FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
SOME USEFUL HINTS. If a cake turns out heavy the cause may be that when melting the butter it I has been allowed to oil. ‘ A little salt added to the water when washing coloured silks will keep the material soft and help fix the colour. A discarded powder-puff will be found excellent for giving a final polish to windows. The flavour of tea will be improved if a small piece of dried orange rind is kept in the caddy. The task of icing lamingtons will be simplified if the lamington is held on the end of a skewer while each side is iced before sprinkling with coconut. You will also find that by adopting this method the coconut will not be wasted. When washing curtains with a fringe, the result will bo much better if the fringe is combed, while wet. with a hair : comb. Your hands will not become stained, and it will save a lot of time if when preparing rhubarb it is done in the • following way: After thoroughly wash- I ing the rhubarb cut it up with a pair I of sharp scissors instead of using a knife.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 February 1941, Page 8
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196FOR THE HOUSEWIFE Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 February 1941, Page 8
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