Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, 13 December 1906, Page 33

Domestic

\ By 'Maureen': "

Hints for the-Ritoherii -^

„ r - xxjiuLss iui vie-- JYiionen; -.- --- i-^P ont - entice flies into your-fiitchen $f leaving a*' little milk m. one cup and grease" 'in another foetKv'een r < -meals.- Scald your tin, vessels^ - J with soda' and' :: water. :■: Wash your- table ware," in soapsuds and. rinse them " in" •-'water ; slightly blue. Keep bandy. a '• i-tece ;of " satfcl paper -to rub your sfceel knives. Put your silver "spoons,-! .^ knives, :and forks in a -whfite. ,flarinel bag containing 1 " ' - powdered, chalk: Wjheh - the - knives ", and ' forks "'are ■stained with eggs, scour,; theni- -with common . table -< salt. Medicine 1 stains can >e\i:emo,ved from 'spoons "in the same manner. The gridiron. " should >" hcf well and hot before putting meat on it. ' Don't Boil Tea." " \ "'• Tea , should not be boiled,, ,and_ should be made ■ fresh at .each meal by pouring boiling water upon" the leaves, wjiichf are put ,inlo a, perfectly clean teapot. v Ihe boiling water will extract - the' 'good of , the" -tea, and the teapot should not beset pn the stove at "all. Made in this way, tea is \l good, wholesome; cbeer- - ing drink which will do' no •»harm / to . anyone. .-What', for example, is more -refreshing /to the -Jaded .man of - business '-ajter a, heavy day's work, or" to "'the- woman tired out .vtfth a day's" shopping ?— that.. 4s 'to say, if - shopping ' is not so entrancing an occupation- that- it is -impossible for -a woman to get - tired oi .it. - - A Recipe for- Keeping <Youn-g. - Someone^ once asked a woman .•how--.it- was.- she kept her youth so wonderfully. . Her hair was snowy white, she was eighty years old, arid-"W^energy'was '-waning; but she never impressed" one with the idea of age, for her heart was still young in sympathy, and _ interest. And this was her answer : ' I know how. to forget disagreeable things. I tiled, .to' , master Vthe- art of saying pteasa^it things. 1 did not ' expect' too much * ho V r mf -friends. I kept my nerves well in hand, and did, not" allow" ,theni to bore other" people.. -I. tried to find any work 7 ; that came to my hand congenial. I did my 'best to relieve the misery 1- came in 'contact! with, and sympathised with the suffering. In fact, I ...tried to do to others as I would .be v done by,, and -you see me, in consequence, reaping the- fruits of Jiappiness -in a / peaceful - old Jage.' / - . When Glats Stoppers Stick. "' s ' ~ . Often your j prettiest outclass^-inegar cruet is" rurned because ,the stopper suddenly becomes immovable, aiid no \ power on earth short" of breaking seems -to move it. When it does ' stick, pour a little ' oil round the top.;, Let it stand for ' ten or "fifteen min- -. utes, - and then^- try knocking the stopper' gently with the back of a knife, giving it 7 an -upward motion. Continue this knocking all the" way " round the -sipp-" per. This "is "the best, chance of- loosening/ > without : running any risks of breaking.. But-.if- the. itfoppers'of oil and vinegar cruets; are exchanged every few days , , the trouble wij^l be prevented. ' Women and : Red Noses. ,Red noses are usually associated -with ' indigestion, v or -worse, -but a German doctor says that it" is due to the use of a veil. "Ibis" Berlin, authority' fouml • that the redness was most marked- when the -veil rested closely against the nose. When the veil was - abandoned the redness in_ most cases disappearjedU. Although veils are seemingly ..soft to: the .. toupli" I<he threads soon become roughened, and are,, capable of iiv rit&ting the sensitive skin of nose" and cheek, against which the veil rubs. In winter the 'evaporation?/ of moisture -from I\\q nose is apt to moisten the veil, which acts exactly like" -a" wet> compress." .The -febape of the nose is likewise, 'slightly- altered by- vthe pressure of the veil. The pressure upon the tip of the nose renders the latter somewhat ranaemic \and drives , the blood to" the neighboring "parts', .chiefly,' to the regions bordering on, or above the "point and " to the.lateral wings. ,On entering a warm room.- the abnormal distribution of the blood' becomes. intensified unless the veil is quickly removed. - -