Hints and Suggestions

Otago Witness, Volume 14, Issue 2648, 14 December 1904, Page 66

Hints and Suggestions

Camphor will not stop the ravages of moths in carpets after they have commenced eating.

Melt together a little mutton fat and beeswax, and, when liquid, rub a little of it over +he edges of boot soles, where the stitches are. This will render your boots quite waterproof.

When washing flannel no soda* shoiild be used. The water must be lukewarm and well lathered with soap. Again, it is most important that good flannel should be neither mangled nor ironed. When ironing starched things, if you want to prevent your flat iron sticking, rub it, after heating, and before beginning to iron, on a boaid well sprinkled with bathbrick.

To Freshen a Black Straw Hat.— Brush to remove dust, and then paint over with a mixture made of equal parts of rather -neak gum and black ink. Don't use cheap ink, ' it isn't economy.

Sofa and chair covers and rugs can be renovated by sponging them with water in which a little ammonia is mixed, changing the water as the dirt comes off. The material should be carefully brushed first to get the dust out.

To disguise the nauseous taste of castor oil, proceed as follows : — To 1 dram of the oil add the same quantity of glycerine, 20 minims tincture of orange peel, 5 minims "tincture of senega, while cinnamon water is to be finally used so as to make up the whole to a £oz mixture. Such an emulsion is easily taken, even by ohildx-en. Another formula is : — Castor oil, 6 drams ; glycerine, 6 drams ; tincture of orange peel, 2 drams ; tincture of senega, £ dram. Water, oi cinnamon water to make up 2oz, and for the dose one teaspoonful.