HINTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2151, 28 March 1908, Page 1 (Supplement)

HINTS.

After doing- dirty work do not at once wash the hands in water, First rub -a .little grease well into the skin, more-especially the dirty parts. Mutton fat is excellent. .Then wash

in the usual way. The grease loosens the dirt, and hands treated in this way will never become ingrained with dirt.

The quickest way to take wrinkles out of a suit of clothes which Ins been put away for a long time and must be worn within throe hours is this: Take a thin wet cloth -and a hot flat iron, and, placing the cloth over

the wrinkled clothes, iron and press them, keening the cloth wet, and not allowing the iron to stay on one place, or it is liable to give the clothes a glossy appearance. If the cloth is we+ted as it dries this is- prevented, and' the wrinkles are taken out-, leaving thy clothes with a nice, fresh, and new look. The clothes can be worn in an hour if required.

We may not all have rich china and silver appointments for onr tables, but it is quite within the compass of -all to have tidiness, and these ought to accompany the daily bill of- fare in all households. There is no agency eo educative to a child as home manners, and there is nothing shows so readily a. mannerly upbringing as one’s ' behavior at table. Therefore accustom the members of your household to practise cleanly, tidy habits at the home table, and when they, pass into the world and are -asked tj take a higher position they will tepid«r their heartfelt, thanks for the —« training, imhoiiglTTit times it ■ . -is ivo seemed severe.

Many doyirs, caused by th,o shrinkthe (wood, are .quite two inches > from the door, causing dust and enter. Fold about three 'thicknesses of paper, just the width of the door and about two inches in depth. Cover with plusliette, baize, or serge, -as nearly as possible to the color of the door, sew on three small rings, one about a- quarter pi -an inch from each end and one in the middle. Fasten into the door three small screw hooks- with well turned up ends, hang on by the rings, and you have a. perfect draught preventer, which moves with the door, keeps iii its place, yet is easily removed and brushed.

WHAT YOUNG MOTHERS ASK ME (By Emclyn Lincoln Collidgo, M.D., formerly House Physician of The-Bab-ies Hospital, New York.- In the “Ladies Homo Journal.”) THE BOY WHO HAS STILES. My little eight-year-old boy lias bad a succession of stiles on both his eyes. Ho has not been entirely free from thorn lor two months. He looks very pale, and is quite thin. What do you think causes the sties? Mrs L. W. F. I think your little boy .is run down and needs to have his blood enriched. Have him take a raw egg beaten up in a glass of milk and flavoured with a little nutmeg, between breakfast and dinner, and two onees of beef between his dinner and lea : give him a glass of milk with each meal and a cup of hot milk when ho goes to hod. or else one of the malted foods if lie is tired of the - plain milk. He should also take a good iron tonic. CHILDREN SHOULD NEVER EAT CUCUMBERS. My little girl, aged seven, ate cucumbers and vinegar and drank milk for her supper, which made her sick at her stomach and gave her diarrhoea the next day. A neighbor tells me what the child ate could not have caused the trouble, but she must have had a cold •in her stomach. Won’t you please write me what you think made the child so ill? Mrs W. D. Cucumbers, vinegar, -and milk are such -a very bad combination that I think here is little doubt as to the cause of the -little girl’s illness. Cucumbers either with or without- vinegar should never ibe-oaten bv children. THE RIGHT WAY TO GIVE CHILDREN CANDY. Do you really consider candy harmful to children of three years and over? Mine seem to have a very sweet tooth, and it is so hard to deny them. Mrs S. D. ‘ One or two small pieces of peppermint or molasses candy or a gum-drop may be allowed after a meal several times a week, without doing the average child any harm. It- is when children are given rich or impure candies m quantities that bad results are almost sure to iollow. Children should not be allowed to spend their pocket money on candy; what little they should have should he carefully selected lor them by their parents and given to them in the proper amounts and at the right time. THE SELF-CONSCIOUS CHILD

My little lour-yoar-old girl is very shy and timid in the presence of strangers. She not only refuses to answer questions directed to her by visitors, but hides her head in my lap and refuses to speak to mo- while visitors are .present. She is* not even friendly with other children. Can you suggest something to help her to overcome- this shyness? A READER

The little girl is probably too much alone with you. Send her to a- good kindergarten school for an hour .or two eacli day so that she will grow accustomed to being with strangers and playing with other children.