SANDBAGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 6 (Supplement)

SANDBAGS.

i As a substitute for" the rubber hot- ; water bottle nothing can equal a cloth : bag partly filled with heated sea sand. It ! conforms to any part of the body and I gives out a peculiarly soothing and ! pleasant heat 'that is not equalled by any ; similar appliance. These bags can be , made at home, and three or four can bo | made at a cost of a few pence. Take : good strong ticking or drilling, and make I into bags about 6in by Bin square, leaving 1 a small opening at one corner. Pour in J dry sea sand until about half-full and i &ew up tight. To heat, put them on an ! inverted dripping-pan in the oven of the t kitchen range, leaving oven door open ! about an inch to prevent scorching. Heat- : ing in this way takes about half an hour, but if a quicker method is desired it may be accomplished by making bags 6in by I 10i:i in size and heating the sea sand in | a pan in closed oven and pouring it into ' the bags when hot and closing opening i with a string. Two or three of these I bags will warm the lied on a cold night, I but. their chief usefulness is for applii cation to any part* of the body where a ! gentle heat is required, as they conform i perfectly to any member and* give an agreeable heat that is lacking in the orI dinary hot-water bottla.