Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, 24 September 1908, Page 33

Domestic

By MAUREEN

- " To Make" a Cork Fit. • - . A large cork, after • being in boiling wa'tcr\forv'a white, ■becomes pliable, ,and caY be easily squeezed to 1 lit in" a 'bottlft that it would not go in before. " . ' ' '-'•'•. ' Cleaning Oil-cloth. Oil-cloths should never' have soap used upon them, as" the lye will destroy the colors and the finish. "They are greatly beiw- • fited, and last much longer, if a thin coa.t of varnish- is applied once a year. < " - . To Make Lamps Burn. _ . .«<• 1 ' Any amount of trouble arises from "trying, to 'read or by a bad light, Not only "does it affect" the eyes, but'the- whole nervous system as wrfl. For ~ good, steady .light there^is noth'Li,:* better than a lamp; but, like mbst things,' it has to have attention. After cleaning well and filling it, place- a stualf lump of camphpr in the oil vessel. - ' - The Value of Onions. Onions are almost the -best nervine- known. - No medicine is so useful in cases of- nervous prostration, and thW is" nothing -that will so quickly relieve and tone a worn -out -system?- Onions are useful in all cases of coughs," colds, influenza, sleeplessness, and liver complaints. Eaten every other day, -they soon have a clearing, whitening effect on the complexion. _New" Tinware,, "'. "' If new tinware be rubbed-over with fresh Jaf<T and- thoroughly heated ,„ the- oven before it is used, it will never rust afterwards I no matter how much if is put' in water. For cleaning s t a i ned I tinware, borax produces the best .results. If the teapot or coffee pot ,s discolored on the inside, .boil it in . a strong" solution of borax for a short time, and all its brightness will .return. "' - Paperhangers' Paste. - To make a paperhangcrs 1 paste, take lib flour, put iir •« pa.l, add cold water, a little at.o time, and stir up together to « th.ck paste. -Take a -piece, of alum, about the. size o f a small chestnut, pound it .fine, and .throw it into the ■ pastes mix well Then provide about six quart, of boiling water and mis while hot, with the paste until the whole is .brought to a proper XTcbld'" Th!S " ia ' ieS a " CXCellCnt P^ tC ' and " 1S ~ fit for ** To Prevent Tale-telling. , - Some time ago (writes a reader of Ladies' Column) I found hat my ch.ldren were getting into a habit of constantly coming • to .ma to complain of one another. At last I told them t>4 m future^ could listen to no^erbapc'bmplaiats.; anyone who h& a grievance against another must. Vrite it^out carefully/ Biihtt »t to me, and I would then go into the matter. Since then it is marvellous how few complaints V have received. The children quickly -sett c grievances amongst themselves, and there is far quarrelling than there used to be. • " --L A Home Remedy for Rheumatism. In simple cases, 'especially where children are suffering =from" rheuma.c pams in the joints, the following home remedy I * rheumatism may. be safely used, and ,it will be found to R ive great- "hefr-To a quart of boiling water add a hanSul S mustard. Wnng out- flannel cloths- in the mustard and Tater and wrap them round the painful -joints, covering them tih'Xy cloths to keep in the moisture^and . heat, replacing feS flannels as soon as they become cooled until the p ain if r * J^ Care must be taken to wrap up with dry flannef for sonT^ S^J^n." tO , P~ol d> settling ta £