HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 237, 4 October 1916, Page 8

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

-A large marble, boiled in milk, porridge,- cwtard. sauces, or_Btews, Trill drthe etirrinff Trhile the liquid cooks. This is a great help when one is busy, all chance of burning is prevented, and con etant stirring avoided. i m - Before driving a nail through a piec« of wood push it through a cake of bard j soap. You will find that it vriH then go through the -wood without any trouble, and will not split it. '" . To Qean Water-bottiee.—The quickest way to dean, a , water4>ottle is to put a little dean earth into bottle, adding • little -water. ■ You-will find.the bottle wai be-perfecty clean, and every speck of dsrt Temoved- ' "'■-. For cleaning velvet collars, dip an old toothbrush into benzine until thoronghly saturated, then pass it briskly over tii-2 Telvet several times until the "grease hus disappeared. The most-delicate velvet can be cleaned in this way. "White felt bats can often be cleaned quite successfully if first brushed to remove all dust, then rubbed firmly with a cloth -wrung out in petrol and "dipped in flour. Hang out on the line to dry. then beat well t-o remove the flour. Insertion can be put on lawn dresse? in.all sorts of fancy patterns, without danger of tearing out, if-it is stitched over the material. When the ie arranged and stitched in place, cut the ma terial away a quarter of an inch from the edges, s Turn these under and hem •by hand, or with machine. This gives a firm, edge that will stand any amount of washing. Heavy lace sometimes its shape tadlj- .-when rubbed much. 5n the washinsr. II the lace is spread out on a slab, wetted well witi soapy water, thenz-scrab-bed -gently bat firmly with a soft nail-brush,-it will come quite cTean, and retain its chape wonderfully welL To iTon it lay it :right side down on several thicknesses of flannel, place a thin clot a over the back, and iron ontil dry. In these days-of hisrh. food prices the tousewife wiH do well to bear in mini the following facts, with regard to food values, lean beef contains the smallest amount of nutriment; and though fat beef is somewhat better in this respeclean pork and fat mutton are somewhat richer in nourishment.. After this come very sat beef. and mutton, which are 1 about equal in this respect. Cream cheese, js still-higher in nourishing qualities, Mt pork still more so; whilst the 1 most nourishment cf all these foodstuffs is contained.in good cheeeeT Milk, of course, ranks «tfll highest of "all according to the latest authorities, it is ■ * f x chnareH ' »nd not of fdults, that it is of value as food. i During damp, close weather the at mosphere is usually charged with im- ! purities of various kinds, and it is a good plan to dip a towel in a solution of carbolic aad and pin it (or secure it in some way) to the bottom of the lowe-window-eash (kitchen). The window of course will be open, and the air passin" through the.cloth will be purified beforl entermg the house. Coaise muslin or mosquito netting; can be-substituted for the doth.. The. kitchen will also be no longer an for flies durin" A, the dpth