THE LADIES' WORLD

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2412, 29 January 1909, Page 7

THE LADIES' WORLD

1 A dVICE TO MOTHERS. 1 ■ WHAT TO AVOID. | 'l'hcro aro a few .facts about the ,mishrnent of children that mothers $ CS know, and as they arc gained I m edical authorities, men whose Si lr °j. s ovorv mother does not have I+ime to mid, Eve intends repeating ;l nnl , aU d hopes they will be taken to fp_ rt , ‘ and that mothers will refrain (mm boxing their cars and shaking • >is e ni violently. ' h\fhe first place children have no 1 fflar >iic sensation they afterward I Lei fa being frightened is; an noI ;; ijrw i thing implanted in their minds I L those who have them'in .charge: ?f othets 0 thets and nurses in doing this des--1 f v the perfect truthfulness of the !■ mind, which is one of the chief | Charms of childhood. W- children should have a chance to P ' develop, and whenever •punishment.is I n e C essarv it should ho harmless, at I ' k e game time rt. should beadminisI i reH i in such a way. as to; leave an !' -/impress of the incident—disobedience f, or whatever it mj.vy.be—upon the mel- ,orv. but the punishment should do no harm to either body or mind. The first twelve years of a child’s 1 ]if e a re abnormal, -says tan authority. It is then that hearing . is. generally, i j-eon and' that the memory retains tUhm impressions. Every one knows”that i:v child of three will have learned a whole language in a year; a f ea t that may not bo equalled by mv older person, dt is, .at this time, fieii that the infant mind should not )o undid v excited, either by joy or that the greatest c».vre must .be taken that, mental and .physical 'growth will be unimpeded. But as the child may not at first to able to distinguish between right and wrong, it seems necessary that some punishment bo devised, of course there are numerous ways which each sensible mother can think of mid adopt to suit the occasion. In the first place, never pull a child by the car. The ear drum is delicate and such treatment may in later life in deafness. Never ,-4/sfoke a child. The little bones, are soft and springy and may be easily displaced, besides the •agitation is confusing and liable to make the child nauseated. Of course, boxing the ears is as harmful—if not more so —than pulling; for the sudden concussion of air on” the ear drum has caused many cases of deafness. But the most inhuman punishments is shutting the child in'a dark closet. Iu doiim this you implant the germ of fear in the heart of .a little child, v and once, planted you take away the r spirit of independence and create a poor nervous little creature who is afraid of everything. Some children there are, who are phlegmatic and would not be frightened by such punishment, but the vast majority thus treated work themselves into a nervous state, that it takes days to overcome. Do you not think that many cases of nervousness in 'little children owe their origin to ,punishment like this? Is it not possible than many children suffer from nerves though too young to describe their sensations? Chen” let mothers be careful of the /banishments they use to correct their children, bearing in mind that it must he of such a nature as to do no bodily or mental harm to the lithe cd A -• TASTY RECIPES.

■Oriental Cake. —Any ordinary fruit or pound cake recipe may ike used, with this difference, that colonial fruit and flavors are discarded in favor of “Oriental” fruit and spices, hence its name. The following recipe is a good one: Nine eggs, lib butter, lib'' sugar, 1 Alb flour, Jib citron, Jib preserved ginger, fib dates, -Jib dried figs, fib almonds (or essence), 2 teaspoonfuls Taking powder. (Blanch and chop tlieh almonds. Chop the other fruit. Mix in the usual way. Bake about two hours. Any of the fruit may ho left out and some or all of the following spices added, according to taste “cela va sans dire.” _ One teaspoonful spice, 1 teaspoonfud cinnamon, J teaspoonful ground cloves, and one grated nutmeg. Swiss (Rolls. —One cup of sugar, one cap of flour, a small teaspoonful of ■baking powder, and three .eggs. Beat tlicli eggs for about ten minutes, add the sugar, and 'beat a- little longer. Then put in flour in which the halving powder has been mixed. Flavor to taste, and heat well together. Turn the mixture into a hating dish, and hake in a quick oven for eight minutes. Have ready on the tablo a clean cloth wrung out of coki water. Turn the roll on to this, spread with raspberry jam, and roll >SB> immediately. Dust with icing or colored sugar. Buff Paste for Tartlets.—T his recipe is excellent: —One and a ha cups of flour, Jib of butter, and co water. Mix half flour (three-quarters of a cup) iwitih cold water to make .stiff a paste, and roll cut roughly > mix three-quarters of a cup of ho with butter and spread oil paste, u oil out once, and leave stand all in a cool place in a clot'll , been wrung tightly out of cold w - In the morning, early, roll. out sove ral times till about the thickn • ■ half-a-crown and of an even ■ Stamp out with a flatted cutter, and put two together, the top one hav ing the middle stamped ou small cutter. The screw-top kerosene tin is a nice size fc . ing out the centre, The best time work to a cream half a large P of butter and .a P<>und of £ % When this is a soft pale-yellow iuass whip into of weft milk. sifted, self-raising fl°ui bo , out _ soft dough that can be rol d r<;l Lay this upon « iy 4n j nc li roll into a about hall in thickness, then cut in , 0 f rinls. Have ready a deep kettle boiling fat, and test it i n , bread. . If this, when B r0 P p^ con ds rises to the surface within 30 &( |A. and colors immediately , f]oUahbrown, the fat is ready fox the dongn_ nuts. Fry these quickly, « y,l - a . f ing basket if you havo one. Dra ] a heated colander to and' then spread on plattci ■ sprinkle thickly-with powdcied suga^ ■Mustard Pickles. sized stalks and leaves from a- medium-sized

auhflower, soak it for 20 minutes, J }? a “ downwards, in cold water, then divide it into small branches; throw into salted boiling water, leave- for about three minutes, and "then drain well. Aipe and cutup two quarts of small green tomatoes, and skin half that quantity of small onions. Slice si xgreen peppers. iMake a brine by 7 dissolving two cupfuls of salt in. four quarts of water, throw in the prepared vegetables, cover with a cloth, and leave until the next day. Then simmer tlie whole gently until the vegetables are cooked. Remove them from the brine and drain well, r.fix together in ,a large bowl a cupful of flour, eight tablespoonfuls of dry mustard, and one of tumeric. "When thoroughly 'amalgamated, add slowly just enough vinegar to form a smooth paste. Then add a 'cupful of sugar and two quarts of vinegar. Place the bowl in a large pan of hot water, and stir until the mixture thickens. Add tlio vegetables, heat them thoroughly, pack into jars, and cover down securely.