HOME-MADE COUGH DROPS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3382, 8 January 1919, Page 49

HOME-MADE COUGH DROPS.

A RECIPE MOTHERS SHOULD KEEP. Cough drops suitable for both children and adult 3 can easily and quickly be pre-, pared at home by pouring a few drops of bitrate of tar on a lump of sugar. Left this dissolve slowly in uhe mouth, and as it dissolves so the healing and soothing virtues of the pine tar will "penetrate to every part of the throat, chest, and lungs. Bitrate of tar is useful in many different ailments, and It is no wonder chemist* are experiencing difficulty in meeting the demand. Half a teaspoonful poured into a bowl of boiling water produces a healini vapour which, when inhaled, gives relief in cases of cold in _ the head, bronchitis, asthma, etc., while it is well known that 2oz of bitrate of tar, Boz of sugar, and half a pint of hot water, produce nearly a pint of cough syrup superior to the ready-made mixtures composed of harmful drugs, and at less cost. Make a syrup by dissolving the sugar in the hot -water, and then add the bitrate of tar. Stir well, and when cold it is ready for use. Thd pleasant flavour and aroma of this home* made cough syrup make it very acceptable to children, to whom it may be safely given.

Friday afternoon by the Whit© Star liner Runio. The members remain in. New Zealand until somewhere about the middle of January, when. they will return to Euorpe. General Pau is, of course, the most distinguished of the visitors. He looks every inch a. soldier with his sturdy, upright figure, and is of short stature, with hair and moustache grown silver with age. Curious to relate, the General is unable to speak a word of English, and his interpreter goes everywhere with him. Miss Beaumont (Nelson) is visiting friends In Auckland. - ....... Miss Bennett, Mass M. Kees, and Miss H 'Scott (Gisborne) are spending a few weeks in Auckland. . Miss May Kiesling has returned from visiting relatives in "Wellington and Masterton.