Feminine Interests

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1073, 10 September 1930, Page 5

Feminine Interests

HOME-MADE LOTIONS FOR THE HANDS IMPROVING THE SHAPE ! Women naturaly take pride in their , 1 aces, arms and shoulders, but many j make the fatal mistake of neglecting ' their hands. ! "When your hands look red and coarse, treat them with glycerine and borax. Place one ounce of finely powdered borax in a jar and add four i tablespoonfuls of water and eight 1 tablespoonfuls of glycerhie. Stir the | ingredients together, place the mix- | ture in a saucepan of hot water on | the stove and leave until the borax is | thoroughly dissolved. Remove from j the stove and stir occasionally until | cold. This preparation should be i rubbed into the hands several times ! a day to feed the skin and bleach out ; discoloration. Honey and borax lotion is excellent for bringing neglected hands back to | good condition. Place half an ounce of powdered borax in a jar,•pour on i< j a dessertspoonful of glycerine, add j four ounces of clarified honey, stir and j let the mixture stand until they borax ! has dissolved. Rub a little well into the skin and leave it on all night. ! If your fingers are not well formed, j °r if they are too fat, they can be 1m- ; proved in shape and "reduced” by j bathing in very hot water to which j some toilet vinegar has been added. After bathing, massage each finger for : a few minutes, and then do a stretchj ing exercise by fitting on very tight j old kid gloves, working always toward 1 the wrists. ! Keep your fingers pliant, thus: Held : your hands clenched for a minute, then open and close the fingers with l the arms extended, continuing the exercise for five minutes or so when- | ever you have time.

! HOW TO AVOID COOKING ODOURS IN THE KITCHEN j How often have you felt you could not eat a meal because the ' odour of cooking lyis destroyed your appetite? } To a large extent this trouble can. jbe avoided. If you boil cabbage with ! ihe lid off the pan, place a crust of I j bread in with it. to prevent the smell | | of the vegetable penetrating all over j the house. j , A little vinegar should be kept on ! the stove while onions are being ] cooked. This will prevent the smell ; going through the house and there will be no disagreeable reaction when ; you eat the meal. Hub the top of the cooking stove j with newspaper every time it is used. ! because any spot of grease left on i will make its presence felt as soon as rhe stove is heated again. Make sure ;ilso that the burners are thoroughly i clean. ! When cooking food which has'a! : strong odour, put a few grains of j coffee on the hot stove; the pleasant j fragrance of coffee will then predorn- j | inate. When milk and meat juices boil ' over, sprinkle salt thickly over the j ! spilled liquid and there will be no J i smell. If there is delay, cedar ashes ! should be used instead of salt. I)o not. overheat the oven, as the causes many of the unpleasant odours connected with cooking food. The ! i ordinary baking tin, which allows the meat in it to splutter and splash while the fat forms large bubbles, should be > substituted by the patent roaster, 1 which is really nothing more than a covered baking tin.

CHINA MOSAIC WORK China patcliworli or mosaic looks j well iu the garden where home-made j bird-baths, flower bowls, pedestals, j etc., are contemplated, j Collect all the dainty pieces ot | broken china and glass you can find, | and ask your friends to help you. You | can also ask the owner of the.china j shop you usually patronise to put by ' broken bits for you—ho will, no doubt ] he only too glad to get rid of them. ’ Now’ decide w’hat you will make, j When you have chosen the articles you mean to decorate—say. a large i drain-pipe to serve as a pedestal for I a flower jar—purchase some soft I putty, and put a half-inch (hick layer of it over the jar and pipe. Break the china into small Tiieces of different shapes and sizes, take -one !>iece- at a time, put: it on the pu-ttv and press it well in. Select another pieces that, matches fairly well as

! regards colour and press this in about j a quarter of an inch. When you | have embedded the second piece, give ; it a gentle push toward the first, so : that a tiny smooth roll of putty will stand up between them. Continue thus until you have completely covI erod the article. Place if to dry in a. dus!-free place for a week; then paint the little rolls of putty with a j common white paint, leaving the china scraps untouched. When Hie paint I is dry, cover it with a coal; of aluminium paint. The object of putting Ihe .common paint first is to keep the alu- : minium from sinking into the putty.