The Home

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 40, 5 October 1905, Page 29

The Home

By Maureen

For Sore Throats. • £ S ? re th^ oat shou M never be neglected, especially in tjie time of epidemics. A cleansing gargle is made sal ts P<x>nful of salt Snd carbon! ate of stoda, mixed in equal quantities, in half a tumblermi ©i water. Cooking Old Fowls. Fowls which are old, and therefore likely to be tough, should b-a steamed for two hours, and afterwards roasted in a rather quick oven for half an hour and kept well basted. If this is done they will be very much improved. Toilet and Laundry Soaps. f r+£ U • S f oa , ps \ to } ht OT laundry or household, go muoh farther if kept for some time in a dry place before using. New soap lathers too freely to waste, therefore it is more economical to buy a quantity and keep the bara or calces some time, instead of buying it as you actually want it. * To Distinguish Cotton from Linen To distingjudisih cotton from linen when you are choosing handkerchiefs, moisten the tip of a finger and place it on the handkerchief, if it is wet thSTt once it is hnen but if cotton be present in iWanuthl rt \ WIU , **& some seconds to P^trate the threads. In, linen the threads are less even than in cotton. Worth Knowing. During hot weather nothing is so good for preserving perishable eatables as the common red flower-pot as ** acts as a nerfect non-conductor of heat. Butter placed tuiKlermta'th a flower-pot having its head crowned wi >h a wet napkin 'will remain hard and firm. PrSh Si h« 1 Pr'laC^/inP r ' laC^ /in a ca ? of c o> d w ater and covered with a large flower-pot, the pot again covered with a napkun, the ends of which should hang in the water to leep it constantly wet, will keep sweet and free from evil .germs for ever so much longer than if left about in t'ne ordinary way. To Strengthen the Eyes. far JT^ e9 flllf 111 be , greatly slr(^Sthmed by putting the aco down into a glass or eye-cup of water the first thimr _ ln , lho mornmg a nd opening/them under water. Thus is somewhat -difficult to do at first, but if tie water for two or three days be tepid and gradually shocTS .C 0. C 0 im^cmMe degrees until it is no shock to put the face into quite cold watbr.it will sot* bocorno easy, and is w invigorating a!nd refresh" « The eyes should be wiped after this bjv passing a ward Zn£e y "^ward'to! To Ease a Headache. Take laJ sponge ana a basin of hot water as hbt as it can be used. Pass the hot wet sponge slowly and steadily oyor JJie face and forehead for efght orten minutes keeping the sponge as hot as it can be used By this lime the face will seem as if it were parboiled Dry- ,t in a soft towel. Next bathe tbe back of the neck as yo-u JUave done the face, carrying the sponge each tome well up the back of the head" Keep up the batta)* for some lengifli of time, then, if thirsty t Vest l7 g J*^ ht ' «** lie qwictly for' half an hour to rest If sleep is not likely to visit you hist lift the" br^n™ 1110 * 1 With dd ° S ° d ° yeS ' and *" re^ Shabby notches. A woman of wonderful resource has just discovered a new awl very sure way of renovating and restoring to their former appearance spotted, soiled, or faded cloth or serge- gowns Pick about twenty ivy leaves-yowne preen ones for choice, wash them carefully and Z« thorn an « jug or basin ; add about one pint of boifnl water, cover up the basin or jug, and leave to soak for two or three hours, when it will be ready for use Meanwhile tho garment must be thoroughly brushed in sidoawi out, frnd all untidy 'braiding or Hn ln »m£ Tti mm , tbe rr bb ° Uom When road^ s ' )rc>ad on taWe and carefully sponge with t*he ivy water It must then be faiun* out ±0 dry, when it will W found to have recovered ats former color and to l o <»k quite X new