WOMAN'S WORLD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 10 September 1909, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

..,,.., BOMESTIv* HINTS. Headache ma^be alleviated - byrubbing the temples with a slice of lemon. A little ground almonds' mixed through a fruit cake will prevent the fruit from sinking to tho bottom. Sneezing: Two or three drops of - essence of- camphor, taken ori sugar,, is a sure remedy to stop sneezing. If for some rea.on" it is preferred. ! not to boil milk and yet wish to keep* ; it sweet for a time, a' little pinch of j borax should be stirred into , it where : fresh. ' . * " . | An infallible test of tinned fwifc'--lor vegetables. of .any. kind is.to opeiT [ the tin and plunge, into the contents a very bright steel . "knife:' Keep it there' for a . few minutes, and if copper is present, even -in the minutest proportion's, . it will bo. visibly deposited on 'the -Matte. -.- . To keep 'bread and Batter frosb and moist," put' lt 'in' l»- cool plaec, cover closely with -a* serviette wrung out of cold water, and manv hours after it -will be as rooist':as..wl*en «nt. Sometimes it will bo >found convenient to prepare broad .and. butter for afternoon tea in this way.- ..-".- When putting down . I.nolenm do not use tin tacks. ; After 'shaping and fitting fasten down witl-'. shoemakers' "sprigs," which are . almost headless, and do no injury to the linolouiri. They hold it firmly, and are invisible and the ' linoleum- •may be' subsequently -removed without the slightest damage. ■ .- J A scientist lias recently been- -in-., : vestigating the effect.-. of, food," par- '-A i ticularly vegetables,, on the human .' character. He affirms that ft -diet of carrots ameliorates harshness* ot character and reduces nervous irrita- ' bility; peas create joyousnessj while turnips have a depressing influence. Cabbage is good for pulmonary complaints; while lettuce acts as "a sedar tive upon the human frame, owing .to the opium contained in its milky juice.