Household Hints

Southland Times, Issue 23047, 14 November 1936, Page 17

Household Hints

A little vinegar added to the water when boiling ox or sheep tongues will make them beautifully tender. Sausages rolled in flour, which should be well seasoned, will not burst when fried or grilled. Hat veils with initials on them are very new. Neat cod liver oil tastes nasty—a pinch of salt with it makes it taste like violets. Mix herbs with breadcrumbs for coating cutlets. A “bran mash” makes a fine poultice. Pillow-slips embroidered with mottoes are fashionable.

Soap rubbed on door hinges prevents When fitting linoleum, and there arc awkward corners into which to fit it cut a paper pattern first. Lay this 01 the linoleum and it will serve as a useful guide. Burnished gold jewellery, in graduated bead chokers, and earrings and bracelets to match, are among the new accessories. The designs have been taken from old jewellery pieces, and include metal finished handbags. With a black dress, a reseda green jacket or bolero in velvet is very smart. Velvet in all its colours and in black is used for trimmings and the odd little garments which are so important in the modem wardrobe.

Rub tough meat with cut lemon. After boiling eggs hard for salad dip them into cold water. This keeps them a good colour and makes them easy to shell. ig a coat, put the coat on inside out. Have the lining all ready stitched up, and slip it over the coat. It will fall into position naturally. Pin it : in place, and finish in the usual way. To remove the smell of smoke from ’ a room, place a bowl of water on the ' floor overnight, and in the morning the smell will have disappeared. i ’ cool summer suit is made from . black and white embroidered taffetas. : The skirt is slim and straight, and the : jacket, which has leg-of-mutton sleeves i to the elbow, is basqued. White rings .fasten it at the neck and waist.