lavatory basin. It cleans and bleaches—but it docs not turn yellow, or smell, or scratch.