DID YOU KNOW THAT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 August 1939, Page 10

DID YOU KNOW THAT

Cut flowers last longer if their stalks do. not touch the bottom of the vase. Scrambled eggs are vastly improved if a tablespoon of floui’ is added to the mixture before the final beat.

A drop of methylated on a cloth will take the tarnish off silver articles, or the cleaning powder can be moistened with methylated spirits. To give embroidered linen a professional finish put an extra blanket under the ironing cloth and iron the embroidery last tjj.ing of all with the right side downwards.

To keep a picture hanging straight on the wall paste a narrow strip of sandpaper on the bottom half of the frame at the back.

Cold baked potatoes dipped for a minute in hot water and placed in a warm oven till thoroughly hot will be as nice as if freshly baked. To thread a darning needle take a length of cotton, put the two ends together, and thread through the eye; put wool through loop, and draw it.

To remove leather dye from stockings soak the stocking from one to two hours in a mixture of two tablespoonfuls of borax to one pint of cold water. Rinse in cold water and wash as usual, or squeeze lemon juice on the dyed part and rinse in warm soapy water. If you add a small piece of butter to the watei’ in which eggs are being poached they will not stick to 1 the pan. Leftover raw starch can always be used again. When the starch has settled pour off the water,, put the basin in a hot oven for a few minutes, and break up the dry starch. Put aside till required again. To cream butter and sugar quickly place the wooden spoon in boiling water for a few minutes, keep dipping spoon in water until ingredients are creamed.

Warm, castor oil rubbed into leathercovered furniture and polished off with a soft cloth will preserve the leather and prevent it from cracking.