MOTHERS’ AND DAUGHTERS' TENNIS TOURNAMENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 320, 3 April 1928, Page 4

MOTHERS’ AND DAUGHTERS' TENNIS TOURNAMENT

So eager were the mothers and daughters belonging to the Takapuna Ladies’ Tennis Club to enter a novel tournament held yesterday by the club, that it was found impossible to fit in all the games and the finals will be played later. Taking part in the tournament were: Mrs. Martin and Miss Nancy Martin. Mrs. X. Howe and Miss Gwen Howe. Mrs. Randall and Miss Bunty Randall, Mrs. L. Steedy and Miss J. Steedy, Mrs. Julius Williamson and Miss Louise Williamson, Mrs. Crashaw and Miss

Grace Crashaw, Mrs. Cadness and Miss J. Cadness, Mrs. D. Mowbray and Miss Sunday Mowbray. The finalists were Mrs. D. Mowbray and Miss S- Mowbray and Mrs. Martin and Miss Nancy Martin, who will play against each other on Vi ednesday. Tea was served in the clubhouse during the afternoon. SHORT CUTS IN WINDOW CLEANING At this time of the year the easiest | and most satisfactory way of clean- j ing windows is to use more paraffin j and less water. Many people use water only when cleaning their windows, whereas if they tried paraffin j they would obtain better and more 1 lasting results. When employing paraffin as a win- j dow cleaner do not use. it neat. Pour into a bucket about half the usual quantity of water; then add the same quantity of paraffin, pouring the oil in the centre of the water, and stir well with a stick. Leave for ten minutes, when the solution is ready for use. Be sure to damp your cloth well, and rub over the glass with an even pressure. When this is done, polish with a piece of old newspaper in preference to a cloth, and you will . be surprised at the result. The glass will not only appear bright and glossy, ’ but the lustre will be lasting. For very old glass that is pitted j and marked by time so that the sur- ! face attracts and holds dirt, an excellent method of cleaning is to use a square of ordinary household blue in preference to the paraffin. After the loose dust is removed from the glass, rub over a small quantity of the blue by means of a soft cloth, and polish in the ordinary way. Windows that are large and easy to reach, and where the glass is not pitted too badly, are cleaned easily with a little whiting. After the cloth is damped in the water rub on 1 a little powdered whiting and apply t to s the glass with a light easy movement. Dry with a soft rag. Although • a brilliant polish is obtained in this j way, the lustre is not so lasting as when the glass admits of the use of either paraffin or blue-wash. Housewives frequently complain ; that their windows appear dull after amateur cleaning, though they look j bright and shining when cleaned by ! ■ professionals. The trick is compara-

1 tively simple. To prevent window glass becoming ! dull add about two tablespoonfuls o: liquid ammonia to the cleaning water ! and stir well. Rub with a soft cloth ! and finally polish evenly with an- j other clean, dry cloth. The common strawberry is a natural dentifrice. Its juice, without any preparation. dissolves the tartar from teeth and makes the breath sweet and agreeable.