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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 175, 20 April 1929, Page 18

To Wash. Glasses.—Glasses which are used for milk or any milky substance should always be washed in cold water in preference to hot, as the- latter is apt to leave a cloudy appearance, and necessitates a great deal more labour in the washing. The same rule applifes to perfectly new glasses which have not been used. - : DO YOU USE SYDAL? Many people suffer all sorts of skin tortures rather than go to the trouble of using a simple remedy. Sydal heals by making the skin clean ; it is gently antiseptic, nbn-poisonous, and so mild that it can be used on the most tenderskin. Why .not use it? 2s. everywhere. —Advt. . ■ -

A Cheap Substitute for Putty.— A. paste suitable for stopping cracks in floors and other Woodwork is made by soaking newspaper in a paste made by boiling a pound of flour in three quarts of water and adding a teaspoonful of alum. This mixture will be about the consistence of putty, and it should be forced into the cracks with a knife. It will harden when it dries, and then may'be painted to match the boards. If the cracks be neatly stopped they will, when painted, be hardly perceptible. • .. Don’t forget that the growth of baby s teeth will depend upon him using his jaws properly and having to Work to get his food. A Petrol Cleaning Hint.—To avoid the ugly ring which petrol leaves when used to clean a delicate material, add a little salt to the liquid before applying it.