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TALKS CN HEALTH.-AI
TALKS CN HEALTH. -A I Dy A FAMILY DOCTOB. I I FIND THE CAUSE. < I have often fo toll my patients that it is useless to attempt to treat a symptom un- less I firit understand its real cause and origin. He v.* can I treat a of lameness unless I kuov w hether the lameness is due to tubercular disease of the hip or water on the knee or u nail in the I cannot advise you en the treatment of headache un- less. I arr: first informed of the cause of the headache. How foolish it would be to at- tempt to cure the headache by a powder when, all that wsn needed was a proper pair Ot fijj't'L tiC ICS • THE EVIL DRUG-HABIT. I People oft-en v.-rite and ask me what drug to take for sleeplessness. Nothing will induce me to suggest drugs for this complaint. I have no sympathy at ali with the drug-habit. Without any recommenda- tion from a doctor, people buy a packet of digestive tablets, a bottle of liver pills, n, box of tonic powders, a phial of patent corpse-revivers to cure anything and every- thing, and, last and worst, they buy a pocketful of ltpi:1g p0lY:.>,s. ,yay with them all. To my dying day will I pro- them a-l. To my dying dny will I pro- test against this pernicious habit of buying un the cont?nt? of a dru?-shop and empty- ing them int.o your stomachs. When you tell mt' you are sleepless you tell me noth- ing. i must inquire into the cause. i'ou are mistaken if you think a doctor has a book on his shelf giving him the name of the complaint in o"o column and the suitable drug in a. parallel column. ar work is not cut and dried. That is the interest of mv Digression. Having heard that you are sleepless, I try to find out the cause. A number of eases are explained by indiges- tion. Sleep may be disturbed by the pre- sence in the stomach of a mass of undigested food. o THE TREATMENT. I Is the treatment a sleep-powder? Go on with vOcl The treatment is to recommend moderation in t.he quantity of food takca- most of us eat k-o much—to insist on good cooking and stow mastication; to suggest that tiie last meal should not be taken so late in the evening; to avoid indigestible food Ziril-IL st-,(--ng tea to ak the patient to give up cc-ffee at night and smoke fewer cic-arettes. Sleeplessness can oft-cn be cured by attention to the digestive organs. In other cases the insomnia is due to an oppo- site cause. Instead of tnestoma.ch being overloaded, it may he too empty. In such examples the eating of a it is cften all that is needed. _0:- TOO MUCH MEAT. I If I were to offer a general criticism of the average diet of the ordinary individual be- fore the war, I should say that the prevail- ing fault was that of eating too much meat. EsDeciallv did this apply to elderly people who were beginning to give up some of their ph" ysical activities. The older we get the leso do our bodies require to keep them going. Compare the activities of the rol- licking grandchild of eight years old who is on the jump all day long, and the iu- activity cf the old grandfather sitting quietly in his chair and only walking a short distance each day. The active, jump- in7, crrowinc child really neeas more than theofd frame of the grandfather. WHY BE FAT? I Unfortunately, the older a man gets the more does he-ic-, wedded to the plea- sures of the table. The food absorbed by his digestive organs is not needed; it can- not be used up In doing useful work, and it is stored un as rounds and pounds of use- less. cumbersome fat. \Vhy carry three stone of fat around with you? You weigh thirteen stone, and you be happier if ycu were only ten or fjjven. Most cf 11., used to eat too much, and all of us ate too much strong meat. The kindly fruits of the earth, the groeh. vegetables, the cereals, dairv food a £ d eggs were not given their proper place. It was meat, meat all day long. Public dinners, given by the Mayor and Corporation in tho-c- pre-war days, were pagan orgies. I shall not allow them Seven courses of meat are quite inadmis- sible at any rate, do not ask a blessing on s-ach a meal" as that. The only man blessed is the dcctor. THE FARMER AND THE CLERK. .l. u. .U.t" 1:11:. L Of course, a great deal depends on the sort of life you lead. A country fa.rmer driving over his lands in all sorts of weather in an open cart needs a different diet from a clerk who site in a stuffy office all day long and can only dream of fresh air and green fields. The farnier can do with more strong meat than the clerk. But in towns and cities i am sure we have all been accus- tomed to eating too much meat, and have suffered for it in many wa,ys. It is the duty of the kidneys to examine the blood that comes from the digestive organs and throw out what is useless. In a heavy meat diet the bic-od is over-loaded with products that have to be cast out, and the kidneys, after a number of veers of this bad treatment, begin to feel the strain. -:0:- TUBERCULOSIS FROM ANIMALS. For the part few years some doubt has been cast on the possibility of human beings catehing tuberculosis from animals. Some j observers thought that the tuberculosis -that I animals, cows, for instance-suff-ered fro:n was of a different nature altogether from tuberculosis of men. Thid view tended to make us rather less careful in the examina- tion of cows and their milk, for it was argued that even if there were any organ- isms of this disease in the milk they could not do any harm. A few years ago a Com-- mis-ion was appointed to inquire into the matter, and their report was decisive men can catch con3umption from animals. BOIL YOUR MILK. This establishes a most important fact. In the treatment of all children suffering from wasting from any cause, milk is always ordered; and. ir.-ieed, if the child is per- fectly healthy, milk should form the basis of the dietary. So arc- in rather a fix; we are constantly ordering raiik, and yet the milk is a common source of the infection I h of consumption- The most frequent situa- tion for consumption is the apex of the lung, because the germs é re inhaled from the air. But in the case of milk infection, the com- monest site is the bowels, because the- germs arc carried right down to the intestines. This is the recson why c nsumption of the bowels. is so comm .a children. Milk is not the only cource, tnough it is a very cammon Now we have to redouble our precautions, and h?-c- the co? inspected and the v.-h? in.-hoj o: mak supply in- quired into. Meanwhile bruyour mille
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Norman Barnfather, a naval man under escort, while waiting for a train at Arbroath, leapt from the platform. 1? a-i? caught by a p&a&in? trai.t and wa? .?''? instantaneously. Jr. AErt Vickers who retired from chairmanship of Viekers, Ltd., on bis eightieth birthday last year, has died at Eastbourne. Swansea Corporation hive purchased the Singleton estate from Lord Swansea £Gl' town improvements for aoout £100,000. Dr. W. 2. Bruce is to lead a Scottish expedition to Spitsbergen islands in the 'Arctic to undertake extensive prospecting and development work. Ir: Ella Wheeler VTilcot has so far im- proved in health that she has left Bath for fscuthamptou, e-n route to America. The bov Joseph Erumptt, who was knocked down by Prince Alberts motor-car at Mitcham, is out of all. immediate danger, Ancl ic getting on well.
OUR CHILDREN'S CORNER.
OUR CHILDREN'S CORNER. TOO SMALL FOR HIS JOB. "I don't admire your lCúk-" at all," Chirped Robin Bold, P .C, "That battered hat and old red shawl Do not appeal to me. "You think, no doubt, those 'specs' disguise Your trade, you wicked poacher; You're after frogs, as I surmise, 1.1, a,3 I surm i se, And hero you're an encroacher. "Bo off! Step lively! Fade away! Don't pause your path to pick! Now, just attend to what I say— Move on' and do it quick!" Oid Sam Stork smiled, but never stirred. Quoth he, "You may reprove me, But if I won't move on, young, bird, How are you going to move me?" THE PRETENDING OF NOAH. Within the ark the animals were walking slowlv and sulkily round Noah. And as they walked Noah frowned at them with his face and flipped at them with his whip. "Ugh," said the Teddy Bear as he marched round for the hundredth time. "\Ve might as well be a. circus, walking round like this, that we might." Bernard the Elephant snorted with his trunk. "Flood, indeed!" he said. "Why, it hasn't rained for weeks Noah frowned worse- than ever with his face, because he liked pretending that there was a flood very much. "I tell you," lie said, "there is a flood. Presently I shall send out n dove and it will bring back a leaf or something. Then in another three weeks——" "My dear Noah," interrupted Ham, "if you think that we are going to walk round you for another three weeks you are mis- taken Besides, there isn't a flood at all. That all happened simply- ages ago." Noah snapped his mouth. "lie is mad," said the Donkey, with a sigh. I That's what he is—mad." "There is a flood," Noah said. "Let's do a bunk!" suggested the Teddy Bear. So, very carefully and very cautiously, the Teddy Bear and Ham and Bernard the Ele- phant and the Donkey crept one by one out of the ark. And, of. course, there did not happen to 1 bo a flood at all. And they were very glad and pleased, and they discovered a very in- teresting kind of see-saw; and they see-ed and they sawed, and it was very nice and exerting. Now, it happened that Bernard the Ele- phant was a very large and heavy person, and after they had been see-sawing for some time the stand part of the see-saw broke because of the weight. Then did they have to leave off. And just then tliev saw Noah rushing along very frightcningly towards them. And art he rushed he yelled very crossly with his voice, and told them to go back into the ark at once because there was a flood. And Ham and the Donkey got over a wall very quickly and hid, but Bernard and the Teddy i Bear did not happen to be frightened at all, and they smiled with their faces and tripped up Noah very cleverly with their feet. And they put the see-saw board on to him, and they sat at the ends and made him into a very nice kind of see-saw. But Noah didn't like it at all, and he yelled very loudly with his voice and wriggled very much with his bodv. And Bernard the Elephant said, "Is there And Bernard theElephant sai d I s there a nood?" Noah yelled again very loudly and cried, "Yes, and it is very wet and deep!" So they see-sawed some more, and then Teddy Bear said very gently and kindly, "Are you quite sure there is a flood" And Noah got very red with his face, and he said the flood was very bad indeed, and he told them angrily what kind of people they were to see-saw on his body. But Bernard the Elephant and the Toddy Bear kept him there until he promised very faithfully that he would quite leave off pre- tending that there was a flood. And when he had promised, they dusted him carefully and went back and told the other animals. And they were all very glad indeed to get out into the sunshine, and none of them will ever pretend there is a flood again. THE DRESSY FROG. Long-Legs wanted to be smart, A pair of boots he bought, But found, alas! that they were not As easy as ,iie thought; They twisted all his lovely toes Right up into a knot. Ar.d when he asked to have ome made, The shopman said, "With pleasure. I'll make a pair that 'I am sure You'll sav are quite a treasure; But first I rn have to make a last, W ith toe-joints to your measure." Alas! that boots are not for frogs He very quickly found, For wheu he tried to swim with them They filled and lie was drowned! MIDSUMMER'S EVE. Once, net very long ago, three children were lost upon a Midsummer's Eve. They sat together in a big field full of fairy rinars. We mustn't go inside a ring-it.s t{}(J dangerous!" murmured Ursula, the eldest, as they sank off to slumber. Immediately afterwards they were all fast asleep, and did not hear the high, elfin laughter that rang out at her words. "They're in the largest cried a chorus of silvery voices. "He, he! ha, ha And, indeed, the children were all within the biggest ring in the field. The ( elves surged round to gaze upon a eight they had not seen for years, and the Court ladies in their gossamer dresses of rainbow hues clapped their hands. "We shall have them as slaves for a hundred years and a day they cried. Midsummer's Eve is always an exciting time for fairies, and this discovery sent them into a. frenzy of delight. The Queen sent her Daisy Sprites to see what they were doing. Now, the youngest of the children, Phyl- lis, opened her eyes in the middle of all this, and saw what happened. The Daisy Sprites demanded herself and her sisters as the prisoners of the Queen, but the Court ladies refused. At this the Sprites charged them with their daisy stalk spears. "Ours Our., I" cried the fairies, throw- ing up their arms. Then in the midst of all this riot the Queen herself appeared. "Give up my pori,oTler. she demanded sternly. But some cf the verv bad fairies were bold enough to defy herto her face. "These sleeping children belong to us; what- ever sleeps in our rings belongs to us!" they cried. "I'm awake' piped Phyllis. great shout of fairy laughter went up, and the bad fairies were discomfited. "Let the children go commanded the Queen. "As to these rebels, we condemn them to ten years in the custody of the Hags that guard the Sleeping Apple-Trees!" Directly afterwards, so it seemed to Phyl- lis. she was in her mother' s arms. Often she- thought of her adventures; and orce she dreamed strangely cf silent orchard where a long processio.: cf witch-like forms paraded round and round. And in the branches she caught sight cf faces she re- cognised, looking sadly dow; the most re- heilions .M all the Court fairies. And Phyt- lis IjcIieVed she had seen the fairies' prison. |
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Twelve people were injured in a Portu- gese train smash caused by rail way: A Ol ar.d a half cf sugar in the course i cf Lcllway transit to Brecon was poisoned '?" ??me weed-killer escaping from oi I. drums. Huntingdon Corporation have refused the o"er of another German gun as a war trophy, being already in possession of five. Rev. R. J. Fletcher. D.D., Preacher of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, has been appointed to the Canonry Residentiary of iiri-tol Cathedral. French miners in the central districts have resumed work.
IHOME DRESSMAKING.
I HOME DRESSMAKING. I A SMART AXD VERY SIMPLE JUMPER. I For our pattern this week we have what I mig-ht very v.ell call a last-minute" jumper. That is to say, a jumper that is so simple .n shape and so easy to make that it may .iterally be run together during the last few lours before one's departure upon the all- mportant summer holiday, should one dis- cover at the last moment that an extra blouse is an absolute necessit y But before talking- about our jumper, I think I should jive my readers a little warning. Though io new, so smart and so tempting, the jumper garment is not suited to any but slim figures, and is particularly unbecoming I [Refer to H. D. 296.] to & girl with a much-developed bust, tc whom it gives an ultra substantial air. Moreover, it is a fashion that is essentially youthful, therefore the older woman oughl to avoid it, for anything more grotesque than a middle-aged woman in a juvenilk jumper (and I have come across many such pitiful objects) it is impossible to conceive. But for a girl and a slim woman in her twenties or very early thirties it is a charm- ing- style, and it is to them that this par- ticularly pretty pattern should especially appeal. THE MATERIAL.—In making this jumper the first question to settle is that oi material. You may carry out this design in almost any material you like, provided. always, that it is not too thick and clllmsy I It will look particularly well, however, car- ried out in flowered or striped cotton voile: cretonne; patterned cotton crepe; Georgette, silk or cotton; foulard; Shap silk; Jap silk; patterned Shantung; any pretty washing silk: Zephyr; or printed lawn. Whatevei fabric you choose, however, you will need the equiva.lent of It yards of 40in. material for the jumper, and 2 yards of 27in. stufl for the collar, cuffs, and trimming band at the bottom of the jumper. THE PATTERN.—There are only two pieces in the jumper pattern-a front and a back -and therefore there are only two seams on each rld&one on the shoulder and on" under the arm. In the collar and cuff pat- terns there are three pieces-front collar, back collar, and a cuff. In addition, you will need for the trimming band at the bottom of the jumper 9in. wide strips cut on the cross. Three of these should be sufficient to go round the jumper. Before cutting out, lay the pattern against you and make any little alterations that may be necessary. This is much easier to do in the pattern than in the cut-out garment. Re- member to leave 1in. on all seam edges,.foi no turnings are allowed for in the pattern. THE CUTTING OUT.—Begin with the jum- per itself. Fold the material in such a way that the selvedges come together, and lay the pattern upon it as shown in the dia- gram, taking care that the straight edge of each pattern comes exactly to the fold of the stuff. Next, cut out the cuffs, collar, etc. Fold the plain material selvedges to- gether and la.y the pattern upon it as in the diagram. The straight edges of the collar patterns must come to the fold of the material, and the cuff pattern must be cut out twice, as the cuffs will need lining. THE MAKING.—Begin by tacking up the shoulder seams. You must leave the left shoulder eeam open a few inches from the neck downwards to allow for the fastening of the jumper. Next, tack up the under-arm and sleeve seams, and pin the top of the cuffs to the bottom edge of the sleeves. Slip on the jumper and make any little altera- tions that may be necessary. Do not forget that a band about four inches wide has to be added to the bottom of the jumper, so you must allow for that in settling the length of the jumper. Take off the cuffs when you have fitted the jumper. Next, sew up the seams and overcast them very neatly. Press all the seams. Put a flat facing on the wrong side of the front edge of the left shoulder opening and sew on hooks or press-studs. Put a wrap facing on the back edge and sew on eyes or the other piece of the press-studs. Join the two pieces of the collar at one end. Turn in the raw edges of the joined collar and the ends that have not been joined, taok into position very carefully on the jumper, and sew. Stitch on the ornamental buttons on each shoulder. Join each cuff and its lining to form a circle. Fold the cuff so that its right sides come together, and st'tch along the lower edges. Turn the cuff right side out, turn in the raw edges along the top, sand- wich the bottom of the sleeve between these edges, and sew. Join up the crossway stripe to form a circle that exactly fits the bottom of the jumper. Fold the joined strip in such a way as to bring the longer-cut edges together, turn these in to meet, sandwich the bottom edge of the jumper between them, and stitch very neatly.
FASHION OF THE WEEK.I
FASHION OF THE WEEK. I A SMART BATIIING-GOWN, I E. 262. I If one tr ay jndge by the bookings at the various seaside re-sorts, everyone in England intends to take a holiday this year. For two, three, and in some cases five years, many people have gone holidaylees, and now they intend to make up for lost time and to have a good holiday this year, whatever the cost. And the majority of these well- earned holidays will be taken at the seaside, which, after all, is the ideal holiday if health be considered. Now, thoroughly to enjoy a seaside holi- day one must bathe, and thoroughly to en- joy a bathe one must be suitably and com- fortably clad. Of course, there are any number of charming bathing suits to be bought at much inflated prices. But the most practical and comfortable bathing suit is the one that is made to fit. Nor, because it is made to fit, need it be a whit less smart and attractive than the ready-made article; it is simply a question of choice of material and smartness of cut. Our sketch shows a simple little bathing- gown that is as smart as it is practical and that is quite easy to make. As sketched, it is carried out in black taffetas and is trimmed with bands of turquoise-blue taf- fetas. But the idea may be worked out with equal success in other materials, such as alpaca, fine serge, bunting, Viyella, Aza, etc., whilst the colour is, of cpurse, a mat- ter for individual choiee. This bathing-gown consists of two pieces— a tunic and knickers. The latter are made of the material, are loose and wide, and are cut to clear the knee. They are trimmed at the bottom by bands of the turquoise taffetas, which is boldly stitched in black. These knickers are attached to a plain, sleeveless, and low-cut bodice of thin cotton fabric. The tunic is made of the material, and fastens only on the shoulders. The neck is cut out in a shallow round, and is bor- dered by a band of the blue material, also stitched with black. Similar bands trim the short sleeves, which are cut in one with the tunic. The fastening buttons on the shoulders are covered with (the bine ma- terial. A band of black-stitched blue taffe- tas edges the bottom of the tunic, which is drawn in at the waist by a girdle of the same lovely blue. Paper patterns can be supplied for Home Dressmaking, 9d.; patterns cut to special measure, Is. 6d.; and Fashion of the Week, Is. Hd. Enclose remittance and addre to Miss Lisle, 8, La Belle Sauvsge, Lonoon, E.C. 4. Note: The price may vary from week to wek. i
I THE VALUE OF SAWDUST.'
I THE VALUE OF SAWDUST. Many are the minor inventions that have been brought out by the Munitions Inven- tion Department, whose work is carried on at Imber Court, near Esher. For instance, while constructing special crane piles of exceptionally strong wood an official conceived the idea of utilising the sawdust. After experiment it was discovered that when this was mixed with glue and other substances and compressed a very use- ful material was formed. Heels for ladies' shoes, ear-trumpets for airplane spot-tiug machines, and a variety of other articles are now being made successfully. The ingenuity of the M.LD. has been turned to good account in repairing and im- proving the machinery within the experi- mental sheds. At one time there was a block in the gas pipes causing interference with the supply, so observation balloons filled from the main supply pipes were used < as-temporary gasometers. ———————————
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Sir Charles Stewart has declined the Civil Pension of £ 200 a year awarded for his J services as Publio Trustee. 1 A parish hall and an adjoining factory were both destroyed by fire in a few minutes } at Lincoln. j 1
? MOTHER AND HOME.S
? MOTHER AND HOME. S 1 1 Useful and Economical Hints on Domestic Management. "A beautiful woman," said Napoleon, "pleases the eye; a good woman pleases the heart—one is a jewel, the other is a trea- sure." All women, mais cela va sans dire, are good, and most would be beautiful. Nature has laid the foundation for the lat- ter, and with a little care beauty can be achieved and retained quite easily. A well- known Society girl, who is noted for the freshness of her complexion and the general air of restfulne-s and well-being she always possesses, when asked to tell the secret of how she managed to keep so well, answered, "I just sleep—and I sleep right." Naturally her words aroused some curiosity, and a discission followed as to just what was meant by the words "sleeping right." "In the first place," she said, "I sleep with the Windows open. Then I sleep on a pillow that is hard and small. I am careful to be warmly covered, but I have the cover- ings of light weight and pliable. It is better to have lighter covers and more of them than two or three heavy blankets that tire the body by their weight. No matter how late I get home. I always follow out a regular programme. To HELP THE COMPLEXION A Frenchwoman who is noted for hei lovely skin gives the following as a very reliable lotion for removing both freckles and sunburn, which are very much akin to each other. Beat the white of an egg to a froth and mix with an equal proportion of sweet almond-oil. Thi.* is to be rubbed on the face at night, and after the morning bath the lemon and rose petal lotion can be used. Cold cream should be rubbed into the skin before going on a motor-drive or for a sea trip, and it should be powdered well with prepared white fuller's-earth afterwards. On coming home, especially if the skin is smarting from exposure to sun or wind, bathe the fice for five or ten minutes with water as hot as can be borne. THE USEFUL LEMON. A lemon is a veritable beauty-box and medicine chest combined. It should never be absent from the dressrng-table of the woman who values her good looks. An emi- nent professor has declared that if one ate fresh lemons every day life would be Ín- definitely prolonged, and certainly the Court beauties of a past generation, who frankly avowed their faith in lemons as a complexion curer, were noted for longe rity I ae well as good looks. A CHILD'S SUMJIEE AILMENT. I Perchloride of mercury is an excellent remedy for summer diarrhoea. The one- I [ hundredth of a grain tabloids are the ones to ask for, and any chemist will supply them. One of these should be dissolved in a | | wineglassful of water, and the child should be given a teaspoonful every hour for six hours, or until the diarrhoea cea-es. SUNBURNT LEGS. I Children with sensitive skins often suffer considerabl-e pain from sunburn on the legs when they go about with bare legs exposed to the sun. Their suffering might be pre- vented by greasing the skin and dusting fuller's earth over it befcie going out. i WATER FOR BABY'S BATH. I A little milk added to the water b whic1: I children are Lathed helps to keep their ski?s free from roughness, more especially -ivhere the water is hard. Rain water should be used if possible, but if not obtainable the beat plan is to boil ordinary water before using it. Hard water that has been allowed I to boil ten minutes will be found quite soft if a little milk or oatmeal is added to it. THE -N-T,-mEpy FLOOR. When selecting a floor covering for a day nursery or playroom, it should be remem- bered that this should be of such a texture as to be able to stand hard wear and tear. So if linoleum be chosen, one of fairly good quality should be fixed upon. Cheap lino- leum is always expensive in the end. It quickly rubs through, and, as well as look- ing shabby, soon gets so threadbare and worn 36 to nocessitate renewal. A good cork linoleum affords no resting-place for dust, and is thus to be strongly com- mended whilst a few washable rugs can be laid here and there. BABY'S DAILY MENU. I Breakfast at eight or eight-thirty is a good hour; then about elewn baby should have a small cup of warm milk before going for his morning outing. Dinner at one may consist of milk or custard pudding whilst by degrees he may be accustomed to take finely scraped white fish, a little scraped chicken, broth, gravy and breadcrumbs or potatoes, or sometimes an egg may be given. Bread and butter with milk or cocoa made with milk should constitute his tea, and bread and milk or rusks and milk his supper. I LEATHER BAGS. I I Shabby pegs may be improved very much in appearance by being rubbed over with the well-beaten white of an egg, and then polished with beeswax and turpentine. The final rubbing should be given with a soft, clean ctoth. CET POP. IRON. I Mix equal. parts of white lead and sulphur with about one-sixth their weight of borax. To apply it to the iron moisten it with strong sulphuric acid, and lay it thinly on the two pieces of iron to be mended. Press them firmly together, and leave for some days mntil quite dry. TREACLE TOFFEE. I Rub the saucepan with butter, and pour in as much, treacle a a may be wanted. Let it boil gently until it crisps in cold water. Take it off the fire at once and pour upon a buttered dish. When cool roll it into sticks, and fold it in clean white paper. The toffee may be flavoured with essence of pepper- I mint SHAMPOO FOR THE HAIR. I I In Jacobean days ladies considered a milk bath excellent for the tresses, vowing that it restored the colour and made it bright. To give the hair a milk shampoo, first wet the whole head and scalp with tepid water, then have ready a basin of warm milk, and let it drip upon the bair. A few drops at a time should be rubbed in, and the hair scrubbed upon the scalp while the milk is being dropped. After a quarter of an hour of this treatment the hair should be rinsed :md the head sprayed with tepid water in which a little borax has been dissolved. Then the hair should be ventilated and j dried in the sun. To clean an enamel bath, if turpentine is not handy, there is nothing better than a cloth soaked in paraffin oil. It acts like magic and does not injure the enamel. If an umbrella is of good quality and well oared for, the silk covering should wear for at least two years. When a silk umbrella has got shabby it can be renovated by sponging it with stale beer or porter. Dip oollars and cuffs, one at a time, whilst quite dry, into cold-water starch, squeeze them well so that the starch penetrates to the inner folds of the linen. Lay them smoothly out in a clean towel and roll up tightly, leave for an hour or two before ironing. Some people wash collars and cuffs with soap in the starch itself, after they have been boiled, then without rinsing, wring and fold them tigliitly in a cloth, s.nd leave for three hours before ironing. Soak paint brushes first in turpentine and then in warm soap and water. The brushes should always be washed directly after use, or, if you have not time to do this, stand in a basin of cold water to prevent the paint from drying. To CLEAN BRONZE. I Great care should be taken that old bronze is well dusted, and when it is neces- sary to wash it do so in ammoniated water as quickly as possible; it should be rinsed and then dried in boxwood dust previously heated in the oven. Modern bronze should never be washed, but simply M'ipocl and dusted with a silk handkerchief, a little vaseline being rubbed mer it from time to time. STOVE-C LEANING. If nickel only needs brightening, put dry flour on a woollen rag and rub with that. To clean the plating on stoves, mix am- monia and baking soda to a thin paste, and apply with a piece of chamois skin, letting it dry cm, then polish with a clean cloth or chamois. Powdered borax on a damp rag is also good. After using rinse the article in hot, slightly soapy water, and rub well. WHITENING A KITCHEN TABLE. I Ordinary soap and water is never sum- rient to keep a kitchen table quite free from grease and stains. Take tIb. soft soap, Ilb. silversand, and xib. lime. Work these to- gether with an old wooden spoon, and keep in a jar. When required to use ruh some of the mixture on the ecrubbing brush with the wooden spoon, and scrub the table well. Use plenty of wa.rm water for rinsing. SMOKY MIRRORS. I Thoroughly clean the glaes, then take a pad of cotton-rag soaked in glycerine, and rub the glass well over. Now with a piece of dry rag lightly polish the glass until the glycerine is invisible, but not entirely | rubbed away. Do thi" with the glass slightly warmed, and dry, and you will get a bril- liant polish that will last for a considerable time. Buy some common bamboo canes, allow- ing one for each stair, and shorten them to the lengths required. Then purchase a small bottle of gold paint, and paint the canes, giving each two coats. Get a penny- worth of wire staples, open each a little at the ends, knock them into the stairs in place of eyes, and fit a cane on each stair. SOME USEFUL RECIPES. APPLE PUDDING.—Roll out 21b. of ciust made with good suet or dripping, and let it be thicker in the middle than at the edges. Fill it with layers consisting of four table- spoonsful of sliced apples, one teaspoonful of finely-shredded suet, and one tablespoon- ful of currants. When full, fold it over, tie ir in a well-floured cloth, boil for two hours, and serve with sweet sauce. ATHOLE CAKES.—Mix two tabloepoonsful oi finely-sifted sugar with lIb. of maize- meal, and a heaped teaspoonful of baking powder. Shred finely the thin rind of a lemon and a email piece of candierl peel. Stir to a cream in another bowl 6oz. cf butter, mix with it the above ingredients, and last of all add two well-beaten eggs. Well grease patty-pans, put a piece a bout the size of a walnut into each, and bake in a good oven for five or six minutes. BREAD PUDDING, BAKED.-Soak lib. of bread in cold water until quite «oft. Squeeze out all the moisture, put the bread in a basin, and beat fine with a fork shred loz. of peel, chop 3oz. of suet, add them with a pinch of spice, 3oz. of sugar, and some salt, mixing well; then put in one egg and one gill of milk, and beat the whole thoroughly. Stir in one teaspoonful of baking powder, and bake in a greased tin or dish in a moderate oven fbr an hour or more, accord- ing to thickness. EMPRESS PUDDING.—Beat 6oz. of butter until it is of a cream consistency, mix four well-beaten yolks of eggs with it; add 6oz. sugar, and when thim whole is well mixed, throw in by degree3 6oz. of flour, and beat all thoroughly together. Bake for twenty minutes in a brisk oven in small cups only half fill them, as the batter will rise to the top in baking. Serve with cinnamon sauce. FIG PUDDING.—Take -Ilb. of best stewing figs, 51b. of flour, 2oz. suet, a pinch of salt, u e t i pinch of salt, one teaspoonful of baking powd-.r, two ta-blospoonsful of fine sugar, one egg, and a little milk. Cut the figs into small pieces, shop the suet, then mix together all the dry ingredients, add the egg and the milk tvhisked together. Beat well until fairly stiff, then turn into a greased mould or basin. Tie a cloth over, and boil gently for two and a-half hours. GOOSEBERRY SPONGE.—Take lib. of goose- berries, one teacupful of water, six sponge Gngers, two eggs, 4oz. loaf sugar, one gill of milk, a pinch of bicarbonate of soda, and 2oz. of castor sugar. Top and tail the gooseberries and put them into a jar with the soda, one tablospoonful of water, and the castor sugar. Stand the jar in hot water until the fruit is soft. Put the loaf sugar and water into a small saucepan, and boil till they become a thick syrup. Pass the fruit through a sieve. Reserve two table- spoonsful of the pulp, and to the remainder stir the syrup. When cold beat up with the stiffly-whisked whites of theggs till light and spongy. Line a dish with the sponge fingers, and spread with the reserved goose- berry pulp. Make a custard with the yolks af the eggs and milk, and when cooled pour this into the dish. Just before serving pile the sponge on top.
THINGS THOUGHTFUL.
THINGS THOUGHTFUL. Consciousness is a dim candle—over a deep mine. He who aims at perfection in great things, but is content to do little things im- perfectly, will never make any great success of that which he undertakes. POWER IN THE SOUL. There is a power in the soul quite sepa- rate from the intellect, by which God)., felt. Faith stands serenely far above the reoch of the atheism of science. It does not rest on the wonderful, but on the eternal wisdom. and goodness of God. o science can sweep away the love which the heart feels, and which the intellect does not even pretend to judge or recogilise.-F. W. Robertson. OBEDIENCE. ,I ."11 I 'I I hear much of obc-dicnce —now tnat tne kindred virtues are prescribed and exempli- fied by Jesuitism the truth of which, and the merit of which, far be it from me to deny. Obedience is good and indispensable; but if it be obedience to what is wrong and false, there is no name for such a depth of human cowardice and calamity, spurned everlastingly by the gods.—Carlyle. KIND AND TRUE. 'Tis net so witty, nor how free, Nor yet how beautiful she be, But how much kind and true to me: Freedom and wit none can confine, And beauty like the sun doth shine. But Kind and True are only thine. t Let others with attention sit To listen and admire her wit; That is the rock where I ne'er split. Let others dote upon her eyes And turn their hearts for sacrifice: Beauty's a calm where danger lies. Yet Kind and True have been long tried, A harbour where we may confide And safely there at anchor ride: From change of winds there we ape free; Nor need we fear storm's tyranny, Nor pirate though a prince he be. —From "Wits' Interpreter." (1655). FOR THE POOR. The poor and lowly cannot give me place and dignities and wealth but honourable service in their cau&e yields me that which is of far higher and more lasting valtw-tlle consciousness that I have laboured to ex- pound and uphold laws which, though they were not given amid the thunders of Sinai, are not less the commandments of God, and not less intended to promote and secure the happiness of men. I see as it were over the hill-tops of time the dawning of a brighter and a nobler day for the people and the country I love so well.—Bright. There is a courage which is only another name for faith. Many a battle is lost before the soldier leaves his tent. The first step to victory is to believe that the battle need not be lost at all. Chivalry means far more than reverence of men for women. It means reverence of strength for weakness wheresoever found.- W. C. Gannett. I GOD MAKE US BETTER MEN. There's but one gift that all our dead desire, One gift that men can give, and that's a dream, Unless we, too, can burn with that seme fire Of sacrifice; die to the things that seem; Die to the little hatreds; die to greed; Die to the old ignoble selves we knew; Die to the base contempts of sect and creed, And rise again, like these, with souls as true. Nay (since these died before their task was finished) Attempt new heights, bring even their dreams to birth Build us that better world, Oh, not diminished By one true splendour that they planned on earth. And that's not done by sword, or tongue, or pen There's but one way. God make us better men. -American Author. I BE FAIR TO YOURSELF. Grod expects you to treat yourself as fairly as yot. treat anyone else. You have no more right to make it hard for yourself to do right than you have to make it hard for your neighbour to do right. Every command relating to the treatment of your fellow-man applies with equal force to your treatment of yourself. Give yourself a chance to bo your .best. That does not necessarily mean that you are to be self- seeking or to think much of self. But secure for your soul, mind, and body the best training and care possible, and then use that best that you have been able to make out of yourself in doing for others and in helping God' s needy folks.—Mabel Young. The habit of thinking is governed not only by one's education, but by the habits of home life. Study your range of reading and eliminate the waste.—Rev. Thornat; Phillips. A WISH. Happy were he could finish forth his fate In some unhaunted desert, where, obscure From all society, from love and hate Of worldly folk, there should he sleep secure; Then wake again, and yield God ever praise; Content with hip, with haws, and branble berry; In contemplation passing still his days, And change of holy thoughts to make him merry; Who when he dies, his tomb might be the bush Where harmless robin resteth with the thrush; —Happy were he -R. Devereux, Earl of Essex. ———————— 0 WE ARE MADE FOR WORK. Every fibre and faculty in us is plainly a I tool shaped for service. A plough or a loco- motive is not more evidently built for work mo' i v,, l s no t more than is the human machine. Hamds and feet, eye and tongue, brain and heart, stand fitted and ready for action. All the won- f derful powers and adaptations of body and soul have no meaning except as they find it in work. And behind or within all these faculties are a mass of motives, impulses, instincts, appetites, and aspirations, which, like the steam in the engine, are ever press- ing upon our faculties and driving them into action. A human being not at work, then, is like some marvellous mechanism that stands idle and useless. To this end were we born and for this cause came we into the world that we should abound in work, and if we fail to do this we fail in the very end of our being, that which is stamped upon our constitution and built into our bones and blood.—Presbyterian Banner. „ t DO GOOD. It is not enough that you do no hurt or injury to your neighbour, unless you be ready to take all proper opportunities of doing him go-ed.-Edinund, Bishop of Lon- don.
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The King lias sanctioned the Jersey Franchise Bill granting a vote to all males when reaching the age of 20 and females at 30. Women, however, may vote in muni- cipal elections at the age of 20. General Pershing, who arrives in London as the guest of the nation, will, prior to his cfficial engagements, be entertained by the American Luncheon Club at the Savoy Hotel. Mr. Kennedy Jones, M.P., chairman of the Select Committee on London Traffic, and Colonel Sir Frederick Hall, M.P., a member of the committee, have visited the model of the Kearney high-epeed railway at Batter- sea.