THE QUEST FOR BEAUTY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19953, 10 November 1934, Page 14

THE QUEST FOR BEAUTY

VALUE OF LETTUCE For the great majority of people, except the very old, the daily bath should be the first rule of life. The skin is one of the most important eliminating organs of the body, and to keep it in working order it must be cleansed daily of the poisons and waste products that have been eliminated through the pores in the last 24 hours. The temperature of the bath should be adapted to individual needs, but it must be remembered that a warm bath with a liberal use of soap is essential for cleansing the skin. A cold bath stimulates rather than cleanses, and unless it is followed by a glowing skin reaction it is likely to do more harm than good. If a cold bath is followed by shivering it should be avoided. Much of the stimulating effect of a cold bath without any of its inconveniences may be obtained if the body is sponged with water, after a thorough cleansing, in comfortably warm water at from 92 to 98 degrees Fahr. Lettuce is a great beautifier, mainly because of its beneficial action on the nerves, the blood, and skin; and with healthy nerves and pure blood, the skin and hair are bound to be beautiful. It is possible, too, to lose several pounds of unwanted fat very rapidly merely by eating lettuce freely. Lettuce drives the excess poisons from the blood and reduces acidity in the digestive tract. Thus, as an impure blood supply, an acid stomach and constipation are three of the predisposing causes of superfluous flesh, it will readily be seen that lettuce will gradually effect a cure if persisted in. Lettuce may be taken as it is or mixed with other salad ingredients. In any event, it should be served in some way at every meal—for breakfast, for lunch, in sandwiches for tea, and as a salad for dinner. It is, of course, more beneficial when eaten raw, but it is delicious when boiled as a vegetable. In appearance and flavour boiled lettuce resembles spinach, and should be cooked like spinach, that is, with I

only sufficient water to cover it. If the lettuce is boiled, however, the liquid should be used as a basis of soups and gravies, otherwise much of its value is lost. Lettuce is also the basis of a drink. To make it. wash a large lettuce and cut it up roughly into a jar with just sufficient water to cover. Then tie half an ounce of dried camomile loosely in a muslin bag and put this into the jar, too. Allow the mixture to simmer slowly, and when all the goodness has been extracted it should be strained through a fine sieve. When it is cold, the juice of a lemon is added, and the dose is a wineglass night and morning. This simple drink is said to give a lovely complexion and a supple figure. It keeps the system free from impurities, and so safeguards beauty.

damage. Part of No. 3 Ward has been wired with these sockets, and sufficient plugs and wire is on hand to complete the other half. As an indication of the time taken to install these, two members took three hours on Labour Day to install six plugs in No. 6 Ward. It is now a month since the mam set has been shifted and it appears that for the first time, all patients are completely satisfied with the service given, and they now have music from 7.30 a.m. till 10 p.m. In order to complete some of the wards another 15 pairs of headphones are being obtained. Reception has been patchy again, and Old Man Static has been annoying at times. Interference is still prevalent but the Radio Inspector is doing his best to combat it. As stated in these notes before, it is really amazing the types of interference and the cause of same. The American stations are gradually getting weaker, but some of them may be heard from 11 p.m. on their early morning sessions. The Australians do not come in at good audible strength until 8 p.m. Both the New Zealand and Australian stations have a good service during the air race, considering the paucity of cable news. Many strange things arrive at Broadcasting House, London, but a long parcel delivered there recently must be the greatest of all. It was formally received and signed for as “one babling brook” for the Effects Department, but when heard on the radio it sounds like a ganuine little stream trickling merrily through the countryside. The contrivance is six feet long and was made by a carpenter. There is another particular “effect” —the scream of seagulls—which have been heard so often over the air that they were believed to be genuine noises recorded on a gramophone disc Buc

the gulls are too awkward to record so the 8.8. C. men take two little pieces of wood, tie them to-gc-ther at each end and stretch a piece of elastic ;:i between. When they bio* throujUa the strips it vibrates th*. elastic and so produces that rcalisi.c •uhrull roi^e.