HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 347, 25 March 1911, Page 3

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A PLEA FOR BABY. This is a plea for the baby. Give the little fellow a chance. He can't help being a baby, now, but in time lie will outgrow it. You will still wish to retain his love and respect. But you cannot, retain them if you have stuck some bizarre name to him upon which his playmates car. constantly make puns. if your infant happens to be a girl, with a gipsy-like complexion, don't for goodness sake call her Rose or Lily or Pearl. And whatever you do, abstain from calling your girls after precious stones. One has seen an Opal and a Sapphire that bore about, as much resemblance to the gems for which they are named as a pig does to a gazelle. The utmost stretch of the vivid, imagination cannot, trace the faintest resemblance between them. Just here another important idea obtrudes itself, namely, "baby talk." If I had 17 wives, each having 17 children, and should hear one of them talking that insane twaddle (writes a champion of King Baby), I should be one-seventeenth of a widower in just one-half minute. Her death would be a solemn warning to all women to abstain from such talk. Put yourself in baby's place for an instant and imagine your feelings when some huge monster grabbed you, threw you on your back, and began to pour a stream of this kind of stuff into you: "Oo's 'ittle ottsie pootsie, tootsie is 'oo?" Wouldn't that jar you? But the baby has to stand it.

GENERALITIES. Iced cakes or tarts when returned to the oven after icing, require only sufficient heat to harden the sugar. To prevent sausages from bursting let them get hot through very gradually, and fry them over a slow fire till they are browned over. Stains on flannels may be removed by applying yolk of egg and glycerine in equal quantities. Leave it for half an hour and then wash out. To clean white enamelled furniture, remove all dirty marks with a flannel dipped in methylated spirit. Then wash at once with tepid water, to which has been added a little fine oatmeal. Never use soap or soda. Things to be fried often stick to the pan if a new one is used. To prevent this, scour the pan thoroughly with salt, rinse well, and then dry. Instead of washing a frying pan, try rubbing it well with tissue paper. This keep it beautifully bright, and it does not get discoloured so quickly. To iron clothes easily, damp the clothes and fold them neatly. Then roll tightly and lay aside for several hours. After this the clothes can be quickly ironed. Ground coffee sprinkled freely amongst the fur or feathers of freshlyshot game will keep it sweet for a considerable time. It should always be treated in this way when packed for travelling. The following paste is excellent for cleaning sinks, tiles, stone, paint, saucepans, etc. Take equal parts of whiting, soft sloap, white sand, and soda. Put the ingredients into a saucepan and add enough water to form a smooth paste. Simmer gently until it is quite dissolved, then pour into jars for future use. Apply it with a clean flannel wrung out in hot water, and afterwards rinse well with clean warm water.