HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1489, 29 May 1880, Page 26

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Gold laoe may be oleansed by rubbing it with a soft brush dipped in roohe-alum, burnt and sifted to a very fine powder. Cold boiled potatoes used as soap will

clean the hands and Keep the skin soft and healthy. Those not over boiled are the best. The earthy mould should nevor be washed from potatoes, carrots, or other roots until immediately before they are cooked. Fob Starching Liken. — Use one teaspoonful powdered borax to one quart of boiling starch ; it will improve the stiffness and gloss. 1 Irish Moss Jelly. — Insert half an ounce of Irish moss into a pint and a half of fresh milk ; boil down to a pint ; then strain and aid sufficient sugar and juice of a lemon to give it an agreeable flavour. The white of an egg, into which a piece of alum about the aize of a walnut has been stewed until it forms a jelly, Is a capital remedy for sprains. It should be laid over the sprain upon a piece of lint and be changed as often as it becomes dry. A lump of fresh quicklime the size of a walnut dropped into a pint of water and allowed to stand all night, the water being then poured off from the sediment and mixed with a quarter of a pint of the best vinegar, forms the best wash for scurf in the head. It is to be applied to the roots of the hair. To curl plumes, put some coals of fire on a shovel, sprinkle brown sugar on the coals and hold the plumes in the smoke. One application will be sufficient to make them as nice as new. Another way : Take a little salt and sprinkle it on the hot stove and hold the plume over the smoke a few minutes. Shake off and remove all dust from a black garment every time it is worn. Nothing sooner deiaces a black silk, poplin, or woollen than to wear it shopping, riding, or even for a day in the house, and then hang it up without removing the dust. The gritty motes with which the air is filled, especially in regions where coal is continually used, grind and wear out any fabric. First shake both the dress and overskirt faithfully j then take a soft old handkerchief and brush the dress with that instead of a clothes brush. See that all the dust that settles in folds and plait 9is removed. Stand by an open window and shake the dust out of the window every little while.

He cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play.

— 8m P. Sydney.