FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1939, Page 8

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

SOME TIMELY HINTS.

If a frozen mixture from the refrigerator does not slip out easily, wipe the container with a' cloth wrung out of hot water. To clean galvanised buckets, rub grease into them, melt it slowly in the sun or near the stove, then scour with fine ashes or sand. | When chamois leather is. washed (use warm water with a little amI monia), do not wring it, and when it is drying give an occasional tug to pull it into snape. If black hats look shabby, mix one tablespoonful of ammonia with five times the quantity of cold tea and clean briskly, after having brushed off any dust. Sprinkle carbolic acid crystals on red hot coals on a, shovel to clear a room of mosquitoes. After cleaning patent leather shoes warm a piece of flannel and polish with drops of olive oil or spirits of turpentine. When preparing carrots and other vegetables, always cut. them lengthwise. This will make them much more tender. When taking a cat. to the veterinary surgeon, a good idea is to place the animal in a man’s coat sleeve.. Hold the cuff part firmly round its neck and tie the other end. To remove ink-stains from linen, melt a little fat and dip the stained part of the linen into it. The stain will disappear when the article is washed.