LADIES' COLUMN

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 447, 13 March 1912, Page 7

LADIES' C OLUMN

The simplest cure for chilblains is potato water. Boil the potatoes without salt ; save the water ; let get cold ; then warm it slightly. Put the feet in until the hot stinging it gone. Pimples on the face may be occasionally bathed in a soothing lotion composed of borax and warm water. At night use very warm water on the face ; then dry, and rub into the pores a n ointment made of flowers 0 f sulphur and lard. When soap and water alone are not sufficient t 0 thoroughly clean n hath, the best thing to remove the dirt on the enamel is a cloth moistened with paraffin. The bath should afterwards be washed with water to remove the smell and siipperiness caused by the oil. For blistered feet. Let the stockings be clean and free from creases and thick darns, and let the shoes be easy-fitting and very smooth inside. Rub the feet overnight with methylated spirit, and before commencing a long walk wash the faet in warm water in which a little sal ammoniac has been dissolved. If the baby persists in sucking his thumb, here is a way to induce him to stop- Make a pair of light-weight white flannel bags considerably larger than the baby's hand, and, when the small child begins to suck his thumb, put the little hand inside the bag, fastening the top of the bag with a shield, and pin to the sleeve of the dress. Baby won't like it, ol course, but it will cure him of the habit more quickly than any othei method.

Look after your teeth. A perfect-ly-shaped set is a gift which Nature rarely bestows, but as the averag* young girl's teeth are sound, bj thoroughly brushing them at night, morning, and after each meal sht may at least keep them looking white and wholesome. If she losef many of her teeth before reaching middle age it is usually because an unwillingness to endure a little pain prevents her from having there stopped until only mere shells remain to be worked upon. The pretty and inexpensive bamboo furniture which is so extensively used nowadays needs slightly different treatment from the ordinary hardwood articles, the fibre requiring "feeding" from time to time in order to prevent it cracking from excessive dryness. It should be regularly rubbed with a mixture of linseed oil and turpentine, applied witt a flannel, followed by a brisk polist with soft rags. Bamboo furnitun should also be exposed as much a; possible to tbe air, and kept as fai away from the fire as convenient. FOR HOME DRESSMAKERS. Linings are o* paramount impor tance if clothes are to be well made They are to clothes what a wellbuilt foundation is to a house, and no number of outside frills can concoal a badly-cut foundation lining, any more than ornamentation can improve a badly-constructed house. It is the '"trueness" of a foundation which gives the style and carriage to a blouse or dress.