MOTHER AND OTHERS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 3012, 5 August 1916, Page 1

MOTHER AND OTHERS.

HAIRBRUSH HINT. A single-bristle brush can bo kept cleaner than the ordinary brush made, up of bunches of bristles. An excellent solution for sterilizing the hairbrush is composed of four tablespoonfills of formaldehyde (40 per cent) to a quart of clear water. USEFUL BORIC ACID. No household, should be without a supply of boric or boracic acid powder. It is invaluable for every kind of accidental wound when bathing is necessary. Tender or sore eyes should bo bathed with" water containing it, and ears syringed. Sores on the lips, due to cold, will be cured by its use. Tender feet washed and dusted with the powder are soon comforted. Cuts ami wounds of every kind, if dusted with it frequently, will no', take bad ways. And lastly it is wonderful for burns which are broken. Bathe a broken burn well with boracic water and put some of the powder on the place before banadaging and there will be no fear of poisoii setting in. For use dissolve in io.'.U-ig water. Boric acid powder is cheap. Allow a teaspoonful to a pint of water. TO PRESERVE YOUR FIGURE. Always stand with your knees straight, your back erect, chest drawn straight, your back erect, chest thrown "out, and abdomen drawn in. Always sit well back in a chair, with back erect. Night and morning draw twelve deep breaths, right from your abdomen, with your mouth shut. Draw the breath up through your nostrils, and exhale through the mouth. Do this slowly two or three times daily and you will feel yourself stronger and better in every way. WATCH YOUR CHILDREN. If a child stoops unusually when sitting curvature of the spine should be looked for. It often comes on Avithout pain, and if neglected leads to the deformity so familiar to all. DAMP LINEN. Nothing may be attended with more serioiis consequences than sleeping in damp linen. Persons are frequently assured .tha-t the sheets have been afc the fire for many hours; but the question is as to what sort of fire, and whether they have been properly turned, so that every part has been exposed to the fire. Tho fear of creasing the linen prevents many from unfolding it, so as to bo sufficiently aired; but health is of more importance than appearances.