HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Shannon News, 18 November 1924, Page 2

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To clean white bone beads when discoloured procure thre e pennyworth of peroxide of hydrogen. Soak the beads in this for a day or two. Then stand them in the sun for a few hours. Use old newspaper * to wipe the stove, to polish the tea-kettle, or wipe the flat irons (doubled), to place under a hot kettle or dish you wish to put: on the table. Spread on the floor in front of the table or stove; they faave the flooj- and can be burned up when finished with. Discoloured marble can quite well f e cleaned in the following.way: First of all wash with soap and water, then wipe dry, and apply a paste made of powdered bathbrick and lemon-juice. Hub it well into the discoloured parts, and rinse off in clean cold water. Never let a mirror be hung where the sun's rays fall directly upon it. The light and heat produce a chemical action on the quicksilver at the back, which injures the reflective powers and makes the glass dull also.

To get rid of grease spots on carpets, marble, etc.,* use a paste,;of fuller's earth and water.

Do not put pepper into anything to be fried; its presence causes the rissoles or fritters to break.

To tighten cane seats, wash them with strong salt and water* and stand out in the open air until dry. Laces and other delicate trifles should be placed in a muslin bag before being boiled. This prevents their getting lost and torn in the wash.

To take rust out of steel, cover the steel with sweet oil well rubbed on. In forty-eight hours rub with finely powdered unslaked lime until the rust disappears. (

After washing and drying woollen blankets, hang them on a line in the open air and beat them with a carpet beater. This raises the fluff,, and the blankets wil look almost as good as new.

Milanese silk garments, especially when in the heavier make, sometimes shorten during washing. When this occurs they should be gently but firmly pulled out while damp and during the ironing process. When cleaning grates add half-a-dozen drops of turpentine to the blacklead, stir well, and a beautiful polish will be the result when finished. It also keps stoves from' rusting when not in use

To remove tea, coffee, or chocolate stains from table linen, sprinkle with borax and soak in cold water. Then stretch the linen over a bowl and pour boiling water upon the stained parts. Don't wash brushes too often or it will shorten their life unnecessarily, but don't leave them so long that they get very dirty. Wash them in warm, soapy water, without soda, for this loosens the bristles, and dry them slowly.