USEFUL HINTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 September 1939, Page 8

USEFUL HINTS

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. Although dust-marks on valued old hooks can be removed with a soft eraser or crumbly stale bread, the marks left by dampness need to be sponged with water and alum. Between the moist pages insert sheets of clean, new blotting-paper during the drying. Old suspenders are generaly tossed away, although the metal loops are a boon when sewn on the corners ' of kitchen cloths as hangers. An ink-stain on a book or document will usually yield to oxalic acid, followed by a washing with cold water. The dust in wire mattresses calls for the use of the vacuum cleaner. If without one, employ a bicycle pump. Ordinary salt and flour in equal parts and a little cold water fnakes an adhesive paste. Drying silk stockings will be hastened if, after they are washed, they are stuffed with tissue-paper. Much of the wetness will thus be absorbed before they are hung up to dry. A few drops of sal volatile will remove fly-marks from a coloured silk lampshade, but do not rub. Apply promptly when the marks are noticed. and several limes if necessary. To remove wine-stains from linen, rub on both sides with plain yellow soap. Then rub in starch. Wash with cold water. Apply more dry starch, then put the linen in the sunshine until the stain has gone out.