Hints for the Housewife

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 4, 5 August 1932, Page 24

Hints for the Housewife

When washing chamois leather gloves follow this plan and you will find them as pliable as new. To a basin of warm suds add a few drops of ammonia. Let the gloves soak in this for a few minutes, and then Squeeze the leather gently, and knead them against the bottom of the basin, instead of rubbing them. Rinse in two lots of water, of the same temperature as the washing water, adding to the last rinsing water a tablespoonful of olive oil. Then press the gloves between the folds of a hot towel.to extract all the moisture possible, and hang up to dry. When nearly dry rub the gloves between the hands to keep them pliable. Rice for milk puddings requires about six times its weight in milk. If this point is remembered there is less likelihood of puddings being too dry. AlWays wash rice in a sieve in plenty of cold water. Bath towels that are wearing thin in the centre can be utilised to make hair shampoo towels. Fold the towel in half, end to end, and cut a slit up the centre of one half as far as the fold. Then cut a circle, about fifteen inches in diameter, out of the middle of- the

towel at the top of the slip. Bind the edges with tape, thread a draw-string through the circular part, and wear over the shoulders when shampooing the hair, Kid gloves of a light shade may. be cleaned in an emergency with talcum powder. Sprinkle it over, leave on for a while, and then brush off with a soft brush, Smoky ceilings can be cleaned by washing them with cloths wrung out of water in which a small piece of washing soda has been dissolved. Gramophone records should be cleaned with a soft rag. Put the merest drop of kerosene on the rag and wipe evenly and carefully. Do not return the record to its case until perfectly dry, when it should be polished with a pad bought for the purpose. Carpets should be given a weekly "dry-salting." Sprinkle the salt fairly thickly over the carpet and sweep vigorously with a stiff-haired brush until all the salt is removed. The salt not only lays and removes the dust, but it also revives the colours in the carpet,