♦ HOUSEHOLD HINTS. ♦
Kitchen Helps.
1. Cornstarch is a good substitute
for eggs. One tablespoonful is equal
to one egg.
2. Cranberries, eaten daily, will
frequently ward off bilious attacks.
3. To keep flies off gilt frames,
boil three or four onions in a pint of
water. Apply the water with a soft
brush.
4. To remove bloodstains from
cloth, saturate with kerosene, and,
after standing a little while, wash in
warm water.
5. To cure the sting of bee or
wasp, mix earth with water to the
consistency of mud. Apply at once.
6. To stop bleeding, put a handful
of flour on the cut.
7. Little children suffer often with
earache, and this has been tried and
never failed: Peel and bake an onion.
When done, take the heart out of it,
and when just warm squeeze the
warm juice into the ear. Nothing
better!
8. A hand towel and basin are
needed in every kitchen for the use
of the cook.
9. A very excellent carminative
powder for flatulent infants may be
kept in the house and employed with
advantage whenever the child is in
pain or griped by dropping five
grains of oil of aniseed and two of
peppermint on half an ounce of lump
sugar and rubbing it to a mortar
with a dram of magnesia. A small
quantity may be given in a little
water at a time, and always with
benefit. Will come again, if this is
accepted.
MRS. J. W. H. (Chicago.)
Girls’ Room.
