HINTS FOR BUSY HOUSEWIVES.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7912, 28 July 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)

HINTS FOR BUSY HOUSEWIVES.

To keep sausages from bursting, rcll them in flour before frying. * * * Corks may be made airtight by keeping them immersed in oil for five minutes. * * * Some vinegar placed in the rinsing water on washing day will prevent the hands from becoming rough and chapped. £ * * * A little salt should be added to the sugar used for cooking fruit. It improves the flavour, and rather less sugar is required. * w * To make linen easier to write on when marking it, dip the part to be marked in cold starch, and the pen will write without scratching. * * * Oil-cans should be tightly corked, as paraffin exposed to the air will not burn brightly and will form a crust on the wick after being lighted. * * * Enamel baths can be thoroughly cleaned with a flannel dipped in paraffin. They should not be scrubbed with soap, as this cracks the enamel. * * * To prevent clothes from becoming streaky and patchy in blueing, add a cupful of milk to the water before p/j-tting in the clothes. * * * If moths are in the carpet, spread a damp towel over the part affected and iron it dry with a hot iron. The heat and steam .will kill the worms and eggs. # * * A good way to stiffen the bristles of hair brushes after washing is to dip them into a mixture of equal quantities of milk and water, and then dry before the fire. # * * Heat plates before putting hot cakes or pies on them when first taken out of the overt. If a hot cake is put on a cold plate the under part will become sedden and heavy. * * * To clean the inside of a waterbottle, or any glass that Is too small to insert the hand into, put into the bottle a small quantity of tea leaves, and then pour in about one-third cf a teacupful of vinegar. Shake well, empty, rinse with cold water, and a perfectly clear glass- will result.