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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 167, 8 March 1932, Page 3

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i Ink Stains. Will often come out of a tableeloth if immediately rubbed with a juicy tomato. Uses for Borax Instead of salt use borax when washing all kinds of greens. It will remove dirt and insects and improve the flavour. A teaspoon of borax in a gallon of hot water makes an excellent hair wash. When making starch mix to a thin cream with a teaspoon of powered borax, pour on the boiling water and stir with an ordinary candle until f transparent. This will ensure easy ironing and prevent the iron from sticking. ! Washing Woollies. Give them a final squfeeze through clean soap-suds and let them dry with the soap in them. They do not drip but dry quickly and remain surprisingly soft. Crisp Bacon. The frying-pan should be well heated before the bacon rashers are put in. They will get crisp much more 1 easily. • I Between Meals. A habit worth making is that of drinking water between meals, and one worth breaking that of eating chocolates at such times. Pipeclay. If a little pipeclay is dissolved in the water used for washing clothes they will be whiter and not nearly so difficult to clean. . J Beetroots. Will retain their colour if a pinch , of carbonate of soda is added to the water in which they are boiled. New China. If new china is soalced in a bath of cold water for six hours it will always keep its glaze and will not craek so easily. To Clean White Serge. Warm dry salt or ground rice will clean a white or light serge costume. Rub it well into the garment to be cleaned. Use a folded linlen hanpikerchief or a piece of white flannel for a pad. Afterwards put the garment on a hanger leave for an hour or two and then brush thoroughly with 1 clean brush. Scorched Milk. , • The taste of scorched milk can be ;aken away if the saucepan containing t is stood in cold salted wateb and eft for a few minutes.