ODDS AND ENDS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20261, 9 November 1935, Page 14

ODDS AND ENDS

PILLOW SLIPS FROM PYJAMAS The legs of men’s old pyjamas are usually in good condition when other parts are worn out, and make capital pillow slips for children, the stripes or pattern pleasing them as something different. Cut the leg off as long as possible, open at seam, and cut to fit whatever size slip you use, sew tapes or buttons on, and you have a useful article at no cost. When Mending Gloves Next time you are mending gloves wear a thimble, then slip the finger into the glove finger. You will be surprised to find how it simplifies your task. To Soften Cabbage When cabbage is bitter or tough add a teaspoonful of lard to the water in which it is boiled. You will find the cabbage is quite soft and tender. To Re-cover a Deck Chair The canvas on a deck chair always wears out in two places—at the top, and at the bottom—while the rest of the material is usually sound. When re-covering such a chair, buy a little more material than usual and sew it on the plan of a roller towel. The endless strip of canvas enables this material to be moved, so that the wear Is spread throughout the roll and is not kept to two definite pieces. A Jam-making Hint When making jam, instead of using one pound of sugar to a pound of fruit, allow three-quarters of a pound and make up the extra by adding a teaspoonful of glycerine. This will sweeten and clear the jam. To Repair Lace Curtains To repair lace curtains tack a little tissue paper over the hole and after slackening the tension of the sewing machine cover the paper with rows of stitching, crossing as for a darn. This will form a strong mesh, and is hardly visible when the paper is worn away. Surface Scratches Surface scratches on polished furniture will scarcely be noticeable if painted over with a fine camel-hair brush dipped in iodine, or a solution of permanganate of potash. Afterwards polish in the ordinary way. GROUSE AND PINEAPPLE The taste for pineapple seems to be increasing steadily, and it has a way of popping up in unexpected courses of the season’s menu. Having begun fashionable restaurant life as dessert, the pineapple next appeared as an ingredient in the sweet, and later as an hors d’oeuvre. Next stage was the salad, and at the moment it has entered into close partnership with game. Grouse Singapore—which is grouse cooked with pineapple and brandy—is particularly popular with visitors from abroad. Many of these people are now meeting grouse for the first time—an enviable experience. TWO EGG MASKS A useful “temporary” mask that is definitely refreshing, and both cleanses and nourishes the skin, is the egg mask. No. 1 is made from the yolk of an egg. Beat the yolk until it is creamy and then spread it quickly and smoothly over the face and neck with the finger-tips. Always work upwards. After it has dried—ten minutes should be sufficient for this—remove with a pad of cotton wool dipped in rose water. Follow this by patting the face with a pad soaked in an astringent lotion. A few drops of eau de cologne in cold water will serve. No. 2 Take the white of an egg end mix with a sufficient quantity of fuller’s earth to make into a stiff paste. Apply all over the face like a mask and keep on until thoroughly dry. Remove, and apply a gentle astringent before you make up. DRAWING ROOMS In his new book, “Older People,” IHector Bolitho, the Auckland-born writer, draws an interesting comparison between the drawing rooms of the world: — Our sitting rooms in New Zealand ire matter-of-fact and all much the same . . .No other people in the world can make a room comfortable as the English do. American drawing rooms ore impersonal and over-tidy. In German sitting rooms one never seems to find any comfortable chairs. Like most other Britons, I have never been invited into French drawing rooms so l do not know what they are like. But an English drawing room (unless it has been furnished in the wicked period of comfortless gilt), enjoys what we know as the “lived-in-feeling.” The .chairs make you wish to stay. The glimpses of knitting needles, the open book upon a reading stand, the ash tray and match-box near enough to save you from a journey across the room: all seem to be planned to make you feel “at home.”. •