USEFUL HINTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 38, 8 November 1907, Page 3

USEFUL HINTS.

Ail;-economical housewife, wastes nothing;, ofj.cpnrse, and !the .wonderful things' she .does wijjh.scraps ;'of left-over soap, the- lntppssible residjlo ; of a whole.cake, are worth .studying. expensive, toilot soap she,has. several* plans'.-.pjip' is:to put the pj'eces ca'refully' away until,thero arc half-a-dozen alike', when they are welded, together with warm water and, l firm \pressurq, and made into a cake al-most-as, good as new. Another plan is,to.add these'scraps to all the other small pieces of toilet, bath, H >nd pure white soap, which.are all/.preserved, in a crock in the bathroom. When the jar is.about two-thirds-full, .tho pieces, are: cut. small, and it is filled up with boiling-.water, -stirred,., and to it is added slowly, a-handfiil of oatmeal and a tablespoonful of glycerine or borax.- This makes a vory good';;soap jelly, and'makes a.splendid, bath rather..or hahdsoap,.softening,and whitening the skin,"jn the-severest weather, oh account of; the oatmeal and glycerine in it. Or she' pounds; tho hits into powdor and sews them' into, cheese-cloth bags, fillod with oatmeal or bran, with a dash of orris root, if the powder is..not already scented enough. These, .are very'pleasant to use in the bath, instead of washcloths. .'■'.... _ -; .Fine soap scraps are sometimes put into an agate pan, covered with watoiy and cooked slowly in' a moderate oven, for an hour. or. two to. jelly., In a covered jar this is always, in demand .for. washing delicate laces, dmbroideries: and handkerchiefs which should. never bo rubbed with soap. Remnants of laundry soap can be boiled into a jelly or soft soap for -dish-washing or shaved into the washboiler on washing day. When dissolved, soap powdbrs; and bar soap seem to'.do more work than>when used-'in'their ordina'ry state.' .If'all,bar. soap is aired and sunned for a week- or • two 'before, using it will last about tfice as long and. not melt away in the water without any visible effect.