Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 19, 9 May 1907, Page 33

Domestic

By ' Maureen '

Antidote to Poison. It is a great thing to thoroughly understand what simple antidote to take if one is so unlucky Nas to swallow poison of any kind through mistake. Sweet oil is to be found in nearly every house, and half a pint of it, taken immediately, is an effectual antidote to almost all poisons. Anybody with a strong 'Constitution should take a larger quantity of this simple remedy.- \ How | to Treat Furniture.. New furniture should be kept as long as possible without the application of oily restoratives, because once commenced a perfect polish will have to "be kept up by a thorough daily rubbing, or the oil is certain to form a crust sooner or later, which is sticky to the touch and not nice to look at. Furniture finished with shellac or varnish should never be' washed with soap and Water. The soap eats the oil and destroys the surface. Milj'ew on Linen. First of all take some soap and rub it? well into the linen, then scrape some chalk very finely and ru!b that in also, lay the linen on the grass, and as it dries .wet it again. This done twice or thrice should remove the mildew stains. Another way is to mix soft soap and powdered starch with half the Quantity of salt and juice of a lemon. Lay this mixture on with a brush, and let the linen lie out on the grass for a few nights and the stains will disappear. How to Wash Silk. In washing silk there are four things to avoid— rubbing, wringing, direct soaping, and heat. Have the water lukewarm, make a 'lather with a little dissolved soap, if very dirty ; if not use bran water. Don't allow soap in a lump to come in contact with silk. Ta^e hold of one end of the article, and swish round and round till clean. Rinse in cold water, to which has been added vinegar, one dessertspoonful to a iq)uart^ Plaice between dry cloths, and squeeze, preferably through a machine. Shake well, to get rid of superfluous moisture,- and iron at once through tissue paper with a warm iron. To Keep the Hands Soft. It is almost 'impossible in the workaday world to go through the frosty weather without chapped hands, and when once they get bad they take a good- while to cure. But prevention is better than cure, and the following is a simple but efficacious method of avoiding thie trouble. Ta\-e common starch and grind it very finely, place it in a box or tin, and keep it with the toilet materials. After the hands have been thoroughly washed in hot water and rinsed in clean cool water wipe them almost dry. Then take a pinch-" of th'p powJerei .starch and rub it carefully over them covering the whole surface.. . The Value of Rest. The inability to rest either •at night or by means of short respite from activity during the day, is the beginning, with many women, of a nervous breakdown and should be heeded as nature's warning that all is not well, and that the routine of Kfe, whether of work or pleasure must be closely scanned and so changed as ■to lessen -the strain. Hurry and excitement, with constant overstrain, which is working on the nerves, are SSJ Ie v ner y e -7asters, for they consume double the en.ergy required for the mere performance of the given act if it were done reposefully. Moods, are to blame for much of this mischief injected in lhes : but we shiould master our moods, not be masterrd by them i!l-tT nt Of re S ular slee P required varies with the constitution age, and habits of life ; the brain worker whose drafts on vitality are the largest, needing the Sr »11 tLTV 6Ve ?- t0 ?. me hours> sleeD are needed by all who lead active lives and wouM keep themS!r OPhySlCallyO PhySlCally amd mentall 7 at the summit of tSr powers. For Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d and 2s Gd....