ALL ABOUT THE HOUSE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 6, 11 February 1893, Page 142

ALL ABOUT THE HOUSE.

bunions. The following is recommended for bunions : ‘ A little of saltpetre in hot water with enough olive oil to nearly dissolve it. Shake well, and apply twice or three times a day. A simpler remedy is an onion roasted in the wood coals, being careful not to scorch it. Separate into two parts when soft, and put over the bunion while hot. If you will take cotton or wadding and make a pad the size of a two shilling piece, half an inch thick, cut a hole in the middle the size of the bunion, ana wear it, supplying new layers of cotton as the other wears down, you will succed, at length, in wearing down the bunion. AN EASY WAY TO WASH. Here is a nice easy way to do your washing. Take one ounce of ammonia, one ounce salts of tartar, and one box of concentrated lye. Mix it in a jar, and pour over it one gallon of boiling water. Stand as far away from the jar as you can while pouring in the water, and do not breathe. Put this fluid away where the children cannot reach it. On wash day put half a cupful of it to the water in which you boil your clothes, with half a bar of soap which has been dissolved in bot water. Put your dirty clothes directly into the boiler and let them boil about twenty minutes ; then put them through clear water, rubbing out the dirty spots if any remain, after which they must be rinsed and blued. I have large washings but I usually do them in about three hours. If the washing is very large and the water in the boiler gets low, replenish it from the sudsing water, instead of using more fluid and clear water. Mvrtie Hudson. MABEL’S BIRTHDAY PARTY. First, the rolled sandwiches : for this the bread was baked in a long pan, not too light, crust cut off, and lengthwise strips about three inches wide were cut, on which the chopped meat was placed ; these were then rolled as you would jelly cake, and the whole tied with baby ribbon. The birthday cake, which it was Mabel’s special privilege to cut and distribute, was baked in a long pan, and iced all over. At tbe upper left hand corner, ’B4 was made in

coloured candies, and in the lower right hand corner ’93, while * Mabel ’ occupied the centre of the long cake. But the crowning feature of the occasion was the * Jack Horner Pie.’ For this a small dishpan had been used, the outside covered with rose-coloured tissue paper, a small gift for each guest put in the pan, the whole covered over with strips of paper, space being left between the strips so that by means of the little ribbons which were fastened to each article the presents could be drawn out of the pan. The ribbons hung over the sides, and each in turn ‘put in his thumb and pulled out a plum.’ It was a delightful way to distribute gifts.