HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 411, 24 March 1904, Page 6

HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.

*** Uemm of Useful Domestic Information for tbc l3u» y Hooit* . wife.

Beeswax, broken in pieces and put wi-Inn the folds of white woolens and white silks when laid away, will overooat any tenancy toward yellow.a*™*. says the Brooklyn Eagle.

An experimenting housewife has discovered that grape juice imparts • •eHeious flavor to ice cream. i'P'ull decorative boxes for the wcr2: or dressing table are now div.'iicd inside as a rack, into which are sV-pp ,1 in an upstanding row either • aid.-, wound with baby ribbon in T:':lcgct'-;I tints or fancy winders in i-nt cardboard, bone or ivory, filled •v'th sewing silks of different colors. • s makes it easy to htirriedly single •» t. when dressing, the shade required for replacing, say, the drawn ribbon suddenly broken or slipped off from a fashionable slip bodice, or the silk -needed for a hasty stitch or shaded embroidery. These dainty and useful receptacles are frequently evv.>\'d frcm bonbon boxes, and are ec.*.:-d with figured silk or art linen, i* white cr fray tints and decorated wj*': a Fi>ray of forget-me-nots or a clusi.-.r of violets and pansies.

A CHpftri of cold boiled rice added lo any breakfast muffin mixture or par.cn ke batter adds a Tery agreeir Ie irueh of variety.

Some new dessert dishes in frosted nHvrr are in the form of large wideopened daisies, the flowers forming the dish, the stem the foot.

Uefore using a sponge beat it and efaakc it well, then let it remain in cold water all night, next day rinse it through two or three fresh waters to remove all sand and dust-. If it becomes sticky and slimy after using, fecalc in warm water -with ammonia in it. a feaspoonful of liquid ammonia to a pint of water being the right proportion; let it lie in this an hour, thi*n rinse first- in warm, then in cold water; set it in a current of air to dry. A sponge should always be set where it will dry thoroughly.