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The House wife HOW TO DO IT THINGS YOU MAY LIKE TO KNOW, DRESSING FOR OILSKIN, 1. To one pint of boiled linseed oil add a teaspoonful of white zinc; powder very finely a piece of black lead the size of a walnut, which add to the oil. Keep well stirred while using. Wash the oilskin well with hot water, and dry before using the preparation, which should be well rubbed in with a piece of flannel. Oil3kins prepared in this way have the appearance of a piece of kid, and never stick, no matter how…

HOUSEHOLD HINTS Salt toughens meat if added before it is dene. To cream butter easily, scald bowl before using. Eggs must be very cold and quite fresh to whip well. To prevent old potatoes from becoming discoloured when they are boiled, add a slice of lemon to the water. When the white of an egg, after being frothed, begins to separate, a few drops of lemon juice will remedy the trouble. Onions may be cut nearly tlmough. leaving just enough to hold the pieces together. In this way all will…

CROCHET AND OLD LACE. Old lace or crochet work which has been on hand for a long time soon becomes soiled. Only after it-has been washed a number of times does it come really white again. It will be' found that the following treatment will remove any ingrained dirt and restore it to its original whiteness. The crochet or lace should be left to soak overnight in a solution of borax and water. Use one teaspoonful of borax to a breakfastcupful of warm water. After treatment rinse the article…

HINTS THAT HELP TO ECONOMISE HOW OFTEN YOU HAVE WISHED YOU KNEW A BETTER WAY OF DOING SOME SIMPLE HOUSEHOLD TASK? HERE ARE SOME WAYS THAT OTHER...

WHAT OTHER WOMEN HAVE FOUND OUT The Value of Common Salt Caring for Aluminium WHEN I set up housekeeping a y j few short months ago, a very...

WHAT OTHER WOMEN HAVE FOUND OUT TF the pantry shelves have no doors a window shade on a spring roller put up in front will keep out the dust and...

The Ladies’ Mirror was published monthly from 1922-1926 by the Mirror Publishing Company. It then became The Mirror : the home journal of New...

The Ladies’ Mirror was published monthly from 1922-1926 by the Mirror Publishing Company. It then became The Mirror : the home journal of New...

The Ladies’ Mirror was published monthly from 1922-1926 by the Mirror Publishing Company. It then became The Mirror : the home journal of New...