MATTERS FEMININE.

Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 1 October 1913, Page 2

MATTERS FEMININE.

NUESERY HINTS.

When combing out a child's haiir, if you start combing at the\ ends first and then gradually work upVards, the. knots will be easily removed without discomfQrjb.T Go gently to work, and; afterwards brush the* hair thoroughly.; ■. :cv-: ■ : -■.■;■■ :

Milk which has been ' standing any ■time in a jug should always be carefully poured into another, leaving- a little at the bottom, for this portion of the milk is injurious to health, and has often been known to cause typhoid

fever,

■Small warts on children's hands, when they appear in numbers, can be got rid of certainly and painlessly by keeping them constantly moist with a lotion made by adding two drachms of diilute nitric acid to one pint of water. : ♦

To give castor oil or codliver oil to children— not babies—-pour a little hot milk into a wine glass, then pour the oil into the centre of the milk, and carefully pour a little more milk on top. If the whole lis drunk without stopping, the oil will not be tasted at all.

Many people think that the fewer sweets children eat the better, but this is a great mistake. Sugar is a valuable food, a valuable stimulant, and excel- 8 lent as* a nourisher of the muscles.. And as children, in their, healthy, normal. condition, are in f a state of perpetual activity, a food that' repairs muscular waste is a very important one for them.