Hints and Suggestions.

Otago Witness, Issue 2558, 25 March 1903, Page 62

Hints and Suggestions.

Often the shrinking effect of rain drops seems to have ruined light silks, when all that is required is to iron the silk on the wrong side with a piece of inu?lin between ike goods and the iron. To enable anyone to take a ring- off a swollen finger, take a cupful of salad oil ; put in the finger, allowing the oil to :ome over the ring, and gently rub the finger up and down. You will find the swelling go back, and you will be abl-2 to draw it off easily. Gargle for the Throat — A teaspoonful of a!um dissolved in a pint of cold water makes an excellent gargle. To clean the coffee pot, fill it with water, put in a pinch of borax and a piece of hard soap, and set on the stove, letting it boil for half an hour. It will be as bright as new, and should be submitted to this treatment frequently. An experienced trained nurse furnishes a recipe for prepaiina; chopped beefsteak which is absolutely digestible. The meat from a pound of round or sirloin steak is carefully freed of fat, and cut into rather small pieces to go into a meat chopper. After a few minutes of chopping the fine pulp which rises fiom the meat during the process of chopping is lemoved and put aside ; continue to chop and to remove the pulp, until only the fibre of the meat remains. The pu'.p is pressed into a round, flat cake, and broiled over a very hot fire on each side for about five minutes. It is then seasoned lightly with salt, a dash of cayenne, a little butter, and served very hot. If -preferred, this pulp may be s-erved almost entirely uncooked. In that case the pulp should be seasoned before it is formed into a cake. When making a rich cake always dredge flour -over the fruit before adding it to the rest of the ingredients. This prevents it from sinking to the bottom of the tin while cooking. Another thing to remember is to -.lose the oven door very gently if you have ouened it while the cake is Halting.

Do .not fail to oil the wringer Bvery tim~ you wash. If oiled often, there is kss weai on the machinery, and less strength is expended by the operator. To clean the rollers, rub them first with a cloth satxirated with kerosene oil, and follow with soan and water. Always loosen the rollers hefore putting the wringer away.