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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19293, 5 April 1926, Page 3

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If meat for boiling smells a _ little heaw, put a small piece of charcoal in the pot with it and it will be all right If silk stockings are dipped into boiling water and hung to dry in the shade when new thev will be greatly improved and will stand a lot more wear. The white of an egg instantly applied greatly relieves the pam of a burn or S Wlien making small cakes, dip tbe spoon used for filling the tins into mill;. This prevents the mixture sticking to the spoon and saves time. An easiy emetic for children is to put 1 teaspoon of mustard in a tumbler of tepid water. The water should be added to the mustard with constant stirring, and the patient given two or three such draughts until the desired effect is produced. A quick, efficacious emetic made by using a soap-shaker m warm W Two or three stalks of celery boiled with cnbbneo improve the flavour and lesson the disagreeable odor of cooking. TJub olive oil through th e] head before washing. It cleanses the scalp and gnes the hair a glossv appearance. . A tinv pinch of baking soda pW ™ the centre of each tomato Wfore putt.§ in the oven will do « l ° to hi taste that so many people object baked tonintocs.