LADIES' COLUMN.

Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 312, 9 July 1898, Page 2 (Supplement)

LADIES ' COLUMN.

HOUSEHOLD TIT-BITS

Marble may bo readily cleaned by the application for twenty-four hours of the following' mixture :—Soft soap, one pound ; powcVed whiting one pound and •washing- soda one pound, boiied together for twenty minutes. Wash oft' with clean water, and polish with a picco of coarse flannel.

If a clean cloth, wrung out of water to which half a teaspoonful of ammonia has been added is used to wipe a carp6t which h s bcenrecently swept, it will lemovo the dusty look aud brighten tho colours Glass should bo clouued with a little paste of whiting and water, and with auother cloth rinse off, and then polish with a soft linen or an old silk handkerchief.

Whito spots upon tarnished furniture will disappear if a hot plate be held over them.

When making paste for paperbanging, add a teaspoonful of powdered alum to oaeh pound of flour. To get rid of ante, a penny worth of camphor burned in the pantry or elsewhere, and keeping the door closed, will soon make a clearance.

It is not generally known that rats cannot resist sunflower seeds. A trap baited with them is the most efficacious method of catching rats. A cement very much used in China and Japan is made of rice flour. It is only necessary to mix the rice flour well_ with water, and gently simmer the mixture over a clear fire, where it readily forms a delicate and durable cement. Albumen will remove most of tho specks from gilt frames." Beat the white of an egg with two spoonsful of cold water ; then with a soft brush moisten parts of the frame, then wipe perfectly dry with a soft rag. Continue until the entire frame is cleaned. OLD-TIME TRUTHS. The woman who oun weep at will is almost as much to be dreaded as the man who can murder without remorse. Many men appear to think that, when they have once gained a woman's love, they are absolved from all obligation and attempt to keep it by any of the means by which it was originally won. One thing of which we never repent is the confciousness of having done good, however unworthy tbe object some persons who make the greatest ado about the smallest troubles of their own, seem to think tbey atone for their weakness by the stoicism with which they bear the gravest troubles of their friends. Imagining silence to be associated with wisdom and self-confidence, we are prone to idealise it. Many a fool is silent because he has nothing to say, HINTS FOE THE NURSE. , That babies ought to cry occasionally is a fact well known to doctors, but one which seems to be very much against the creed of mothers and nurses. Tho model babies who never cry are unnatural specimens. Crying is the only exercise a young baby gets ; it expands the lungs, causes a better circulation of tho blood, and helps on muscular growth. Of course, fretting is to be promptly attended to; and screaming must not be allowed, but a really healthy little cry, when nothing particular is "the matter—save that the baby needs that mode of expression for his pent-up feelings—is not a thing to make everybody try to divert the little one's attention to stop him.

FANCY WOKE. How to make these quaint sweet smelling squares. To make lavender sachets, ■without rubbing off the lavender flowers from the stalk,* take twelve sticks of lavender with large heads, and tie them tisrhtly tegether close up to the heads with a piece of thread, and then tie around this two pieces of ribbon of different colours, having first fastened their ends together. Bend the sticks down over the heads, and proceed to plait the ribbons in and out of the sticks—first a row of one colour, and then one of the other, giving the effect of basket work, the heads of course, being packed inside. Continue thus plaiting until the heads are quite covered, and finish off with dainty bows. Twist the ribbons down the sticks, which you can have any length you fancy—about four inches is generally considered long enough, and tie another little bunoh of bows at the top to match the other end. At first the plaiting may seem troublesome work, but after a little practice it is very quickly done, and the employment becomes quite fascinating. Great care must be taken to make the sachet quite neatjat the rop, where the heads are soaked for a few ininutss in cold water, when they will become pliable but it is better to use the lavender directly it is cut, when the stalks will bend over quite easily. To make the sachets larger, a piece of cotton-wool, scented with lavender, cun be fastened round the beads before the stalks are turned over. These lavender sachets form pretty little novelties, and sell well at bazaars and sales of w<irk. They are nice to lay in drawers between linen or pocket handkerchiefs, strongly perfuming whatever they come in contact with.

EEMEMBEE, IN THE KITCHEN.

That, when a baking dish gets burnt in using, it should not be »craped ; simply put a little water and ashes in it, and the burnt surface will come of easily without injuring the dish. That a steady heat for baking cannot be expected from a stove that is imperfectly cleaned and choked with cinders. Too often the cook blames the stove for imperfect work, when the fault lies in her neglect to put it in baking or cooking order.

That all green vegetables should be kept in a cool, dark place, but not in great quantities. Roots of all kinds should be kept in dark, dry places, because light, •warmth, and moisture produce either germination or decay. The kitchen paints will soon acquire a shabby dull look from the frequent cleaning that is necessary in this room. The use of soap only increases the difficulty, especially if the paint* are varnish.ed The best plan is to boil one pound of bran in a gallon of water for an hour, then wash the paint with this bran water, and it ■will not only be kept clean but bright and glossy. That a jelly-bag, strainer-cloth, pudd-ing-bag, or dumpling-nets, should never be washed with soap, as the next thing that is put into or passed through them will surely tasto of the aJkali. Wash the bags with warm water and dry iu the air. That a duplex fork is the very be.-t thing for taking potatoes and largo vegetables from the pot, as it does not break them like a perforated spoon, and yet drains all tho water from them that is so objectionable when a common spoon is used.

A pelican's pouch is large enough to contain seven or eight quarts of water. Wabninp.—Notice is hereby given that I intend making it warm for all persons taking Woods 1 Great Peppermint Cure this winter —so warm that it will not allow any cold to come in, and if a cold is there it will soon drive it out Coughs and colds will soon be a thing of the past if people keep a bottle of Woods' Great Peppermint Cure in the house. 11 *• There can be two opinions about everything " but as " there is no rule without an exception, the exception proving the rule," there cannot be two opinions about The Waikato Ak'ucs having the largest circulation of any paper in the four counties iu which it principally circulates—viz., Waikato, Waipa, Pinko and Raglan. The advertising public arc fully alive to this fact, as the columns of the paper prove,