Illustrated Household Tips — How to Mend a Mistake of "Inattention"!

You pressed too hard on your fountain pen, and two drops fell from it onto the carpet — how are they to be removed?
Place under the carpet a sheet of blotting paper, or a piece of cloth that can absorb; then dab the ink with very hot milk, and if it does not come entirely clean, use lemon instead of milk.

You took the cake out of the oven before it was fully "done." May it be returned to the oven a second time, or must it stay as it is?
It is better to moisten it with milk afresh, then return it to an oven of moderate heat.

You hurried back from town, and some eggs broke with you on the way. What do you do when boiling them?
Put a little lemon juice on the cracked spot.

A precious plate fell from your hands and broke. How do you restore it to what it was?
Bring the broken pieces close together and bind them with threads, then boil them in fresh milk and leave them to dry; then untie the threads, and you will find the join has become complete.

You took hold of the kibbeh tray on its way back from the oven while it was still hot, and burned your fingers. What do you do?
Rub the place of the burn with a cake of country soap and a little water.

Your cigarette burned a handkerchief dear to you. Is that handkerchief lost?
You can recover it if you are able to work upon it a design that passes over the burned places as though they did not exist — in an artistic manner, of course.

You left water standing in a glass vessel until it became stained. You can clean it with vinegar, or with hot ashes, or with eggshells.