Household Hints.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 681, 27 June 1914, Page 3

Household Hints.

To poach eggs, always pat a little vinegar in the water. Shortbreadi—For this, always use Icing sugar, instead of castor sugar.' Bread Sauce.—When making it use stale;bread crumbs, otherwise use fresh bread crumbs dried in the oven, but not browned. Paper Cases.—When using these for any. cookery, oii the cases before, wanted and put them in the oven for a quarter of an hour. Let the oven be at moderate heat. • Breadcrumbs for Frying.—Let them being allowed to take colour. By always be baked in. the oven- without following this rule fish, meat, etc., coated with egg and crumbs will be much crisper. Parsley, to. Fry.—Let the pan of fat be quite boiling (fat, unlike water, is then quite still, and a blue vapour rises from . it). Draw the pan to the side of the stove before putting in the parsley, as the latter would be spoilt if the fat is too hot. Parsley may be dried or crisped in a slow oven, but it is not such a nice accompaniment to fried fish, etc., as that which is cooked in hot fat and afterwards carefully drained. It ought to be green, and quite crisp. "Never allow a- rose-colour hat to corer your, head unless you have some, touch of black in it," is a mill'njry maxim ; and another is that "'Black with pale, blue is the most becoming colour to the dark woman with a clear complexion." , The new season's veils ' are not of the aggressive kind that placed pattarns unbecomingly on the face. The nrw veilings are wider-meshed •■ and) have large chenille spots. Some o* them are in rather striking colours. Hats, whsther big or little, are put on so as to show the hai* all round. For an afternoon gown either a picture hat or a draped toque may be worn, while with a tailor-made are smart marquis and toque shapes. The hair is dressed flatter on the top of the head, and just brought' softly forward a little on the forehead. Curls still remain the favorite coiffure style, although they: are scarcely so fashionable as they were. Do not overload the head with unnecessary hairpins, is an advice given. Let each pin have a definite object, not be indiscriminately stack in here and there. Again, do not drag the bair with the pins. Apart from ths discomfort, nothing breaks hair more quickly. Coloured umbrellas are in vogue, and some women have an umbrella to match each.gown. Umbrellas are slightly larger than they were last year, and deeper in the crown. Sticks are all fairly thick, the once popular '"tube" being now quite out. Panniers may suit the few, bat for the moment they are not worn by the well-dressed woman, says the "•Gentlewoman.'*" - Of the cappy arrangement of the wedding veil that has become fashionable, the same paper remarks that it is doubtful if it is generally becoming. Much depends on the soft flimsiness of the tulle or lace, and «tven more upon the clever manipu* ation of the folds.