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Hints and Suggestions.

Scrubbing-brushes should never be left, soaking in the water, even for a few minutes, as this loosens the bristles and makes them soft. A piece of tape should be fastened to the brush, so that when finished with it can be hung up and allowed to drain. To clean black cloth dresses and men's suits. —Boil a handful of fresh ivy leaves in a little water for ten minutes, then press through a sieve and apply to the cloth with a soft brush. Press with a warm iron on the wrong side and the material will look like new. When making bread pudding, soak the bread in warm skim milk instead of water. This makes a pudding far more nourishing. Here is a certain cure for soft corn. Dip a piece of soft linen rag in turpentine and wrap it round the toe on which the com is night and morning. In a few days the corn will disappear, but the relief is instantaneous.

If your new shoes pinch you, the following treatment will give' you great relief; —While the shoe is still on the foot, dip a cloth in hot water, and place it over the tight part. Keep on renewing it as the water cools. This makes the leather shape itself to the foot. To soften the tread and also save the wear considerably, put thick, large sheets of brown paper underneath your carpets. If you have not the ideal stair pads, use any pieces of thick felt you may have; failing this, use four, or five layers of brown paper. Don’t use soap when you are scrubbing rough floor boards. Take some powdered brickdust, and sprinkle it thickly on the scrubbing brush. You will find that a scour with this will whiten the boards wonderfuly and as long as they are not polished it will not harm them in the least.

When using the gas-stove for making toast, it is much more economical to place a piece of wire gauze over one of the burners, which quickly becomes red-hot. Hold bread over with "a fork as to a fire; it is quickly done, and uses far less gas than the grill. A potato poultice is a good cure for toothache. Bake three of four nice-sized potatoes in their skins, and when done break them into a flannel bag and hold it to the face while very hot. If cream will not whip, add to it a little white of egg. Two whites are enough for half a pint of cream. Make it a plan, if you have several children, to keep toilet accessories of each little one quite separately—flannels, handkerchiefs, toothbrushes, and combs. If a child is brought up in this way it will prevent a good deal of bother later on.

After washing oilcloth and linoleum, be sure to dry it properly. If left damp it will speedily rot, and finally become totally spoilt. It is a great mistake to use too much water for washing it. The cloth should merely be wrung out and passed over the surface.

There are numerous uses to which baking-soda can be put, apart from the accustomed and legitimate ones of cake and bread baking. First of all it is an excellent remedy for scalds. When milk is on the point of turning sour a pinch of baking-soda dropped in it will restore it to its natural sweetness. A thick paste made of soda and water is excellent for cleaning glasses in which milk, ice-cream, or other greasy substance has been standing : or, even when there is no time to make a paste, if the fingers are dipped in water, then in dry soda, and the greasy part of the glass is rubbed around with them, the marks will quickly disappear and the glass become bright.

SST Descriptions oi balls, &c., must be endorsed by either the Witness correspondent for the district or by the secretary of the ball committee. The MS. of any correspondents who do not comply with this rule will be sent to the secretary for endorsement prior to appearing.—-ELIZABETH. To ensure publication in the forthcoming issue letters should reach the Witness office if possible pu Saturday night, but on no account Inter than Monday night. WEDDING AT ST. MATTHEW’S. A quiet wedding was celebrated at St. Matthew’s Church on Tuesday morning, June. 15, by the Bev. Canon Curzcn-Siggers, when Mr Frank 11. Blakeley was married to Miss Margret E. Watson. The bride, who entered the church with her uncle, Mr W. A. "Woods, wore her travelling dress, a smart costume of cravonette cloth, made with a long, de-cp-belted coat, and the new kilted skirt, small violet velvet hat with white ospreys, white fox furs (the bridegroom’s gift). She also wore a large cluster of Parma violets fastened in her coat, and carried a bouquet of the same flowers. There were no . bridesmaids, and Mr Chas. Morgan officiated as groomsman. The ceremony was very quiet, only relatives being present. Mr and Mrs Blakeicy left for the north by the 11.15 express. Both bride and bridegroom being well known in local business circles, they were the recipients -of many handsome presents, and received quite a sheaf of congratulatory telegrams, including a wireless message from friends at sea. — Onlooker. WEDDING AT GLADSTONE, INVERCARGILL. At All Saints’ Church, Gladstone, on the Bth inst., a pretty but auiet wedding took

place, when Miss Mary Shwan, eldest daughter of the late Alexander Swhan and Mrs Shwan, of Waikiwi, was married to Mr William Gcorgetti, of Hastings, North Island. The bride, who was attended by her sister, Miss Aggie Swhan, and cousin. Miss Jean. Carmichael, as bridesmaids, was given away by her brother, Mr Alex. Swhan, while Mr ni ' acted ns best man, and Mr Robert Swhan as groomsman. The "ceremony was performed by the Rev. Fvnes-Clinton, and the pretty little church was wed filled with old friends of the bride’s family. The bride’s dress was a lovely frock of soft white satin, the bodice finished with real laee, and a Court train of the faintest shade of pink i eiled with ninon. Her veil was arranged in mob cap style, the sides being fastened with, medallions made of pale pink cord. She carried an exquisite bouquet of white flowers. Ihe bridesmaids’ dresses were made of champagne voile, with folded belts of vieux rose, and they wore mob caps of lace, with vieux lose rosettes, and carried white shower bouquets. After the ceremony the old friends of the bride’s family were entertained at breakfast by Mrs Swhan at her residence, and among those present were Mesdames J. Shand, Wm. Young, A. L. Wvllie, Steele W. S. Mitchell, White, Gray, Mr and Mrs J- Shand, T. D. A. Moffatt, H. S. Royds, O'* d* A. Todd, C. Clare, W 7. A. Saunders, Misses Carmichael, Snow, Moffatt, Youri", M. Wyllie, Swale, Dr Trotter, Messrs W. Swale, H. Fallow, A. R. Deschler, P. H. Moffatt, J. Blakely, R. Shand, T. R. Watson, W. H. a! Olliver, and Rev. Fynes-Clinton. After a very jolly hour or so Mr and Mrs Wm. Georgetti left by the north express en route for a tour of Australia, which will extend over some months, and accompanied bycrowds of good wishes and showers of confetti and rice. The bride’s going-away dress was a mole-coloured costume, with a smart hat of dark green, the crown being covered with lime-coloured silk. She also wore handsome furs.— Guest.

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Otago Witness, Issue 3197, 23 June 1915, Page 67

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Hints and Suggestions. Otago Witness, Issue 3197, 23 June 1915, Page 67

Hints and Suggestions. Otago Witness, Issue 3197, 23 June 1915, Page 67

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