SUMMER HINTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2381, 19 January 1922, Page 4

SUMMER HINTS.

Summer brings its own troubles, and here are a few useful hints for dealing with them: — Nettlerash, a summer affliction, can be eased, and in many cases quite cured, by rubbing the affected parts with parsley. Sea-water stains on brown bools can be removed by rubbing the marks with a raw potato. Suede shoes, worn shiny on the beach, or by walking, can be renovated by rubbing them with line sandpaper. Insects trill give a wide berth to ankles or wrists which have been dabbed with pennyroyal essence mixed with a little eau de Cologne. A yellow white straw hat can be made as new if it is brushed with powdered sulphur and lemon juice, mixed to a paste. Rinse off with cold water, wipe, and dry in the shade.

Grass stains on white drosses, cricketing flannels, and the like, can be removed by wetting the places with cold water, covering with cream of tartar, and then placing in the sun to dry.

Swollen feet, caused by walking on hot pavements or rough beaches, can be relieved instantly if bathed in warm water into which a lemon lias been squeezed and a little alcohol added.

For general sunburn use this lotion: Six drachms of pulverised borax mixed thoroughly with threequarters of an ounce of pure glycerine and twelve ounces of orange (lower water. Twelve ounces of the orange flower water is equal to twenty-four tablespoonfuls. Excessive perspiration of the feet iu summer time can be checked by washing the feet in the morning, at night, and twice during the day, in salt and water, and then dusling with an astringent powder—washed sulphur, 30 grains; salicylic acid, 7 grains; and powdered arrowroot, -1 ounces.

A panama hat, soiled before the season is out, can be bleached and made as new quite easily. Dissolve 1 oz. of oxalic acid in a pint of boiling water, plunge the lml in, bold it down with a stick, leave for live minutes, remove, drain, and dry in the hot sun or before a good clear lire. Ribbons, of course, must be removed before cleaning.