LADIES' COLUMN.

Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 330, 20 August 1898, Page 6 (Supplement)

LADIES' COLUMN.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

A GOOD house wife must rot only know how to make plans for her work ; but she must also know how to change her plans easily, or even do away with them altogether for a time, if it sem best. It is in making the home a comfort and u pleasure that the real skill in house, Keeping may be exercised.

To remove stains from satin take a piece of flannel and dip it in spirits of wine, rub the satin lengthwise according to the grain, with this tnkine care to change the soiled parts of the flannel so as not to rub and dirt on the parts already cleaned. Dry with a clean rag, and if necessarv pass a cool iron over the back of the satin. To improve the appearance of shabby leather chair?, first-wipe thrm over with a damp cloth, and after rubbing them quite dry, take the white of an egg, beat it to a stiff froth, and apply it to the leather with a soft rag. This will give a nice glossy look to the leather. Old boot tops cut into pieces the right sizes and lined make good iron holders. The leather keeps all heat away from the hand. Mix a little sugar with stove blacking, it will give a better polish, and not burn off so quickly. A cracked egg can be safely boiled if wrapped in a piece of greased paper. Potatoes do not stain the hands if peeled while quite dry aud not thrown into water till afterwards. A little saltpetre or carbonate of soda put in the water that flowers are to be placed in, will make them keep fresh for two weeks. When watering window plants once a week put cold tea in the water ; this will make them bloom properly. All dishes used fcor milk should be rinsed in cold water first before being washed in hot water. HEALTH HINTS. For a severe cold and a troublesome cough linseed tea is a most efficacious remedy. Take two tablespoonfuls linseed, one pint of water, half a lemon sugar to taste and a piece of liquorice the size of a nut. Boil au hour and a half, strain. A few drops of tincture of benzoin in a bowl of water is an admirable tonic for the face. The benzoin whitens the skin and prevents it from wrinkling. A teaep<ionful of the best whisk y added to a cup oi beef tea for an invalid an excellent way to give a stimulant, This is especially good"for anyone recovering from influenz*. For a good healthy skin and complexion bathe at night; just before retiring, with hot water, using a pure soap. That salt should be eaten with nuts to aid oigestion. That a little soda-water will relieve sick headaches caused by indigestion. That warm borax water will remove dandruff. That it rests you in sewing, to change your position frequently. That a cup of strong coffee will remove the odour of onions from the breath. That one in a faint should be laid fiat on f>e back, then loosen their clothei give plenty of fresh air, and then let alone. That the hair may be kept from falline: out after illness by a frequent application to the scalp of sige tea. TARLE CENTRES. An expert in table decoration has been using largo rosettes of pink, gieen, or some bright coloured satin ribbon representing a ball of bows, with wired ends, which appear to stand on the table without any support whatever The centre pieces made of pleated silk bordered with soft ruches, take an hour shape and are lined with tin. They have a large angle-shaped handle, from which rises a candle. These centres are all decorated with bows and filled with flowers. Another centre is a silk bag wired into divisions in the shape of a melon, and covered with silk holding a. flower pot^'admirably. MATRIMONIAL COMMANDMENTS. Matrimony has ten commandments. These were studied out by Theodore, Parker, shortly before the day of his wedding. They took the form of ten beautiful resolutions, which, he inscribed in his journal. They were as follows : 1. Never, except for the best reasons, to oppose my wife's will 2. To discharge all duties for her sake freely. 3. Never to scold. 4. Never to look cross at her. 5. Never to woiry her with commandments. 6. To promise her piety. 7. To bear her burdens. 8. To overlook her foibles. 9. To save, chotish, and forever defend her. 10. To remember her always in my prayers. Thus, God willing, we shall be blessed. RECIPES. SncKD Shouldei: of Mutton —Bone the joint and rub it with the following mixture :—lf a large shoulder, use four ounces of coarse sugar ; but if small only three will be needed. Add to the sugar a dessertspoonful of powdered cloves, a teaspoODful of pepper, the same quantity of mace, and half the quantity of ginger. Cn the following day add four ounces of salt. Turn the mutton t.vice a day, and rub occasionally with the pickle for eight or nine days. Then roll it up in the shape of a fillet. Cook in rasher?. A Nice Little Dish.—Choofe a small cut of under meat ; grill it over a clear fire ; turn often : when cooked, place on a hot plate and season With pepper. carve the top slightly ; lay on it a small lump of butter, and set on this a well poached egg with a tiny bit of parsley. Macaroni Pudding.—Two ounces of macaroni two ounces of powdered sugar, a pint of milk, and three rggs. Boil the macaroni in water about half an hour drain the water from it then add the eges well beaten, thj milk, sugar and a little nutmeg and a few prunded almonds or grated lemon peel, and boil it an hour iu a well buttered mould and serve with sweet sauce, or bake in a moderately hot oven. Lemon Tart.—l cup of water, 1 cup sugar, juice of two lemons, when boiling thicken with a heaped tea-spoonful of cornflour, boil a. minute or two then stir in unbeaten yolkes of 2 eggs pour into a tin plate lined with pastry, when baked, beat up two whites of eggs with a little sugar spnad on the top and brown very slightly. Lemon Jklly Cake —Take two cups of sugar, one half*cup of milk ; three cups of flour, in which you have sifted three tables-poontuls of baking powder : bake in layers- Jelly —(lrate the rinds of two small lemons or one large one ; add the juice, one cup of sugar, one egg, one-half cup of water, one teaspoonful of butter and one tublespoonful of flour ; boil until it thickens and then spread between the layers of cake. Banana Custard.—Beat well together three eggs and a half cupful of sugar, add two teacupfuls of milk, the grated rind of a lemon and and the mashed pulp of banana until thickened like a thin batter, sprinkle the top with sugar and bake to a light brown. When cool cover the top with a meringue made with the well-beaten whites o two esigs and four tablespoonfuls of sugar ; return to the oven and brown. Serve cold. Lemon of flour, half a lb suet cut very fine, half lb sugar, the rind of two lemons aud the juice of one, two eggs, boil it four hours in a shape, Served with or without sauce it is excellent.