Children’s frocks and pinafores may be rendered non-iiiilammahlo by dipping thorn into a solution of alum after they have been washed. Many rooms that ore beautiful m lighting and proportions are ruined and vulgarised by the carpet, wall-papers, and draperies selected for them. The carpet, wall, and ceiling treatment, and the curtains, give the keynote of the housewife's taste in furnishing, for no matter how humble the furniture the room it occupies has its beauty made or undone by these three points. Paint or Tar on the Hands.—First mb the spots well with lard or butter, then wash the hands, with soap and hob water.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 5199, 13 February 1904, Page 11
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