USEFUL HINTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 87, 6 January 1908, Page 3

USEFUL HINTS.

When baking apples baste thorn often with their own juice.' 'J'nis is as essential.for good results' as to basto a roast. • Instead of scouring the bottom of the dishpan when greasy, wipe it off with a small rag dipped in kerosene. Burn the rag. Try'it and see how easily it comes off, and your dishpan will-never.havo a leak. An excellent way to put braid on to a skirt is to. basto the braid as near edgo of skirt as possible, then rip the hem for a short distance, _ and insert a "piece of cardboard or celluloid," pushing it along as you hem. You will find you can put on braid in less than half the usual time.

Much fuel may Iks saved by buying a tin pan largo enough to fit over tho number of flat-irons to bo used. Make a holo in the middle-of the-bottom'of the pan and fasten thero, on tho ouwtlo, ono of the small wooden knobs to bo found x at hardware stores. Use this pan to coverxtho irons and they will koeptho heat, even with tho gas turned low. It is easy to remove the cover, as tho handlo remains cool. An old tin

kettle with tho bottom removed will serve very well as a cover.

To clean light cloth suits, take two Mocks of tho best magnesia (6d. a block at any chemists), lay a sheet on the table, spread tho skirt oil it; and rub into tho cloth as much- magnesia as it will take. Treat tho jacket in tho samo way. Lot tho costume bo folded in tho sheet for a week or moro when it will bo ready to brush and press. Wliito felt hats cleancd in this way look like new.