Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, 8 February 1912, Page 49

Domestic

By Maureen.

To Destroy Cockroaches. % Place in a mortar three ounces of boiling water and about one-seventh of an ounce of phosphorus. As soon as the phosphorus, is liquefied, add gradually three ounces of flour, triturating with a pestle. When the mixture is nearly cold, pour in by degrees three ounces of • melted tallow slightly warm and one ounce and a-half of nut oil, and finally one ounce and a-half of fine powdered sugar; continuing stirring until- perfectly cold. The mixture is dropped with a little meat. This remedy is claimed to work wonders. Summer Drinks. Boston Cream.—Dissolve 31b of sugar in three pints of boiling water; allow this to cool. Add 3oz of tartaric acid, 3d worth of essence of lemon, and the whites of two eggs beaten to a stiff froth; place the mixture in bottles for use. To serve this drink, put about half a wine glass in a tumbler and fill it up with soda water, the result being a most refreshing drink. Lemonade Extra Good. Dissolve 31b of sugar in 3 pints of boiling water; add 4ozs of citric acid and loz of soluble essence of lemon. Bottle and use when required. To serve, place one tablespoonful of the syrup in a tumbler full of cold water. , Useful Hints. A very strong solution of water and . alum thrown on a burning object will speedily extinguish the flames. A cement for mending a cracked stove is made of wood ashes and salt in equal proportions, reduced to a paste with, cold water. Fill in the cracks when the stove is cool. It will soon harden, and may then be polished over. ; Three good deodorisers are pounded coffee roasted on an iron plate, sugar burned on hot coals, and vinegar boiled with myrrh and sprinkled on the floor of the room. . . Eating between meals, when the stomach, after doing a certain amount of work, should have a partial rest, is bad for the skin and for . the health, in, that it weakens the digestive organs by keeping them constantly busy and under pressure, and in this way the general physical condition is impaired, and a natural normal appetite is rarely felt, because food is being steadily put into it, and there is no chance to set hungry. . 6 - Care of Glassware. Decanters should be rarely washed inside and cold water answers well for the cleansing of the outsides. When, decanters become stained inside, they, can be very easily cleaned. The most satisfactory method is to place inside :about a dozen small cinders the size of peas, to pour vinegar over the cinders, and shake the, decanter vigorously, ' It is true that the smell is not pleasant, but the chemical action of the gas formed by the mixture soon' loosens the stains which make the decanters so unsightlv. When the cinders have been emptied out, the inside should .be rinsed with cold water and the decanter should be turned neck downward to drain in a decanter rack, or failing that, in a large jug with a wide neck. A brisk rubbing outside with a dry linen cloth will soon restore the brilliancy. Carafes and water bottles soon become very unsightly if the water supply happens to be hard owing to the deposit of carbonate of lime. Tea leaves covered with vinegar -and shaken vigorously soon remove the lime, provided that the deposit ,is but light. . When through neglect there is a very thick deposit, the simplest plan is to place a teaspoonful of weak hydrochloric acid in the bottle and swirl it gently around, then empty the bottle and rinse it with cold water. V ...