THE HOUSEHOLD

Wairarapa Age, 17 November 1919, Page 2

THE HOUSEHOLD

POINTS WORTH KNOWING

That if soda is used in washing up patty tins it Snakes them very liable to bum, unless tliey are well rinsed in clean water after washing them. When the Mussel of silk fit the end of the head of sweet corn has withered right s'down to the sheath, the corn is just ready for picking. Mixtures with milk are little better than poison to people whose digestions are not" too strong. We take milk or cream with stewed fruits. Acid fruits, such as plums, curdle the milk and render it extremely unwholesome. For sealing bottles of fruit or pickles. an excellent wax is obtained by mixing together equal part of resin and beef Buet. Potatoes do not stain the hands <f'peeled when quite dry. Pour boiling water on dried prunes and allow it to get quite cold, -then leavo them to soak in the usual way for several hours. They are twice the size and much more tender than when cooked in the usual manner. Apricots and dried apples and apple ringq can be treated in the same way.

TO KEEP GROCERIES. ! All biscuits and cakes should be put into air-tight tins as soon ab brought into the house; never put Boft cakes and biscuits into the same tin, they will one spoil the other. Sil&ar of all kinds keeps best if covered; loaf sugar should be kept in a tin canister; brown sugar in earthen jars. Flour keeps woll in a wooden barrel; a biscuit tin with a well-fitting lid is also a good receptable for it. Keep it in a dry place. Keep raisins, -sultanas and currants in covered jars. Salt keeps best in earthenware or wood; never put it into a tin unless kept in a very dry place; if kept in 'the damp it is apt to bo affected by the weather and will become wet and rust the tin. , Keep candles lying down in a cold, dry place. Soap should always be bought in advance; the longer it is kept the better, as it diros and wastes less. Cut a bar into pieces about one and a half to two inches thick and pile them so that air can pass between the squares. If potatoes are bought in at all large quantities they should be ' spread out in the dark, on a dry, cold floor. _ ( .Carrots, turnips, and parsnips, 'should bo thoroughly dried in the air, then packed in boxes filled with dry sand. . Store apples on a dry shelf; do not let them touch each other. J Lemons keep well in string Bags hung from the ceiling; onions may also be keot in the same wav. THE IMPORTANCE OF DANCING. In the old days there was always great anxiety as t 0 whether a girl would'keep up" her music after she left school. Now the wise guardian is much more concerned as to the keeping up of her dancing. Provided it is not dono in stuffy rooms, nothing is better than dancing for her good looks, and nothing will so effectively keep her from developing the [stodgy, "settled" look which almost ! defeats even the natural' attractive- [ ness of some girjifi.