HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 December 1938, Page 10

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Do not throw away celery leaves. Wash them and dry them off in a slow oven, then crumble them to a fine powder. Store in jars and use for flavouring soups and stews.

To clean brass, scrub it well with strong ammonia. Next wash it with clean water, and dry carefully with a soft cloth.

Match-marks can be removed by rubbing them with a piece of cut lemon and afterwards with a rag dipped in water.

If your mirrors show signs of little black specks that appear without any apparent cause, you can easily remove them by dipping a flannel or a cork in either spirits of wine or turpentine and rubbing the specks. Afterwards polish the glass with powdered whitening.

To clean windows sprinkle a pad made of newspaper with ammonia. Be sure to rub the inside of the windows with it, and you will find that you will not be troubled with flies.

Bronze ornaments can be kept in a good condition by wiping them over with a little'oil and then polishing them with a soft duster.

Straw matting can be cleaned by wiping it over with a coarse cloth dipped in salt and water. Then wipe it dry. You will find that the salt prevents the matting from turning yellow.

Bad grass-stains on white flannel will yield to a mixture of yolk of egg and glycerine. Leave on the mark for at least an hour, then wash off. The stain will come out quite easily with this treatment.

Amber beads may be brightened up successfully by washing them in milk.

Books which have become damp should be left in the sunshine for a time to prevent them from becoming mildewed.

Add a little alum to the whitewash when doing a smoky ceiling.

When tinting lace or casement curtains, put the tint into the soapy lather. The curtains will tint evenly if this method is followed.