The Housekeeper. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 118, 21 May 1910, Page 11

The Housekeeper. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Tq Keep Lemons. —Lemons will keep for weeks if kepi in a jug of cold water Chango tho water about once a week, and tho lemons will bo found quite fresh when, required for use. 'jl'o Secure Books from Effects of Damp. —A few dro£>a of any perfumed oil will secure libraries from the consuming effects of mould and damp Russia- leather never mildews owing to its being periumed with birch-tar. AJI closed bookcases should be left open occasionally to admit the air. To Keep Cream. —To keep cream sweefc add a little white sugar to your cream, and heat it slowly, and it will keep for a. long time. To Renovate and Clean a Mackintosh. — Spread it out flat on a table, and with a hoirseinaid's scrubbing-brush and yellow soa-p scrub it all over. When the dirt is removed dip it into water to get rid of tho suds, but do not wring it. Hang it up in the air, or in an airy room far from, the firo, to drain and dry. Use for Glove Buttons. —Save your pearl glove buttons. Thoy arc useful for fastening lace yokes or babies' frocks. As for old silk glovos, they should bo kept and slipped on when doing light dusting work. ■jlo Soften "Wetted Boots. —To soften boots and shoes rub castor oil thoroughly into tho leather. This will renew the elasticity and life of tho leather. Any ordinary oil will answer the purpose, but castor oil is the best. To Economise Worn Tablecloths. —A worn tablecloth, it cut; to fit tho table, may be used for a long time for breakfast and luncheon. Tablecloths invariably wear at tho edges, while the middle part remains good. Cut tho cloth to fit the top ( of tho table and hem. it. A silence olotli of proper size may bo cut from au old blanket. A Floral Hint. —ln arranging flowers ia bowls, and also in tall vases, it is a good plan to mako'a network foundation almost as loose as a Bird's nest of privet, bos, cedar, or any stiff green branches or twigs that may bo available. Let this foundation be wholly under water, and prepare it before putting a single flower in the water. Even if it shows it will loi?k pretty. With such a foundation the shortest-stemmed flowers may bo arranged with oaee and graco in the talTest vases or_ deepest bowls. Another Travelling Hint. —Envelopes used in packing small articles will bo found better than boxes, as thoy take tip less room. Stout collapsible envelopes, which may bo bought where office supplies are sold, will bo found satisfactory. Gloves, handkerchiefs, neck arrangements, etc, may bo kept nicely in. such envelopes. Easy and Quick Relief for Burns.—Apply glycerino to a scald directly the accident happens, and cover it up with strips of rag soaked in glycerine. If the glycerin© is not at hand, apply salad oil in the came way. To Remove Stains from Furniture. — To remove the discolouration caused by placing a hot dish on a polished wood tablo, rub with wood alcohol and then with linseed oil. Putting Away Furs. —Hang them in tho sun, beat them with a stick until free from dust, and leave them for snveral days in tho sun to air before packing away. To Clean Leather. —Leather-covered furniture can be cleaned with pure milk rubbed on with a niece of flannel. Rub it gently till it is dry. RECIPES. Tapioca Pudding.-*-Two ounces of pearl tapioca, one pint tin of shredded pineapple. Simmer the tapioca in water until clear, but not entirely dissolved, stir in the pineapple, add a little 6ugar to taste, set to cool in glass dish; servo with whipped cream. A Nice Breakfast Dish —Tako a tin. of sardines, and drain off as much oil as possible; then wrap the* fish in a wellfloured cloth. When well coaled with tho flour, either loast boforo. a clear fire or undor the griller of the gas-stove, afterwards serving on a- hot dish. A New Sweet. —ln a whilo enamelled 6aucepan put two pounds of granulated sugar, one tablespoonful of butter, one half-cupful of cream, and one and a halfcupfuls of water. Boil slowly but steadily until a spoonful dropped into cold water can be rolled into a firm ball. Add a quarter of a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda; tako from tho fire, add one teaspoonful of vanilla, and pour on to a buttered platter. Chocolate Cakes. —Tako half a pound of crushed chocolate- and a pound 01 icing sugar. Blend this with tho beaten-up white of two egga, and cut into small cubes with a sharp knife. Chicken Recipes. —(l) Chicken (scalloped) : This is ono of a dozen ways in which, you can havo cold chicken made into a nice hot dish. Mince some chicken with some lean ham, and season it with pepper, salt, and a little nutmeg, two tablespoonfuls of croam, or a little butter; put into scallop-shells, cover with fine breadcrumbs; set them in the oven to brown, with a small bit of butter on the top of fach. (2) Chicken Salad, equally delicious when carefully prepared, but to be eaten cold: Remove the bones of ono boiled or roast chicken, and cut the flesh into small pieces. Wash two compact heads of lettuce and dry them thoroughly. Mix the chicken and lettuce, fchreddod together, add one tablebpoonful of white Tarragon vinegar, and season with pepper and salt. Pile it high in the centre ot a dish, cover it with mayonnaise sauce, garnish it with alternate groups of lettuco leaves, hard-boiled oggs cut into quarters, shredded gherkin and stoned olives. Chestnut Soup (vegetarian).—Cook fifty good-sized chestnuts in boiling fat, which has been well salted, and soak four ounces of soft breadcrumbs in milk; pound tho soaked breadcrumbs and half of tho cooked chestnuts in a mortar until they are a pulp, pour the pulp into a quart of milk, and boil it, stirring it briskly for ten. minutes; add the remaining twenty-five chestnuts whole, and boil tho soup five minutes longer; pour it into a tureen, in which you have already placed twenty-five inch squares of toasted bread. Lbt it stand for eight, or ten. minutes before sending it to tablo. Somo Tasty Sandwiches. —(l) Flavour a little butter rather strongly with anchovy paste or anchovy essence, and spread it thickly on slices of roll or bread. To half of them add a good layer of .vatercress leaves, or small cress, cover with remaining 6lices, press firmly, diviao large slices into squares or triangles, and cut away tho crusts. (2) Immerse tomatoes in boiling wator for ono minute, and, pftor removing the skins, cut them across into thin slices with a very shrrp Knife. Havo ready buttered slices of roll or bread, sprinkle lightly with grated cheese, put a slice of tomato between two of them, and press firmly together.

"Very interesting; very satisfactory," was Mr. Asquith's verdict on what he had 6een in the men's department of a London labour exchange. From there (says a Chronicle reporter) tho company went upstairs to the room where tho women and girl applicants register their names. Miss Cornett, the chief clerk of tho exchange, is in charge here, and at tho moment of Mr. Asquith's entry she was discussing wirh two young girls the desirability of situations at Luton in tho straw hat trade. The Prime Minister stood for a few moments at Miss Cornett's desk, asked what work the girls were enquiring about, and examined their cards, lie showed great interest in the method of registration and filing the applications which Miss Cornett explained. Mrs. Churchill, who had lingered downstairs, followed Mr. Asquith and Mr. Churchill bohind tho counter, and she also took an eager interest in the explanations, and asked several questions about the girls and their success in getting situations. Both Mr. Ison and Miss Cornett agree that tho mon and women who are registered tire of a very good type. There wero about two dozen men in the exchange when the Prime Minister called, but that happened to be the slackest time of the day. The. women and girls were fewer in number, and seemed to belong to the class of typists and lady clerks. From the Camberifcell Kxchange the party motored to the exchange in Lon-don-road, Southwark, but as they reached there only_ a few seconds before 12 o'clock —the closing time for lunch —only a very brief stay was made.