HINTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2086, 11 January 1908, Page 5 (Supplement)

HINTS.

To remove dust from silk skirts, do nut use a brush, hut wipe them with a piece ol velveteen, which yvill not wear liie silk and will remove the dust much better than a brush. When buying gloves it ,is__wiso always ,to see that they arc well powdered and stretched, as this facilitates matters when putting them on for the first time. It is of great assistance also to slightly wet the thumb and forefinger while slipping the fingers in turn into their various positions.

.Knitting is declared to be' a most helpful exercise for hands liable to become stiff from rheumatism, and it is sometimes prescribed by physicians because of its efficacy. Eor persons liable to cramp, paralysis, or any other affection of the fingers of that character, knotting is irejgarded as most beneficial. To remove stains on light-colored tweeds, fuller’s earth made into a paste with a little boiling water and applied hot is extremely useful, the stain being held to the fire until dry, when the powder can be brushed away. If the first- application is not entirely .successful, it should be repeated once again. Acid Emits.—Cook acid fruits in earthenware pans, and they will have a lovely color and superior flavor. Bacon Hind.—Bacon rinds, after being scalded and scraped, should be saved for flavoring stocks and stows. Stale Cake.—Stale cake, with the addition of thin custard, makes an excellent boiled mulding. Serve sweet sauce with this. Hard Boiled Eggs—ln boiling eggs hard, put them in boiling water. It will prevent the yolk from coloring black. Young ‘Fowls.—lf the skin of fowls peels easily it is a. sign of youth. If