Ladies' Column.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 11 December 1914, Page 3

Ladies' Column.

ALL AROUND THE HOUSE

If a package or envelope is sealed with white of egg instead of gum. it cannot be steamed open. When making mustard i\(]<] a tiny drop of salad oil to it while it is being mixed. It will greatly improve the flavour. A cup of moderately strong tea, in which two or three slices of lemon have been infused, will frequently cure a nervous headache. Fingers stained with fiesh fruit, walnuts, etc., should be nipped in strong tea, rubbed with a nailbrush, and then washed in warm water. By immersing an ink-stained handkerchief in milk immediately after it has been stained and allowing it to soak, the ink will invariably disappear. Always add a small piece of butter to milk puddings when cooking them, as this not only improves the taste, but prevents the pudding from boiling over. To soften paint-brushes which have become dry and hard, heat as much vinegar as required to boiling point, immerse the brushes, and allow them to simmer for 10 minutes ; then wash in strong soapsuds. Troubles of the Lips. Mouth, and Teeth. — ricers of the lips sometimes form on the mucous membrane lining the inside of the lips. They are of a .small circular or oval shape, of a grey colour. They are painful when biting and chewing food, and are caused by the irritation of a bad tooth or by indigestion. If the cause is from a bad tooth, have it r"mo\ed, and take a simple opening medicine. The pain is also relie--ed by applying with a camel-hair pencil some borax and glycerine, or borax and honey and water. Cracks on the lips should be treated with glycerine or \asoiine, the In s being; kept constantly soft and moist, (.racked tongues show a series of irregular furrows, often of some depth, running over the surface of the tongue. They are very painful when eating or speaking. and often arise from adisordi-vd sio-i mash ; some ci Ira led magnesia, should be taken, also the same wash applied to the tongue as to the ulcer, viz., 5 grains of borax io 1. oz. of water, with a small quantity of glycerine. To Keep Enamel Baths Like New.—Make a thin paste composed of a i litilc paraffin or turpentine and i whiting ; then take a piece of coarse flannel, dip it in the paste, ami well rub the bath or any enamel vessel or porcelain sinks. You will be surprised at the result.

To Give Baby Castor Oil.—Most mothers find it trying- to give their children castor oil. If they will first put a few drops of pure glycerine on the spoon., then the oil and a few more drops of glycerine they will ha\e no more trouble. Children all like the sweet taste of the glycerine.