HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 32, 13 October 1911, Page 9

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

is the best food to preserve a sound man, and the best medicine, to: restore a sick one. .-■■■ .-...>.-■ rr *... .'•' *. Vegetables should not be dished too soon, and should be thoroughly drained 'from Avater, so as to be crisp and fresh, .':,..,..* ...... * *■-... i.. rash is, caused by a chill or some error in diet. Keep the patient Avarm, and give a slight aperient at . night,, and the rash will disappear. ""' ...- ..■■■■ * ' * *-.-.. - Cleaning Furs. —Rub salt. or. damp bra-n,,well-..into the furs, and beat out from ithe- back, afterwards carefully brushing and hanging furs up.to dry. ~ ........*■ * ... * Onions, .if rinsed several times in , fresh -.additions of boiling water before they are cooked, are much more, digestible than if boiled in the ordinary manner^ A. glass.of hot milk taken before the patient's bedtime will often induce sleep;: Or a rub down- with- coarse toAvels till the skin glows is sometimes; efficacious. When- scones are taken off the gridle they should always be laid on a cloth,or-Avire tray, with the last cooked side down. This keeps them soft for a long time. » * . * The very best avay to clean'a* stained steel knife is to cut an old potato in : two, dip one of the pieces in brick dust (such as is usually used for knifecleaning), and rub the blade with it. * * * As soon as your coffee boils pour some into a cup and fling back into tho pot, ay hereupon the grounds sink to the botton; repeat the operation, and it will pour off as clear as possible. i* v *. - '* When it is necessary to clean windows in damp weather use a little methylated spirit, and you will polish the windows in half the time as the spirit , evaporates and dries the superfluous moisture as it goes. - 'Slow eating should be encouraged in' children j- who must be taught-to bite each mouthful 'thoroughly, 'as tho saliva which is mixed -with the food renders it easy to SAvaJloAv aikl helps in its digestion.