Household Hints.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 741, 30 January 1915, Page 7

Household Hints.

Lemon juice added to water when boiling rice will make tlie latter snowy .wliite.- ; ' . 4 When a glass stopper will not come /out of a bottle allow one or two drops of glycerine to. soak in, and it can be removed quite easily. Few persons know that an onion cut up into four, parts, and put in , a sick room where there is any infectious disease, takes in all the infection.-. , It is not generally known that a sheet of too placed over the smallest gas jet will heat two flat-irons . as quickly and! successfully as burning, two jets. Boots and shoes, however damp, will polish in a few miiiutes if a drop or two. of paraffin oil be' added to the blacking. It also prevents the leather from cracking.. The most nauseous physic may be given to children without trouble by previously letting them. suck a peppermint lozenge, a piece of alum, or a bit of ; orange peel. For cleaning boots a strip of carpet glued to a piece of wood .will remove mud very quickly and without the , slightest injury to the leather, and it is much better than the usual brush.

For a nervous headache or one following a too strenuous day a simple means of alleviation is to remove the pressure of the blood, on the brain by, soaking, the feet in water as hot as can be borne. The blood is quickly drawn to the feet, and the brain is thus relieved of pressure. A teaspo.onful of mustard added to the water will effect a relief when the former method fails. A little salt rubbed on cups will take off tea-stains.. As a toothpowder it will keep the teeth white and the gums h-ard and rosy. It is one of the best gargles for sore throats. Neuralgia of the feet and limbs can be curecf by bathing night and morning w'ith salt' and 'water as hot; as can be borne. When taken out, rub the. feet briskly with a coarse towel. Salt and water is one of the best remedies for sorel eyes, and if applied in time will scatter the inflammation.- t