From Milady's Boudoir

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 187, 25 August 1937, Page 14

From Milady's Boudoir

Hints About The Home Cushions. To clean, wring out a clean cloth in hot 'Water and spread over cushion; then beat with stick. Tiie damp cloth will absorb dust. Medicine Glass. When using, hold level with the eyes and the marks on the glass wiU. be more accurateiy seen. Pleats. If a row of machining is P'Jt on extreme edge of pleats, it will greatly facilitate ironing, Glass Cement. Some common alum melted in an old iron spoon wiU mend glass, china, and other ornaments that afterwards can be safely washed in hot water. Ants. Dip a piece of rope in creosote and put near the quarters of ants to drive them away. Oil Stains. These can be removed from white materials by rubbing with cloth soaked in ammonia. Dress Hangers. Garments will' not slip off if you flx pads, made from odd pieces of velvet,_ at the ends of your dress lianger. Baby's Socks. When new, cut out their shapes te eardboard. Fit * socks, after washing, on these shapes to dry and they will not shrink. Cooking Tips. Place a sheet of grease-prbof paper on the oven tray before baking rolls, cream puffs, etc. This saves washing a tray that has been greased. - Brusli over the surface of a cake with a ■ small quantity of jelly crystals before spreading on almond icing. This wfll make it easy to cut through the icing without breaking it away from the cake, Add brandy after, not before, a cake is baked. A little brandy sprinkled over the top immediately the cake is taken from the oven gives a.much richer flavour, and is ,mpre economical than adding it to the mixfure before baking. Stocking Hints.

In selling stockings of so fine a gauge that they look "as though they were not," salewomen always advise customers to soak the hose in cold water before wearing them, and to wash them every time they are. worn. The preliminary soaking strengthens the fibres, and the subsequent launderings help the gopd work. Experience has proved it to be good advice. Three pairs of superfine. silk stockings will last indefinitely— unless they are accidentaUy "laddered"— i£ they are worn on successive days and washed in warm lather and thoroughly rinsed in cold water as soon as they are taken off. It is the work of a minute only each night, and is well worth while, from the point of view of good appearance and hygiene as v/ell as of economy. Restful Room. I was in a wonderfully restful room the other day (writes a correspondent). It was in "ice-blue" with red accents here and there, in sofas and in borders to the "ice-blue" curtains. Olive green, another most soothing colour, had been chosen for the dining room in the house. Latest Wallpapers. Wallpapers are coming into their own again since the modern decorator has decided again that patterns, even though faintly in evidence, give walls a better appearance than the perfectly plain painted surface. Wavy, horizontal lines, delicately drawn, often make the design for new papers and have the desirable effect of making a room seem far more spacious. For bathrooms and kitchens there are matt surfaced papers, treated with oil so that they are washable andas impervious to steam as the shiny varnished kind of paper. t Shoe Laces De Luxe. Shoe laces used to be just shoe laces, at twopence a pair, but now they have completely forgotten their humble beginnings and move in higher circles. The newest belts are. intricately plaited shoelaces with the tags left on as decorations. If you want to be very smart, fasten your blouse with a lace and thread a couple up the front of each pocket on your skirt. Smart little sandals are made of nothing more than thin rope soles witli twisted shoe laces as the uppers, while one milliner of international reputation has whipped the crown of his newest sports hat on to the brim with one of those stout leather laces which we used to associate with hob-nailed boots. Laundry Lines. • Keep a piece of Jap silk handy, when pressing pleats. This gives a good finish, and the pleats will stay in indefinitely. Iron organdie Under a damp cloth, using a hot iron. This will prevent the edges from curling up. Use slightly damped brown paper when pressing men's trousers, and the creases wiU stay in much longer. For cream flannel trousers, use double thickness of paper to prevent scorching. Wash artificial silk bedspreads in a solution of warm water and soap flakes, and rinse in water stiffened with a little gum arabic. When the silk is almost dry, press on the wrong side with a fairly hot iron. Use sccnted water when damping "special" clothes. The heat of the iron will press the fragrance into .the garments, and the perfume will last much longer than if sachets are kept in the 'linen cupboard. Wear dark sun-glare glasses when it is necessary to iron by electric light. This will entirely obviate strain on the eyes, with its inevitable headache. Spongy Cushions. Life's little luxuries have new additions in the form of sp'Uigy rubber cushions that act as leg and head rests and take away any 'ault you may find with the comfort of the average deck chair. The cushions have elastic bands to hold them in position and one of them slips on the chair at the back for the head to rest on and the other is fixed cax the seat just where it is needed to suddd-* *