Hints That Help.

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 10, 21 September 1928, Page 13

Hints That Help.

Tv Brighter Shoes. Shoes frequently cannot be polished becuse the polish has previously been brushed on over dried mud, or sometimes two different polishes have been used for the shoes. Excess of polish and dried mud can be removed by rubbing with milk, on a soft rag. This is the best method of removing any mud that cannot be brushed off. The milk does not injure the leather, as water does. Washing shoes with water hardens the leather and often makes the surface peel off very easily. For Those Disliking Oil. Many people have an abhorrence of oil. Here is a salad dressing from which it is absent. Put half a teaspoonful of dry mustard and a level tablespoonful of white sugar in a teacup. Mix with vinegar until cup is one-third full; then fill up gradually with milk. It keeps quite well in a salad-dressing bottle. When needed for use shake well, pour the needed quantity into a cup and stir in a spoonful or two of cream. The proportions can be yaried according to taste. Jam-Making Don’ts. Don’t use bruised unripe or over-ripe fruit, don’t use fruit picked on a wet day, don’t insufficiently boil the jam, don't cover it with unairtight covers, dowt store it in a damp or too warm place. If through any of these causes jam has gone mouldy, the remedy is to remove mould, reboil jam, repot it in clean dry pots, and re-cover it. If the jam ferments, open pots, remove mildew, reboil jam with a little more sugar, remove scum. Reboil until jam has reduced by one-quarter. Put into clean, dry jars and re-cover. To Toughen Glass. (New glass should never be used until treated so that it is rendered as far as possible unbreakable. To ensure this, place tuitiblers, etc, in a large pan, pack round with hay, then fill with cold water. Add a handful of salt, and place the pan on the fire. Bring slowly

to the boiling point. Then remove from fire, and stand till cold before removing the glass. Invisible Mending. A three-cornered tear in a frock can be mended by placing the frock flat on a table wrong side up and smearing the white of a raw egg evenly round and overt the tear. Then cut a piece of linen a little larger than the tear and place it neatly over the rent so that it adheres to the white of the egg. Press with a hot iron. The patch will not come off even with washing, and the tear is not visible on the right side. The Useful Lemon. In boiling fish, add lemon juice to the water; this helps to keep it whole and thus preserves the flavour and nutriment. Incidentally, a few drops

of lemon juice in the water in which olf potatoes are cooking will keep them from discolouring, or a few drops in the food chopper before grinding sticky fruits, such as figs, raisins, or dates. will make the grinder easier to clean. and keep the food from sticking to the utensil.