Hints and Suggestions.

Otago Witness, Issue 2813, 12 February 1908, Page 74

Hints and Suggestions.

Apples should never be baked in tin, which darkens both apples and Juice. Oil stains on Avood should be spread with a paste mad-e of pipe-clay and \rater, this being rubbed off the next day, whilst vinegar and water removes fly stains on varnish and paint. Cut-glass dishes should be washed in warm soapsuds with a brush. Rinse quickly in cold water, dry with a towe 1 , and polish the dry elnss with another cloth or with a washleather. i Brass trays, etc., are easily cleaned. Rub over the brass with a cut lemon, then wash well with hot soapy water. A j.ftood rub with a leather after the tray has been dried will give the desired polish. If- those housekeepers who complain of a bitter taste to their cucumbers will bearin at the blossom end when paring, and slice the skin off towards the stem, they will find that it makes a decided difference in the flavour. A splendid device for ventilating a nursery is a board 20in wide. It should fit exactly into the space between the lower sash and the sill. Through the space left between the sashes comes a steadj supply of fresh air. Linen that has become yellowed may be whitened by puttinz into every 10 paTlons a handful of powdered borax, or boil the clothes with a teaspoottful of spirits of turpentinp. putting the turpentine in the water before it is placed on the stove. A good solution for cleaning silver is composed of one-third part of ammonia, two-thirds of alcohol, and a tablespoonful of whitiner shaken well together. Dampen a soft cloth and tro over the silver quicklvt wiping it off with chamois-skin before it drif^ A Shampoo Mixtnrp. — A 6imple shampoo mixture for the hair is lwrle by taking a froth of soap nnd bentinp into it the voik of an pjrer and n dessert-spoonful of spirit of ro«ema.rv. This is an excellent rleanser for the hair, and keens it soft and silky. Root on Carpet*. — When soot falls upon the carpet or rucr do not attempt to sweep it up at once, for the lesult is ''ert-iin to be- a d ; .sfieurin<r mark Cover it thickly with dried salt, which will enable yon to sweep up the soof cleanly. so that not the slightest stain will be left. Camphor ice, for vubbinor on chapped hands, may be made by- placing: a iar containins half-ounce powdered camphor, two i ounces white wax, one ounce lard, in a yaucenan of water over the fire, and stirriiie till melted and mixed. The comj pound should be poured into small jars to set. Few people who null a cork from a bottle are aware of the fact that all cork bark has been boiled for at least an hour in superheated steam before it left the factory. Old' corks should always be boiled befm-p bping u«j°d afresh. If baby suffers from earache a littlevaseline rubbed behind the ear affected will ffive ease at once. Milk will immediately and effectually extinguish the flames from gasoline or any other form of petroleum, since it forms an emulsion from the oil, whereas water only spreads it. Bits of iron will prevent water from, becoming mitrid. Sheet iron or iron trimmings are the beet. The offensive smell of watei in vases of flowers would be avoided by putting a few small nails in the bottom of the vases.