Hints and Suggestions.

Otago Witness, Issue 2401, 8 March 1900, Page 56

Hints and Suggestions.

Washing White Silk. — To prevent white silk becoming discoloured with washing, use cold water, and pure curd or Castile soap, and iron before quite dry with a cloth ovei\

Tired Feet. — When you feet. are hot and tired from overmuch standing or walking, soak them in hot water in which of yellow soap lias been dissolved. You will find immense comfort and relief almost at once.

When unfortunate enough to spill hot grease upon the top of a clean, white kitchen table, quickly pour cold water upon it, and that will cool it at once. This prevents the wood from absorbing the grease, which can then be easily removed. To Open Smelling Salts. — Place the bottle of smelling salts in cold water, so that it is enfrely covered, and leave it all night. In the morning carefully wipe it, and the stopper will come out. To prevent it .-ti'kiiig again, rub a little vaseline or cold cream, on the stopper ond edge of bottle, and it will open quite easily. Steaming the I*Vxe.— When the face feels tired and the skin dry and coarse (symptoms often experienced after repeated late "nights), it is time to report to steam baths. However weary one may fee! when retiring, 20 minutes devoted to this simple luxury will mure th.tn compensate for the sacrifice^ entailed, fill the basin with boiling water, with a towel spread round to keep in the steun, and hold the face over it for ten minutes. Whei 1 the pores are relaxed and the dust in them loosened, wash with some good toilet soap in hot water, rinse in cold.

Tf liver is sprinkled over with flour before putting it in the pan for frying, it will not grease the stove by spurting the fat, and it also looks far nicer when dished for table.

To Pi event the Growth of Superfluous flairs. — Rub Lhe parts with Jemon juice to which a little milk luis been added. It does not ti>kc uv, ay the hair, bub prevents further <;ro\\ rh.

Ink yt.iaiN. — [nk ? tikis can be removed from ths hands hy rubbing with the juice of ripe tomatoes, it applied at once. It is sometimes s-ucceo=iul in removing ink' stains*' irom white Materials.

Darning.— When a stitch gives way in a stocking, causing a ladder in appearance, instead of linking an ugly darn, take a crochet hool: .aid knit it up to its starting point. If lin shed oil neatly, there is no reason why it should show.

Recipe for Lsmonade Syrup. — One pound of lump sugar, two lemons, three-quarters of an ouuee of tartaric acid, one pint of boiling water. Keep stirring until the sugar has dissolved. *A small quantity of the syrup in a tumblerful ot" water.

Blacking Brown Boots. — The besb way to black brown boots is to wash them in a little warm soda water (weak), then black them with, ordinary blacking, and polish off with a soft brush. Or anovher way is to cut a raw potato in half, rub the end without the peel on over the boots or shoes ; then the blacking may be put on and polished off, when a brilliant polish will appear.