HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 27, 2 February 1937, Page 11

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To keep a coffee-pot or percolator sweet and clean, Doll It about .once a week with a little borax In the water. The latest craze In London is to have all undergarments of soft, pure silk taffeta, the idea being that the more a woman’s garments rustle the more smartly dressed she is. Always hem new table linen by hand. It .looks better and does not have the line of black which remains under the edge when machined. The redingote type of negligee is oecoming increasingly popular. Velvet over lace, or velvet over lace-trlmmed 3atln is favoured, anef ensembles Include wide-legged pyjama’ trousers, in a contrasting or colour. Tomato soup made with milk often curdles, due to the acid in the tomatoes. Just as the milk boils add a pinch of carbonate of 60da. Do not boil after this, but thoroughly heat the soup. Turquoise coral or gold are the Jewellery accessories which accompany black frocks. A four-stranded twisted necklet of turquoisft is particularly effective. Gramophone records may be washed gently with a warm lather. Dry at once.

As well as suits, two-piece dresses with jumper-like jackets designed with peplums are being made from washable materials. They have square neck-lines and smoothly-fltting bodies, and the skirts are only slightly circular.

Aluminium may be brought, to the first, brightness by cleaning with a mixture of 30 grains of borax in a pint of water to which a few drops ol ammonia have been added.