USEFUL HINTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 95, 15 January 1908, Page 3

USEFUL HINTS.

■ Stains on Engravings.—One may- often observo that yellow, stains, appear on tho margins of engravings. Thcso may .bo. removed by sponging carefully with absolution of i hydrochloride of soda. . • • ' . Cso< of Soup Meat—in making, soup tho flavour and some. of tho nourishment are, of.course, drawn from the meat; but tho fibro.which contains tho greatest amount of albuminoid!; is left unharmed in tho meat; Iveucc, it, is father extravagant" to throw, away soup, meat; Being' without, flavour it ; should bo made into some l(ighly< seasoned clisli, as curry or hash flavoured with, onion, , or. into pressed meat highly, season oil with onion' and parsley. Never throw soup meal ■ away.' . ' . Sand Bath for Cooling Food—A simplo i mothod of cooling anything that,is canned or I- bottled,-is to. fill a box with nice, clean'sand , and bury the things in it. Tho box should i: ho kept in a shady placo. and tho,i?ati{l'vory , damp. A few hours will suffice. to make ! tho articles refreshingly cool. ' For tho Bachelor Girl'.—'Where tho bachelor . girl has 0110 room which must servo.\ig par- [ lour and bedroom tho necessary bed has asi sinned many phases. One was seen tho other , day which bad the appcnranco gf' a" large . and roomy Davonport with arms, and a back . of cmnfortablo pillows. ' At night :when"t)io i coverings wero removed tho Davenport was E nothing more than a plain, modern. iron i bedstead, which is more comfortable than > tho usual headless and footless cot from ; which tho covers aro always slipping. .Tim bedstead had low, rounding iron head' and r foot picces, and over the whole was a .woll- , fitted cover of flowered cretonne with a val- > anco reaching to tho floor. Four large l squaro pillows with romovablo slips to match tho cover, and finished plainly, wero ranged in a straight lino against tho wall tho entire longth of tho couch.