HOUSEHOLD LORE

NZ Truth, Issue 1174, 31 May 1928, Page 15

HOUSEHOLD LORE

SOFT BLANKETS

TO make blankets soft and fluffy, peg *. them on tKe line after they are washed and dried; beat them with an old tennis racquet or carpet-beater. * # * MEW clothes-lines and pegs should always be boiled for 10 minutes before being used. # # # A PIECE of folded newspaper placed under the ironing sheet will prevent it from wrinkling. • # # WHEN washing kitchen towels, add a " little borax to the water; it will keep them a good color, besides acting as a disinfectant. , MEW blarTkets should be soaked -for a few hours m cold water to which has been added a little ammonia. COLORED WASHI*NG IF a teaspoon of Epsom salts is added to every gallon of warm water m which colored clothes are washed, it will prevent the most delicate colors running or fading. • # * A LWAYS dry colored clothes quickly " and m the shade. * * f A QUICK method of damping clothes " is to nearly fill a bottle with water and cut a small groove m one side of the cork. . . CARAMEL COLORING TO make caramel for coloring, take %lb. white sugar and about 1 tablespoon of water. Stir over the gas until sugar becomes dark brown. Add % pint of hot water, stir well and when cool bottle for use. « * * . ■, TO stain concrete, scrub "well with * soap and water and let dry. Then stain with any ordinary varnish stain. No polishing is necessary. ♦ # ♦ . ' • TO wash a varnished floor, use a. cloth * wrung, out m lukewarm water, drying each bit as it is washed. On no account Use hot iwater. : ' ■' •». - • " • • ■ ' »V ; ■ ' JLLW AYS soak lettuce or other green salads m . very . cold .water for several hours. • . k ■*'•■'* DUDDINGS are' better steamed than r boiled. Allow them to stand for about. 10 minutes before turning out. :; . „ -: . # „"■;*' ■ ;..■•' ■#-,-■■ .*.LWAYB;teaj> leittuce^. lt should never i*. ;be cut miihw knife.. ;•':, '^■■'■i^^,' : --.-*^. ::^^py-* : :\. ■•.,■.■* ■ iJAW;m^atisfip'u!d ; never ;lie on a plate :'T^/^ih^lts''pwn^-juifee.'y. ; -:;'.' :."■■''.:..:'■ ' ■ ■'. A LVVaYS coyer jam while it is hot. *• Parchment covers are better if soaked m vinegar instead of water. :. ■ ■ .. # ;.. . * . ■ . . * , ■ A LUMP of sugar will keep a disused teapot sweet.