Household Hints.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 10 April 1914, Page 2

Household Hints.

Camphor or borax dissolved in a jug of boiling water, applied to the head night and morning, gives both strength and growth to the hair. A splendid cure for toothache is to steep a small piece ,of brown paper in vinegar or. whisky, sprinkle it well with pepper, and apply it to the face. Keep renewing, as it dries quickly. This has a very soothing effect and induces sleep, and does not mark the face, although a slight irritation is caused. If wet boots or shoes are thoughtlessly thrown on the floor, the wet cannot get/ away, and the soles, being the hardest parts, retain the damp, which strikes through the middle to the inner sole. When one has been out in ever so small a shower, it is a good plan to lay the boots on their sides, in order that air may get to the wettest parts. i Collars ©f coats often become dirty before the coat is finished wj.th. A good remedy is to rub the soiSxi part with a little paraffin oil on a soft cloth, and then hang in the air for an hour to take away any unpleasant s-mell. When a chimney- smokes open the .window in the room for ten minutes before the fire is lighted, and not at the time, as is generally • done. A \ery good way to make your stair-carpet last longer, before . laying the carpets (providing you do not possess proper pads), is to fold up some brown paper, or newspaper would do, five or six thickness, not as wide as the carpet, and just l»y it about six inches f-om the edtge and a little over the eii^.-, and s«cure it at each end . wilh «. tintack. By doing this you vU) find j your stair-carpets will last a great deal longer. The length of time which should ;be given to the cooking of hoiled I fish depends on its nature and size, although eight minutes to the pound, with ar. additional ei-^ht ! minutes, is the usual allowance.' More lime must be given to steaming than boiling, and this? method, of cooking- is always to be recommended, as it better preserves its flavour. When fish is baked in the oven, a piece of buttered paper laid over the top will prevent the top from -browning: too quickly, and will keep the fish juicy and moist. The care of the gridiron—if one would have delicately-flavoured meat —is very important. If possible, use one of steel with slender bars'; the common broad, flat iron bars fry and scorch the meat. Each tim« before using grease it with fresh" sweet suet, and wipe with paver'• after using c :ee thafc it . g scr ' upu ' lously clean before putting away. Children under eighteen months oW should not be given br<-vl o*d butter except in v«ry slT>asl TlaQ _ tit,-..--.. When given, th<; h»•«&«} fo.houl--he cut as thinly as possible. ' 'iy~\\l '!r«?r. under two years of <u>-* V. r ", ger,cr>-]ly better without a.Mv'm^t though gravy or beef-t«* , nsv given vm. \ mutable for <;:..,.,... V( ". feeding better, meals shouw' «*„ be itliowMl.