Ladies' Column.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 8 May 1914, Page 2

Ladies' Column.

4 FOR NAILING HARDWOOD. | Before attempting to drive a nail through hard wood or where it might split the wood, push it through a thin cake of soap. You will then find that it will go through quite easily. FROSTING WINDOW GLASS. To frost a bathroom window make a vory strong solution of Epsom salts and vinegar. Apply it with a brush, and afterwards go over it with some white varnish. IMPROVING SHINY CLOTH. To improve shiny serge or cloth, > lay it Hat on the table and pass a piece of fine sandpaper very gently over the-shiny part. The sandpaper will roughen up the nap again, but be careful not to rub too hard, as it may wear a hole in your material. CLEANING IVORY. In cleaning ivory knife-handles, rub ■. them well with half a lemon dipped in salt. This will make them beautifully white. After this treatment they should be well washed in cold water and thorough- ! ly dried. PEPPER FOR MrCB. Cayenne pepper is excellent as a means of ridding a cupboard of-. mice. The floor should be gone over carefully and each hole stopped up with a piece of rag dipped in water and then in Cayenne pepper. FOR OIL PAINTINGS. A washed and peeled potato, cut in half, car be used to clean oil paintings. The surface should then Ibe wiped with a damp cloth, rubbed with dry cotton wool, and finally polished with a silk handkerchief. IF YOUR SHOE PINCHES. If a shoe pinches in one place put a drop of olive oil on the stocking Just where the pinch comes, and also apply a drop to the outside of the boot at the same place. T»e oil softens the leather and helps it to stretch.