USEFUL HINTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 57, 30 November 1907, Page 11

USEFUL HINTS.

Fine lingerie waists do. not '• requiro boiling unless thoy are very soiled. If they aro allowed to soak in warm. suds over, night they will not-'need rubbing on the board. Do not put the waists'through tho wringer but squeezo them carefully by hand. Rinse at least twice before putting • them in the bluing water; Little starch' should be used if- the waists are i very fine. Hang in the sun to bleach. ' American ' cheese is an addition and a change to the plain luncheon omelet. Make the; omelet in the usual way,' beating the yolks and whites of the eggs .together; add a tablcspoonful of milk for ■ every egg, a little'salt and pepper,, and cook' jintil; the bottom,of the omelet is brown arid, the centro'rare. Then sprinkle it generously with grated cheese, fold, arid remove from the pan to'a hot plate and garnishtwith parsley. The omelet should be eaten immediately. ' Salt thrown over rugs and carpets : before sweeping wijl give therii a bright and clean appearance. Salt, however, should never bp used at. tho seashore, as the least dampness in the. atmosphere will leave tho rugs sticky. Damp piccos. of newspaper and tea -leaves are good for v laying, the dust when sweeping. The practical and- useful chest of shirtwaist boxes is now found in .many up-to-, date bedrooms. These boxes rost in a frame of .woodwork, which can be made to match or harmonise with the furniture or tho room. The covering is usually of cretonne or denim. This, however,_ soon soils with constant uso. A new material has been brought out in dainty colourings and designs that will stand cleaning. A useful dovice for' the sowing room is called tho "housewife." It is a cretonne or donim scrccn of two panels with deep pockets for sowing materials. These are mado of the panel material and stitched on one sido of the screen. The "housowife" is also made in the form of a suit-case, and in this design H little closing shelf is provided as well as 'the various- pockets and hooks 011 which to hang scissors and shears. It-: is said that if a little borax is put in water. it iwill rromove fruit stains from the bands.