Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, 29 October 1914, Page 57

Domestic

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•■;. Sausage Fgge. Required: Four hard-boiled . eggs, breadcrumbs, sausage, meat, frying fat. Spread the cold, hard-boiled eggs with sausage meat, completely covering them : then roll in egg and breadcrumbs, and fry in boiling fat until they are a nice brown. Cut each egg in half, ~ lay the cut side uppermost on the dish. Send to table garnished with parsley and a tureen of nice brown gravy. v Sausago Forcemeat. Required : Four tablespoonfuls of sausage meat, the same of breadcrumbs, the grated rind of a lemon, a small onion, two ounces of butter, two ounces of chopped ham, the yolk of all egg, pepper, and salt. Mix the ingredients all together, and bind with the egg yolk. This is an excellent stuffing for turkey, chicken, or veal. - • Headache Cure. For summer headaches there is nothing better than an aromatic sponge. Any good cologne or toilet water can be employed for this, though Florida water, bay rum, and lavender water are perhaps the most effective. Fill a basin with very hot water. Add cologne until the vapor of seam arising from the mixture is. pungent : then with a bit of old, soft table linen dipped into the water bathe the face gently, patting it rather than rubbing it. Use a rotary motion on forehead and temples, and when the face feels soothed , reheat the water or add more, dip the cloth into it, wring out a little and allow the dripping cloth to rest at base of brain and behind the cars. Then lie with body relaxed and eyes closed for at least 15 minutes. Shapely Finger Nails. To keep the finger nails a good shape file them every, day rather than cut them once or twice a week.

Before filing the hands should be thoroughly washed with soft water and good soap. The file should be used lightly from the sides to the middle. Don't trim the nails to a point: it is ugly. A rounded form is farprettier. A little good cold cream or olive oil should be rubbed into the nails before filing if they are inclined to be brittle. It will prevent them from splitting. A Cleansing Cream. For cleansing the skin try the 'following cream: One-half ounce each of white wax and'spermaceti, two ounces oil of sweet almonds and two ounces of rosewater. Melt the wax and spermaceti, add the almond oil, and when well blended remove from the fire and add the rosewater, stirring briskly till cool and creamy. You can dissolve a tiny pinch of borax in the rosewater if you wish or can add. ten drops tincture of benzoin while stirring the cream. -Household Hints. - Dents in furniture can be got rid of quite easily. Damp the dent with warm water, then make a pad of brown paper; damp that thoroughly, lay it on the dent, and hold over all a hot iron. The warmth makes the wood swell up and fill the dent. In some woods the process is slow, but it is sure. The colors of a blouse may be set by soaking it in a quart of watre in which a teaspoonful of alum'is dissolved before washing it. Colors can be revived by rinsing in a quart of water containing a teaspoonful of vinegar. It is very important to dry colored blouses or dresses in the shade. To prevent a bruise from becoming discolored, apply to it a cloth which has been wrung out of water as hot as can be borne comfortably, and change it as it becomes cold. Supposing hot water cannot "be procured, the next best thing is to moisten some dry starch with cold water and to cover the bruised part with it. -