Home care tips from the Ladies' Column
Practical household advice covers polishing damp footwear with paraffin, warming dishes, preventing musty teapots, whitening ivory, checking tinned meat for bulges, washing flannel, preserving sandwiches, rug care, drying baby clothes, protecting walls from door handles, locating and fixing leaks, purifying water with alum, disinfectants, keeping cupboards dry, plumbing tips, drain and waste practices, and window cleaning with solvents.
Hairpin Work and Eyelet Embroidery Trends
Veats and chemisettes are to be worn with cream elk specimen showing cream hairpin work and eyelets like lace wheel. White cloth vests will be popular, tailor made. White satin waistcoats with dragon files butterflies or flowers can be home made with jewelled buttons from old trinkets.
Sanitation Advice: Gas Leak Precautions
When a gas leak is detected the first step is to open all windows and doors to prevent an explosive mixture. Neglecting this action can lead to dangerous explosions and costly damage.
Homely Pare Recipes and a Humble Pie Dish
A collection of old kitchen instructions for Cod Crimped, Golden Pudding, Humble Pie, Egg Muffins, and Stewed Fowl. It includes steps on soaking fish, mixing batter, and baking times. The piece ends with a light joke about heart palpitation from an insurance examiner who learns the man is engaged to be married.
Why Does a Woman Look Old Sooner Than a Man
An old style washing day harms women's health due to steam and scalding. The text argues Sunlight Soap enables washing in lukewarm water with little rubbing, reducing heat, danger, and odor while whitening whites and brightening colors.
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