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Northern Advocate, 4 February 1928, Page 4

To cream butter easily in cold weather, warm the basin before putting the butter in. But the basin should not be hot enough to melt it. « * m m When the cream is doubtful and there is no more on hand, so it must be used, a pinch of carbonate soda will keep it from curdling even in hot coffee. A wash-leather, when dried, becomes hard and in time difficult to use. It will keep soft if it is wrung out in clean water, pressed into a glass jar while wet, and a screw stopper put on tho jar. * * *' * * To keep blackbeetles away sprinkle turpentine or scatter a mixture of , borax and powdered sugar about the haunts of the cockroaches, and they will disappear, A strong solution of alum in boiling water poured down holes and in corners- where they gather often proves effective. « * # * Suede shoes trimmed with reptile skins and made on semi-sports lines with moderately high heels of leather or suede are a new fancy in footwear. Two-bar styles are creating a demand, the bars widely separated to give a long line across the instep. Dull, soft shades of light brown have preference over all other shades.

'When 'hanging pictures on a plaster wall, and the plaster is crumbly, scoop out a tiny hole with , a small screwdriver, fill it with f plaster of Paris moistened with water, then insert your nail. The plaster of Paris will harden -in a minute or two and hold the nail quite firmly. • • - • To beat white of .egg to snow easily add to it-'h pinch of cream of tartar. * * * * The health of the mind and body depends very much on the art of forgetting or living above petty annoyances, vexing irritations, mean words, unkind acts, deep wrongs, and bitter disappointments. Let them all go—and be free. • • « • • EXPRESSIVE. “Was it a very" bad ' “Bad! Why, even the lights weht out at the end of the second act!”

remove stains on teacups rub jf ' the discoloured part with a damp v cloth dipped in Fuller’s earth.