LADIES' COLUMN.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2787, 4 October 1910, Page 7

LADIES' COLUMN.

HOUBEHOLD HINTS. Balt and vinegar will remove the most obstinate stains from china. Linseed oil should be used for door hinges if you wish them silent. Velvet coat collars will be all the better for rubbing with a flannel wrung out in ammonia and hot water. Coloured cotton goods have not always fast colours. If there is any doubt in the matter, lay them in salt and water for two hours before washing. If lemon Juice Is spilled on a coloured material, sponge it as often as possible with ammonia and water, using one part of ammonia to throe of water. ltrooms, when new, should be scalded in boiling suds and they will last much longer. Always hang them up, or stand on the handle, never on the bristles. For putting on coal in a sickroom, where quiet is essential, make a loose sac glove (without fingers) of black velvet. Slip this on the hand, and you can take up the coal quietly without blacking the fingers.

When using a gas stove, never leave anything on it that might boil over. Any flufd boiling over may extinguish the flame and leave the gas escaping. When someone strikes a match to light the stove an explosion is likely to occur.

To purify a sickroom put a small piece of camphor on a tin plate or box cover. Lay a red hot poker on it, and as the fumes rise, move it about the room. This gives a refreshing smell for a few minutes, but does not bang about the room.

However carefully coke is broken there is always a certain amount, of dust from it. This should be sprinkled with, water so as to make it stick together, and then put on a good fire. In this way not ao ounce is waste.!.