Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 16, 22 April 1909, Page 633

Domestic

By MAUREEN

' How to Wash a Parasol.

,A white silk -parasol can lie as easily washed as any piece of white silk. It- is best to make a tepid. suds with white soap and borax, using the bath tub for .washing it in, as the water can be changed often. In the rinsing water 'use "blue, then rinse a second time... It is best to gently scrub the silk with a soft brush, which is easily done if the parasol is raised. After it is thoroughly rinsed, hang opened in a room to dry, but do not place. it in the sun. -It will be straight and free- from wrinkles.

Weights and Measures.

Two. tablespoonf uls liquid equal one ounce. One heaping tablespoonful brown or granulated sugar equals on© ounce. Two tablespoonfuls powdered sugar equal-" one ounce. One .heaping tablespoonful sifted lour equals one ounce. Three , tablespoonfuls grated-- chocolate equal one ounce. ■ Pour "tablespoonfuls liquid "equal one' wine glass. Two wine glasses equal one gill. Twenty-five drops equal one teaspoonful. One quart' of wlieat flour equals one pound. Ten ordinary eggs equal one pounds

-The .Age of an Egg. ;

The age of an egg can always be determined by tlie size of its air space, which 'can easily be seen through- the shell by -exposing the egg to the light in a dark room. In a new-laid egg this air space is very small, but as the egg gets older it gradually enlarges. Thus at three weeks ,old it' will occupy one-eighth of the contents of the egg. This process of testing is adopted by most of the large dairies in London, being thus able to insure that none - but fresh eggs are supplied to their customers.

The Bath.

For convenience and perspicuity, the temperature of baths has been divided into six gr-ades as given in the following table by Forbes. All who attempt -to use the bath' according to the directions should carefully learn and the distinctions. here- made: — ""_"--

The vapor bath ranges from 98- degrees to 120 degrees ; the hot air or Turkish bath from 100 degrees to 160 degrees, or even higher, though not usefully so. A bath of any temperature above the natural heat of the body, 98 degrees, is a hot bath.

Cleaning the Sewing Machine.

"Women who 1 do not thoroughly understand the sewing machine often blame the manufacturer when the fault of stiff running can be traced to not keeping the machine clean. Most persons think that liberal doses of oil are all that is necessary. Too much • oiling is injurious, and oil where there has not been careful dusting is worse "than none at all. It is not enough to give a surface dusting;'' the cracks and crevices must be kept clean. This cannot be done with a cloth. Instead use a coarse silk thread, to draw back and forth through cracks to get out fine dirt that cannot otherwise be removed. The work of cleaning a machine is lessened if,, a small bellows is kept in one of the "drawers and the fine lint, threads, and ravellings are blown out of the crevices.^ This should be "done every day that the machine is in use. Care should also he taken that pins and needles do nob slip into-- the shuttle part of the machine, as often they clog it, and the cause cannot -be discovered for some time. ItAa 1: & mistake to use a v cheap oil, as it cakes and makes the' 'parts sticky. Never let the machine stand uncovered" when not in -use; and guard carefully from dampness.

1. Cold bath 33 <J 2. Cool bath 60 3. Tern, bath 75 ,4. Tepid bath 85 5. Warm bath 92 6. Hot bath. 98 deg. to s> >} j> >> 60 deg. F. '75 „ . 85 „ 92 „ 98 „ 112 „