House hold Lore

NZ Truth, Issue 1190, 20 September 1928, Page 17

House hold Lore

WHITE FLOUR GEMS CLOUR, milk and the whitea <ri * 2 eggs are required. Stir briskly into fresh milk enough flour to make a batter, not too stiff to drop from a spoon. Add the whites, whipped stiff, and thoroughly mix. A very little cream may be added last, if desired. Bake m hot gem-pans m a quick over -** # * nPO remove rust stains * from linen, wet the article with lemon juice and salt, then put it out m the sun. /CREASE marks may be entirely removed from clothing by apply- ] ing pure eucalyptus. * * TO remove oocoa . ataim * wash the article i cold water and then pou on boiling water. • * ECONOMICAL CAKE

r"REAM 1 tablespoon but* ** ter with 1 cup of sugar, add 2 ogrgs well beaten, then 1% cupa flour, 1% teaspoons baking 1 powder and lastly % cup of milk. Bake m a moderate o~ — * « 'TO prevent glass * windows steaming, polish them with a pad of aoft paper dipped In a solution of glycerine and water.

EMERY PAPER

TO restore the roughness of worn emery paper, place it In the oven for a few minutes. ♦ * fO separate post- * age stamps., labels or envelopes which have become stuck together, cover with a sheet of paper and press with a hot iron.

3LASS AND SILVER A PINCH of borax added to the water m which silver and glass are washed, removes stains .and gives a, fine glitter. • ■ • DLACE two thick- * nesses of brown paper under the doormat and the dust will collect on the paper and be easy to remove. * * 1 EMON juice and ** salt is an exceli lent thing for I cleaning the ivory keys of a piano. * • VINEGAR m i" washing -up water removes grease, brightens china and takes away disagreeable. jj& smells. I A GOOD PASTE I IA LITTLE un--1 •** beaten white of B egg makes a good I paste for sticking 1 paper. 8* • • & TO remove grease m <* • from enamel and H sine ware, run over §1 (With a piece of rag ffl dipped m kerosene. I WHITE woodwork W " will clean up II muoh easier If a litM tie turpentine is M added to the water. !| • • W TO get the best * results from blaok lead, mix it vrich cold tea instead of water. * *

TTHE quiokeat way i* to clean a mlneingr machine is to run a piece of stale iiiniimiiimiiiiiniiimiii|imiiii urn " rea " tiirougn it. *T0 remove candle grease from tables * and other furniture, make warm a soft cloth and gently rub the marks. This will remove the grease without scratching the wood.

# * • FOR BLACK LACE TO clean black lace, it should be sponged with a solution made of a piece Of lump ammonia dissolved m a cup of water. Do not make the lace too damp, spread it between two thin 6heets of paper and Iron out.