Show HINTS OP ALL BOUT3 A dluli of water placed In a hot oven where plus cakes or puddings are beIng be-Ing hiked will prevent them from scorching Old leather can be made lo look like new applying a coat of Trench polish pol-ish with a camels hair brush The kin of fruit should never be eaten eat-en not because they nro not palatable or digestible or aro unhealtbful ID themiclves but on account of Ibo dan gee arising from microbes which mat have penetrated Into the covering ot the i frulL People who aro susceptible to the cold thould make a point ot wearing loose clothing In cold weather If you have butter that Is not entirely entire-ly sweet put It In a porcelain dish with a lull all and a tiny piece of soda place over the firs and bring lo a boll Turn It Into n stuns jar and lot It In a cool place The butler will bo found perfectly sweet and nol too alt for cooking The Impurities will ollle to the bottom of the jar A cement for mending broken glass or china la 1 made by dissolving halt an ounce of gum arable In a vrlneglassful of boiling wilier and adding enough plaster of Parla to mako a thick paste Apply It with a brush to the edges 01 the broken parts Hold the plecei carefully together until the cement baa hardened aumclcnlly for them lo adhere ad-here If tho article to bo mended Is I broken In several pieces do not attempt at-tempt lo cement a second piece before the first baa thoroughly hardened A tested cough mixture reclpo comes from an Unnllsh lady It Is palatable and very effectual Doll three large lemons In water seven minutes drain off Iho water and slice the lemons as thin as possible Put them In an earth en bowl wllh ono pound of the best brown sugar and land the bowl on the stove until the mixture Is at boll Ing point Then draw lo the back of the stove and let tbo mlxturo simmer three hours Itemovo from the fire and when II has stood half an hour add small tablespoonful ot oil of sweet almonds al-monds It Is I to bo used warm Stir and take In teaspoonful doe as long as needed To make a wax for polishing hardwood hard-wood floors cut one pound ot beeswax Into small piece put them In a dish and place It over the firs In a pan ot hot walor Allow the wax to melt and then stir In three plnta of turpentine When the Ingredients have thoroughly thorough-ly blended place some ot the wax ota ot-a woolen cloth and rub It on the floor treating ono hoard at a time and rubbing rub-bing lenglhwlse Then cover a heavy brush with flannel and with It rub the floor until It U I perfectly smooth It Is I usually the case lhat some parts of the floor are subject lo more wear than others When Ibo polish has worn off In these spots warm the wax and apply to the worn places and then polish |