Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, 4 May 1911, Page 833

Domestic

ByJMAURBBN

Pepper-Boxes. If a pea be put in the pepper-box, it prevents the holes in the lid getting clogged. Tucks. When ironing small tucks on muslin blouses, etc., it will save much time if they arc ironed on the wrong side first, and after on the right side of the article. To Clean Hugs. Heavy rugs should never be placed on a line for cleaning, as the. weight is apt to break and stretch the run where it crosses the line. . The best possible, arrangement tor die purpose is an old set of bed springs placed on the grass. Spread the rug upon it and beat with a carpetbeater; the dust drops through and is carried away by the wind, while the rug is not injured in any way. How to Use Old Linen. Tablecloths that are much worn in the centre will often have edges that are really. scout and strong enough to make napkins that will prove good enough to find their way into the children's school lunch-baskets. The school lunch-basket, it is well known, is a fatal spot to place a napkin that is in the least valuable. The towels with much worn centres make excellent wash cloths, and, if doubled and bound with tape, admirable eating bibs fc the small boys and girls of the family. The old towel was/' cloths are much better minus hems, deep over-casting and linen, floss being a more comfortable finish for the edges Old linen handkerchiefs or scraps of soft old linen should be saved, rolled, into a bundle, and put awav in the family medicine chest to be used for cuts, burns, etc., for which, they are invaluable. ■ How to Feed a Baby. _ Cow's milk forms a heavier and more indigestible curd than human milk but barley water does mere to prevent the heavy curd i than plain water, and should always be used. 1 lie addition of any form of water reduces the proportion of sugar, so that in mixing the artificial food sugar preferably sugar of milk, should be added, a teaspoonful for ear* bottle. During the first month the proportion should be one part of cow's'milk to three parts of nf™TlW« e + * r T thfin ? t 0 the third month '™ e Part of milk to two parts of barley water. From the fourth to the sixth month, two parts of milk to one part of barlov 7hJZZ' a "? f, 'r m •n e enth t 0 the nml of the ninth month, three parts of milk and one part of barley water. Never give j child any starchy food until he or she has cut at least two teeth, and never give meat until the double teeth rip through. '■* As soon as - a meal is finished empty the bottle, wash it, and leave it soaking in soapy water till required again. Use always a boat-shaned bottle ■ A aweek! ° range m ™ Bweetened sho " kl bc given once Sprains. It is a very common mistake to suppose that a sprain is a trifling accident, and a very simple matter On the contrary severe sprain is not infrequently a more serious metter than i 1 simple fracture-that s a broken bone—for while a. fracture will often mend and leave the limb as and if I" ST*' a Spran ] «"*>•» much slower business! and if it be severe, weakness is frequently left in the limb for a considerable time, sometimes*, indeed peiVanently Hie symptoms of a sprain are pain—which-in a bad ease may be severe-swelling, and heat, while late" on the skin becomes discolored. The way you may distinguish between a sprain and a fracture is" that in the'latKise there is a deformity of the limb; with a. sprain although there may be great swelling, the limb is \,„ t lis3 Tf th, -r*^— 6 "* i° U d be - ft^°luto and immediate St. If the arm ,s injured place it in a sling; if the log «£ the .limb: and let it rest. Apply cold water bandages or an ice-bag if convenient to the injured part. leases of very severe pain, however, this treatment cannot be borne TV hen this is the case, bathe the joint with hot water or a hot bran poultice will bring relief. . " Dislocation means that a bone has been displaced Tim symptoms- are very similar to those of a sprain, the 'difference being firstly hat there is an alteration in the length 011 the limb; secondly, that the end of the bone may S. ally be felt through the skin; and thirdly, that the nowor of movement from the joint has gone, and any attempt to move it increases. the pain considerably. There is littu that can be done until the doctor comes. Place tl « injured part at rest, and put the patient into as easy a position as possible. - •> a „ ip iwihiimi ■ i ■■■■■■ iii in -niii T- n ammmmm """' "*