DOMESTIC HINTS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 16 September 1908, Page 1

DOMESTIC HINTS.

' i A Daily Tomato."— A stitch in time ! saves nine, and a tomato eaten regularly 1 keeps the various funcitons of the sto- > ;mach in such excellent relations with i ' each other that headaches and other i | products of a sulky liver are almost im- } • possible. L Bee Stings. — For" the sting of a bee or ■ wasp, nothing is better to neutralise th • poison than fine-cut tobacco dampened and applied to the wound. A .aw oir'o i T cut in- two and laid on the puncture 5 will also neutralised .thtf poison in a short i time; also a pinch 'of common salt, ■ slightly dampened, will relieve the pain. , A SWu Cream.— The -f-i;o»viug is -n oil recipe for an emolieni to lo ift Led j into the skin. If will prevent the roughness caused by the fresh sea or hill ' breezes. To prepare it, me a double " saucepan to prevent any possibility/ of its burning. Into a pint of boiling water stir half a teacupial of fine oatmeal, - and let it boil until it looks clear. Strain . it through a cloth, and boil it up again ; then strain it more. -When this is cool, .. add' sufficient rosewater to make it pour ] easily, and one ounce of glycerine. Ii may now be perfumed as desired, and bottled. It will needto be well shaken before using. Eggs in Puddings. — If the yolks and whites of eggs are beaten up separately, ; then added to the dry flour and well ' mixed, it will- be found they will go further than if they were used in _any other way. A . tablespoonful of yeast added to a pudding,, will answer the purpose of severaT eggs.