Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 08, 8 October 1908, Page 33

Domestic

By MAUREEN

Cleaning MixtureHave a wide-mouthed bottle in which to put the small pieces of soap that extravagant people generally waste. To a pint of these add a teaspoonful of powdered saltpetre, the same of ammonia, and a quart of warm water. . This mixture is .good for washing paint, taking grease frpm ' clothing, and all similar cleansing. - -,"'".. ' - - • When -Packing Clothes. < - - Never fold trousers into less than a third of their- length, as it ruins the shape. For a -neat fold, place the two innermost buttons on the- top of < each other," when the trousers will lip naturally of themselves. "Double from the legs upward, and if then too long for the space in trunk "or in suit case, fold the legs in two never inwards. ,- Always turn, up the collars of coats before folding..- This avoids ugly brewing. Lay the coat lining downward, and fold the sleeves -an '.troo toward the shoulder. , Make a dent at each armpit, and, 'double -once' more, from, base . to collar, this time. v If packing a frock coat, , repeat -the same process, - folding' -the" garment over '-from 'lapels' downward 'over ; the sleeves before doubling the first time, and the- tails up toward * "the collar before putting in the lastfold: * " ■ - Some Uses for ' Salt. For neuralgia take a small bag. made of mu'slin''or flannel, fill with salt, heat, and apply to: the affected part. Many cases of so-called diphtheria could be cured >y a gargle of salt and water if taken at the start, gargling every hour, or half-hour if necessary. One teaspoonful of salt in a glassful of water is a cure for many stomach/ troubles, relieving colic and indigestion when taken regularly once. a_day. Wash the head occasionally with salt and water to lessen" "the falling out of the hair. Salt dissolved in • warm water -is restful and -healing for tired and inflamed eyes. Brine is recommended for mad-dog bite. Wash the wound well with the mixture, then bind it with a cloth covered with salt. Salt-strewn carpets "sweep easily, and .are left with brightened colors. Sprinkling salt on 'the stove ' when a dinner-kettle has boiled over will prevent. a- "disagreeable odor. To Clean Wall Paper. These directions" for cleaning 1 wall .paper are" likely, to., be of service to many, a housewife. Proceed as foilows:— Cut into eight portions a loaf of bread two days old. With one of these pieces, after having blown off all. the dust from the paper by bellows, begin at the top of the room, holding the crust in the hand, and wipirig lightly downward with the crumb, about half a yard each stroke, until the upper part of the paper is completed all around. Then go around again, with' the like sweeping stroke a very little higher than where the upper -stroke finished, till the bottom is finished. This operation, if carefullly performed, will often make very old paper look almost equal to new. Great caution must be. used not to rub the paper hard, nor to attempt cleaning it in the horizontal way. x The dirty part of the bread, too, must be continually cut away, and the piece renewed when necessary. Care of Flat-irons. Many people have been annoyed at finding their irons quite rusty after they have been put away' a few days. The way to prevent this happening is before you put them away to rub' a little warm grease over them, .arid, then wrap them in brownpaper. When you take them out to use, dip. them into hot j water that has had a small piece of soda dissolved in it, rub dry, and.ihen'put them to heat in the usual way. When they are ready to be used on, the ironing board, have a piece of. brown paper with a little powdered bathbrick on it, and rub the J surface of your iron with this. It. seems rather a lengthy process, but it really does" not take long to do, and housewives will be rewarded for the trouble they have taken by finding the irons delightfully smooth and easy to use, and when they are like -this the ironing can be done t«;in> » n,,;^h-u,