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Show 1 mm HOME HELPS When laying linoleum, if you would have it smooth, let it lie in pla'ce and be walked over for a few days before tacking down. Soot may easily be swept from carpets by sprinkling lavishly lav-ishly with salt before sweeping. Tarnished articles of brass when washed in the water in which potatoes have been boiled, boil-ed, will be as bright as new. Grease spots on marble may bo removed by applying powdered powder-ed magnesia. i To remove pitch, grease and j tar stains soak in turpentine. Scrape of! carefully with a 'knife all the loose surface dirt; 1 sponge clean with turpentine. To remove sewing machine oil, nub with lard and let stand for several hours, then wash with soap and water. After boiling salt beef leave two or three cooked carrots In the Honor until cold. The carrots car-rots will absorb the salt and the liquor can be used for soup. Sometimes boot polish becomes be-comes quite dry with keeping. J Moisten it with a little turpentine. turpen-tine. It softens the polish making mak-ing it usable at once and also gives a good gloss to the leather. leath-er. Pack glass or china in hay which is slightly damp. This will prevent the article' from slipping about. Boil the corks before bottling bot-tling pickles, preserves, etc. While hot they can be pressed into the bottles and when cold they seal them tightly. If small garden tools become rusty, soak them a day in the whey from sour milk. The rust may be scrubbed ofT with stilF brushes or coarse cloth. Place in sun to dry, then give them a good coating of kerosene oil. |
