USES FOR EGGS

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 144, 14 March 1931, Page 17

USES FOR EGGS

The white of an egg is a valuable first aid remedy. A coating applied to the affected place relieves the pain of burns and scalds, and is more cooling than:oil. Beaten up with sugar it is beneficial in cases of bronchitis and allied to lemon relieves hoarseness. For cooking purposes a white of egg may be more easily stiffened if a teaspoonful of cold water is stirred into it, or a pinch of salt added to it. White of egg mixed with a little rosewater is a wonderful home “face pack,” and acts as a tonic to tired skins. The pack may be left on for an hour or more, then removed with warm water or more rosewater. The yolk of egg beaten up well makes an ideal shampoo, and imparts a very becoming gloss to the hair. If the hair is not very dirty the yolk should be sufficient to cleanse it; otherwise a good soap may be used in conjunction with it. Again, the well-beaten white of egg makes an excellent cleanser for leather chairs and leather goods. The shells, broken finely into powder, will remove stains from enamelled dishes. Decanters or other glass articles which are stained should be filled with a mixture of warm water and ground egg shells and well shaken. This shsuld remove all stains. A cracked egg should be boiled in water to which a little vinegar or salt has been added. Eggs dipped first of all in cold water before boiling are not so likely to crack. WOMEN DEFEND THEIR SEX Women, who were declared by Dr. Alington, headmaster of Eton, to be the practical sex in contrast to men, who had “all the artistic qualities,” defended themselves at a recent meeting in London. Dr. Alington declared that there had never been great feminine poets or artists. Replying to this, Dame Laura Knight, the famous artist, said: “How perfectly absurd. I think that - is a very sweeping and a very silly statement to have been made by Dr. Alington. “Surely it really amounts to a tacit admission of an inferiority complex when men try to run women down. “Women never had a chance to excel in the old days; they were not allowed the education. In the last ten years, however, they have done great things.. At 1 last they are having their chance.” Miss Christine. Jope Slade said: “It was not until recently that women were able to spare the time that personal possession of money affords. Until a few years ago customs and convention were against women. “We stand- too close to our own times to realise the terrific crash that women have taken through the hoop into the arena of .life, “Dr. Alington has, I think, confused issues. It is surely not so much a matter of sex or of temperament. It is a question of time. Men have only just permitted the doors;of a wider and fuller life to be opened - to. women.”