WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 213, 29 August 1908, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

KEEP FOB KEFEKENCE. To Itcmove a Fish-Bone.—lf, when eating lisli, a bone should get stuck in the throat, a raw egg should be swallowed immediately. Do not drink water, as it is perfectly useless. To Cure Hoarseness.—Take a fresh egg, teat it, and thicken it with castor sugar; flavour it to taste with lemon. If this is taken promptly tho hoarseness will soon disappear. To Fix Colours.—Take one pennyworth of sugar of lead, dissolve it jn a bucket of water, and soak the gavment in this solution for several hours before washing it; then rinse twice, and wash in the usual way. If this is dono the colours will never run. To Clean Carpets.—lf a carpet has seen 'hard service, and is badly soiled, it can be brightened and cleaned by sponging the surface or rubbing it with a solution of ammonia, .borax, and wat;r in the proportion of about one tablespoonful of liquid ammonia and an equal quantity of powdered .borax to one quart of water. Clean oue small place thoroughly and dry well with a soft flannel before another is touched. Soothing for Coughs.—Toffee has a great advantage over cough mixtures, because, as it requires to be slowly sucked away, it lias a longer time in which to act on the parts which arc irritated by coughing. Tliis simple toffee is both soothing for coughs and delicious to the palate. Take half a pound of Demernra sugar, one butter, one tablespoonful of treacle, one teaspoonful of ipecacuanha wine, Jiix the sugar, butter, and treacle together, and boil tlicm slowly for half an hour. Then add the wine, and when thoroughly mixed with the other ingredients .pour tlie mixture 011 to a greased plate to cool. Spices should be kept in closely-fitting tins if they are to preserve their full strength. For scouring jars used in cookery, that are stained by baking, use hearthstone slightly moistened with cold water. To extract juice from a leiuoii without extracting the seeds, roll the lemon until soft, and .puncture one end of it with a fork, when the juice may be easily squeezed out. Unless milk is, heated in a double saucepan, it is very apt to burn. If the pun be taken at once from the fire and plunged into cold water, the unpleasant taste of milk that is burnt will be removed.

i FOR THE HOME GIRL. Housekeeping is an art which every girl who stays at home should study. The housekeeper must be able to handle the money earned by the .breadwinner, practising the economy which is, in its way, as important as the earning of the actual income. A good housekeeper should have a practical knowledge of marketing, catering, washing, ironing, and all other forms of housework. She may not have to do all these herself, but she ought to know how they are done. There are many ways of looking at housework. Some may regard it as a drudgery, while others hold it the most important feature in life. Both these are wrong. To be a good housekeeper need not mean a lot of hard work f but there should be much satisfaction derived from the knowledge that everything is well done, and that comfort and homeliness await the return of the wage-earner. In conclusion, a good housekeeper does not neglect her personal appearance. She must be always neat and tidy when work is done.