WOMAN TO WOMAN

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 81, 29 December 1934, Page 8

WOMAN TO WOMAN

For Mutual Help Al! those readers who require help in any matter of household management, cookery, dress, etiquette, or needlework, are invited to put their problems before us, - when every effort loill be made to assist them, free of charge, the only condition being that the full name and address is given. This is not for publication, but for record purposes only. Those requiring a reply by post are asked to send a stamped and addressed envelope. 4 prize of half-a-crown is given each week for the best housewifery hint received for this ■ column by “Woman’s World Competition." The prize of 2/6 goes this week to Mrs. D., Wanganui, who sent the followinghints:— Moths and Mosquitoes. To keep moths from furs, .soak a piece of new flannel in port wine or stout, dry it, and lay among your,furs when putting them away for the summer. Moths will Jay their eggs in this flannel in preference to the fur. Remove the flannel if you find the moths have touched it, and put in a fresh piece. To keep mosquitoes away, take a iiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim

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small piece of gum camphor in a tinvessel and melt it over a flame, taking ■ care it does not'ignite. A sponge or piece of flannel dipped in the camphor and tied to the head of a bedstead will keep mosquitoes away for at least three ■nights.—Mrs. D„ Wanganui. Use For Sour Milk. , When you have some sour, milk; usq this mixture instead of eggfe, and instead of milk or water for mixing, in a cake. One cupful of sour milk, one teaspoon of vinegar, a teaspoon of egg powder. Cakes made in this way will loeep fresh for a week.—E.A.B., Ashhurst. Emergency Coat Hangers. This is'a simple device for travelling. Roll a newspaper closely, tie in the middle with twine, making a loop to hang it by, and you have an excellent coat-hanger. For a skirt, slip the loops on the waist-band over 1 the paper roll. Two newspapers tightly rolled make a , hanger strong enough for a man’s top coat.—“ Resourceful,” Ashhurst. . Cooking Swiss RoR.. .' ’/ . • ■ For cooking Swiss roll, the side of a petrol tin'cut to mahe a shallow dish is admirable; the same tin, if slipped under the bottom of the oven-tray obviates the burning of any cake or anything which needs long and. careful cooking.—Mrs. W., Wellington. Too Hot? Saying “Pooh, isn’t it hot?” won't help; it will probably make you feel hotter still! Save your energy rather than your pennies during the hottest ■part of the day. It is false economy to tire yourself saving a bus fare when the temperature is over eighty. Immersing the wrists in cold water-will make not only your hands.,but .yout whole body feel cooler. Other vulnerable spots which influence the whole body are behind the ears, the nape-of the neck, and behind the knees. Frozen eau-de-cologne applied on these parts works wonders, Hot tea only makes you feel, hotter, although the, fact, that it induces perspiration makes you feel cooler afterward. Iced tea or iced coffee, are good. All cooling drinks should be sipped, not gulped down quickly, and ices -eaten rather slowly. —“Meg,” Wellington. , Keeping Butter Cool. Here is a s/imple method for keeping butter cool. Place the butter dish containing the butter on a soup plate of cold water, and cover with a square of flannel, allowing the four corners of the flannel to touch the water. This draws up the moisture and keeps the butter quite cool and fresh. —X.Y.Z, Wairarapa.