HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5227, 6 April 1895, Page 3

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To Clean Suede Gloves.— Put them on and then rub with flour.

Cosfek Grounds make a good filling .for pin-cushions. Dry the grounds before using, and it will be found that needles will nob rust in them.

Gold Ornaments.— These ehonld be waohed in soap and water and well rinsed afterwards. It is a good plan to leave the trinkets in sawdust until they are quite dry, when a Selvyt cloth should be used for polishing.

Stewed Tomatoes.— Procure some goodsized tomatoes and lay them in a stew-pan ; gently add Buffioient gravy to half cover them, stew them slowly until half done, then carefully turn them and stew again. Arrange the tomatoes on a dish, thicken the gravy with an ounce of butter rolled in flour, season with pepper and salt, and pourroundi To Clxak Pubs.— Place two quarts of fresh bran in .a pan over the fire, and afcir it frequently to prevent it from burning. When it is thoroughly hot apply two or three handfula of it to the fur and rub it in well with the hand. Kgpeat this process several times, using hot bran always. When the fur is clean shake it, and then brush it with a clean brush to rid it of the flour and dust which remains.

Children's Feet. — Now that the cold nights are beginning mothers and nurses should bear in mind the importance of sending children to bed with warm feet. Children should never be allowed to goto bed cold ; chills and serious illnesses are often the result. It is the work of but a few moments to rub the feet well and restore circulation, and it is a duty which should never be omitted.

Quince Jelly. — Poal, core, and quarfcerthe quinces, and place them in water to prevent their discolouring. When all are prepared, drain the water away from them and place the fruit in a preserving pan, and let it simmer until tender. Pasa the juice through a cloth, and then measure it, allowing a pound of preserving sugar to every pint of juice. Stir both together, and boil fast for twenty minutes, skimming well all the time. Pour into pots and cover.

Scent Sachkts to put amongst one's clothes make cbarmmg little gifts. The enaieat way to moke them ia to sprinkle thickly squares of cotton -wool with the perfumod powder obtainable at any ohetniut'o. Those squares should bo pub into email bags of oatia or Bilk tied with, narrow ribbon to match. Odds and ends of oilk coEoe in very usefully for suoh work. The larger sachets for gloves or handkerchiefs are scented in tho same way. A Tastt Breakfast DißH.—lt haa the merit oS being very quickly prepared. Break threa or four ogga into a baßin, slightly beat them, eeasou with pepper and Bait, and add to them two tablespoonfula of tossate swce. Melt iuJf an ounce of buttw

in a lined aaucepan, pour in the egge, and stir altogether until it thickens. Serve very hot, preferably on buttered toast. Children's Teeth.— These require care from the very first, not, aa some people imagine, only after having lost their baby teeth and when the second set are coming. A soft brush (should ba used for tho child's teeth from the commencement, for even at that age, should food be allowed to lodge in them decay will be caused. As soon as the child is old enough to use the brueh for itself, it should be taught to uae it regularly, night and morning, and should look upon this part of the toilet as essential as the daily .bath.