It is stated by Messrs. Johnson that one pennyworth of this preparation, used with the starch employed in getting up a muslin dress, will render it certainly uninflammable. An easy means of prevention of a serious evil being thus placed within the reach of the humblest persons, is it not the duty of ladies generally to command and recommend its employment? We have no desire to restrict the exercise of taste in matters of fashion; we seek not to curtail those ample folds in which ladies may recognise the acme of grace and beauty: but we must suggest that while they are allowed to exercise a reasonable pride of dress, they cannot be released from the moral consideration that the gratification of that pride should not be suffered to endanger the lives of themselves and their associates, and to plunge families into mourning perhaps at the very moment when social happiness is most complete. Johnson’s prepared tungstate of soda may, we believe, be obtained at the chemist’s, with directions for its use. If not yet introduced, it soon must be, as the result of general and frequent inquiry; and we strongly recommend ladies to employ it, not only for those articles of personal attire which are liable to come into contact with flame, but for bed and window hangings, blinds, and other household draperies that may accidentally ignite. The only caution that we know of as necessary to be observed in connection with this preparation is, that it should not be employed for those parts of clothing which infants are liable to suck. SUMMER AND WINTER BEVERAGES. SUMMER BEVERAGES. BOTTLED GINGER BEER.—One gallon of boiling water; one pound of loaf sugar; one ounce of best ginger, bruised; one ounce of cream of tartar (or a lemon sliced). Stir them up until the sugar is dissolved, let it rest until the heat falls to the warmth of new milk; then add one table-spoonful of good yeast, poured on to a bit of bread, and set in the middle of the pan floating in the mixture. Cover with a cloth, and stand for twenty-four hours; then strain and put into bottles, filling each only about three parts. Cork tightly, and tie down; in warm weather it will be ready to drink in two days. The above will make fifteen to eighteen bottles, and costs 8d. or 10d. ANOTHER.—A BETTER ARTICLE, IN LARGER QUANTITY.—White sugar, twenty pounds; lemon or lime juice, eighteen ounces; honey, one pound; bruised ginger, twenty-two ounces; water, eighteen gallons. Boil the ginger in three gallons of the water for half an hour; then add the sugar, the juice, and the honey, with the remainder of the water, and strain through a cloth. When cold, add the white of one egg, and half an ounce of essence of lemon. Stand four days, then bottle. This is first-rate, and will keep many months.