A Column for Ladies.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 May 1910, Page 4

A Column for Ladies.

'Compiled lor ''The"t?hroiiiol'o.'') HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To remove mud spots from black clothes, rub carefully with a raw potato, and they will disappear. Grass stains can be removed by wetting them in cold water and rubbing between the hands, using no soap. When making hot .starch, use soapy water. It will give a gloss to tiie linen, and prevent the iroiT from sticking to it. A lump of sugar put into tho teapot will prevent the .tea, from staining any table linen over which It may be spilled. For oak or ivy poisoning make a smooth paste of common baking soda and lard, and apply often. Relief quickly follows. Flannels should be washed in lukewarm soft water, and rinsed in same—not cold; it prevents them from shrinking or drying hard. If food becomes slightly burnt while cooking, set the pan at.once in .a basin of cold water, and its flavour wall bo uninjured. If you suffer from heartburn, try eating a small piece of dried orangepeel when tho attack comes oh. This will often work wonders. When ironing, stand on a hassock. You will ho surprised how much "less tired you are at tho end of the day than when you stand on tho floor. A little vinegar poured in vessels immediately after cooking onions, and allowed to come to the boil, will remove the odour and teste of the onions. To whiten piano keys, rub with clean, soft rag dipped in alcohol. If very yellow, a piece of flannel moistened with eau do Cologne should be used instead. To prevent a cake -from becoming heavy when taken out of tho oven, always allow tho steam to escape from it. This can lie dono by putting the cake on a wire meat-stand. To clean a gold chain, place for a moment in a cupful of ammonia and water, using three parts of water to one of ammonia. Polish finally with a clean chamois leather. To' save incandescent mantles, when lighting turn on the gas for a few seconds, then hold the match one inch above the chimney. It. is through applying tho match too quickly that so many nullifies are destroyed. New iron kettles may bo cleaned bv boiling in them a good-sized handful of hay. Let boil one hour, then scour with soap and sand; fill again with clear water, •and allow it to boil. After this treatment, they will not discolour anything. To remove mildew from linen is not so difficult a matter as some seem to think. Rub the spots well with soap; then scrape some line chalk, and rub it also on tho linen, l'tit voui"tablecloth out in th* air, and as it dries keep wetting it a little. The mildew disappears after the second or third application. To remove, dried tea-stains, apply equal parts of yolk of egg and glycerine to the stain and allow to dry. Rinse well in clean, cold water. This will bo found excellent for an afternoon: tea-cloth which must not be boiled on account of its delicate colouring. A broom, when not in use, should always bo placed in a holder to fit it. Those who wish to make one should place two large screws into the wall about 2 inches apart. Drop the broom between these, handle downwards, and it will wear a very

long time. Milk is good for stiffening lace and blouses and saves having to get boiling water to make starch. Wash the article, wring rather dry,_ then dip in cold milk, allow material to thoroughly dry, damp and fold ,as usual.

A piece of velvet stuck in tlio heels of loose-fitting shoes of boohi will prevent them slipping up ami down anrl so wearing out the hoois of t-ht- storking. ATnuy frocks and emits are trimin.>rl wiii.li white cloth and are .so I much braided that it is impossible to use pipeclay between. "Rub f.b'c. white doth with table ssilt. and bread, mid you will •find every .scrim O'f dust niicl any stains are removed. if nosiM' 1 "cl someone to hold the elolfh tightly while you ruh it. When s-rews are rusted into wood droii :i small nnantifv cf mraffin on the. screw ton. Allow time, for Hio fiil to sink in. and then the screw can easilv he removed. REOTPES. Heel' an Gratin.— Put in-a baking dish a lew bits of cold boiled pork or ham, or a little butter and water, add a bit of an onion, and cover with bread or cracker crumbs. Lay upou this slices of cold beef, cover with crumbs, moisten with stock, anil bake in a gentle oven. Veal and Rice. —Put 211) of veal to stew with onions and a few leaves of celery; pepper .and salt. .In .separate pan put rice with cold water, .and four or five pieces of celery, and as water boils down add the gravy of stew until rice is done. Serve separately with tomatoes and mashed potatoes. Stewed Mee* Heart.— One heel heart, two onions, and one bay leaf. Cut heart into .small pieces. Add onions cut smoll and bay leaf. Cover with boiling water. Add salt and pepper. time, two or three hours. Add to gravy one enp of milk. Thicken 'with two tablespoonifuls of Hour. ELLEN TICRRY'R ADVICE TO YOUNG WOMEN. "If I were to say one word to the young woman who has her own way to make, and wero limited to the 'one word, T .should Kay, in capital letters, 'Work!' If it were given me to add two more words tliew would bo 'Have Patience!' ti T wei'e allowed to run to three words, thev would 'be, wlith emphasis, 'Don't bo Viwn!' ' "No woman, can expect to make anything of herself without work. Even a. genius must work. Indeed, T thjnk many geniuses make themselves mainly through good, steady, persistent work. "In every walk of life, T have found that'the women who are accounted at the top of rtihe ladder are those who put in the most hours at grinding effort. T havo always Iliad to work hard. Tdo wot remember the time when T could .bring mvself to take thincs easy, and T never wanited to. There ha, zest in work which is near and dear to

"Rut oven with work one must Jig patient. Results cannot he accomplished in a day, or a week. And if the tas« is slow in showing for itself, she who can grit her teeth and continue that persistent hammering, will surely in the end find that it will win. It is not the work finished in a. flash that is most enduriiisr. It is the woman who wears well .after all can hold success better when she does attain it."