Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 40, 11 October 1923, Page 49

Domestic

By Maureen

' x Cinnamon. Roll. Two cupsful self-raising flour, a quarter cupful brown sugar, loz ground cinnamon, a few sultanas, a quarter teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda, and a good threequarters of a cupful of milk. Mix the dry ingredients and add the milk in which the soda has been dissolved. Make into a not too stiff paste, and bake in well-greased, upright tins, such as baking powder tins. Cheese roll may be made similarly, leaving out the sweet ingredients, sultanas and cinnamon, and adding grated cheese to taste, one small teaspoonful of cayenne pepper, and a little salt. Delicate Cake. One cupful of sugar; three-fourths cupful butter, whites of three eggs, one-half cupful milk, two cupsful flour, one .teaspoonful baking powder. Cream the butter and sugar very thoroughly until both are as soft as butter alone. Add the whites of eggs beaten stiff. Sift the flour three times and sift the baking powder through it. Add flour and milk alternately. Bake in a moderate oven, being careful to let the cake brown only very lightly. This cake is delicious if baked in a small, deep tin like a bread tm. Or once and a half the recipe may be used and the cake baked in a large square tin about three inches deep, and cut in squares. Icing: Boil together one cupful of sugar and three tablespoonsf of water until it threads. Beat the whites of two eggs stiff and pour * n the hot syrup slowly, beating all the time. Set into a pan of cold water and continue beating until stiff enough to set. Flavor, and spread on cake half an inch thick, or more. Flavor both cake and icing with lemon or vanilla if preferred. Green Gooseberry Jam. T, . 2 quarts B reen gooseberries, 1 quart water, 61b sugar. Boil fruit and water for 20 minutes, then add sugar and boil just four minutes, but be very sure it quite boils before you count the minutes. Another Method.— every pound of fruit allow a pound of sugar and half a pint of water. Boil the sugar and water together for 15 minutes, put in the gooseberries and let simmer gently till the jam will set when a little is put on a plate. Pour into jars and store. The Care of the Eyes. . When People can see, they accept the fact, and that is the end of it, though it should not be, for defective eyesight seems more generally the rule than otherwise, and

it is not to be wondered at, when we notice how careless people are. . ;•- First of all, keep the eyes clean, by using plenty of clean water; do not rub them, but pat them dry using a soft towel; never, upon any consideration, rub the precious eyes with the hands, as many are prone to do especially children. In case a speck of grit or dust enters under the lid, have it removed as quickly as possible; do not wait for it "to work out," as no end of damage may readily ensueSit in the sunshine, whenever you can, but do not let it strike directly in the eyes, or work' that you may be doing; the strongest eyes cannot long withstand such a tax and strain; reading, writing, or sewing should not be done in a glaring light, neither can eyes stand twilight work. ' To people of weak sight and weak nerves it is simply torturing to sit opposite a window where the light is bright at mealtime, or during conversation; those blessed with strong eyes do not realise this. Women injure their eyes more than they think, by constantly wearing a veil, especially those with small, thick dots; where a veil must be worn, it should be thin and fine. ,--

If a person wears glasses just for near work, they are apt to lay them down almost anywhere when not in use; this is decidedly wrong; they should be kept religiously in their own little case, and never put down on a hard surface to cause scratches; the lenses are easily scratched winch spoils their usefulness. '