A bit of soap rubbed on the hinge of doors will prevent them from creaking. Before boiling a cracked egg, rub salt over the shell. This, prevents the white from boiling out. To clean copper, rub it with lemon dipped in salt. Kinse in clear hot water and polish with a soft cloth. A lather made of white soap and milk is said to be excellent for cleansing children's white kid shoes. To remove the rusty appearance from black suede shoes rub with equal quantity of olive oil and black ink. Vinegar will remove flyspecks from almost anything—windows, picture frames, woodwork, etc. The white of an egg applied to a burn is a more efficacious remedy than earron oil or co'lodin. To n-.move finger-marks from wallpaper, take three cupfuls of flour, one cupful and a half of water, and three tablespobnfuls of ammonia; mix to a stiff paste, then, rub the walls and the paper will look like new.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1916, Page 9
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159Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1916, Page 9
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