Show HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS items of interest to the housewife 1 0 A boiled custard poured over peaches or bananas makes a delicious dessert to remove paint from cotton clothing soak the spot in a solution t made of equal parts of ammonia and turpentine when spots spot disappears wash garment in soap suds mens patent leather shoes dancing pumps evening shoes and so on will last twice as long if they are kept on trees a and n d rubbed with vaseline after use when the teakettle becomes discolored inside it can be brightened by boiling a clean oyster shell in it tablecloths that are no longer in use make good cot covers bedspreads or curtains if they are dyed to match the color scheme of the room pie crusts will be flakier if a tablespoon of cornstarch is added to the flour used for each pie fairy bread two cupfuls flour one dessertspoonful sugar one teaspoonful bicarbonate of soda two teaspoonfuls cream of tartar pinch of salt one egg half cupful milk or a little more make into a nice light dough and bake as a loaf in a slow oven leather book bindings can be preserved by periodic treatments with an equal mixture of castor oil and paraffin Q associated newspapers service |