MILDEW

To remove mildew from clothes prepare the following:

% pint of soap jelly.

4 tablespoons of starch.

1 tablespoon of salt.

juice from 1 lemon. Pour over stain or apply with a brush. To remove mildew stains soak in milk for 48 hours or rub with lemon juice and salt. To keep a dampened ironing from becoming mildew in the summer, store in.a plastic bag in the refrigerator. For mildew on woollens, let soak overnight in sour milk or buttermilk, rinse in lukewarm water, then launder as usual. Wash in sudsy water and hang outdoors with mildew spots exposed to sunlight. If spots persits, rub with lemon juice and salt and bleach in the sun. Finish by laundering in suds as usual. Wash, then leave to dry in sunlight. Rub with salt and lemon and expose to sunlight.

MILK

Never put hot water on milk or cream stains. Wash them out in cold water, followed by soap and water. Rinse in clear water.

MOVING

When you move a heavy stove or frig, coat the floor with soap suds and they will move easily.

MUSTARD

Rub in liquid detergent and let soak for half an hour, Rinse in clear water.

Rub glycerine into stain. Launder.

NYLONS

To prolong the life of nylon stockings, place them in a plastic bag and place in the refrigerator.

ODOURS

A dish of pure vinegar placed in the frig will absorb all unpleasant odours. To remove onion or fish odours from the hands rub with salt.

Put a little vinegar in water while cooking cabbage, turnip, etc., and there will be no cooking odour. It also keeps potatoes white.

To help rid the house of the odour of cooking vegetables, put a little vin- egar in an open saucepan on the stove.

Place a small piece of charcoal in the refrigerator to keep it sweet smelling.

To eliminate odours when painting, place some vinegar in an open dish. To remove onion smell from hands, rub with dry mustard. Peel onions under water and they will not irritate the eyes.

To kill a paint odour in a room put slices of onions in a pail of water and this will do the trick.

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