Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9, 5 March 1908, Page 33

Domestic

By * Maureen*

The Worrying Woman,. • ' ' "• - The worrying woman rarely eats .nourishing food' ; she is too busy going into mental spasms about some unimportant detail in. life. The wholesome; normal,, healthy woman will be methodical in her attendance at her meals. She will eat well, and seem ready to meet an earthquake or , a flood. Loose Low Shoes. - When low. ' shoes have become stretched so that "they slip up and down at" the heel in walking, paste a strip of velvet inside. The annoyance will cease, and the wear on the stocking will be lessened. A Broken Umbrella Handle. To fasten metal, or any kind of an umbrella handle which glue will not hold, melt powdered alum and use while hot, as you would glue. To Retain Good Looks.' Don't get into the habit of always frowning, it <■ brings wrinkles round the mouth and eyes. Don't dry your face in a hurry ; a quick, any-how rub coarsens the skin and injures its beauty. Don't eat "your meals quickly ; this causes indigestion and a red nose. Don't worry ; other people's troubles are quite as bad as yours, Don't forget that a - penny spent on fruit does more good than a shilling on-~bims or sweets. Don't walk five miles" one day and stay at home all the next. Don't read till midnight ; one hour's sleep be-\-fore twelve is worth five afterwards. Don't shut 'your" bedroom window ; fresh air is necessary to health. . Don't expect physics and tonics to keep you we.ll if - you neglect the laws of health , and hygiene. Care of an Infant's Eyes. A child should not be laid flat on its back in a' perambulator, with a strong glare shining on its eyes. The white cotton shades only serve to intensify the glare. A detachable lining of soft green should be at-" tached to all light colored shades. Great protection will be given to the eyes by this simple means, and much suffering may be avoided. Bilious Headache. ' Bilious headache is a very common thing, especially i at this season of the year. The observation of a few' simple precautions and remedies will overcome the trouble. Take the juice of a lemon before breakfast, : without sugar, or the i v uice of the lemon may bo put into a cup of black tea, and this should also be taken without sugar. Always sleep with your window open ; you will never feel refreshed in the- morning if you do not. Take plenty of open, air exercise, a plain diet, and . avoid any alcoholic stimulant. & Dents in Furniture. It often happens that articles of furniture, comparatively new, look disreputable, owing to .various dents thereon. A simple home treatment is to wet the dented parts with warm water, double a piece of brown paper five or six times, soak it in warm, water, and lay it on the place. .Apply on that a warm, but not hot iron, until the moisture makes the wood swell and fill - the dent. About Bread. All who are inclined to indigestion, biliousness, and their followers, should not eat soft yeast bread. . All good bread should _be free from yeasty taste, bo light and porous, without sogginess, sugar, or shortening. If one is accustomed to eating a large quantity cut it down gradually, and use either brown or whole wheat bread well" 1])1 ]) uttered. Do not use bran bread. Food " eaten and not used for^Jjody-building is worse, than waste. The best bread grows stale the most slowly.' Soft breads are objectionable even to the robust. They form damp, to go,, insoluble masses when masticated, which cannot be penetrated by the gastric,, juices. If coffee or tea is taken at the same meal wilh soft bread, or hard breads softened in these liquids, even a strong person 1s apt to have a form of indigestion known to many as ' heartburn.'