Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, 3 September 1908, Page 33

Domestic

By MAUREEN

1 A Useful Hint. Cakes and pastry made of "mutton dripping; though' very good in their way, suffer from the disadvantage of having an un1 pleasant ,taste. .This difficulty can be easily overcome by adding a little baking-powder ana lemon-juice- to the dripping, and thei beating it to a cream.' Cakes and'pasfry "made "from this are as good as if made with the best butter. „.-; Tea for , Invalids. ■■* - - <- A doctor invariably orders his patients to discard 'tea, but -weak, stomachs will find .that tea made wUK'-mifk* is n'ojt ""only harmless, but in many cases beneficial Boil- half' -a pint ?f milk and pour it on a good- teaspoonful of tea, and aftej-- three or four- minutes pour Jhis- milk tea off the leaves. --This kind" of tea is recommended^ioj-pei-sons-suffering from Insomnia -or dyspepsia. .Of this process the .tea ' can - never-, be made-strong -, .- - y ' \ ' ~""_ , How a Woman" Kept Young. - She knew how to forget disagreeable things. • She kept her nerves well in hand, and inflicted them on no one.""' She-mas-tered the art of saying pleasant things, and did^nofe expect too much from her friends. - She made whatever work, that camto her congenial. &lie retained Her illusions, and did not ,beli^-c all the world, wicked and unkind. She relieved the miserable and sympathised with the sorrowful. She never forgot that kind words and a smile cost nothing, but are priceless treasures to the discouraged. She did unto others as she would be done by and now that old age has come to her, and there is a halo of white hair about her head, she is loved and esteemed. How to Launder, a White Silk , Blouse,The great secret of preventing white silk from adopting the yellowwh hue which utterly ruins its appearance is that of abstam.ng either from rubbing the soap on the silk itself or from us.ng very hot water. A light frothy lather should, on "the contrary, be made with water of no higher temperature than So degrees Fahr., and the blouse dipped repeatedly in-itf -while squeezing with the hands loosens the .dirt and -cleanser ho.oughly. In^ead of .wringing out the suds before rinsin* he blouse they should be pressed -.put," with the palms of he hands; whlle four or five successive rinsing in "c" cp id and £ . cod water are not too many, a dessertspoonful of methylated final S^n g H l ° thC final Water - The.blou« should be finally folded exactly as if it were packed for", travelling, when avoHtance o creases is the sole aim ™d object, and then trapped .in a dean cloth, in which it must be passed through the^er, and left to dry in the same cloifr- Before the silk has con' pletely dried ,t should be covered- with a cl Q th and preyed smoothly with a moderately hoMrori, too' hot an iron LZTtt ptev S W r V" Si ' kl ma - kinfi Hin lime b ° th h «3 an\ papery. Uhere blouses of China silk in light colors Ye concorned hey must be- dipped in satamnd water before. beT* .washed ,n the suds, salt being substituted for the methyS spirits ,n nnsmg, while in' the" case of dark silks V coX rf before finally nnsjng the garmen., will preserve (he color satii factor, ly. If Vlncgar were for palc , shade hay^the effect of slightly darkening the silk, while Z you d