USEFUL HINTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 548, 1 July 1909, Page 3

USEFUL HINTS.

. The flavour of ham can bo very groatly improved -by adding a tablespoon -of : sugar when , boiling; Also .when .frying a slice of ham, sprinkle a littloj sugar on each side as it is cooking,, for the same improvement in flavour . ' Uso a ruchnig made of .fine wash batiste, which may be washed often and: always come out .fresh and dainty. - - Mako a-double -fold of tue material about 6110 inch-high; gathered •to bands the right length- for:-collar and caffs. They should be ,slightly-stiffened when done up.' ; Slip-a wooden knitting /needle through the ruche, and : push ,tho'ruffle tight together. ;: When, tho needle is pulled out, Iho.ruche looks like • the- crape--ones hn tho shops, but is mucih more durablo. • To restore .colour to ivory knife-handlcß \phen they have turned yellow, rub thein with turpentine . It, an packing a an ordinary white bed,sheet is spread open-in the.bottom of tho trunk, allowing, the sides of the sheet to hang over, and then the clothes are-folded and laid smoothly in the sheet, and the sides brought over, tightly,-.-and - securely pinned with safety pins, the trunk will stand any. amount, of .knocking-about; and: the garments come- out fresh and unwrwkled, ■ ' - : •An eiderdown quilt washed in tho regular way becomes lumpy and ugly and pulled out of- shape, but if pjit out/ in a hard -rain and turned first on <ono side,- then 'on the'other; and 'allowed to remain.:out in the wind and the. sunshine until . thoroughly: dry,' will look as how and clean as .when just bought, arid will not. be drawn :'out-of shape. , The rather, tedious task of running ribbons' in underclothes is much by - the following,, device:—When . sendine . to'" the laundry, tack a piece of .white tape to the end of the ribbon, and : draw , out tho ribbon, leaving tho tape-in its.placo. .Reverse this process when, the clothes are brought back, nnd you will find, the ribbon :is restored to its place in a few seconds. ::Uio beading-or insertion washes better with'.tlie'.tape in jt.- , '•To clean,.baby's kid: shoos.—Do not wait till baby s sh9es are black, but dip a soft cloth, in gasoline and -wipe all spots of dirt off, then put the shoos aside' to dry. 'Be very caroful not to let the:child wear them- until at least, twenty-four, hours after tJiey havo been cleaned, as tho gasoline makes them vory inflammable at first. / ' '■ t •