WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 144, 15 July 1909, Page 1

WOMAN'S WORLD

HOME lIIXTS. Washing Windows.—lt is best to wash windows on a dull day, or a time when the sun does not shine directly on them. First of all take a painter's brush and duat the .windows with it, inside and out; then wash the woodwork inside before touching the glass' at all. For the window washing use warm water, adding a tablespo'onful of kerosene to a pail of water. Dry with u soft doth that leaves no lint, and polish carefully with tissue-paper or old newspapers.

The Way of a Veil. —To put a veil on a large hat is a problem for many people. The following Paris suggestion will help many to make their veils look neat and fit well over a large hat: Along the top edge of the veil make a narrow hem, end run through it narrow lustring ribbon. Arrange the veil neatly under the chin and pin it firmly at the tack with a long, narrow ibarette; then pull the veil up over the brim of the hat, draw the riblbon tightly and tie at the back, tucking in the ends. _ Table Silver.—lt is easy to clean table silver when one lias an aluminium kettle, simply by filling the kettle with clear water and boiling it until the silver looks bright and clean. The bride who is fortunate enough to start with aluminium kitchen utensils need not dread ( the silver-cleaning day. When Sweeping.—To protect window draperies when sweeping sew small brass rings on the corners of the curtains where they touch the floor. By screwing small brass hooks to the woodwork of the windows the curtains may be fastened high up from the floor on sweeping day. This plan is betteT for the young housekeeper to pursue than the old one of pinning up the curtains, as by continual use of pins the draperies' are likely to be .torn.

Dish-Hops.—Keep dish-mops odorless by having a solution of soda in a stone marmalade-jar by the side of the sink and placing the mops in this when they are not in use.

Marked Bed-Linen.—Mark the bed-' linen for each room in some distinctive way, either by the initials of the person occupying the room or by some .thy device: a star for one, a circle for another: or a red mark for one room and blue for another. It is a great help when sorting sheets and pillow-cases, particularly where many beds are used. Kitchen Measures.—Keep measuring 6poons' and cups where they are to' be used, and save your time and stepi. The spoons may be bought for very little money. Cut off almost the whole of the handles, so that the spoons may l.e kept in the baking-powder can or salt-crock. Tin measuring-cups kept in the Hour-barrel a-nd sugar-bucket will prevent a waste of time in searchiii" for them. "

_ .Salt in Stock—Do not salt stock til! it has been thoroughly skimmed, as t!u salt prevents the slum from rising. Pastry.—Mix .pastry several hours before it is required, and much labor is saved. Always stand it in a coo] place. When Broiling.—Before broiling a steak dust it with salt and pepper, and rub it with salad oil. This will greatly improve it.

Starch for Windows.—Starch can be used instead of whiting in cleanin" windows with excellent effect. All that is necessary is to dissolve a few large pieces of the starch in water, and to wash the panes' with a piece of houseflannel. The glass should then be left to dry, and finally given a bright polish ■with a linen cloth.

Don't throw away boiled starch when finished with it in the Janndrv, but pour }t in the water to wash oilcloth or linoleum. Besides making it look bright and clean, it will double the wear. °

Beatrix Tracy, who was for some time- on the stall' of the Lone Hand, but is now happily married to the conductor of the ltoval Comic Opera Co. touring New Zealand, thus sums up a long article in the Otago Daily Times on ''The Doom of Domesticity'': "The: .women who arc engaging themselves elsewhere, because of the incongruity of domestic service, are sapping the strength of our race. They are wasting their vitality, impairing their health, and ruining their prospects of wholesome, blithesome matrimony and motherhood, in the performance of works which are only (it for men or machines. If only for the sake of future generations women should lie coerced out of all industries which attack their motherhood, and forced to earn their bread by work which can be safely attempted by their sex. If this were done, domesticity alone would remain established as woman's wisest work ai.'d proper occupation."