SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2966, 3 January 1917, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Washing Up. Tho following is a quick way of getting over that bug-boar of all Bervantless housewives —washing up. To begin with, a methodical stacking is absolutely necessary, plates cleanly scraped and placed one on top of another, cups drained, and silver in a colander. Then plenty of boiling water. To wash the, silver, leave it in tho colander, and having first seen that any very dirty picces are wiped with a piece of paper or a waste pieco of bread, plunge the whole colander full of spoons and forks rapidly up and down, several times, in a dish of very hot water that lias a little soap and a lump of soda, in it. Lift tlie oolander out, and dry the silver rapidly with a soft tea towel. This method does away with that scratching round the dish that ruins so much good silver. Tho trays, all of which must be ready before you begin the washing up, are to have a tea towel folded on each, and then placed one 011 top of another, for a Dig wasu up you may neea tlireo or four nays, and under all a couple of tea toweis spread on the bare table.

Now have your usual wasuiug dish full of very not water, and a second disn of boning water, without soap, tiien your stack of tra,ys.

licgin your wash, up with cups and saucers —wash in the first disn, clip each article as it is washed into the second dish, and lay it on your tray.

If you attempt to drain cmua witnout tlio thick layer of cloth on the tray, tile tray will soon become lull of water, and you will find wet edges to your cups and plates. As soon as tray No. 1 is full, move it to one side, and go on filling up tray No. 2. .Do not wait to put tho first tray full away in its cupboard, even if it is dry.

Two things are needed to make this method an absoluto success. Plenty of hot water, especially in dish No. 2, and a methodical arrangement'of trays and china, so that thero is no loitering or stoppage when tho water gets cold and useless. Saucepans washed last of all, of course ; may be rinsed with a littlo hot water poured from ono to another; and they, too, may be left to drain on a cloth.

This schemo has been given a practical test for some months; it is far quicker, and the china has a brighter sheen than that dried with a tea towel —tho best towels so soon wear and leavo nap.- Incidentally, the life of tea towels is more than doubled by this method, as they seldom need washing, only having soaked up a littlo clean water. The tray idea is only useful if you don't jwssess a proper drainingboard and plate-rack.

Mrs. and Miss Clair Butts are staying with Miss M'Dougall, Partcn'a, Martiiiborough.

Additional donations received by Mrs. Luke for tho Soldiers' Christmas Dinner I'und include, from Mrs. C. Mirams 10s., C. Wheeler 55., Miss H. 65., Mrs. (Captain) Post 106.

Mrs. and Miss Scddon have returned from Rotorua.

Mr, and Mrs. Noel, of Nelson, have taken a bouse at Day's Bay for two months.

Mrs. Marchbanks haß returned from Heretaunga, and ie staying with Mrs. Gore, Aufoi'a Terrace.

The entertainment that was to have been given at tho Children's Hospital yesterday afternoon by tho Williamson Comedy Company has been postponed till Friday. ■-.''■'

Mrs. Isold, an old resident of Gladstone, died on Sunday at the age of seventy-nine years.

I Tho death occurred at Masterton on Sunday of Mrs. Maria Carrick, relict of the lato Mr. Carriek. a pioneer journalist Of Mastortoli. The deceased was seventy-five years of age.

Mrs. Davidson, of Timaru, is visiting Wellington.

Miss Wilson, of Wellington, is visiting Timaru.

A good recipe for Ringer beer is as follows \-i-\\o7,, of ercum of tartar, 3oz. of ffincer, alb. oE sußiir, the juice of two lemons, 2 gallons of boiling water, 1 teaspoon of yeast, and t-TTe white of one CRg. Bruise the Ringer well. Mix all the ingredients together, except tho yeast and the white of tho which should bo added when tho liquid lias cooled, and should be well stirred in. Let tho liquid stand for twclvo hours, then bottle and cork tightly.-

A correspondent writes:—l have just added another summer hat to my collection at the cost of one shilling. Every girl knows what a number of hats wo want, or would like to have in the summer, blit, alas, the prices of them are so high these times, few of us are able to afford moro than one or two. Mine is crocheted in thick, white cotton. To make it I started with the crown, and worked double treble round and round, until it looked like a skull cap and fitted my head loosely. Then I counted the number of stitches in the last row, and made that number of chain for the rim, this I worked rotmd and round in tho same, until! had it the desired sifce, then I seived the rim to the crown. I stiffened the rim with wire, and lined it with apple green crepo de Chine, part of an old evening wrap turned. For trimming I made little apples and loaves of the same material, and with a littlo pink paint made rosy cheeks on tho apples. Three lots of these T placed round the cro\ni. And now if you could see niy really pretty hat. I am sure you would all try to make ono like it.

SPECIAL TREATMENTS. li'Oi: HAIR AND COMPLEXION Treatments for Falling Hair, Dandruff, Premature Greyness, Dull and Lustreless Hair, 55.; Single Treatment Courses, 21s. Shampooing (Electrical Dryers) 2s. Gd. Clipping and Singeing ] s . Hairdressing 2 3i g^ Hair Staining, from 21s] Od. Henna Staining, from 21s. 0d! Hbnna Shampooing "g. gj, Face Massage, single treatments,

3s. Cd. and ss. Face Massage, courses 21s. od, Electrolysis (Permanent .Removal

of Superfluous Hair), ss. per treatment. Transformations, Partings, and Switches, of best English hair, at English prices' MRS. EOLLESTON. 25G Lambton Quay, Wellington. Correspondence resumed on 4th January.—Advt.

Kapiti Day at the Bed Gross Shop, Lambton Quay, on Friday next promises to he a great suceossj the ladies on the Manawatu lino between Wellington and Otaki having charge for the day. Great supplies aro already arranged for, and patrons of tho shop on Friday arc promised something well worth & visit.

A sum of £74 2s. 10d. has just been received from tho Inglewood Ladies' Patriotic Red Cross Society for the Comforts Fund of the British Ked Cross.

The funeral of the late Mrs. C. 15. Hunt, wife of tho Rev. Archibald E. Hunt, took place yesterday. The service in tho Webb Street Methodist Church was conducted by the Itev. J. Heed Glasson, assisted by the Rev. W. A. Evans and tho Rev. G. Knowles Smith. Several other ministers were present, including the Rov. W. J. Conine and the Rev. J. Dawson, representing the Neu' Zealand Alliance. There was also a very large attendance of Mr. Hunt's congregation, and other friends, at tho service. The Rev. J. It. Glasson conducted the final service at the Karori crematorium.

Extra mattresses for holiday time may bo made in the following simple manner, and afterwards stored away in a small space:—Take a piece of hessian tick or strong material the length of a, stretcher, and double the width, fold over, and join the two ends. Now stitch across, leaving the width of a pillow between each stitching, so that a pillow may bo slipped in and fixed in securely with tapes that havo been previously sewn to tho cover. . When making cushions it is well to always make them the size of a pillow; then shako the feathers to one'end, and. taok them as a square. When they aro in the cushion-cover it has the same effect, as a square one. When extra beds are needed it is a'simple matter to dispense with a few of the cushions for a while, and when tho beds have to bo stored a few extra cushions are not in the way.

The death of an infant in. particularly distressing circumstances is reported from Ballarat, Victoria. The child, which was nine months old, had'been ailing for about a Week from what was supposed to have been the effects of teething, but later examinations showed that tho illness of the child was caused by some head trouble. Finally the little sufferer died. When the body was lying in tho coffin prior to interment a member of tho household noticed a movement of one of the eyelids. On the lid being raised a centipede was discovered. . It is supposed that it entered tho ear of the child whilo it was asleep under a tree in a perambulator, and then burrowed its way upwards into the brain, finally emerging near tho eye. The child died in great agony.

AVhcn darning stockings thread your needle also with a good, tine, strong tlircad tho same, length as the wool, and then darn in'the usual way. Stockings darned this way will last double the time. " ;

A few drops of paraffin added to boot polish will onablo yon to give ouite a good shine to damp boots.

To prevent jam from burning or boiling over, smear tho bottom of ■tlm preserving pan with butter before putting in the fruit and sugar. : :

To keep salt from becoming damp and lumpy when filling tho salt-celJars add several grains of rice. These will absorb the moisture, and the salt will keep dry and fine.

Now _i>atont leather shoes, nibbed all over with a little vaseline put on with a_ piece of soft flannel, and polished, will never crack. Patent leather should bo kept in a warm, dry plnee, and shoujd not be worn on ivet days.

What seasonable gift could be more acceptable to anyone than a jar of Cultene Skiu Food (35.), or Cultena Balm' (3s. M.), both invaluable against the summer film and winds. A pretty box of Hygienic Face- Powder in four shades (2s. (id. anil is. lid.). Parieian Bloom (3s. 6i1.), a new preparation, Riving a natural and healthy fresh appearance to the complexion after one application. Every woman should know of this wonderful French discovery. For Grey and Falling Hair and Dandruff, Special Hair Tonic, Hair lubricant and Herbal Soap Hair Cream for dull (and dry hair. Seborene for greasy and dank hair. Great variety Londdii's latest hair ornaments. Manicuring. Delightful , Shampooing. Faco Treatments. Electrolysis Miss Milsoto, 91 Willis Street. Tel. 811.—Advt. . ■ • .

The Patho Disci playing through the medium of a smooth, .ball-pointed, univearablo sapphire in lieu of tho sharppointed needle, represents tho. last word in the faithful reproduction of sound, [t is unwoarable aud, with ordinary eare, unbreakable. The tone is rich, full, and mellow. Any existing Disc Machine can l>6 easily fitted with tho Pathe Sound Box, to enabln its own to enjoy the pleasures of the largest and most artistic repertoire in the talking machine, world. Catalogues, etc., Oscar Hewett and Co., ,16 Cuba Street (just below Bank N. 2.).— Advt.

Of ■ all the thouand of patients I have seeii in bed I havo never met with one who arranged his pillows hygienically, said an eminent doctor. All too high, far too high. High pillows curvo tho spine, bend the neck, and thus prevent the free circulation of blood in the brain. You can never get the full value out of n, night's sleep unless you fix your pillow so low that the head and neck are just on a level with tho spine.