THE LADIE’S WORLD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2645, 29 October 1909, Page 3

THE LADIE’S WORLD.

NEW JABOTS. A smart jabot of pale yellow linen and a strip of Irish or filet insertion is so easily made that most girls should include one of them, in her neckwear stock. Out the linen three inches wide at the toil, live inches at the bottom, and five inches long. Draw down each side and across the bottom ap irregular scallop with scroll corners and buttonhole it in mercerised cotton. Down the middle of the ,linen tack a strip of insertion an inch. wide, and. stitch it, cutting the linen out underneath. Now fold the linen over to form an inverted box pleat and sow the top into a narrow band. The folded edges of the linen will be straight and parallel, and the insertion peeping out from beneath gives a dainty effect. Such a tie is equally desirable in white linen or a thin material embroidered in white. THE LAUNDRY AND ITS SECRETS. Shred about 4oz of soap into a pan or jar. Cover it with one pint of water, ahd put it by the side of the fire to melt. The liquid should not he allowed to boil, as part of the soap will harden against the sides of the pan and become wasted. Jt is economical to use in this way small scraps of soap that cannot be used for other purposes. Bran water: Put into a pan one cupful of bran, cover it with one quart of cold water, and bring it slowly to the boil. Allow it to simmer for half an hour, strain it through a. piece of muslin, add another quart of water to make it lukewarm, and also a little melted soap. As bran water has ir certain cleansing property less soap is necessary than for ordinary water, it has also a stiffening power, and no starch is required to stiffen articles lor which bran water is used. Bran water is sometimes used for the washing of cretonne, and art work with a colored background. These articles are washed in bran water, rinsed, wrung, rolled in a cloth, and ironed on the wrong side. The cretonne is better if slightly dried before being ironed. Ammonia soap for flannels: Make a lather of melted soap and moderately warm water, and add liquid ammonia to it in the proi>ortion of one tablespoonful to two gallons of water. It must be covered while in use, as the ammonia will evaporate,. and if the water becomes cold the flannel will not be clean. SOME RECIPES. Banana Sauce.—Make a syrup of one cup of sugar and half of water, and boil. Thicken with one tablespoonful of oornflour wetted with a little cold water, and stir in a teaspoonful of butter. Mash one large ripe banana, and beat into the sauce, use as soon as cool. Sago Scones. —Soak one teacupful of sago in a little cold water, put it in a pan with one quart of milk. Let it boil until the sago is quite dissolved, stirring occasionally. Add a little salt. Pour it on a baking board, and let it lio until quite cold. Mix up with flour, taking care you do not make it too stiff. Roll out quite thin, cut into shapes, and bake on a clean girdle or a hot plate. Scones made in the same way with semolina are very nice and wholesome. Athol Cakes. —Beat three ounces of butter to a cream with two ounces of sugar, then add two eggs, one at a time, and beat well. Stir m five ounces of cornflour, one ounce of finely-slired-ded candied peel, half a lemon rind (grated), and half a teaspoonful of baking powder. Butter some patty pans, half fill them with the mixture, and bake about ten minutes in a moderate oven. Sugar Biscuits. —Beat the yolks of five eggs with half 7 pound of sifted sugar for half an hour, then sift in four ounces of flour very slowly, and continue beating for ten minutes. Beat the whites to a solid froth, stir them in, add some essence of vanilla, then drop the cakes on a sheet of white paper, sift a little sugar on, and bake in a quick oven for about ten minutes. Two Biscuit Puddings.—(l) Pour sufficient hot milk over two cupfuls of milk arrowroot biscuits to soften them, and let them stand till cold, stir in the beaten .yolks of four eggs, and two ounces of sugar, mix in six or eight nice bananas cut into thin slices, add tlio beaten whites, and beat all together. Place in a dish, lined wi!h puff paste, and bake in a hot oven for half an hour. (2) Well beat three eggs, stir them to three pints of milk, and enough crushed and sifted milk arrowroot biscuits to make a rather stiff batter.. Wash a cupful of prunes, sprinkle a little biscuit-aust over them, or a little flour, and stir them into the batter. Tie the pudding in a cloth, and boil for two hours, tierve with butter and sugar, or sauce. .7. HOME HINTS. Cement for Alabaster Ornaments. — Soak isinglass in water till it becomes quite soft, and then mix it with spirits m which a little gum mastic and ammonia have been dissolved.. For Stammering. l —Keep the teeth close together, and before attempting to speak, inspire deeply; then give some time for quiet utterance. After slight practice the hesitation ought to be relieved. No spasmodic action of the lower jaw must be permitted to separate the teetli when .speaking. in Hanging Pictures. —Where a wall is so loose and soft that when a nail is driven into it to hold a small picture or bric-a-brac of some kind it is found too unsafe to bear tlie weight of the intended ornament, it may he'easily remedied in the following manner: ■ Mix e-o-me plaster of Paris in a teacup with a little water—only a small quantity —and scoop out a small hole with a screwdriver ; fill it up with plaster, and then gently insert the nail. It will set quite hard in a minute or two. and lx? perfectly safe. Silk Handkerchiefs.—To obtain a gloss equal to new on white silk handkerchiefs after they have been washed, rinse them well in water containing a little methylated spirit in the proportion of one spoonful of the spirit to a pint of water, and then iron them. In Ironing Lace—ln ironing lace the point of the iron should never he turned from side to side, nihilo the portion nearest the ironor should be treated first. Before washing delicate lace, ,i,t is best to tuck it on to a handkerchief, and haste another over the top, the whole being dipped and squeezed gently in tlie soap-suds. A Grease Remover .—A mixture that will remove igrease from the finest fabrics without injuring them may hern ado from one quart of rain water, two ounces of ammonia, one teaspoonful of saltpetre, and one ounce of shaving soap, cut up fine. Put a pad of absorbent cotton or blottingpapor under the spot in the .garment when rubbing it. . . ■ , • ;