HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 June 1939, Page 8

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

HELPFUL TO HOUSEWIFE. A small piece of dripping or a slice of fat bacon added to the boiling water will make a marked improvement in the flavour of cabbage. Pour hot water over the neck of an aluminium hot-water container if the stopper has been screwed too tightly. The heating will cause expansion of the outer part, and the stopper will be released sufficiently to overcome the difficulty. It does not seem to be generally realised that the humble clothes-prop is entitled to a coat of paint. It will prolong its life. The best time to do this is when it is new. A country woman solved one problem of a showery winter’s washingday. She cut the sleeves of an old raincoat off at the elbows, and thus made it into a working overall -which kept her warm and dry.

Suede shoes may be cleaned and freshened with a rubber nailbrush. To remove grease, let a stiff paste of fuller’s earth and water dry on the shoes, then lightly brush off.

Invisible hairpins are much better to use than pins when net curtains are being macle. The pins which are supposed to hold the hems constantly drop through the mesh.

The rubber rings which are so freely used these days should be saved. Some people slip them over doorhandles, where they are never noticed. They have largely taken the place of string.

Ordinary cement mixed with cold waler to the consistency of thick cream will repaire a hole in an enamelled bowl. Spread the mixture over the hole and leave it till it is hard.