Housekeeper

Lake County Press, Issue 2166, 25 April 1907, Page 7

Housekeeper

cure for flushed facss A BED and shiny face may be caused by indisposition or improper selection of food, or by tight waistbands, tight collars, or even tight sleeves. The shiny condition hgcncrally the result, of an abnormal seerctio;. in the oil glands of the face. Women subject to flushed face should never take stimulants or cat highly-spiced or greasy food. Plenty of exercise should be indulged in, TO REMGY!£ JfIILDEW FJ?OM LINEN. First of all, take some soap and rub it well into the linen, then scrape some chalk very finely and rub that in also, lay tho linen on the grass, and as it dries wet it again. This done twice or thrice should remove the mildew stains. Another way is to mix soft soap and powdered starch with half tho quantity of salt, and juice of a leir.on. Lay this mixture on with a brush, and let the linen lie out on the grass for a few nights and the stains will disappear. OJUONS FOR PNEUMONIA. The following remedy is said to be a cure for pneumonia :—Take six to ten onions, according to size, and chop fine, put in a large spider over a hot fire, then add the same quantity of rye meal and vinegar, enough to form a thick paste. In the meanwhile stir it thoroughly, letting it simmer five or ten minutes. Then put in a cotton bag large enough to cover the lungs, and apply to chest as hot as patient can bear. In about ten minutes apply another, and thus continue by re-heating the poultices, and in a few hov.rs the patient will be out of danger. This simple remedy lias never failed to cure (his too-oftcn fatal malady. Usually three or four applications will be sufficient, but continue always until the perspiration starts freely from the chest. This remedy was formulated many years ago by one of the best physicians New England has ever known, who never lost a patient by the disease, and won his renown by simple remedies.' TEW TIPS FOR LONG LIFE. First: Else early, retire early, and fill your day with work. Second: Water and bread maintain life; pure air and sunshine aro indispensable to health ; and do not worry. Third: Frugality and sobrioty form the best elixir of longevity. Fourth : Cleanliness .prevents rust; the best-carcd-for machines last the longest. Fifth: Enough sleep repairs waste and strengthens j too much sleep softons and enfeebles. Sixth: To be sensibly dressed is to give freedom to one's movements, and enough warmth to be protocted from sudden changes of temperature. Seventh: A clean and cheerful house makes a happy home. Eighth : The mind is refreshed and invigorated by distractions and amusement; but abuse of them leads to dissipation, and dissipation to vice. Ninth : Cheerfulness makes love of life, and love of life is half of health. On the contrary, sadness and discouragement hasten old ago. Tenth: Do you gain your living by your intellect ? Then do not allow your arms and legs to grow stiff. Do you 'earn your own bread by your pickaxe ? Do not forget to cultivate your mind and enlarge your thought. THE CURE OF RIhCWORM. There is almost no skin trouble of greater frequency than ringworm. Moreover, it very frequently proves, in the case of children especially, a somewhat troublesome disease to get rid of. It is a great mistake to think that children alone are liable to suffer from this affection. It may appear in adults, and may even in their case prove itself very intractable to treatment. The term ' ringworm' has been derived from the fact that the disease appearing on the scalp or on the body makes a little round patch. A fanciful writer once compared the appearance of ringworm to the 'fairy' rings, which one sees in the grass. Curiously enough these grass rings arc caused by the growth and development of a particular kind of fungus, and when we apply for information regarding the cause of ringworm itself we are told that the disease is likewise caused by the ravages in the skin of a microscopic plant also of the fungus order. A mushroom is a good example of an ordinary and commonplace fungus, as also is the toad stool, but it so happens that this group of plants includes a large number of microscopic members. Some of these have acquired the evil habit of finding a location on the human body. They arc, in other words, parasites or unwelcome and unbidden guests living on a host represented it may be by mankind or by the lower animals. It is a microscopic fungus of this kind to which wc owe ringworm, and the special appearance of the disease is due simply to the manner of growth of the minute pest.