WHITING WIZARDRY

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 247, 9 January 1928, Page 5

WHITING WIZARDRY

Whiting can be a positive wizard in the home when once the housewife is aware of its manifold uses. No kitchen should be without its ample supply of this most obliging commodity. First and foremost on the list, it is .moaralleled in efficacy for cleaning white paint, either wood panelling or minted furniture. The way to set about Ku-iness is first to wash the article thoroughly with a weak solution of lukewarm soapy water, drying it with a non-woollen cloth. Mix the whiting with water to the consistency of thin cream. Then apply to the furniture with a piece of cotton rag, rubbing gently where discolouration is very marked. Wash off all traces of v(hitin* and dry, again with a non-woollen cloth Where a highly-polished surface Is desired, a light polish with a clean silk duster will give the paint thus treated the bright and glossy appearance of newly-painted surfaces. Next, for scouring pots and pans. A mixture of soap, sand and whiting in equal proportions, boiled together for five minutes, is a most wonderful pot and pan scourer, and it also removes For cleansing glassware of all kinds there is absolutely nothing to compare with whiting mixed with a little blue water. It is simply magical for win-dow-cleaning. Cook. too. will find that any kitchen utensil which has been used for fish, onions, or other foods possessing strong and lingering odours will be made perfectly sweet and non-odorous again if

thoroughly scoured with powdered whiting. Then how many house-mothers realise, I wonder, what a beneficent toilet agent is this humble item in the kitchen equipment? Hands stained by vegetable peeling, etc.,, can be made beautifully white, by rubbing powdered whiting well over them, and under the finger nails. As whiting has rather a drying effect, a of glycerine should be rubbed in before the final rinsing. A splendid dentifrice is also found in pulverised whiting. It is wonderful for removing tartar and those discolorations of the teeth that are due to smoking. H.B.

Small holes in tin or enamel-ware which is not subjected to heat can ho effectively stopped up with resin. Heat the poker in the fire, hold a lump of resin over the hole, bore into it with the hot poker, and the melted resin will soon fill up the hole.