BICARBONATE OF SODA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20402, 2 November 1929, Page 6 (Supplement)

BICARBONATE OF SODA.

In times of emergency bicarbonate of soda can come to your aid in many and varied ways. . If your feet are tender, bathe them night and morning with solution—one tablespoonful of bicarbonate of soda dissolved in half a pint of water. A little dampened and put on a sting will relieve the pain wonderfully, while it is also excellent for a burn or scald. Bathe the afflicted part wth olive oil, j then put the soda on top of this. Bicarbonate of soda has other uses, | however. A pinch will keep milk fresh during hot weather, and when beating eggs, a little added improves the colour and makes them froth more easily. A paste of bicarbonate of soda and cold water removes perspiration marks from whito silk very effectively, while cut flowers will last very much longer if you add a pinch to the water. <rr^o<==>o<- , -r>o'<==>a<-—>o< —>»<=:

fc'OUR SOILED MAC. Kainwafer should be used for cleansing t)ic waterproof because it is soft, but if it is impossible to collect sufficient, soften ordinary tap water by boiling it up with a .small muslin bag full of bran. Use this softened water to make a soapy lather. Spread the mac upon tho kitchen table and go all over it with the lather and a small soft brush. Rinse by plunging up and down in clean soft witter, and then hang tho coat up to dry in the open air. Do not twist or wring, or even squeeze out superfluous water. Neither dry before tho fire, or the heat will crack the rubber.