LEMONS

Shannon News, 28 February 1928, Page 4

LEMONS

FOR STAINED FINGERS. Picking fruit, making jam, slicing beans—in fact, most of the things the busy housewife does with her own hands—stain the fingers and take away the beauty of hands' and nails. Stained fingers should never be neglected. Pumice-stone as a clealnser, should be avoided for, although it certainly removes the stain, it coarsens and hardens the skin and makes it liable to a deeper and more lasting strain next time. A better way is to rinse the hands in cold water immediately after handling any fruit or vegetables (with onions this will do much to remove the odour as well as the stain) and scrub the nails with a soft brush. Then rub the'hands with half a lemon and dig the finger-tips right into the fruit. The lemon juice really removes the stain and makes the hands white.

A piece of lemon skin put in the dish when you are washing up will soften the w.ater, remove all traces of the smell of fish, onions and the like and givo china a fine gloss.