HOUSESHOLD HINTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 May 1938, Page 4

HOUSESHOLD HINTS

WORTH MAKING NOTE OF. Add a teaspoon of milk to the water when boiling potatoes, and they will be beautifully white. Linen to be stored should be washed, but not starched, as this tends to crack it, packed away in black or blue paper, and sewen into an old sheet or pillowslip. If sausages are dipped In boiling water before frying, they will not burst, and the flavour is improved. Milk kept in red-coloured bottle, or plain bottles covered with red paper, will keep fresh much longer. Do not discard your worn-out lawn mower. Have it converted into a truck similar to those used on railway stations for luggage. On washing day. place the clothes basket and pegs on it, and save carrying a heavy basket. To remove rain-spots from a silk marocain frock, sponge the frock with clean water, and press on wrong side while wet. Press until dry, and the spots will disappear. z Leather coats which have become shabby can be renovated by painting over with while of egg. Use a fine brush. . New shoes of kid will be less likely to scratch if they are given a coat of good shoe cream before wearing.