HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue XVI, 19 October 1895, Page 502

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

WASHING SCARLET FLANNELS. Take any good hard soap and warm, soft water and make some suds. Wash the garment on the right side and wring out, throwing the water away. Then prepare more water like the first, wash the garment on the right side, then turn and wash the wrong side, wring out and hang to dry after shaking and carefully straightening bands, sleeves, etc. BEDSORES. These most frequently occur in those whose nutrition has been impaired by long illness, as in typhoid, etc., and from continued pressure. As a prevention, the exposed parts may be bathed with alcohol or whisky to harden the cuticle, and pressure may be removed by resting the parts upon a cylindrical pad or water pillow. * The best dressing for a bedsore is a mixture of equal parts of copaiba and castoroil,’ said Bartholow, and whenever used I have seen none but good results from it. The galvanic current may be applied to indolent bedsores to hasten healing, but it would seem that tonics and measures to restore the general health are more satisfactory. GLASS GLOBES, TO CLEAN. When the glass globes of chandeliers have become smoked and grimy, soak them in hot water, to which a little sal soda has been added. Then put some ammonia in hot water, enter the globes, and scrub briskly with a stiff brush. Rinse thoroughly and wipe dry.