HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4289, 23 February 1901, Page 5 (Supplement)

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Hot water cans soon go Into little holes if drops of water are allowed to remain in them. They should bo turned upside down after they are emptied. Zinc can be cleaned by mixing common whiting with water until it forms a paste, and then applying it to the zinc with a soft woollen cloth. Kerosene is also excellent for thin purpose, well rinsing afterwards with hot water. Flat-irons should occasionally be washed in soapsuds and then well dried. Old newspapers are excellent for kitchen use to polish stoves, kettles, flat-irons, etc. Scraps of paper made wet and scattered over the floor when sweeping, will prevent the dust from flying about, and soft newspaper is excellent for cleaning lamp chimneys and mirrors. Table linen should never be stiff. If starch be used, it should he very thin. Table linen ironed damp with well-heated irons will always look sufficiently glossy and nice.

CHILDREN'S DIET

The best foods for little ones are milk, faminaceous food, vegetables, and lightly boiled eggs, lean meat, white fish, butter, rice, oatmeal, fresh and stewed fruit everyday, especially apples. Mutton broth, beef tea, veal, pork, or lamb should not be given. Children are better' without many sweets, but a little good chocolate or barley-sugar will do no harm. If a child is constipated, a baked apple or a little , stewed fruit with brown sugar is often • sufficient. A small piece of soap passed into the lower bowels is recommended for infants. For bigger children cod-liver oil given every morning is excellent, and if simple remedies are not sufficient, , an enema may be given of two ounces of soapy water and a dessert-spoonful of olive oil. '