FOR YOUNG WIVES

New Zealand Mail, 5 February 1902, Page 21

FOR YOUNG WIVES

rnie does the average bride.fully the Pitfalls that lie ahead of « nderS w Ul married life when she marries bere f?E friends and relatives are on what her , (ft moderate income ! pL income means that, unless she WiUCh ol!v superintends her own shoppeisonally s P soon become nnnioderai 0 ) geth er - _ ' a<m e idea that you have ? to J order »“.at J°» »“><* the only, to on ■ . t win naturally armoinent aiul fect condition it is rive home } But P a ] as ! for the vanity meant- to a • this is t be ] as t condifi'Twid condescend to arrive in, unfeirfhlly interviewed beforehand Human nature is but a poor and feeble it the best of times, and when s“* question of getting off a lot there is 1 j n tender ones are 0f the maiiet, it is hardly to be 8 ondered It that the inexperienced house-keeper has to suffer. Q to recognise of what age • fowl may be; she*has the eating of ft and all too late knows now why the creature was so highly praised as being Such a weight, madam; would you line know the number of pounds.'” But all this would be changed, her lone-suffering husband’s digestion unim™ired were she to learn and keep in mind a few simple hints as to how to choose her food, aiul so earn the gratitude of her husband. She could learn that when beef is cf the best quality the fat is always a freshlookitw white and the meat itself bright red. and the whole thing firm and elastic to the touch. Good mutton should always look dark, except where it is freshly cut. Flabby, unwholeisome-looking meat, must never be bought. A housewife should always bear in mind in ordering meat that beef, when t boiled, loses one pound weight in every four, and when roasted eighteen ounces. Mutton loses even more than this, so this must be taken into account where much meat is eaten.

A good vav to wash ordinary flannel is to pour strong boiling soapsuds over it in a tub. When cool enough to allow the hand to bear it, pour off the suds and add boiling hot- clean water; let this stand as before, then pour off, and add more boiling clean water. When cool enough, squeeze the garments, hut do not ring or rub. Stretch immediately on a line in the hot sun or by a hot fffire, pressing out the water with the hand as it settles in the dependent parts of the garments. Stretch the flannel as soon as the water is pressed out, keeping it hot until dry, as much as possible. - This treatment will keep woollen garments soft and pliable till worn out.

An excellent furniture polish is made ol e<iual parts of linseed oil and vinegar shaken together. Apply a very little on a soft cloth, and then polish well with & nice cean duster.