HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 240, 7 October 1916, Page 17

HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

When a woman with a husband and four children who does all her own housework was asked the other ..dayhow she managed to keep her hands so smooth and white,' she said that it was all a question of proper management, states a writer in the Sydney "Daily Telegraph." To begin with the washingup, the bogy of most housewives. For this she has three mops of different sizes, one with a brush on the back for hard rubbing. She - wears a rubber glove on her left: hand, and uses the water very hot, as she is able to tilt up.the dishes out of the water with a mop. The plates are-slipped into a rack, and so require no drying. A longhandled brush, with wire bristles on the slant, thoroughly cleanses the saucer pans, and washing-up is done in this way without wetting one finger. An old skewer is stuck in the woodwork beside the sink, and on this. the glove is put to dry between washing-ups. Then a long-handled sweeping brush, a long-handled hard scrubbing brush, mop, and wringer make it unnecessary either to go on one's knees or put one's hands in-water when cleaning the floors J A laundress comes in weekly to do the washing, but should the housewife elect to iwash the fine muslin collars and blouses, she smears her. hands with vaseline that night, and sleeps in a pair of loose gloves. • ■ .