USEFUL HINTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 413, 23 January 1909, Page 11

USEFUL HINTS.

To clean egg from egg spoons so as' to leave them..' bright arid untarnished first rub them with a little salt, and then wash them in-soap and water, and dry them with a soft cloth, and not ■ a paTtiole of tarnish will bo left.' Lace window ourtains should always be soaked for an hour in cold water, to which a little borax has been added, before being put in warm suds. This gets out the smoky smell-that is so noticeable in curtains that have been in use in a'town. , It may. not be. generally known that the tops of broad bean plants . that are cut off,- and usually thrown away, make a nice green vegetable, cooked in-the same way as silver beet or young cabbage. It is especially nice if properly cooked with ■ roast mutton.-. Any blossoms or-stalk ends should, of course, be removed before cooking. :

».::".. A good iinethod /to ~adopt,: if anything ■_■ which is .being;cooked, in the • saucepan be- '. comes, burnt fiuring, the. process,.-iB to.stand ?. the pan immediately into a basin of cold' 1 water,- which will.hare'the effect.of entirely I eliminating, the/burnt; taste..'■,".'.' '"■''} : :"-"/;.' j- ''scalesj-ican -. be easily ./removed.'/by" jv. .pohfing hot water over ithe v fish.': until.' 'the j| scales cur],. then scrape, quickly.''./ Wash.' 'in ■_..'■ .several waters,'/having .the. last water;cold I. and; weir/salted; so' that' there will, be "no 3 ; slime ;ieft.;';'; /;/', /....;';', .'•';';'''.■.■■ .//.; 5 ''■'.'•'•■ ';'■' .;■ ■■;■■■:■.!*■:■,.;■; •■".'•:.// i.- v "When a,big-ironing has.to be done,-what ). a comfor^ [r q,nd relief it js■ to. the feet to/use 3 f a cushion m stand on. while .ironing; ..It can r 'be; made fj;om an old quilt'folded and covered s by a piece' of ; cafpet. Until it has been tried, 1 no, one-can l believe the.rest;-it;is to.the'feet. ; i : ,; After starched /garments'.Save, been ironed '~ they . should':, be ; hung, in ;tho sunshine. to 5 thoroughly,dry,'and that the sun'may;take | away' - any yellow, spots: caused .by 'too' hot '-, irons;/,;■• :;.■ ■.;,'':'...'".. ... ■.■'.■■ '.■/..'■ j. A 'back-rest for an .invalid -which: will, be r - found .comfortable: for one confined to a: bed i : is_ made of. a wide-board, well padded, and j slipped-into cretonne pillowrcasev ~; I iTo .ventilate- a "room with double windows,' s where one window is not'arranged to openy have ; ,three > good-sized round holes made in' 1 -. the.-lower frame of ,the outer,.window.. Then provide three flat; strips/of wood, each re-i .. yolving upon- a single nail, ; to ;slide up ordown,, covering or exposing; the holes, at will. v.Try a little olive birand salt,,spread on marks made by-hot-water, .jugs on polished - tables or'i trays.-. Leaver for ..thirty minutes,-' •and .then remove, polishing "the surface -with ■ a-dry cloth'.:,,-.;;;. - ;■' .-'' .- ; v/-;/;--: ,/ ', :, : -;': ; - '■ _, To' prolong the 'life of a -taffeta petticoat ' line 'it/.with a thin muslin; The lining should be cutthe sameias. the outside 7 breadths and sewed,up with.,them... It is remarkable how •much; much'.,longer.;-.such,, a skirt will -last than one made up in the usual, way, unlihed,