HOUSEWIFE'S NOTEBOOK
SOME USEFUL HINTS. When upholstery must not be damped, brush it vigorously with very hot bran. Use a stiff brush. Dip a piece of lemon—preferably half a small lemon —into salt, and the way is clear for cleaning the tarnish marks off a copper kettle. Delicately tinted paints will not be damaged if glycerine and borax are used as the cleansing agent. A faded frock may be made perfectly white by boiling it in water to which cream of tartar has been added. Toothbrushes and sponges will benefit by cleansing with borax. To add glycerine to the borax increases its effectiveness.
To prevent the forming of a crust in the kettle, keep an oyster shell in it. Cake frosting will be greatly improved if a little butter is added to it. If you wish to cleap an ivory-hacked brush, moisten a little powdered talc with a few drops of benzine on a flannel and apply to the ivory. Wash off with milk.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 August 1939, Page 8
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164HOUSEWIFE'S NOTEBOOK Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 August 1939, Page 8
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