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Taranaki Daily News, 17 January 1910, Page 4

When cutting bread and butter very thin, dip the knife occasionally in very hot water. * » • An old fowl should be skinned before cooking, either for boiling or roasting. Clean enamelled saucepans with a rag dipped in powdered pumice stone after thej' have been well boiled out, and they will look like new. Grease on a wall can generally be eradicated by covering with clean blot-ting-paper and then passing a warm iron over it. Wooden bedsteads are again the fashion. They should be wiped over every three months, with turpentine to keep them perfectly clean. Before leaving home smear steel fireirons, etc., with a little vaseline to prevent rust, and scatter borax over the kitchen floor to keep out beetles. A dis'h-cloth should be thoroughly well boiled in soda water once a week. This will keep it a good color and perfectly sweet.