Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, 21 April 1910, Page 633

Domestic

By MAUREEN

» Glass Dishes. ■ Pouring hot fruit into glass dishes is very likely to result in breaking the latter. To prevent this, stand the ass dish on a cloth wet with hot water and pour the fruit into it. 1 Tea Stains. "When dry tea stains are discovered on a delicately covered tea cloth, try this method of removal: Apply equal parts of yolk of egg and glycerine, and allow to dry. Then rinse well with cold water. - J Egg Cocoa. Egg cocoa is very nourishing for invalids, and many £®° ple 'yl lo have a dislike to eggs can take them in this , • , r ie cocoa is made in the usual way and very s igntJy cooled, add an egg just beaten enough to separate it, but not enough to make it foamy. Cockroaches. f.nnlr^T'f ered - a i X 1 is -? xc llent for ridding the kitchen of cockroaches. Sprinkle it about the stove and around the corners and crevices. When it is swept away, replace it wifi drive 6 the Eta? persistence for a little while The Value of Skipping. baA6 « n the authority of an eminent physician that there is no better exercise for children with imperfect expansion of the chest than skipping backwards. The skipping forward movement is not nearly so good, as the inspiratory muscles are not used to the same extent, nor does the action tend to expand the chest in the same way. Care of Furs. ni nrn Cl +f llllß with a I* 1118 ' 1 made of good bristles will do more than you can imagine towards keeping your furs mart" e f-° r salskm ' and fclts of that description a smait brushing the wrong way is the correct thing, and then a vigorous shaking fluffs them «P into their natural Si°rr n tbe,? a <. ke & ?°} n t of 1 1 - ever la y in 6 furs aside without giving them a careful brushing. New Blinds. ; - When buying 1 window blinds, it is a good plan to allow sufficient material for a deep hem both top and bottom stHn nr+ USl + t tak i 6 *!*? , lath On the top hem sew a ¥ of tape through which to put the nails or clips which SS ¥Ji h,l - d ¥ the f r & Wlie ” soiled at blinds made in this fashion can quite easily be turned aTi ! f 6 ma7e\f¥ S ° ¥ not require to be cleaned :as often as it made in the ordinary way. The Care of Bedrooms. .■ If ' VG « ive a moment’s thought to the great amount of time that is spent in our bedrooms— number of hours even in one week of our existence—the necessity for keening them clean and healthy becomes ,at once apparent. Not only should fresh air have free access both night and day m at iff e 7 means should be taken to combat the dust fiend! To effect this, all unnecessary articles which only simply serve as dust-catchers should be removed. Then there is the carpet. If the room is very large, and a great deal of sun and air can get into every part, and the carpet is not only well swept but also frequently washed over with some good disinfectant, the carpet is permissible, but otherwiso a carpet gets full of dust and germs, and harbors all soits of disease. Choose for bedroom floors linoleum with rugs here and there _ which can be easily taken out’ shaken, and aired. Contrive by every means to avoid keepmg boxes baskets, trunks, etc., under the beds. They collect dust and germs to an appalling extent, and they are also great hindrances to keeping the room sweet and clean. It is easy to sweep or wash a floor that is quite bare, but the trouble is multiplied in proportion to the amount of lifting up and down that has to be done with a much covered floor. If flowers are kept in a bedroom during the day, they should be removed at night, as they absorb the oxygen, so that health and complexion suffer home people are exceedingly sensitive to direct air reach' nig them while sleeping. For them it is possible to be healthy by sleeping in a room with closed windows provided the room is thoroughly aired all day, and every pre caution against germs and foul air taken. This course is never advisable unless the age or peculiar constitution of the person makes it impossible to sleep with open windows

Maureen