Gossip From Milady's Boudoir

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 116, 2 June 1937, Page 14

Gossip From Milady's Boudoir

« Trinket Sox. JNever keep your trinkets or needles or steel of any description in celluloid boxes. Celluloid causes rolled gold . and gilt articles to turn white and rusts SteeL Grey Flannels. Clean by dipping a nailbrush flrst in water and. in powdered magnesia and brushing all over Ihe garments. When dry, shake well and press. Cocoa Stains. Warm or hot water does more harm than good to cocoa stains; sponge with cold water. 1 Seed Sower, Use a glass salt pourer; if the seed is very fine, mix with a little 5 and. Oure for Whitlows. Bandage with a piece of lint on which has been spread a paste of flour and pure English honey. Do this two or threa thnes a day until cured. Joining Fur. . When sewing two strips of fur, place a piece of card over the under strip and with it press the fur down from the edge. Place the other strip next to the card and finally oversew. Artificial Silk. Colour and sheen will be preserved if after washing a tablespoon of vinegar is added to the last rinsing water. / Wine Stains. Hold the wine-marked cloth in boiling milk; the milk must boil all the time. Home Dressmaking. Place paper patlern, rough side down, on the material to be cut. Press with a fairly hot iron and pattern will adhcre to the material. PaintM Walls. Ruh them over with a little olive oil and they will keep fresh and glossy. Cleaniog Alumimum. Wash each article in soap flakes and water, without soda, then rub with piece of flannel soaked in pure olive oil. Gardening Apron. ; Make one from an old mackintosh. Electricity. If a "live" wire is accidentally grasped instantly "earth" the wire when it will be possible to let go. Loose Tiles. These can be made firm by fixing with batter made of equal qu'antities of flour and salt mixed in water. Jewellery. A broken gas mantle crushed up 13 excellent for cleaning silver jewellery. Rub on with soft cloth, dip in hot water and immediately polish. Acid Stain. If acid is spilt on clothes immediately inoisten the spot with spirits of ammonia. Fiirniturt. Vinegar cleans mahogany and warm baer cleans oak. Use a cloth dipped in lHm oil for cleaning ebony.

To Whip Gream. Whip cream at an open window, and aftjsr partly whipping it add a teaspoonful 'of cold water, and continue beating. Repeat this several times until it is the required thickness. The water makes the cream much lighter and increases the bulk, so that it goes much further. Discoloured Tiles. Discoloured tiles are best washed with very hot water, to which a few drops of paraffin have been added. Brown marks on tiles may be removed by the use of lemon-juice. Rub afterwards with powdered French chalk, applied with a ► 5amp flanneL To polish tiles rub them over with linseed oil and turpentine mixed in equal quantities, Painter'g Brush, Continual dusting of wood moulcflngs on doors and wainscots is apt to leave marks, especially when the paint is light in colour. Discard the dnster for what is known as a painter's dusting brush— broad and flat, with long, soft bristles. The hairs will go into the tiniest line of woodwork and remove every particle of dust. Do the "brush dusting" before using the vacuum cleaner on rugs and carpets.

Sponges. . Rubber sponges can be cleaned bj soaking for a night in a solution of 1 half an ounce of bicarbonate of soda tc half a pint of water. Rinse in clea: water and dry in open. Mending. Two-inch gauze bandage is excellen' mending material for white woollens oi light stockings. Place a piece under hole and darn through it. Gauze can also tx used for repairing neckbands of shirts. New Socks. New hand-knitted socks, as ■ well a; any new woollen garments, should be soaked in cold water for '24 hours before wearing to prevent shrinkage. Washing Painted Walls. . For washing painted kitchen waus, take one pound of Soft soap, a quarter of a pound of .powdered glue, two ounces of ammonia and two quarts of soft water and mix in tjie qther ingredients. When washing the wall, put two tablespoons of this mixture with half a bucket of hot water and . begin cleaning the walls at the bottom.