HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 89, 16 April 1927, Page 24

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Slate in the Kitchen. A slate hanging in the kitchen save* much menial excrciw. As goods run out. the required ouici from iLe grocer can be dotted d«»wn day by day, instead «f the bout-ckee}*™' trying to remember the k>t in a few moments. The daily supply of bread ran be checked where a weekly bill is carried on. The slate is better than a tablet, as a cletia sheet is always available. Hammock. Take two large, dean sacks and cA open to double the length- Place opened sacks side by side, and join. At each end make a 2in hern, and plaA rounded sticks through to keep sacks stretched. Then make a 3iu hem along each Bide, and draw rope through. Leave plenty of rope at each end to tic to trees. Wit» a rug or blanket these arc excellent t» sleep in during the summer. Children's Garments. The lambs-wool animals appliqucd ol j to children's dressing-gowns and other little garments make nursery wear I more delightful than ever. As ft*Jquently happens in Lngiand, the fashioa i was introduced by individuals at exhibitions, and has now U-en taken up by I the shops. A small dressing-gown **"fl show the back of a bunny's ears m I front, the rest of the animal being seen I when the child nuns round—a delighb fullv quaint idea. Little shoes coa I also" be had made in the shape of bunnies i heads. Needle and Tbread. ! Jfilk or vain often gels into a homeless knot, "or it twists while you M* darning. Make it a rule to watch your thread. Ibe probability is that yo" have threaded through the needle the wrong wav of the twist of the silk er yarn. Try threading at the other «n* and in most cases you find there "' no more bother. % Recipe for Bath Salts. Here is a good recipe for | bath salts from plain crystals. Po«B» well 41b soda crystals, mix well -nU» -» essence uiwiia.' Add either a few drop* of cochineal to make pink salts, or small quantitv of pounded washing blac. The quantities given are. of merely to show the proportion el ingredients. A Health Bowk A genius of American extraction b»| invented a health bowl, which be da»» combines the duties of a baby's _ c ll *-" rocker and nurse. The superiority « the noveltv over an ordinary chwT . that it allow* the child to «»» freely. The baby is strapped »»*?£ can swivel round on the bowl-like C surface of the rban. 3b' can f*& his tovs from the fl-o: . rock bimw"a«d so keep «,uu,,l ■**•**"« , ' »« feedifs molher as much a*- u*U»L -* l "■ i time the folding leg- beneath the W are brought down. The child « «*£ danger, whetlier near the fire, or at beaeh or on the lawn, and the **&*£ bo gets giics him more ftrcngla *■! standing or walking. ,