HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2278, 15 September 1899, Page 4

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A Simple Disinfectant, —A cloth wrung out of a solution of carbolic acid, and hung in a sick room, will act as a disinfectant. Another Use fob A liberal supply of coarse salt will assist materially in the house-cleaning operation. The salt should be scattered by the handful on the floor of each room to be swept, and at intervals on the stairs and in the hall. It absorbs the dust in sweeping, and imparts a freshness to the colors in the carpets. Can Yod Eat Raw Potatoes?—A raw potato, eaten after the manner of fruit, every morning before breakfast, is the latest complexion tonic. Peel the potato, soak it in cold water, and it will be palatable, they say. The raw potato cure is credited with banishing the ordinary blemishes of the skin in a month or even less. Stale Cake. —To freshen stale cake, place the cake in a tightly closed wooden box, and put it before the fire about an hour before it is required. Turn the box occasionally, and take care that the wood does not scorch. A large cake should be sliced.

Aching Feet.—Sore and tired feet should be bathed at night in a fairly strong solution of common soda and water. This will rest them and take out the pain. After they are dry, the ankles may be strengthened by rubbing with a mixture of equal parts of alcohol and extract of witch-bazel.

Little Things That Help.—A speedy way of removing ink-stains from the lingers is to dampen the sulphur end of a match and rub it oyer the offending spot. Keep cheese in a cool, dry place, and when mould appears wipe it off with a cloth.

When boiling dumplings, raise the saucepan over on one side with a strip of wood, and providing the water be kept boiling steadily, the dumplings will never be heavy.