THE HOUSEHOLD.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 29, Issue 34, 4 May 1917, Page 6

THE HOUSEHOLD.

Never put kid gloves upon little chilIren. It is simply barbarous. In winter voollen mitts are good and sensible, witn Lisle thread for moderate weather; but in summer it is perfectly sinful to hide the dimples and fetter the motion of cunning baby fingers. Often parents with all good intention reprove their children for making remarks on the nature of the food placed before them ; but when children are at home they ought to be encouraged rather than otherwise to bestow well-merited praise or blame, as it indicates a refined and acute condition of the senses of taste and smell. A German authority recommends as very sflectual an apparently very simple method >f protecting iron from rust. The article is nimersed in a nearly saturated solution ot diloride of tin, then washed in water, and afterwards with weak ammonia. The tin solution must not be too acid or it will ittack the iron. The treated metal appears Ike frosted silver. It may interest some of our readers to tnow that a Portuguese physician says that he often troublesome disease, ringworm, ;an be cured in ten days by cutting the hair iff the affected spot, rubbing in turpentine, md washing off with carbolated soap Then • wash the whole head with hot water, and ouch the spots with dilute tincture of odine, repeating once or twice a day. The most common-sense theory of housefleaning is to begin at the top and work (radually downwards till the last grain oi lust is swept out at the door. When all ornaments and pictures have been removed, ihts cornice and walls must be brushed with i soft, long-haired brush, or with a duster lied over an ordinary broom ; and when the rarpet is up and the floor has been scrubbed, :he walls must be brushed a second time to jet rid of the dust that will rise during the process. If the marble tops of washstands, cheffoners, or chimney-pieces are discoloured by (rease or any other kind of stain, mix two parts of common washing soda with one part of chalk and one of ground pumiceitone. Make sure that all are finely powlered, and then make into a paste with vater. Rub it well over the marble, and an lour or two later wash it off with plain soap md water. Another way of cleaning marble s to mix whiting and curd soap to a paste, spread and leave for a couple of days, then vash it off, and the marble will be as white is possible. If there is any straw or willow matting to ne cleaned, or if the seats of chairs made of ;hese materials require cleaning, it must be lone with a nail-brush and salt and water The most obstinate grease spots will come jut of boards and carpets if salt is melted in spirits of wine oi 1 ammonia, and applied to them ; and all the brasswork in the house will be improved by a good rub with salt md vinegar ; and this last mixture is the very best thing with which to cleanse the iheet of mica so often placed in the front of in oil-stove.

If the chimney of a room where you do not mean to take up the carpet is swept, and my soot falls on the carpet, cover it with common salt and sweep both off together. Mter this treatment, no vestige of the soot tvill be visible An American paper saysA gentleman who is in business in this city has cured himself of a chronic and ugly form of dyspepsia in a very simple way. He was given up to die; but he finally abandoned alike the doctors and the drugs, and resorted to a method of treatment which most people would laugh at as "an old woman's remedy." tt was simply the swallowing of a teacupful >f hot water before breakfast every morning, vie took the water so hot that he could only :akc it by the spoonful. For about three weeks this dose was repeated; the dyspepsia decreasing all the while. At the end of that time he could eat, he says, any breakfast or dinner that any well person could eat — ho j gained in weight, a)id has ever since been hearty and well. His weight is now between thirty and forty pounds greater than it was during the dyspepsia sufferings; and for several years he has had no real trouble with his stomach, unless it was some temporary inconvenience due to a late supper or dinner out, and in such a case a single trial of his ante-breakfast remedy was sure to set all things right. He obtained this idea from a German doctor, and in turn recommended it to others; and in every case, according to the gentleman's account, a cure was effected. There are few things more difficult (a Daily Telegraph fashion writer says) to accomplish—ln a small way than the proper adjustment of the veil. Many—girls especially—get over the difficulty by doing without it altogether; but your thoroughpaced person of fashion* considers the veil the necessary complement of all bonnets, and is partial to it even in conjunction with the broad-brimmed hat: therefore she carefully studies the manner it shall be worn, ' which differs with different styles of headsear. Can anything be more inelegant than the wisp of net tied tightly over the face, queezing the hair down on the forehead, .ad even sometimes going the length of discing the features, the ends of the net tied .ogether behind making an ugly little knot a the back of the head? On the other hand, when the veil is too loose it does not look well either. Should the brim of the capote or toque be wide enough for the veil to be lifted from the forehead a flat piece of tulle is all that is needed, but in the case of i diadem bonnet, set further back, a short running in the top edge of the veil will have an excellent effect. Anyhow, it should bo fastened at the back with a pin, and the ends carefully tucked away out of sight. Tulle cut in an elongated diamond shape is used just now; the longer points join behind, the shorter diameter being just deep enough to cover the face. It is frequently necessary to gather the top edge of a veil that is to be worn with a hat. Long scarf-shaped veils ire sometimes adopted with light lace sdgings; these are draped round the hat, and the long ends are allowed to hang down at the back. Others are square, save that one of the four corners is rounded off; this end falls over the face, while the three others—each weighted by a little tasselgrouped together, dangle about the nape of the neck, the net covering the entire hat. This is oue of the latest novelties. Fashion patronises very lightly woven tulles for veils; if lace embroidered the design is extremely small and delicate;' spots, on the contrary, are generally quite opaque, and are sometimes made of velvet, sometimes ol small grains with a metallic lustre about them. Besides these, there are tulles for veils speckled with gold, or dotted here and chere with bits of tinsel, or into the meshes of which are worked small beads of cutglass imitating various gems—more especially diamonds. White and coloured net for veils is mnch less in vogue than formerly, and should only be chosen of the same colour as the bonnet itself; nevertheless, ’ lave seen a few hats—those with mediumiized brims turned up at the edge—to which v white lace veil is attached which actually :orms part .of the decoration. These are ihe exceptions, filack net foundations carry .he day, and are worn with all sorts ol oloured millinery, being so fine as to bi almost invisible <