LABOR-SAVERS IN THE HOME

NZ Truth, Issue 1149, 8 December 1927, Page 4

LABOR-SAVERS IN THE HOME

Some Little Things That Count

On the principal that it is the home, the following hints are sir;

If your handbag, comb -case or other decorative leather goods have become shabby-looking, don't despair. They may be beautifully cleaned and polished with a little good white boot cream. Apply with a soft rag and afterwards

polish with a clean soft duster. Suede leather may be cleaned up by rubbing the stains with a piece of emery paper. # # # To give soft shirts and collars the gloss so noticeable when they are new, mix the starch m the usual way, but add to it a piece of butter— about the size of a walnut, or, alternately, a few drops of white turpentine. * • • Raisins will stone more easily and candied peel will cut up, more easily if they are slightly warmed.

small things which count m a )mitted as aids to housewives. To remove salt water marks from shoes dissolve a piece of soda In a little hot milk. While warm, apply the mixture with a oloth and rub m well. When quite dry, clean with ordinary polish. _ * * # To remove grease spots mix together half a teaspoon each of ammonia and alcohol and rub on with a damp cloth. • • • If troubled with midge or mosquito bites, rub a little oil of lavender m the hair, and on the arms and ankles, of which these pests seem specially fond. They will then avoid you. To ease a bad bite apply bicarbonate of soda dry, or a little liquid ammonia. y * * * To remove the marks made by hot dishes on polished tables, rub with spirits of camphor. •* # # To remove white marks on furniture j caused by dampness, rub with a soft cloth on to which has been sprinkled a few drops of ammonia. Afterwards polish with a little oil. * * # Colored cotton garments should never be soaked prior to washing. They should be washed, rinsed and hung out to dry as soon as possible. * * * Steps will keep white and clean m damp weather if a little liquid starch is added to the water. * * # To prevent the dye from staining the skin, black stockings or yarn that is to be knitted should be boiled m milk for just a few minutes. ' # # # A tablespoon of vinegar added to the last rinse water will bring up the color of cotton goods. Never use blue. # # # To clean varnished wall paper, use

The uses of asparagus are unlimited.

weak cold tea. Apply with clean flannel and dry with soft duster. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT: "G.S." (Christchurch) : The following are the oven temperatures required for baking:. Bread, very rich pastry and puff pastry, S4O degrees. Cakes and ordinary pastry, 320 degrees. ' Mutton, 300 degrees. Beef 310 degrees and poultry and game 310 degrees. Oven thermometers are procurable from all good stores.