By MAUREEN Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 27, Issue 21, 27 May 1909, Page 833

By MAUREEN

Domestic

To Whiten a Bread-board. When a bredd-board ' becomes a bad color, damp it witli warm water, then rub it with dry whiting. Next scrub it thoroughly with a clean, hard nail brush and givo it a final rinsing under the* cold water tap. Then dab it all over with a clean soft cloth, and -stand in the air >f possible until quite dry. This is an excellent method for whitening and cleaning boards of all kinds. Soap should never be used for them, as it is apt to turn them' black... The Girl We are Glad to See.-. : The girl people are glad to see and wish she could stay always, is bright and cheerful. She is dainty, and always tries to look her best. .She is warm-hearted and sympathetic. She is Helpful and always ready to give a hand with the cooking or the dusting or the sewing, and at the same time never gets in the way. . - When she -s about we forget we have such things as nerves— for she never gets on them. To Renew Cane-bottomed Chairs. When cane seats become slack through use they are uncomfortable and unsightly. Sponge toth sides of the cane thoroughly with hot soapsuds, in which a handful or salt has beeif dissolved. , Then stand the chairs in the open air, and when the top of the seat is fairly dry, cover j it with a cloth and iron with a hot iron." Treated like this, the seats will become as firm as when new. | Brushing the Hair." j There has been much preachment about brushing the hair vigorously at night to make it thick and glossy. The I latest dictum, however, is that the hair should always be brushed with a gentle caressing motion. It is now said to be a positive crime to attack the head the way some women do It tears up the tender new hair just as a rake would root up new spring grass. It is quite as essential to be careful about the sort of brush one uses as to bear m mind this rule about treatment. First get a brush with good bristles, of medium stiffness. - One set into a rubber covered cushion is best. The value of this style of brush lies in the fact that the slight resistance ottered by the rubber cushion has precisely the same effect as massage. Sensitive Children. There is a much worse thing for a child to have than a rreckled face, a snub nose, or a hasty temper, and that is an over-sensitive disposition. Sensitiveness is a misery to both men and women; it makes them suffer neeedlessly and imagine all sorts of slights which were never intended Yet all this can be cured in infancy. A child begins by being self-centred; it ends by growing morbid. The wise mother, seeing this tendency, directs the child's attention away from its own self to more cheerful and less selfish thoughts, and thus saves it from countless miseries in the future. Darning Children's Stockings. Children manage to get such enormous, holes in their stockings that it i 3 almost impossible to darn them. The best way to mend such stockings is to procure some coarsemeshed Mack net. Cut it a little bigger than the hole and baste it neatly over it. Then darn in and out of the meshes, and it will be found that the darning of big holes is quite easy. • ' To Clean a Mincing Machine. Mincing machines are so generally used nowadays that a hint as to cleaning will be of service. If it is difficult to get the machine clean, or to remove the meat from the grinders, all that is necessary after having used the machine is to' run a piece of dry bread through it. This will not only prevent the meat being wasted but will also free tho machine of all trace of fat. If a cold you have neglocted, Till you fear 'your chest's affected, There's no need to feel dejected, -""' You can still be quite secure. To despair is only madness, So away with gloom and sadness, Take that thing of joy and gladness, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.