AS SEEN THROUGH WOMAN’S EYES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue XX, 12 November 1898, Page 642

AS SEEN THROUGH WOMAN’S EYES.

WARM WEATHER FOOD. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES SHOULI> BE THE CHIEF DIET. Not cold food, but food which will generate a minimum amount of heat in the body, is the proper fare during hot weather. Instinct and common experience lead us to avoid at this season foods known to be heat-producing, such as pork or other fat meat, and cornmeal. The properties of fat and oil which cause them to burn readily in the air make them excellent fuel in the body. Oatmeal, which contains twice and in some cases three times as large a proportion of fat as cornmeal, and four or five times as much as cracked wheat, is the least desirable of breakfast cereals for summer use. Rice has no fat, hence its value as a hot weather food. It is not to be inferred from these facts that we need not fat in hot weather. We are likely, however, to get all that we need, if not more, in out ordinary allowance of butter, milk,, cream and meat, a certain amount being mixed through even lean tissue. The juicy fruits and vegetables abundant in summer seem intended by nature to replace in the system the water lost by excessive perspiration. For rebuilding the tissues of the body we require a constant supply foods containing nitrogen, ‘flesh forming’ foods, as they are commonly called. Meat is rich in this material, but is contained in larger quantities when rare that when well done. As in the case of fats, appetite guides us in this matter, making a slice of rare beef less tempting in Januairy than in August. Fish and fowl, being less stimulating that meat, largely takes its place in summer with benefit to the health of the household. Milk and eggs, peas and beans are good tissue builders, free from the undesirable qualities of meat. Where these are plentiful the housekeeper need not fear that the household will suffer, even if good meat should be hard to obtain. Oo not omit soup from the summer bill of fare. A slow fire is sufficient for preparing stock. The vegetables or other material to be served in it can be cooked at any time. Then over a gas or oil stove the soup may in a few minutes be made ready for the table. With a hot soup to begin with the chief dish of the next course may well be cold meat, carefully sliced or prepared in some attractive form. Veal may be prepared in the same way, and makes a better summer dish than old fashioned veal loaf containing salt pork.

To Prevent Dandruff. —A little warm glycerine rubbed into the scalp with the fingers after the hair is shaken out counteracts the tendency to dryness which is common to some heads. After such treatment there should be persistent brushing. This dryness of the scalp is one of the most prolific sources of dandruff, and any treatment that secures some oil to the hair will have a tendency to mitigate the other evil as well. An excellent wash for the hair is made of rosemary tea, to which may be added a little whisky.

Unless a man is really depraved and heartless, any woman of tact can keep her husband at home if she wishes to do so. Make him feel each time he enters the home that his presence is really desired, and show him that his comfort and happiness is the business of your life. Make the home itself as bright aud attractive as possible, and pay particular attention to your own personal appearance. Don’t worry your husband with domestic troubles if you can help it, but if this is absolutely necessary, keep them till he has had his meal. A hungry' man has' not much patience.