HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 20, 24 January 1903, Page 4

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

USEFUL INFORMATION FOR BUSY HOUSEWIVES. EißAcaE.—The • smoke of tobacco _ blown into, the ear is a remedy for earache. If an old iron-holder is attached by a long string to the band of a cooking 1 apron wh'le cooking is going on, many burnt lingers and scorched towels will be aavetl. Brass teats are kept in splendid order by washing them in boiling hot water, and afterwards polishing with a leather. A little soap may be used ifjthetray be very dirty. When velvet gets crushed from pressare, hold the parts over a basin of hot water, wi h the lining of the article next the water; the pila will soon rise, and assnme its ordinary beauty. To Clean White Satin.—Scrape a piece of rock ammonia to a ponder, and rub on the soiled parts in a circular way with a piece of white flannel. This will be found most successful. _ A liquid glue that will stick labels to tin may be made by boiling one ounce of finely-powdered borax in one pint of water, then adding two ounces of gumshellac, and boiling till dissolved. Xjahp bqrner3 should be boiled in a quart of rainwater and an ounce of soda for ten minutes, then wiped with a cotton cloth. Soak the wick in strong vinegar and dry, and the lamp will not smoke. Fires should be well brushed before they are put away, and then wrapped in linen bags and packed in air-tight boxes. • During the summer the furs should be taken out two or three times, hung in the sunshine, and well brushed.

White and cbeam coloured straw hats may be cleaned with oxalic acid. A pennyworth should be dissolved in half a saucerful of warm water ; then, with a tooth-brush, well wash the hat with the mixture. Bend it into a nice shape, and let it dry in the sun.