Ladies' Column.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 23 October 1914, Page 2

Ladies' Column.

' some hints that will help you.- ; -■".-■:■ To prevent apples discolouring during. the v process of cooking4, unnierse them; for a .quarter of an iir cold water slightly tinctured with jemon juice. To .Destroy Mites in Cheese.— Brush" off as many mites. -as pos-, sible, then put the cheese into a tub arid cover it with " boiling water; let it remain for ~ about two ... minutes', then-Vtake. r'it- out.""This \. will kill all the. mites, and improve the cheese by closing "up the' cracks: -"-; Peas ' and beans -may be .preserved from., the ravages.. of mice by soaking the seeds ;in salad oil and roiling them in powdered' resm :pre-:-\ious to .p.ut.ting them into the earth or liy saiuHating . them. in a solution of ;-■' bitter i^loes. '; Many .gardeners., cover the; ;drill with chopped brush. "■''■'■"'" ~'<"r' '■■'-"■ ' To-''a'SGer-iaih iif bed's Mare •damp-'----place a looking-glass between the sheets ; for ■. .a > fe.w, niinij-ief;. l,f upon its. removal the glass ' t>6 clduded it' may be relied on that the. i; sheets : . are not - sufliciuijtly dried,; and they r had better be removed, for it is better -; to! put! •' up' \vith thb ■ disebmfoKtt of.sleerniig- ;in ,the. .blankets than to ; . . stand, , ; the ot, catching cold' or perhaps rheurnatigm.J ■-'■'■■ ■"'••" "■'::'!:' ■'•' !■ ■ > -■' DC." ; 'vx .'J ;-.i> : ; jTp, : .,Make , Cement for : Earthenware.—To "half a' 'pint of; vinegar :add: half • a; pint of- skimmed'; milk--mix the curd with tho whites of :six-t- 11"eggS7 ■ w«?ll-'beaten, and sufficient powdered quick-lime to fonm :b. paste. ' '•■■This''preparation will- resist the actioh-'o-f"'-water and a moderate amount of heat. For China; "Make -'a' thick ■ Bolutiort-of /-gum a^abic with warm water, and stir in plaster of Paris. Use while warm, and set the article away for two or three days to dry. ,It cannot be broken again in the same place.