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Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 19, 23 July 1920, Page 12

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CITRON MELON JAM. Citron melons, the writer is inforns^d, are round with a white stripe, whilst pie melons are oval shaped. To avery pound of melon allow f of ajb of sugar, to a 101b melon. allow llh of preserved ginger and. one large pineapple. Skin and cut up finely the melon and pineapple, and let it stand in the sugar overnight. Next day boil slowly for about five hours, or till a nice colour. This is a delicious jam, as the melon absorbs the pinapple flavour. Some add lemon rind and juice, but this the wrfter thinks destroys the pineapple flavour. PIE MELON JAM. Peel and cut up the melon finely. Use pound for pound of sugar. Stand the melon in half its weight of sugar over-night. To eleven pounds of melon allow three oranges and two large lemons, or more if liked of both. Remove the pips and cut the fruit up finely and cover with water and let stand over-night. In the moming boil them in the same water for an hour. Strain and add to the melon and boil together for three hours. . After one hcur's boiling add the remainder of the sugar. DRESSING FOR OILSKIN. 1, — To one pint of boiled linseed oil add a teaspoonful of white zinc ; powder very finely- a piece of black lead the size of .a walnut, which add to the oil. Kaep well stirred while using. Wash the oilskin well with hot water, and dry before using the preparation, which should be well rubbed in with a piece of flannel. Oilskins prepared in this way have the ap-pea-rance of a piece of liid, and never stick, no matter how folded. 2. — Dissolve over a gentle fire loz beeswaz in one pint of the best boiled linseed oil, and apply to the coat when cold with a piece of rag. Then hang the coat up to dry. To prevent the parts sticking together when folded, rub the coat when properly dry with pure beeswax, and pass over it a hot iron brush well whilst still warm. TO CLEAN-PAINT. Damp a clean cloth in hot water, dip it in whitening, and rub the paint- until the dirt is removed. Rinse well in clean water, dry with a soft cloth, and polish with a chamois leather. Paint cleaned in this way looks like new, and even the most delicate colours are not injured. DRY CLEANING GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHES. 1. — Take about twopennyworth of fuller's oarth; make it into a medium paste with water, then cover the clothes all over with it. When quite dry brush off, and you will find they will be equal in appearance to new. 2. — If light material, first brush them thoroughly, and rub with a clean cloth ligbtly, after which rub with prepared chalk thickly, and leaye them with the chalk to work in. Hang them out in the open air for two days then brush them well, and rub lightly ; with a clean cloth and press them. For dark garments, use ammonia diluted with water, dry well, and press.