HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 32, 15 February 1935, Page 50

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

--SCORCH mark on a white article will come out if rubbed at once with fresh-cut lemon. * [Fa pinch of salt, is added to the fat when frying chips they will be much crisper, and brown more quickly. . Ea bd % F you. have a cold, be sparing with your _powder-puff, but generous with the cold cream at night. PF you are the possessor of a- clip-on brooch, find an. unusual place to put it and you will give yourself an extra point of chic.

LY use up scraps of pastry add some ground, almonds and caster sugar, cut. into rounds and bake. . These make tasty biscuits. . / ® % + , (CELERY which has become wilted may be freshened by standing it in a jug of. water to which a pinch of bicarbonate of soda has been added. * ™ HEN butter is too hard to spread cut it up and mix it with a few tablespoonfuls of boiling milk. This softens the butter without oiliness. * * ™« OT minced ham, mixed with chutney and spread on‘hot toasted and buttered muffins, makes a tasty surprise for tea. & ™ * HEN’ measuring out medicine from a bottle, always pour from. the side opposite the label. Then drips will not obscure the. directions. * % % [NSTEAD of cutting tomatoes in halves when frying, ‘try pricking them all over with a fork:. They look much nicer when served with bacon, and keep hotter. _ % * * . ANDLE ends make excellent tapers. Melt. them: down, then take some short pieces of string and draw them through the warm wax, leave to cool and harden, Repeat: process if wax is not thick enough. ' , s cs ~ . LEEVES which hold our interest from -morning to night this season ‘grow very-grand when it comes to evening coats. ‘ In a. new model, the dressmaker responsible has invented an entirely new way-of putting ina sleeve, the top pleating making an epaulette, : . * * % HERE the hair is inclined to be _ greasy, it is a good plan to fill a small dredger with a really good starch, and at the first signs of greasinesses, sprinkle this through the: hair, leave in for half an hour, then shake out as much as possible. Follow this by -brushing thoroughly. with first a stiff and then a soft bristled brush. This will’remove all the greasiness and leave the hair nice and fluffy. Coe Ro OR MANGLE rollers will last twice as | long if: treated: in the following way: Obtain two pieces of leather, about six inches long, one inch wide and a quarter of an inch thick (an old trunk strap would do), and roll these between the rollers one at each side. This will keep the. rollers slightly apart and enable the. air ‘to pass through and dry them.

B sparing with perfume at dancing time. However nice it is; remeniber that a little goes a long way, so don’t overpower your partner. * ’ ae piping cord is boiled befor’ being attached to loose covers, it will not pucker when the covers are washed. xt ip i F you darn children’s hose diagonally across the weave, instead of with it, the darn will give as the stocking is stretched in wear and will not fall away. * * * * * EVEN though it is so hot, joints have to be cooked sometimes, and nobody can hope to keep cool if they have to hang over the oven. basting ‘the meat. Here is a suggestion,. Keep all the odd scraps of fat and suet and put them into a little net bag. If you suspend this from the grid above the joint, the heat of the oven will slowly melt the contents of the bag, ‘and a continual basting is set up, "while you go out for a walk or sit on the verandah and forget the dinner. , * HEN you are it nay happen that you. need the same transfer again for another corner. . You can renew the one you have already used in this way. Mix equal quantities of ordinary washing’ blue and sugar with enough cold water to maie to the ‘thickness of ‘cream, With a clean pen dipped in the mixture, follow the lines on the old transfer. Let it dry thoroughly, then press with a warm iron on your material, and the design will be © transferred as usual. : :