HINTS FOR YOUR HOME.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 2790, 30 May 1921, Page 3

HINTS FOR YOUR HOME.

A onist of bread eaten before breakfast i.g a cure for indigestion. If your nails are brittle, try painting them regularly with olive oi

The wsitev in which onions have been boiled is excellent for cleaning gilt frames.

The vinegar left over front pickles is better than ordinary vinegar for sa'ad dressing. Dry mustard rubbed on the hands will remove the smell of onions, fish, or any other disagreeable oclour.

To prevent potatoes from turning black after boiling, add one teaspoonful of vinegar to the water in which they are boiled. Woollen articles shrink less if they are not rinsed. Wash them in two lots of soapy water, adding a little b'ue to the last.

If a knife blade is put under a. glass dish, boiling water or milk can be poured in, and the dish will not crack.

When stoning raisins, the fingertips* should be rubbed over with a little margarine. This obviates to a gnexdt, ’fitftenti tbe( geniqral * stickiness. 7 ’

White furs can be cleaned with powdered magnesia. Linings can be freshened and cleaned with a weak solution of ammonia and hot water.

Dried coffee grounds to which a pinch of carbonate oi soda has been added make a.good knife powder.

Threadbare tea cloths should bo sewn together in pairs. Then, by darning over the worn parts, they may bo made to last- a long time.

Coloured liandkerchiefs should be soaked i'll cold water for a short time before they are washed. This will prevent the colours from running or fading. In mixing mustard, stir with a knitting needle. The mustard can then be made in the vessel in which it is to bo served, and there is no wa.sto or untidiness.

Before putting milk into the saucepan, boil rapidly a few' spoonfuls of water (enough to just cover the bottom of the pan) and the milk will not burn.

A simple way to poach an egg is fo turn it. into an old teacup in which a piece of margarine has been placed. Put the cup in a small pan of boiling water; them the egg will be ready to take up in five minutes. When making a broiled pudding, grease the basin in the usual way; then shake coarse brown sugar thickly over the base and sides. This makes a toffec-1 ike crust.

Do not use soap in washing hair brushes. Immerse to the top of the bristles only in hot soda water. Tills will make them white and clean, and they will stiffen as new if dried in the open air.