Hints and Recipes.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 289, 23 May 1929, Page 2

Hints and Recipes.

Use tailor’s thread for sewing on' coat and trouser buttons. It will save j endless bother and many stitches. j Mud stains on brown shoes can be ] removed by rubbing them with slice® j of raw potato. When dry, uolish with ' boot cream in tlio usual manner. [ A couple of ordinary moth ba'N thiown on a dull lire will matte it burn up brightly. {Stains on crockery may be quickly removed by rubbing with fine 'isaes moistened with vinegar. I An ordinary clothes peg makes an ; excellent weuge for preventing wm- ' dows rattling. One of the prong* should be broken off and slipned boj ,ae window and the frame, j Ivory knife-handies tliat have grown ; yeliow with age or bad usage may be whitened by rubbing gently with line | sandpaper, and then polishing with a • clean chamois leather. i A simple cure for catarrh is to aiuS . up tne nose some salt water —a tea- ' spoonful of sait to ha.f a pint of warm water. Just pour a iittie of the soiu . turn into the palm of the hand an-l ] sniff some of it up one nostril at a • time. Scraps of toilet soap should be saved, and tuen melted down in a saucepan with a lit tie milk. When thoroughly dissolved stir in a little line oatmeal. Form into cakes and dry for ase. To tighten a cane-bottomed chair ■> wash it in a strong solution of soda i and water and let it get thoroughly j dry. It will then be found that the cane has snrunk and the seat tightened. Potatoes are greatly improved if after boiling and straining they are loosed gentiy up and down in the saucepan for a few seconds. x"us makes them floury.

If a lump of Vida is dissolved in a . little hot water and added to the blue water, it prevents the blue from set tling in patches on the clothes and * makes them perfectly white. The cord used for piping loose sKjmt * covers is apt to shrink from the hrst time the covers are washed, and causes j the seams to have a puckered appearance. If the cord is washed, boiled, and dried before being used, this difi Acuity is overcome. Linoleum painted with shellac g«vc.j a brilliant polish without causing a slipped surface, and obviates the necessity of cleaning the linoleum every day. Ink Strains on a Carpet Wash the stain immediately with plenty of '-milk, rubbing it hard with * a piece of flannel dipped in the hulk. Should the milk leave u greasy mark this can be removed by rubbing with the flannel dipped in hot soapy water. j To Clear Home-Made Wine I To clear home-made wine that has » become cloudy, draw off about a gal- : lon of it, and in one quart whisk the | whites of three eggs. Then pour uito | ’ne cask and stir all well together. Pour in the rest of the wine drawn, , huing the casit, and stir again. S 3 kirn off the bubbles that rise to the top, then close the cask and leave for several days before bottling. An ounce or more of isinglass ’dissolved in one quart of the 'wine could be used Instead of the whites of eggs.