Hints and Suggestions.

Otago Witness, Issue 2660, 8 March 1905, Page 74

Hints and Suggestions.

Gi'apes and raisins are nourishing and! fattening, and apples eaten daily ensure clear, bright complexions. To prevent milk curdling add a gcad pinch of carbonate of soda to each quart of milk before putting it on to boil. Orange peel burnt in a room will destroy any close, foul smell. Place the peel in a shallow pan and let it burn for several minutes.

If a double layer of brown paper is put under oilcV>th on shelves or tables, the oilcloth will wear three times as long as if laid directly on ths wood. To clean fruit jars and bottles, half- fill them with hot soapsuds, put in a handful tjf carpet tacks, cover, give vigorous shaking, and rinse well. If a lamp should be overturned, don't attempt to put out the flame with water, for it will simply spread it. Instead, throw down flour, sand, garden earth, or salt, any of which will have the desired effect.

Soiled starch is much improved by the addition of a little salt or dissolved gum arabic. A useful thing to remember is that the iron will not stick to the clothes if the stai-ch used has been mixed with, soapy water.

Plum pudding' cloths should never be washed with soap. Wring them out of boiling water, and hang in the air to dry. Pudding-cloths should be made square, and of thick, soft linen.

When washing glassware Jo not put it in hot water bottom first, as it will be liable to crack from sudden Even delicate glass can. be safely washed in very hot water if slipped in edgewise. To clean velvet, procure a small square of pipeclay (such os soldiers r^ to clean their uniform), and scrape a little off upon the velvet ; then take a brush made of the same material as the carpet whisk, and lightly brush it off. This raises the pile and restores the bloom.

To cure warts on the hands, rub a little castor oil on them after washing the hands. A little should also be ptit on afc ni«rht. After a few applications the warts will begin to dry up.

To relieve a gumboil, a _om.ely remedy is to take a thin strip of dried fig, dip it in milk, toast it, and then apply hot to the swollen gum. Relief is speedy.

To ward off a cold first bathe the feet in hot water and drink a- pint of hot lemonade. Then sponge with salt water every three hours. Fourth, inhale ammonia or menthol. Fifth, take four hours' exercise in the open air. A ten-gram dose of quinins will usually break up a cold in the beginning. Anything that will set the blood actively in circulation will do it. But better than all if your cold is inveterate or serious, consult your doctor, and at once.

When baby sleeps watch his face. If the eyelids are not perfectly closed suspect weakness. If you see a furrow passing from either side of the nose round the mouth there is probably something tha matter with stomach or intestines. A furrow from either mouth corner, passing outwards, may indicate something wrong with the throat or lungs. None of these "signs are conclusive ; but they are infinitely valuable in causing the careful parent to investigate the slate of the child's health.

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WEDDING AT -WATKOIKOI,

Dear Brnmeline — On Wednesday, Ist inst., was celebrated a very pretty wedding at Waikoikoi, when Miss Christina Crawford, second! eldest daughter of Mi aaid Mrs James Ciaw--ford, was married .o Mr Don-aid M'Beath, blacksmith. The biide wore a dainty dresa of blue silk -voile, Uinimed with lace and ribbons. Her veil, which was of silk embroidered tulle, was arranged over a, spray of orange blossoms. She also carried a. pretty white shower bouquet. The brida3maidl was Miss Mary Crawford, sister of the bride, who ■were a pretty dark blue dress richly trimmed with white lace, and carried a shower bouquet. The bridegroom, was attended by his step-brother, Mi E. Robertson, as bs&t man. The ceremony -was performed by the Rev. Adam Begg, M.A., and the church, which: was well filled with friends and well-wishers o-f the bride and bridegroom, was prettily decorated for the occasion. Miss N. Lavender, who presided at the organ, played an appropriate selection cf imusio as wel las the Wedding March as the happy -pair were leaving the church. On their way to thei buggy, which was waiting them at the church gate they -weie assailed with showers of rice. A largely attended reception was held after the ceremony, at the residence of the bride's parents, and a very large number of guests sat down to the excellent bieakfast provided. When all hac! fared sumptuously, the following toasts were pioposed and duly honoured: — "The Bride aud Bridegroom," Mr James Crawford; "The Bridesmaid and Best Man," Mr 'Malcolm Eobeitson; "The Bride's Parents," Mr Robert Simmers; "The Agricultural and Pastoral Interests," Mr George W. Cunningham; "Ediica.tion," Mr John Beattie; "The Host anct Hostess," Rev. Adam Begg\ In the evening, a reception was given to a large number who had not been present at the ceremony, and a most enjoyable dance was also held. Before the wincl-up ol the dance the; health of the bride and bridegroom was again toasted, and Mr John Haivey pioroseJ v. voi© oi xbanks to Mr and Mrs Ciawford for the excellent wa.yj iv which they had catered for the guests. The presents received were numerous and of a, handsome and useful natnae, and testify in a very substantial way to the esteem in which! the happy couple aie lieid by the residents of the district aad by friends far away. — Cobre SPOtfDEiIT,