The Household. Housekeeping Hints.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 247, 17 March 1888, Page 9

The Household. Housekeeping Hints.

How to Wash Silk Knit Articles.— Wash in lukewarm water, using a very little white castile soap in the water (no other), and moid rubbing the article as much as pos&ible. Rinse in clean, cold, hard water, and squeeze the article in a clean, dry cloth to dry it. Never wring it, nor use acid or alkali in washing silk. Dry at once, an then place between a dry, smooth cloth, with weight enough to press the article smooth, after which take a soft, dry flannel cloth and rub lightly, which will give a finish to the silk.

Nkwsiwvkr llou>ru and Lam r Sn u>j:. — An article of great oninmonb and use is a hanging holdei for two or three newspapers, made ot a strip of thin Japanese matting, eighteen inches wide and forty inches long. The edges are hound with scarlet satin ribbon, about two inches wide. A piece of cardboard the width ai the matting, covered with silk, is sewed into the tortn of a short length ot stovepipe, and the lower part of the strip of matting i s tinned up over it and kept in position by bows of satin ribbon, The holder i> then hung upon the wall by a ribbon or cord attached to the upper corner*. The pocki tor pipe at th? lower part is to blip the ncw&papeis in that one -wishes to ha\e at hand for the day. Instead of the matting Ida eanva, or heavy grey linen, may be used, with a lining of bai>:e, such as is used to co\cr tables, but in turning up the end over the pasteboard frame it will bo necessary to out tho material and sew the lower part on in a way to bring the right side out when it is turned up. The edge may be bound with narrow ribbon, and two rows of briar-stitch embroidery in silk added above it A group of flowers or a shield and monogram should be embroidered upon the upper part of the holder.

The Moth ok Carvht-wokm. — A writer in Farm and Ho.ne says :- Although my neighbours clothes have all suffered from its invasion to the extent of ruined cvupets, clothing, &c, I h-ive never, during my twenty years of housekeeping, had u. moth of any description, and attribute my immunity entirely to the use of turpentine. After each of my cat pet* is well swept it ia at onco gone over with the following mixture: "To three quarts of pure cold water add three tablespoonfuls of turpentine. In this thoroughly saturate a sponge, squeeze about two-thirds dry, and go over each breadth separately and in all corners. As often as the water becomes soiled take a fresh supply. You will be surprised to see how beautifully it will cleanse your carpets, besides being one of the best disinfectants.

Cleaning Bottles. — Bottles, after being some time in use, tire apt to acquire a crust or coating very difficult to remove by ordinary means. The following are methods for removing such impurities :—: — lsfc, soak them in permanganate of potash ; 2nd, rinse them out with a solution of equal parts of muriatic acid and water ; 3rd, chloride of lime and water in the proportion of one ounce of the lime to two pints of water, and allow the bottles to lie in the solution for three or four days ; 4th, strong sulphuric acid may be put into the bottles, which may then be corked and allowed to stand for a day or two. This should remove the strongest crust. Either of these four methods will require great care. The chemical should in all oases be carefully rinsed out with clean water, and it should be borne in mind that all acids are extremely injurious to clothes, &c. Gre\se Spots tn Ground Glass. — To take grease epots out of ground glass, uso a solution of caustic alkali or pearl-ash. Ammonia is sometimes sufficient.