es by being hung
three, four, or five weeks.

xi. When meat is hanging, change its position frequently, to
equally distribute the juices.

xii. There is much more injury done by admitting visitors to
invalids than is generally supposed.

xiii. Matches, out of the reach of children, should be kept in
every bedroom. They are cheap enough.

xiv. Apple and suet dumplings are lighter when boiled in a net
than a cloth. Skim the pot well.

xv. When sheets or chamber towels get thin in the middle, cut
them in two, sew the selvedges together, and hem the sides.

xvi. When you are particular in wishing to have precisely what
you want from a butcher, go and buy it yourself.

xvii. A flannel petticoat will wear as nearly as long again, if
turned hind part before, when the front begins to wear thin.

xviii. People in general are not aware how very essential to the
health of the inmates is the free admission of light into
their houses.

xix. When you dry salt for the table, do not place it in the salt
cellars until it is cold, otherwise it will harden into a
lump.

xx. Never put away plate, knives and forks, &c., uncleaned, or
great inconvenience will arise when the articles are wanted.

xxi. Feather beds should be opened every third year, the ticking
well dusted, soaped, and waxed, the feathers dressed and
returned.

xxii. Persons of defective sight, when threading a needle, should
hold it over something white, by which the sight will be
assisted.

xxiii. In mending sheets and shirts, put in pieces sufficiently
large, or in the first washing the thin parts give way, and
the work done is of no avail.

xxiv. When reading by candle-light, place the candle behind you,
that the rays may pass over your shoulder on to the book.
This will relieve the eyes.

xxv. A wire fire-guard, for each fire-place in a house, costs
little, and greatly diminishes the risk to life and
property. Fix them before going to bed.

xxvi. In winter, get the work forward by daylight, to prevent
running about at night with candles. Thus you escape grease