HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 79, 1 April 1908, Page 8

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

ADJUST KITCHEN EOROTIUBK:'' A woman's form, often shows 'age fore her face. This can be 'greatly remedied by having your kitchen? furni« .ture adjusted to suit your height;' Working in a stooping position causes one to feel languid, and also causes: a" fatty lump to form at the lower part of the back of .the neck, which is considered" an - indication of age. My height is five feet eight inches. The height of my 'stove is thirty-five inches from the floor. My, table is thirty-three inches high, -and I am having my, sink placed the same height as my table. If you "stand erect while doing your kitchen work you/will be.younger in form, face, and feelings.; GOOD TEA WITHOUT BREAKING POT. I Place tea in teapot after pouring boiling water over same; instead of placing on hot griddle, or over hot gas, remove cover of your tea-kettle and set teapot in the top of your tea-kettle and lef. it remain about ten minutes, keepiiig gas lighted underneath meanwhile. This prevents teapot from cracking. HEAT POTATOES BEFORE BAE3NG. To save firing and tima when baking potatoes, heat them througU on top o£ stove before placing in oven, and they, will bake in one-haif the time otherwise required. SMOOTH GRAPE JELLY. Let juice stand over night, the grit will settle to the bottom. Strain before putting in sugar, and your jelly will, be free from grit. WASHING DISHES MADE EASYi - ' i • • Put a dish-pan half full of water, on the stove when you begin to get dinner. As you use a pan or dish, wash it and put it away. Lastly, wash frying-pans and kettles, then throw out water. After dinner you will not have such a'discouraging looking kitchen. There.will be no pans or kettles with dried food te be soaked out, and the dishes'from "the dining-room are easily washed. - KEROSENE DUST CLOTH. Dip a piece of cheese-cloth in kerosene • and leu evaporate. Then use the cloth as a duster. It will take up dust without scattering it, and polish at the sam; time. ■ KEEP STOVE CLEAN. . " Take an old soft cloth, dampened witH gasoline,- and rub over stove after cooking. It will remove every particle of grease and you will be able.,to. your stove in fine shape. PUT BABY AWAY FROM DRAUGHTS. Place a little square creeping or playing pen or large dry goods box on the dining-room table, which is more apt to. be free from draughts than the floor, TVTATCR BALL 70R BABY. : For baby's ball use scraps of any soft goods, cover with cloth, using any covered ball as a guide, then crochet a cover of coloured yarn, fasten securely over ball,, and crochet a strisg about a yard' long, -which can be fastened loosely about baby's wrist. RAINY DAY PLAY. ' .., - Take an empty so.ip box, a discarded magazine, a pair of blunt end shears, and a cup of paste (made of flour and water), also a small brush. Let "the children cut out the pictures from the magazines, and then tell them to see how prettily they can cover the box both inside and out. You will be surprised to see how long they will play. I have known my children to play for hours. TO CLEAN CAEPET ON ELOOK. ' , Take half a dozen large potatoes —* ■ which will be enough for carpet of one room—grate them and rub well with dry, rag into car*>et; then take a doth wrong out of hot water, and wipe off fiet" oughly, and your carpet will 100fe,.-iii> new. r \ :'i; - -~. ..-.-: .:. ■ . *.