HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19986, 29 June 1920, Page 9

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

sbc « of raw potato is useful for taking stains liom knives. Innives used lor onions must Ik* waslied m soda, water: any used for leinon.s mould bo. wiped at oncu, before i.nu stain gets fixed. VJ hen an,'; thing is floured before it is ned, it must not bn fiunred til! tin? J*—"* before it- is plunged into Pimples and spots will disappear if • he body is kept dean inside and out. blackheads mil readily yield to the rlcainmg and lauulino massage. If your body is kept dean inside and out’von wi l never be troubled nit], these." In boiling little sunt dumplings, put a phue at the bottom of the saucepan, as when first Uirown in, they will sink' and sometimes stick a.t Ihe bottom of the saucepan and burn. When they and float 1 K ” tllcy I:>GCOJU « lighter To prevent juice from running out of n ivuit tart mix ono lublospoonfn] . of cornflour with the. sugar used for sweettailing fv'Tf"" «"» ll " jui “ Tn grilling iish ho careful to mb the' gridiron with a piece of fat to prevent (ho fob sticking, which it is verv ant to do. lon must watch lish 'carclui y, and move it constantly during grilling, or it will stick to the grill or g'ndi'iwir. * I'or safl'ron tea (digestive) mix a, [>inch of saltvon with a quarter of a pint or hot waiter. Lot it infuso for ten minutes, then add two or throe 'abJespoon ul of brandy or ntiv other spuit, and a lump of sugar. Serve not or cold. If verv fold, before hanging out clothes, place I lie pegs in the' oven to hunt them The constant handling of them uill keep the hands pleasantly narm while pegging on the line. . - Vn excellent, wash For fired, weak or mnanied eyes, a, wash approved bv leaning oculists, is composed of one pint of hen led water, one tea spoonful . rohned borax, and fifteen drops of r ? m P ho . r - fho eves "itn tins three times daily, Take half a pint of oil of turpentine, So*; of extract ot lead, and one c" (r . , 1S together by shaking in a well-cork-ed quart bottle, and then add gradually hall a. pint of white vinegar and pz of spirits of wine. This enibrocalloil m invaluable lor rubbing into the joints tor rheumatic pains, or on the chest for a. coitl. The value of the fruit currant as a nutritive and health food is almost without equal. Sir Francis baking, the Kings physician, says;--'“ Manv are the ways in which currants can outer iiuo daily use in the household with great advantage to health ami p<m- ‘ .. u ,s peculiar of this fruit that vino it can he adapted so excellently 1 lle in :‘-i sll g "f *<> many various food's and pastries, it vs available all tlm Tear round, and the housewife with a pcKi store or currant. can he absolute- } indcpent.ont of tho season's fruit,-; It you copper iron-moulds t rv this; r et a child's wooden hoop Tin'larger Than the £me of the oopper. and fit°Sf Ca f IC n l0 ' “ a , ke ba « lvill ht comfortably inside the cornier and sew inis on Pi the hoop. When von boil clothes fit bag msjdo cornier, put .'onr clothes m it, and yon will never bare any more copper stained victims, sometimes water is very hard, go that a ficum forms and settles back on the clothes (which is very difficult (o remove). Id so, avoid this hv kcenhm copper-hcl raised a little when boiling