Pints and Suggestions.

Otago Witness, Issue 2630, 10 August 1904, Page 66

Pints and Suggestions.

If the hands are rubbed on a stick of celery after peeling onions the smell will be entirely removed. Valuable Lace. — Remember that this should always be kept wrapped in blue paper. White paper is very often bleached with chloride of lime, and injures any delicate fabric that lies for any length of time against it. A Simple and Reliable Cure for Indigestion. — One lemon sliced, pour over that ony penny-worth of oil-of-m.nt and one pint of boiling water. Let it stand till cold, then take half a tumberful fasting each morning with half, a teaspoonful of citrate of magnesia. Drink during the effervescence.

To Make Your Boots Wear Well.— An excellent plan is to rub a little grease into the soles of your walking boots and shoes once a week. This prevents the wet from soaking into them, and makes them wear far better than they otherwise would do. Any kind of fat will do providing there is no salt in it.

Home-made Essence of Lemon. — You can quite easily make this for yourself. Fill a wide-mouthed bottle with rectified spirits, and, when you are using lemons, peel the yellow part of the rind off very thinly, and put it into the spirit. Essence of orange can be made in the same way.

Acid Stains. — If lemon-juice or any other acid is spilled on a coloured dress it often fades the colour of the spot touched. This can be restored by sponging with ammonia and water (one tableapoonful of the former to four of the latter), using a piece of the same material if possible. To Clean Jewellery. — C4old and silver jewellery can be cleaned by washing and brushing with jewellers' soap. But very cheap brooches set with stones should never be allowed to lie in the water, as the stones in this case are often backed with foil to improve their appearance. This, if once allowed to get wet, ceases to be of any use.

When oilcloth has been down for a few months and i<3 losing its shiny surface ib can be renewed easily, and it will last twice as Irfiig. Melt a little ordinary glue in a pint of water, letting it stand on the top of the oven to dissolve. Wash the oilcloth thoroughly and let it dry. Then at night, when the traffic of the day is over, go over the thing carefully with a flannel dipped in the glue water. Choose a dry day for it, and by the morning the glue will be hard, and will have pin a fine gloss, as good as new, on your Moor.

How to Wash Blankets. — Prepare a bath of warm soft water, using two parts of hot to one part of cold. Add one tablespoonful of strong liquid ammonia to each gallon of water, and enough soap jelly to make a good lather. The soap jelly is made by shredding soap into a saucepan of water and boiling until melted. Souse the blankets in the suds, taking care every inch of them ia covered, for each part let out will shrink. Cover over with anything that will hermetically seal in the volatile spirit. A pasteboard covered with a rug answers the purpose. Leave soaking for two hours. At the end of that time squeeze out the suds, and rinse in clear hot water. Mangle, and shake vigorously till the hair-like surface of the blankets is lestored. It will take two people to do the shaking properly. Hang out in a cool windy place, not in the sun, or the blankets will cockle. If it be necessary lo do the drying in the house, avoid putting - the blankets too near the fire for steam to rise from them, or they will shrink. Air and fold.

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PT Descriptions oj bulls, <fee, muU be endorsed by either the Witness correspondent for the district or by the secretary to the ball committee. The US of any correspondents who do not comply toith this rule will be sent to the secretary for endorsement prior to appearing. — EM ME LI XE

SPINSTEBS' EU.L AT MOSSBTJE-X.

Dear Emnioline, — The spinsters of this place ?ave a ball on the Ist inst., which was wellattended. The married ladies ot the place contributed liberally towards the supper. Mrs Torrance, Mrs Browning, Mrs Reid, Mrs Roy, Mrs Wm. Beer, Mrs J. Patterson, Mrs Hood. Mrs George Beer, and Mrs Felton, also Mrs Tulloch, all contributed to the supper table, at which one and all seemed to enjoy themselves. To Mr D. Sinclair, of Linwood Station, the spinsters beg to return thanks for his excellent music and his agreeable manner in. rendering it. Miss Tryphena Beer acted as M.C., and discharged her duties well. Mrs George Beer presided at ths supper table to the ertirc satisfaction of all. Miss "Wraytt acted as secretary. Miss Beer made a neat speech, which was responded to by Mr Buxton. Songs were sung by Messrs Sinclair, Dore. Sopcr, Beer, and Hinchey. Miss Tryphena Beer wore a. paJe blue silk, handsomely trimmed with Honiton lace; Miss Kate Beer, a whitemuslin dress relieved with piuk ; Miss Alice Beer, white muslin dress trimmed with lace ; Miss "Lizzie Andersor, -white silk dress, trimmed with insertion ; Miss Oreely, pink silk blouse, tweed skirt ; Miss I-rily Patterson, pink blouse and black skirt ; Miss Robinson, black serge costume, trimmed with lace; Miss Butler, blue silk evening blouse, black caahmere skirt ; Miss Hynes, cream, nun's veiling diosa, trimmed with chrysanthemums ; Miss Munro, rose reel velvet blouse, dark skirt; Miss Wryatt, -white silk blouse, tussore skirt; Mrs Hood 1 , dark mauve velvet blouse, black skirt; Mrs Naiighton, Japanese shot silk blouse, black skirt; Mrs Wm. Beer, black satin blouse, black skirt ; Mrs Joe Beer, green cloth costume, pink silk vest ; Mrs Felton, black costume; Mrs G«orge Beer, black cashrner-e costume; Mrs Arthur Soper, heliotrope dress, trimmed with lace and insertion; Miss Evelyn Beer, yellow nun's ye ing frocli; Miss Dossie ZSTaughtoß, blue zibelme diess. — Guest.