THE LADIES' WORLD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2696, 29 December 1909, Page 3

THE LADIES' WORLD.

WHILE YOUTH IS MINE. (By B;L., in tihe ‘Triad.”) While youth is mine, dear Lord, I pray for that So many women have, but lightly hold, The love of some good man to close me in, A strong, true arm to guide my feet aright. Hold it not back, till blood with ago runs 610w r , Till pulses feel no tremor at a glance. Give now, my womanhood its heritage, The gift that emanates from Thee Divine, While youth is mine. While youth is mine-, give me the baby head To nestle ’gainst my arm, tho little hands, To beat their sweet impatience at my breast. I’d weep to press to its a wrinkled cheek, Or have its finger toy with whitened hair. Content am I to let the world pass by, Career or fame I ask not —only _ this, Perfect my life with motherhood divine, While youth is mine. DOMESTIC HINTS. Onions cut into small pieces and placed in a room where there is fresh paint will absorb that odour. One large onion is enough. Soft Hair Brushes. —Old hair brushes which have become soft can be made quite hard and firm by dipping them in a strong solution of alum. If your table salt is found to be damp.; mix a teaspooniul of cornflour with it the next time you fill your salt, cellars, and you will always have dry The best way to keep a hod from damp, if loft for a week or two, is to leave a blanket on the top of the bed after it is made. J ake the blankets off before using, and you will then find it quite tafe. When cooking a bird in the oven, roast it in the usual way until it is nicely browned, then turn the back upwards, and let it remain so until it is done. This causes the gravy to run into the breast, making it soft and tender. Worth Remembering.—When pressing a colored dress, and you have the misfortune to scorch it. take a shilling, or any other silver coin and lay it flat on' the scorched part .and rub it briskly, and you will find it will disappear. Boards that are stained are apt to become lighter after a little wear; but if rubbed with paraffin oil they will again become darker. They may then bo rubbed with beeswax and turpentine, when they will look as well as Tho cook or kitchen maid who knows her business keeps over the sink a box containing borax and a bottle of ammonia for removing grease from pots and pans. In washing dishes, plates, spoons, and forks, she adds soap-powder to the water. . When glass globes have become very dirty with smoke they should be soaked in warm water and soda for a while, then washed with soap and water to which ammonia has been added. Finally thev should be rinsed in clear, cold water and dried with a linen glass cloth. Rugs have a tiresome way of curling up at the corners, which spoils their appearance, and in the end the cornels get torn away. To ensure against this, directly a rug is bought hind it on the under edge with stout holland or tq.initnre webbing. The expense of tins is trifling, and tho rugs will wear twice as long in consequence.