USEFUL HINTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 464, 24 March 1909, Page 3

USEFUL HINTS.

Economy in Soap.—To be careful of soap never leave■ it standing in water, because it • wastes it. Never throw your shells .of soap away, but put them in a jar/ fill'up- with ?,*',?•" ■'J,'"-.* 6 °r en ' a "d .let the contents boil well with.a lid over the'top; When the soap i Sj all dissolved, take it out,'put it •t0,,c001,, and you will ■Dβ able to'cut it but • ■ Simple Method- for-. Bishes.-iW earthen* are + dishes are.'always rendered less briti<, W+l ™ USed> - To to Put.a large hsh kettle, or preserve pan on the firo, fill it water, and place the new ware at the bottom, takmg care that the wafer complete y .covers ,t. Bring .slowly to a boil, . and then remove the pan from, the fire,, leavtiw e d i shes T K^ 1 ' in b«fo™ wlrp g i+ V -"- " In -i the ,• oa - se -° fl bro «- n S or -, rea '"'an when the water boils. This ;y ,11 be found to. give an extra 'hardness till Zl V 3sh paini "Thw L* °- f WO °? work look clean « and fiesj,er. than .rf only soap and water' are

• Lacquered Goo'ds.-No polish should ever bf used for lacquered articles; if once In of the t™ ial l ? m HWthb?mfa£ of the lacquer Lacquered goods should bo rubbed m> with leather, and, if dirty washed with a little warm water and soap! ' " d ,How to Lay,a Fire.-When laying a fire place half a sheet of newsDinoi- +«,-«■■' a bundle of dry wood and place each stick as possible with a few.cinders/ A sliovelfu