HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3434, 27 January 1912, Page 4

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Wash oilcloth with a flannel and warm water; when dry wife a-fterulardjs ivith a little warm milk. When boiling an old fowl or tough meat add’ a pinch of soda to the water. Simmer gently, and the meat will be perfecty tender. To prevent the hands getting cold and chapped when hanging up clothes, wipe them thoroughly, then rub a. little powdered starch into the skin. Washing the Face.—Nothing is • so destructive to a fair complexion as the habit of going to bed 1 with an unwashed face. The dust must be got off; but if soap is used the face should be well rinsed afterwards. To Cure Cramp.—To cure cramp in the legs at night, make a garter of wide tape, and on to it sew thin slices of cork cut from a wine-bottle cork. Wear this regularly every night hi bed. As cramp probably comes from acid--ity, reduce this by drinking hot water every night before going t-o bed. Dose, from half a pint to a pint. Sweeping linoleum with an ordinary broom is but scattering the dust. Slightly moisten a square of house flannel, tie it over the broom, and then sweep. Hang woollens out on the line dripping wet, without wringing them at all. If dried in this way they will not shrink To find out- if a cake is done stick a clean skewer into the centre. If it comes out perfectly clean the - cake is done. To Avert Pneumonia.—Often an attack of pneumonia can be averted by the early application of a poultice, and it is. the only remedy that affords relief in cases of neuralgia. Its value is inestimable in drawing out inflammation. and everyone should know how properly to make one. Whether flaxseed mustard, bread or oatmeal be used, heat and moisture are the two requisites. When -prepared it should be spread on a. piece of cheese-cloth or old linen t-o the thickness of about lialf an inch, and then another layer of cheesecloth or linen should cover the poultice, and the edges be folded over so that none of the flax-seed or materia] employed in its making, comes in contact with the skin. It is a good scheme to make two poultices, so that die second may be ready to replace the hrst when it is. removed, and it should be removed as soon as it begins to cool ZZ t] i e Police it is well to lav a piece of oil silk. cut a little larger than the poultice and held in place. If. lou Feel Tired.-—lf, after sitting awhile at embroidery or other needlework, your eyes and back begin to fee] tired, don’t “sag over” or tuck a pillow behind the small of the back, which comes to.the same thing. Try, instead, putting the pillow in- youjr lap. Choose a large one. and rest both arms and work upon it The change of position acts on the shoulders and spine relaxing the muscles, and the slightly altered focus at once relieves the strained feeling of the eyes, thus easing the work in both directions.