USEFUL HINTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 231, 23 June 1908, Page 5

USEFUL HINTS.

. To arrange short-stemmed flowers like pansies or wild violets, tako a glass berry-dish or a. shallow bowl, cover with Dotting (a pieco of an old laco curtain will do), and tio the. netting beneath the dish with thread-; then put the stems'into the holes of the netting, after having nearly filled tho bowl with water. To improve the appearance stand the bowl in a larger one. For example, a fingerbowl may be used for the flowers, and that bowl be set within a berry-dish. • The woman who is travelling will find ifc an oxcolleiit idea to have pockets in her undorshirt, pockets that button or that can bo closed with safety pins. When buying openwork stockings get two pairs of the same pattern. One stocking of a pair nearly always wear out before tho other, and if you have two pairs aliko the good stocking from each pair may be.worn some time longer. , • Making eyelets in lines'collars will prevent them from tearing whon they are fastened in front with tho pins that aro worn so much at present. . The collar must be soaked in. water first to free it from starch, but when it is rough-dry the eyolets can bo made without difficulty. To .freshen soiled ribbons make a suds of white soap and cold water. Through this draw the. ribbon a few' times, passing the hand gently over tho soiled surface without wrinkling the ribbon. Rinse in cold water. Stretch a clean towel tightly across tho knees and dra.w the ribbon briskly over this until it is nearly dry, stretching it with both hands to make it smooth and to keep the. edges straight; then press with a hot iron', placing a thin cloth ovor the ribbon. Great care must be taken not to crush or wrinkle tlie-ribbon, as unless it be of very soft quality every .wrinkle made while it is wet will leave a mark that no ironing will romovo.