From Milady's Boudoin

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 175, 11 August 1937, Page 14

From Milady's Boudoin

iHints About The Home * iBMs'C A glaai marble placed in a pan of , Jnilk will.prevent the milk from boilipg over. 4 LineiL | When putting linen away, wrap in blue tissue paper and it will not go yellow. Baby, V Ju^aif fapes through eyelet holes of a maddntosh apron, and use as a mackintoefa aheet over baby's cot, tying tapes' to cot rails. Boaemeal. Pot used bones on fire last thing at night and afterwards grihd into powder and use as bonemeal for garden. Milk Bottles. r Do not threw away cardboard discs from them»but..kfeep to use at the bottom of patty paris and they will prevent small cakaa from burning. Washing. Add two-teaspoons of glycerine to watek wbm wyhjng woollen garments and they will not ahrink. Anti. Dip a pleoa of rope in creosote and place near JUarfcers of ants. They will not pass the rope. Chamois. Gloves. T&ey will keep soft and supple if wash- , ed in water to which has been added an egg-cup of salad oiL Do not rinse. Flower Effects. Tw the gowns, cellopbane paper has the honour of supplying ornamental addition*. Flattened leaves and flowers of the paper may be seen in a border at the hem of an evening dress, or as edging to an ephemeral cape. Golden cellophane paper makes leaves to add a gfurtening festive look to vases and bowLs of real blooms used in table decoration*. Rubber Powder Puffs. Powder puffs, and paper tissues, most Important items in beauty outfits, can be dispensed with if you invest in the new iittte. rubber "puffs." These are wafer frfrm xoundc of spongy rubber and can be washed every day in .ihe cause of hygiene. They are as good for applying creams and lotions as dusting on poy/der. Stories in Tiles. Hles that tell a story are .in demand for up-to-date bathrooms and fireplaces, and scenes with. old-world settings are favouritei. A Victorian croquet match. or & garden party in the Regency period, for instance, are preferred to the modemistic fish, fowl and beast creations that have been popular until lately.