HERE AND THERE.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10852, 29 April 1911, Page 5 (Supplement)

HERE AND THERE.

Having noticed with pain the many anguished queries that ha.ye been forwarded, concerning matters of household interest we have addressed ourselves to the problem. Having" in view what our wives db under circumstances similar ten those undier inquiry we have taken upon oiii'sel^s) to answer some of the week's cv'op: "S-HJ." ateks: "Can you give me any hints how to prevent the breakages of incandescent gas mantles and the surrounding globes'.' They are a constant source of expensei"

We think the best Way to siave tho mantles is 1 to use kerosene. Another meithod is to go to bed at Minset.. "Minyip" would be g.lad if .some readea- could tell her how to remove "milk" spote from a dleai floor. This is an easy one. We either «'ouge them out w^ith a; chisel or our wires paint the floor with sky-blue enamel paint. Next! "M.A..F." asks how slie may keep a new iron kettle from ibecoming msty. Change it foi* a coppei-. one. Copper never goete rusty, only vewly-grisy. '•Margaret" wishes to know how tea | stains can te removed from a cement path. Eafcie&t thing in the world, _ Margaret, Take them out with a pickaxe ( and hemstitch the edges. Keep, the stains, wash them wiell to remove all the clement, and perhaps you will he able to inducte? tho butcher to give you kitchen fat in exchange.

"A Daniel ccme to judgment!" _ A West Australian J.P., whilst dismissing, a case against, an accused person, fined him a shilling andl made him pay cicwt&i. The following is the logical scqueaice of such a. species of justice. 'Perpend! Justice). —How do' you plead, prisoner? ■ .

A'eciused.—Rot guilty. And I've got seventeen witnesses, threse of them reporters, prepared to swear that at the time Smith was lulled I was addressing a Yarra Bank, meeting,. Jusiticteu—l am astonished! that the police should) have btroiight. such a flimsy case to -court. The oaste is dismissed.

Accused.—Thariks, ahvfully. (Starts toi leave the box). Justice. —Hold hard! You've got to i be sentenced. Accused,—l .say! Didn't you dismiss the ca'sai Justice. —What's a, judge for, except to give long; lettures to prisoners, andl to sentence 'em, eh I Acdused.- —Beg pardon, I'm sure. Fire a Way! Justice. —rPriscmea" at the War, the clime of killing a "man named John Smith is ai heinous one. For two reasons, fir&tly that Holy Writ saith-, "You shall do .no murder," and secondly, that the supply of.John Smiths must not Ible depleted!, otherwise it Wou't pay tol issue directories. While not insinuating that a; perfect.gentleman H'ke you had anything: to do with "thei deep damnation of his ta.king off," yet I am afraid that *:iamiot bo regarded as an" excuse foir you. It has beem proved by the polioa tha* you once wrote for newspapers, and, though you have lived that dkwn, and ha.ye teome a respectable man, it miis-t !ba remramibar'ed] against you in sentencing you. I propose, lunvever, to make the sentence light. You will, therefore, upon a date to he fixed, fcb tafcen to tire place of execution, and there biei hanged by the neck until your ibbdy is deud. The Accused 1.—.Thanks, your Honour! I'd like to etitch my train home to lunch. Justicie. —>My dear fellow—if I'd hav'6 known you were in a hurry I'd have cd.it my ieiniarks shorter 1. Au revoir.