HOUSEHOLD.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXVIII, Issue 1514, 2 May 1902, Page 2

HOUSEHOLD.

WRINKLES. To stop a cut from bleeding apply wet tea leaves. Ordinary black ink, if well rubbed into an old felt hat, will revive it. If a burn is immediately covered from the air, and kept covered until it heals, no scar will be left. Bathing Children in Cold Water.— It is a prevalent error to suppose that the constitutions of children are fortified by early exposure to cold, whence arises the inexpressibly ab-

surd practice of bathing infants in cold water, even in the midst of winter. The circulation of infants is almost wholly cutaneous, and any severe impression of cold upon their highly sensitive and vascular skin destroys the natural distribution of the blood, producing bowel complaints, inflammations, and convulsions, which, if they do not destroy life, at least'weaken the const,hition, and prepares it for the reception of other diseases. ' Boot Bu\ihg.-r (M pl e would M,! less dilMuliy wit!. icdth-n-a.Je Mu'el says an experienced salesman, if tliev would stand up to lit them on, instead of sitting down. Nine lm -. sows iOiit ot 10, particularly ladies, want a comiorfable chair while they are litting a shoe, and it is with the greatest difficulty you can get them to stand for a few minutes, even after the shoe is fitted. Then when .they begin walking about they non- | der why the shoes are not so comfortable as they were at first trial A woman's foot is considerably smaller when she sits in a chair than when she walks about. Exercise brings a larger quantity of blood into the feet, and they swell appreciably, 'ine muscles also require a certain space. In buying shoes this iact should be remembered. One of the greatest disfigurements to the hands is the appearance of warts. 1 hough they are obstinate at times to " kill," they will usually yield to patience and judicious treatment. Warts are explained by an authority as " due to clusters of papillae ot the sensitive skin growing in length and bulk above "their fellows. A proportionate quantity of scarf-skin is formed which gives a thick, rounded appearance to the surface. An old-fashioned remedy is to tie a thread of silk round the base of the wart and knot it tighter every day until ultimately it cuts through the skin and succeeds in removing the wart. Another plan is to touch the wart about twice a week with an acid, paring oil the skin from time to tune. A caustic pencil is an almost certain cure (the treatment being the same as in the case of the acid), but it has the disadvantage of discoloring the skin. The hands, however, while the treatment is in progress can be concealed by gloves. To Soften Water. - Instead of throwing away the peel of oranges and lemons, put them into the jug on your washstand. Tliev will give the water a delightful perfume, besides softening it until it is equal to rain water for the complexion. RECIPES. Excellent Curry .-Cut an onion in nngs; fry it in an ounce of beef dripping. When nicely browned take up the onion and put a dessertspoonful ot browned Hour and a teaspoonful of curry powder in the same fat ; cook for a few minutes, pour in half a pint of good stock or gravy, boil up. Cut the meat into dice, put these in the sauce, together with a dessertspoonful of tomato sauce, a few drops of lemon juice, and a teaspoonful of desicated cocoanut. Serve with a border of rice. Plain Soda Cai e.—Required : One pound of flour, six ounces of butter or dripping, six ounces of castor sugar, two ounces of candied peel, one tcaspoonful of carbonate of soda, half a pint of milk and one egg. Line a cake (in with greased paper. Cream ine sugar and butter till it looks while and soft. Next beat in the egg. Clean and stalk the sultanas. Mix the (lour and carbonate of soda, stir them lightly to the butter and sugar ; add to the milk. Mix well ; put the mixture into the tin ; bake in a moderate oven about two hours, or till a skewer pushed through the centre of the cake comes out quite clean. Cocoanut Cheesecakes—Beat four ounces of iresh butter lo a cream, add four ounces of castor sugar, the juice of half a, lemon, and two beaten eggs. Mix thoroughly, and stir in one ounce of dessicated cocoanut. Set the basin containing the mixture m a pan of boiling water, and stir till all is blended and as thick as honey. Make puff paste cases in the usual way, and (ill with the above. Apple Pudding—Crumb of a stale cake, even two Kinds, butter a dish, and fill with alternate thick layers of crumbs and apples, stewed or not, beat the yolk of an egg with two teaspoonfuls of sugar, and add one large cup of milk. Flavour with nutmeg or cinnamon. When baked, 'place on toji the white of the egg well beaten with a tablespoonful of sugar. This is very good, and is eaten cold. Fruited Rice.—Wash and put to cooki a cupful of rice ; add a teaspoonful of salt. Have ready some tart apples cut into (ine pieces, add a pint of the apple to the rice, and simmer until done. Melt white or brown sugar, and pour over the dishes ol rice when serving. Any desired flavour may be added to the sugar. Raisins or raisins and currants may be used in place of the apples.