HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 734, 6 January 1915, Page 7

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

When meat is very slightly tainted .ry throwing'- a few nieces of charcoal uto Iho pob into which it is being cooked. Tins will make it quite sweet, and prevent .any unpleasant odour, arising .vhile is it b'oiling.-

To make breadcrumbs quickly, place a pieco of crumb i:i a muslin bag, tie Iho o".?ni;L£, a'id rub with the_ hands. The crumbs will bo quite fine, and it will only take a minute or two to bake 'horn.

TVhcn maLi.l2 a pie, the juice from iho fruit ver.v often soaks through the undercriist and spoils the appearance of it. This'can be proven led by brushing the crust over with the white of an egg.

To clean discolored marble, first of all wash with soap and watep, then wipe dry and apply a paste made of powdered Bath brick and lemon juice. Rub it, well into the discolored parts and rinse it off in ek-an cold water.

' Lamp chimneys should never be washed in soapy.water. Hold the chimney over .steam and polish with a cloth. Then rub over with a rag upon which, a little powdered "whiting has been ■sprinkled:

Flat irons when heated by gas become rough. It has been found that if the surface and edges be' rubbed with oil after use, and when next required, heated and rubbed with a dry cloth, they will, keep smooth.

An" economical "way of; frying onions is to place sufficient:cold water at the bottom orthe._pan and-cover it, then" slice the onions" and-put them into-the pan with a piece of dripping the size of a walnut. Fried in this way they will not burn.

When.putting away furs and woollen garments, dip old rags in paraffin, place them between ' layers of newspaper, and put the newspapers in the boxes or drawers in which the woollen things are stored. This will keep away the moth. ■ - -

To ease a tight shoe wring out a cloth in very hot water and- place it over the place where the shoe pinches. Repeat this as soon as the cloth becomes cold, and after two or three applications the leather will diave become stretched to the foot through the moist 'ieat from the damp J cloth.

To free carpets from- moth or in- ! sects, strew- thXikly with fine, dry sate, and roll up for a week. Unroll, sweep hard; if indoors burn" tire sweepings. Repeat the process, and. in three days sweep twice, once against the nap an«i : once with it, and,, before relaying, silt. salt and red popper into.the parts affected. To keep silver bright dissolve a" small handful, of borax and a liny piece of white roan in a pan of hot water. Place the silver in th!s, and allow it to stand for a ?<v.v hours. Then pour off the suds, . and rinse Iho silver in clear water. Dry v. ith a soft cloth;, and polish with a chamois leather. Silver treated in this way will k?cp clca'.i and bright for quite a lom>; time, if it is occasionalh rubbed with a clemi rliamois.