AU REVOIR

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 100, 19 July 1927, Page 5

AU REVOIR

PARTY AT TUDOR ROOMS l Mrs. Victor Casey, who for some ' months has been staying in Auckland, • was the hostess at a morning tea 1 party at the Tudor Tea Rooms on Saturday, given in farewell to a number of friends ere she returns to Sydney. Mrs. Casey wore a charming frock of navy blue crepe faille trimmed with i light touches of mignonette green and • a smart little hat of mignonette green 1 felt with a handsome musquash coat. 1 when receiving her guests. Among those present were: Mesdames 11. Warner, Prendergast, ‘ Laird, H. McCoy, Alex. Watson, M. W. • Powley, Gaudin, Edgar, W ebster, Lynch, Misses Helen Montague. Kronfeldt, Ima Casey, Webster, Fabian, A. Casey, CJoldwater. NEW SHOES FOR OLD | If you have an old pair of satin I shoes of which the uppers only are i worn while the soles and heels are ! still good, they can be transformed into a pair of silver shoes at the cost . of a couple of shillings. With a small pair of sharp scissors 1 cut off very carefully the outside covering of satin as close as possible to I the sole and binding, and also off the heel. If any sticking subsance has been used under the satin, scrub the shoes well with warm water and soap and leave to dry. Then procure a small tin of light-grey paint and a small brush, and paint the shoes all over (two coats may be necessary around bindings and heels). Leave them for a few days to dry thoroughly. and then paint over very evenly with silver paint. If they are strapshoes, sew on two silver buttons in place’of the black ones, and your shoes are completed. Of course ’they will not stand too much hard wear, but can always be touched up with the silver paint. Shoes may also be done in gold, using gold enamel over light, stonecoloured paint. m POULTICE FOR BOILS Mix thoroughly the yolk of a fresh egg (not the white), one tablespoon of honey and sufficient flour to make a fairly stiff paste. Put into a small clean jar, cover with a piece of tine muslin and keep in a cool place. This quantity will be sufficient for several applications and the mixture should be freshly made as required. After thoroughly bathing the boil with a hot boracic or Lysol solution, poultice with the mixture night and morning until the boil “breaks.” Never squeeze a boil, but cut a tiny hole in the centre of a clean, strong piece of old linen, place it over the •head” of the boil, and then, with an even pressure, pull firmly on each end of the linen and you will find that, without causing any pain, the pus and. later, the “core” will be ejected.