THE SUN

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 21, 16 April 1927, Page 5

THE SUN

To clean wicker chairs, wash with soap and warm water and a soft brush. Rinse off the soap and rub the wicker with equal quantities of tenion juice and water. This will help to whiten it. Put the chairs in the ouen air to dry. Grease stains may be removed from wicker by rubbing with a little methylated spirit. Be careful, as the spirit is highly inflammable. * * * When making scones have the liquid for mixing warmed to blood-heat and add a piece of butter the size of a walnut previously dissolved in o. little boiling water. puffs will be much lighter if the eggs used are placed in col l water for two hours before beinsr beaten. • * * Every few weeks give shoes a sponging with benzine; it removes all the stains and discoloured polish, and when next they are cleaned they look like new. • * * A little ordinary washing powder sprinkled on a damp cloth will thoroughly clean sink. If when baking lemon cheese tarts you cook the lemon cheese in them, mix it first with a few crumbs of sponge cake or with bread crumbs. This will prevent the lemon cheese from running. When cooking biscuits, small cakes, etc., on the oven slide, instead of using a knife to take them off use the egg slice. Several can thus be picked up at once, and there is less likelihood of ihe novice burning her lingers.

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A STAIRCASE TREATMENT Staircases, especially if they be on the lofty side, can with a little thought be readily transformed in a manner that will break the monotony of too much wall space. Supposing there be no dado to the wall, try this expedient: Buy a length of paper which has the thinnest veneer of wood upon its surface. Cut this up into pieces simulating newel posts, and paste them on the wall at intervals, rising from the skirting-board. From top to top of these festoons a thick upholstery cord, letting the cord terminate at the conclusion of each series in a heavy woollen tassel to match. An orange cord on a wall of parchment tint, or a rose-pink cord against a grey background looks delightful. If you can do gessowork on a large scale, you can adorn the staircase walls sucessfully with little yew trees in low relief, springing from the wainscote and terminating at dado height. Dwarf apple-trees, with fruit seen in half-discs between the green leaves is another charming mode of treatment. The background, however, should be of some soft pastel tint such as a pale blue or lemon yellow. Long Japanese kakemonos bring splendid variety to a gaunt, tall staircase. They should be used sparsely—one to each flight being sufficient to give a good effect. Japanese matting for the stairs harmonises with them admirably. At the bend of the stairs a tall Oriental jar, on a stand of carved ebony* would also be in keeping*