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I FOR WOMEN FOLK, i < Homely Hints & Dainty Dishes. WITH PARS. INTERESTING TO THE MERE MAN. A little pipeclay dissolved in the water used in washing linen saves a great deal cf labour and soap, and cleans the dirtiest linen thoroughly. This method is specially useful in towns where outdoor bleaching is gener- ally an impossibility. Sweeping need not be a hard task. Not half the weight of the broom need be pressed on the floor. The sweeper should draw it towards her with a light, gentle motion. If r the nap sweeps off the carpet, both broom and carpet are undergoing unnecessary wear. One needs only to see that the dirt is moved, and rolls along lightly. In caring for furniture it is necessary to know something of varnish. It is frequently made of gums dissolved in alcohol. When in cleaving an article thus varnished alcohol is rubbed over the varnished surface, it dissolves the gum, and destroys the brilliancy of the finish. Then, again, water should not be employed among joints that are made tight with glue, mucilage, gum arabic, or I anything soluble in water. The result would be rickety furniture. I' Liver Croquettes. I Liver croquettes make a very dainty entree. Stew some liver in good stock, very slowly till done, then pound it, season to taste with cayenne pepper, salt, chopped parsley, and lemon juice. Mix with half the quantity of finely mashed potatoes, bind it with a beaten egg, and divide into croquettes; roll in egg and breadcrumbs, and fry till a good brown. Serve on a bed of crijp fried parsley, each garnished with a roll ot fried bacon. Peas and Rice Soup. Four ounces of peas, four ounces of rice, one ounce and a half of butter, and a quarter of an ounce of salt, two large carrots, one large onion, two turnips, one root of celery, and half a pound of bread. After washing the peas and rice steep them in fresh water twelve or fourteen hours, set them on the fire with four quarts of water, eome salt, and a small piece of carbonate of soda; add the vegetables and bread; when they are quite soft rub them through a fine colander, adding gradually a quart' of boiling water; return the soup into the pan, Reason with pepper and salt, and boil ten minutes. Vegetable Marrow Scallop, I Boil a vegetable marrow till tender, peel, cut in half lengthwise, remove the skin and fibre. Lay the pieces of marrow on a baking tin carefully. Take some minced white meat such ae veal, fowl, or rabbit, and mix it with little chopped ham. Mix with breadcrumbs, chopped parsley, pepper, and salt. Work all together with a little butter and the yolk of an egg. Fill each case with this mixture evenly to the top. Cover with breadcrumbs, a little grated cheese, and bake for haJf an hour in a sharp oven. Serve very hot with a good brown gravy. Matrimonial Superstitions. The wedding ring is made plain and thick only for the reason that its thickness and plainness secure it against breakage, for to break it is the very worst of luck for both bride and groom. White is the best colour to get married in, but a widow say marry in any colour save yellow. Should a bride drop one of her gloves woe betide her! She must exercise great care in getting in and out ¡ of her carriage, and a false step ia an ill omen which brings misfortune. In cutting I the wedding cake should she have the mis- fortune to cut her finger she will rue it all through her married life. Numbering the Hairs A great authority says that things are not all right if one hundred hairs per day fall from the cranium, and if the number is doubled then there is cause for real anxiety. As for numbering the hairs of the head, that even has been attempted by experts. One of theae lively gentlemen tells us that red- haired people possess the smallest amount of hair. He places the average number on such head at 30,000. Black-haired mortals, on the other hand, are said to run into 100,000, while the fair- haired contingent have the largest number of all-namely, 150.000. By counting the num- ber of hairs which fall from you every day you can make an estimate of the time it will take you to get bald. How to Manage a Husband I To every young wife there comes, sooner or later, a certain moment which is to be per- haps the most critical of aU her life. This is when the first practical touch of worldly commonsense brushes against the unpractical romance of her glamoured early I toye-dream, and Angelina wakes up suddenly to reaJise that she has taken into her in- experienced hands the task of majiagirfg Edwin and keeping him in order for the rest of his days. To manage a husband success fully, you should demand your full rights as a wife—the right of your husband's pro- tection against the knocks and shocks of the world. Let him feel that you require his brood shoulder to come between you and all petty jealousies and every breath of slander- as you come between him and the myriad minor worries that used to harass him as an uncared-for bachelor in "digs." Keep the littio nest wherein he has installed you as> queen bright and cheery, with an ever- ready smile and an ever-ready sympathy. The man who can go home and recount some touching little incident that has come across him during the day without a fear of being even ohafiingly called "sentimental" will reference his wife above all other creatures for the gleam of pity that comes as naturally to her bright eye as the twinkle of fun which greets his recital of a good joke. But. perhaps the best hint possible to give the recently-married girl is to keep her fresh looks and dainty little ways of dress and manner as long as ever she can. Don't let fo a particle of your youth and girlishness in fretting over the hundred and one domestic difficulties that are all "in the day's work" wid are bound to get smoothed out in the md. A frown of worry or a strained expression tever "managed" a husband yet.

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