HAVE YOU TRIED THESE?

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 October 1931, Page 3

HAVE YOU TRIED THESE?

When powdering, use boraeic lint squares instead of a puff. Use the Huffy side, then smooth side to remove ; surplus- powder. Boracic lint is very soothing to the skin, and the squares of lint are easily thrown away. * * * *

Here is a certain cure for chilblains. Soak hands and feet in a basin of hot water containing handsful each of common salt and soda. Keep adding hot water, and soak for about twenty minutes.

Equal parts of strained lemon- juice and olive oil massaged into the arms and hands every night will keep your skin soft and white, as well as keeping the cuticle in splendid condition, rendering the dead skin easy to remove. * * * *

Here is an excellent bleach and astringent: Mix small quantity of starch into a smooth paste with a 1 few drops of lemon juice and water. Apply to the face and leave till absolutely dry (usually about twenty minutes). iSponge off with warm water. * » ■*

Gold sores may easily be cured by rubbing with small piece of household starch. With this treatment the troublesome sores will disappear in an hour •or so.

This powder-cream blend has a very lasting, effect: Take loz glycerine, mix with six teaspoonsful of good face powder into a smooth paste, together with a small pot of vanishing cream. »- * * *

If on washing day blue has run out, try a few drops of blue ink in the last rinsing water. The effect will be quite as good. - * * * *

A pinch of salt on the tongue will relieve a sick headache. Repeat the dose several times if necessary.

Salt heated in the oven and rubbed well into material will remove stains and grease spots from serge or gaberdine. '** * * Boil clothes pegs before using. They will last twice as long. *'* * * A pad of cotton wool dipped in methylated spirits will clean and revive shabby ibrowu shoes. *** * . Linoleum painted with shellac gives a brilliant polish, without causing a slippery surface. * » * Lemon which has been cut can be kept in perfect condition for a long time if placed in a tumbler with cut portion uppermost and sprinkled with sugar. * * * * If the edges of a fruit tart are damped with a little milk instead of water, fruit juice will not boil out or render the pastry sodden. ,* * * * When beating yolk of egg only, add a teaspoonful of water—the egg will not then stick to the sides of the basin. i* * * * v To damp clothes in record time, pass each article under gently turned oh shower, i * * * * ' To stiffen fabrics such as chiffon, etc., / that do not require starch, add three tablespoonsful of sugar to the rinsing water, and the j material will regain its original crispness.