The Home

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 28, 13 July 1905, Page 20

The Home

By Maureen

Household Hints.

To render cloth or any fabric firef-proof, dip it into a weak solution of chloride of '/inc. It is not generally known that the olive, applied externally, softens the skm, reduces inflammation, and allays pain. To keep paste for any length of time, add <a small lunup of alum to it while cooknng. To strengthen it add a small quantity of glue. To tiake iron rust out of finen, hold'the part that is rusted over a bowl filled with boiling water, i;ub it out with lemon juice and salt, or with a solution of oxalic acid. When the spot disappears rub out the place in hot water. To remove obstinate stoppers from glass bottles, dip a piece of woollen cloth into bailing water and wrap it round the neck of the bottle. In a few minutes the stopper can be removed. To clean plaster figures, dissolve a small a,mount of whiting in just enough water to make a piaste, and put it over the figure with a "btush. A little glue dissolved in the; water before the whiting is added, will prevent its rubbing off. To make gum arable , that will remain sweet, dissolve Ilb g,um arabic in 1 pint of boiling water, adding a piece of borax the size of a wailnut. Pour into a largemouthed bottle. Shake once or twice a day 'for four days, and then add 1 tablespoonful of alcohol. To suppress a sneeze— a thing very often desirablepress the finger hard against the upper lip. It will always prevent a sneeze. Fresh pa;nt stains may be removed with turpentine. Grease sitains can be removed with benzine ; if possible the part should be subsequently washed with warm water. Candlegrease can be removed from carpets or chair covers with a hot iron. Lay a sheet of brown pape ( r or blotting paper on the stain, pass the iron over the spot, moving the paper so as to give a fresh surface for each application ; when no further trace of grease shows on the paper, apply a thick coat of fullers' earth to the surface operated on, and leave overnight. Never wipe gilt frames or other gilding with a linen cloth. It deadens the brightness. Use a feather brush for dusting them. There is nothing that so promptly cuts short congestion of the lungs, sore throat, 'or rheumatism, as hot water, when applied promptly and thoroughly.

Th« Go\ emmenf has decided to call the township on Flaxboume estate Ward, after the Minister for Railways. The receipts at the winter show at Palmerston North totalled £1014. Four leading auctioneering firms in Wellington have combined to erect a huge fruit, produce, and grain mart on the reclaimed land at the Te Aro end of the town The contract h a s been let for £14,500, 'The mart will bo up-to-date and complete, and will be equipped with electric hofyts. There were on March 31 last three ox-inspectors, 14 ex-sergeants, 22 ex-constaibles, two ex-detecrtnives, two widows, and three children on the police Pro\iden!t Fund, their aggregate annual allowance being £1138 12s Bd. There is a balance to the credit of the fund of £24,875 lls 2d, being an Increase of £3081 12s lid on the. amount at the correspon/drhg date of the preceaing year. Thpire was an excellent attendance (writes a Hokitika correspondent, under date July 5) at the'meeting of the Catholic Literary and Debating Society held last evening. Mr. M. Moloney ( vice-president ) A occupied the chair. The subject of debate was, ' Which would be more beneficial to the town of Hokitika— the improvement of the harbor or a water supply and drainage system ? ' Mr. G Maher supported the former and Mr. McKay the latter. A \ery interesting debate was the result, a good number of members taking part. All brought forward \ery strong arguments in favor of their contentions, and on a vote being taken, the meeting decided in favor of Ih~ im;vrovement of the harbor. A letter was read from the Greymouth Hibernian Society extenfling an invitation to the Club to be present at a progressive euchre party to be held on July 18. The invitation was accepted.