Hints that Help

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 5, 17 August 1928, Page 13

Hints that Help

Recipe for Full Mouse-Traps. AS§ is well known, the smell of human fingers acts as a plain "danger-signal" to mice and rats. An alternative to setting traps for these little pests with gloved hands-one that postively attracts them!-is to smear literally one drop of brandy or whisky on the wood of the trap after setting. Since some drugs (the sweetened, highly-flavoured ones like syrup of figs, senna, ete.) are very attractive to mice (wood or corks soaked in them being greedily eaten), the plan seems adaptable to total abstainers’ households also. A Sure Cure for Stings. FEW persons know the value of -honey-that the honey the bee produces cures the sting it inflicts; but itis so. Every housewife should keep a little honey by, at all times. When stung by a bee, wasp, mosquito, or any other insect, just smear the affected part with some honey as soon as possible. ~ If the flesh has got inflamed before the honey can be obtained, you will find it will reduce the inflammation as soon as it is applied. This never fails: blue-bags, soda, ete, are nothing in comparison. Wool-Winding Hint. [2 is quite easy to wind wool so that it unwinds from the middle, which »revents the ball from rolling about. Wind the wool about 12 times round sill four fingers; take these loops off, "and wind wool twelve times round the lower half, leaving the top half free in a tuft. Continue winding fairly loosely in the ordinary way round the lower part, keeping tuft free and at the top all the time. Wind last two yards firmly round the ball’s "waist." Then pull out the tuft, find the end, and start working with it. "Mould" on Jam. HEN jam goes mouldy, it is probably from one of three causes: Keeping in a damp place, wet fruit, or not being sufficiently boiled. In any case, take off every scrap of mould, with a silver spoon if possible. Melt a little butter in the preserving pan, pour in the jam, and boil again for a few minutes, or longer if the jam be very liquid. To Hold up a Pie Crust. HEN making a steak pie or fruit tart where much gravy or juice is desired, the crust is often spoiled by dropping into the liguid, even with a crust raiser. ‘To avoid this, take four large wooden meat skewers, and place neross the dish before putting on the crust. These can easily be pulled out before serving. A ‘