THE HOUSEKEEPER

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6815, 19 January 1929, Page 15

THE HOUSEKEEPER

OLIVE OIL. Olive oil is a valuable adjunct to health, and it deserves to bo used to a much greater extent" than it now is, medicinally, in the kitchen and for the toilet. One of the easiest ways of taking olive oil is in salad dressing. Be liberal with the oil when mixing the dressing, and let it at least equal all the other ingredients mixed to-, gether. _ j Many kinds of food can be cooked in olive oil in the Italian way without offending our taste. A teaspoonful of olive-oil taken every morning, and'another at night, will help to. keep us in good condition, especially if our skin is dry. Olive oil is a safe medicine for children, and far pleasanter, than c&stor oil. It is very valuable for the hair, and for a skin that is harsh, and dry. ' • j. Olive oil, applied warm to the scalp and massaged thoroughly in with the tips of the fingers the night before the hair is shampooed, will give gloss and colour to hair that has become lank and lifeless. Applied ; to the skin of the face, neck, arms and hands every night, it will help to keep wrinkles .at. bay. Oniy a little is necessary, and it should be put on with a smell piece of cottonwool or clean rag, allowed to soak in for a few minutes, and then the surplus should be wiped off. The -same treatment should- be followed before one bathes or-motors, walks or drives, in strong sunlight. Olive oil is a protection for the skin against sunburn and cold winds. Powder may be ap: plied when the olive oil has been wiped off. •'