DO YOU KNOW-

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 108, 8 May 1936, Page 2

DO YOU KNOW-

That Dustin’s have some tempting packages and boxes of chocolates for Mother’s Day giving? That knitting should always be pressed with a damp cloth and a warm iron on the wrong side before being made up? That you may have your last season's felt or velour hat remodelled at Miss Bathgate’s, Milliner, Guyton Street (opposite McGruer’s) I That a little charcoal mixed with clean water and poured down a sink will disinfect i.t and remove unpleasant smells ? That at the “Cottage C.-alt,” 213 Avenue, there are innumerable dainty and useful hand-made gifts f. ( n. which to choose an acceptable gift for mother on Mother’s Day? That a hot mustard bath is of value for colds and chills? Rub the mustard to a paste with coll water before adding to the bath. That Sunday is Mother s Day ? Give mother a rest from baking and buy your week-end cakes at Brown’s ••Home Cookery,” Maria Place. That milk stains can be removed from a tumbler by letting it stand for a quarter of an hour after it has been filled with salt and water? A dessertspoonful of salt is ample. That a gift that will lighten mother 's duties and be most acceptable for Mother’s Day is an iced cake? Dustin’s have delicious cakes priced at 5/-, 7/6, and 10/-. That furniture which is heavy but is not provided with castors can ne easily moved when the room is being spring cleaned if a little soap is rubbeu over the base of each leg? That during the school vacaticn ■Miss Bathgate, Milliner, Guyton Street, (opposite McGruer’s) will make tweed liats for school girls, and renovate and remodel children’s hats at special prices? That broken china, glassware, woodwork, etc., may be easily and satisfacI torily mended‘by mixing ordinary flour with vinegar into a firm paste and applying to parts .to be mended? Allow to set before using. That knitting bags, travelling cases, bugs for linen, stocking bags and aprons are just a few of the suggestions for a gift for mother on Mother’s Day, that you will find at the “Cottage Craft, 213 Avenue? ■ That wooden spoons and chopping i boards should be well scrubbed sand or bathbrick in preference to soap? This treatment not only whitens the wood, but makes it smooth. If the wood has been stained with giease, it should be first washed with soda water before being scoured with sand.