"Cook For Him As His Mother Did"

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 64, 8 December 1937, Page 14

"Cook For Him As His Mother Did"

Mary Bridge).

False Advice To Brides

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VWB him the food his mother gave my dear. Men are terribly conservativei" The well-meant adviee is often given to the bride, but in few instances, is it good. In the great majority of cases it's false, disastrously false. Men are not nearly so eoiiservative about food as women imagine, and why: wives persast in sticking to this'mistaken notian nobody seems to know. Because men like good solid fare, it doesn't prove. that they object to variety and experiment. Quite the contrary. You have only to go into a restaurant that caters for men and* then into one with a feminine clientele, and compare the menus. Their relative proportions are those of masculine and feminine handkerchiefs, Give varied and interesting fare and you will get gratitude. It is not varied eooking that leads to trouble, but downright bad eooking. And this, I believe, is how the false tradition has arisen. Too often the strange experiments in souffles, galantines, and "au gratins" are merely frantic efforts to disguise the painful fact that the cook has not the foggiest idea how to roast a sirloin, boil a potato, or choose a cheese that's fit for anything but baitrpg the mouseirap. If you are sound on the fundamentals of roasting and grilling— and if you're not, you ought never to have been granted a marriage iicence— there's no reason to be afraid of experimenting, striking out on a line of your own, and throwing the "Nobody cooks like Mother" legend into the dustbin. A surprising niunber of men secretly loafhe their. mothers' eooking, even though they've mapaged to survive on it for 30 years, and when they marry

they fervently hope they will say goodbye.to it forever. I - once knew an unfortunate young fellow whose life was darkened by'indigestipn.and who uged .to, suck .bismuth tablets all day at-the office. -Much to every one's • astonishment -marriage " made a new man of him. The explanation was veryl simple. Be had beeh .brought up on Victorian cook-' ing— hbavy, greasy "roast" on ' Sunday, cold on Monday, Iarge chump chops to fill up the rest of the week, carrots and turnips as the only vegetables. His wife changed "all that. She cooked on modern lines with no grease, she provided puddings and lots of fruit. Above all,"there was variety— something new every day, That was just what he wanted. All his life he'd been' longing to escape from "MotHer's eooking." ■Feeding a man of that type is no easy matter. At first, when his wife tried something -new he merely sniffed dubiously. He suffered from a kind of food complex, distrusted everything, couldn't make up his mind whether he liked it or not. He always expected to dislike it. , Don't be disappointed if your first efforts meet with nothing but stony disapproval. Watch for the'little signs that show that he is being converted and that'he really is beginning to enj"oy the new cookery. Some day'he will say so. Shiny Nose. If indigestion or some other minor complaint, causes a shiny nose, first 'treat the ailment and then the .nose, Bathe it for several minutes in tepid water to which a little eau de Cologne has been added, dry, and apply warmed cold cream which will have a cooling and soothing effect. Leave the cream on for ten minutes, and then. wipe it off and

apply powder. If the treatment is persevered with for about 'a mbnth, the cure •• should be certain, . no.- matter how long the trouble has been present. Eat wisely. Ayoid all. rich', food, take plenty of green vegetables, • bpth. cooked and uncooked, and make' a point of getting ; sorrie exercise each -day. "Beauty" Hiiits. " " """ ' When your najls seem likely. to thicken dig the finger.tips into.a cut lemon and repeat three or four times a week! The nails .will soon' become;tra'nsparent, and "hang nails" will be avoided. Greasy Hair. * Once a m'orith wash tKe hair :with good tar soap lather,. rinse in rain water and finally in. cold water in , which a level tablespoonful of borax' has been mixed. Once or twice a week, rub the scalp with a piece of flannel dipped in a solution of borax. Allow* an -oimce of borax to a pint of' -boiling " water, and bottle the solution when cold. After the appplication, rub the . hair with a clean towel. Hie treatment should keep. the.sdalp free from dandruff - as well as the hair free from grease. ; A good hair lotion for occasional use: Half a teaspoonful cbmm'on salt, half a teaspoonful of flowers of sulphur, six ounces rosewater," one ounce 'spirits of rosemary, one ounce liquid ammonia. Shake the powdered ingredients' in the rosewater, and then add the ammonia and rosemary. Should the mixture tend to make the hair too dry, add - a teaspoonful of glycerine. Shake "the bottle before using and rub the lotion well into the . scalp with a small sponge. Gay Gloves. "Glad" hands will be in evidence with the.help of the brighest looking gloves that we have seen in a long while. Lighl gamboge leather is used for short 'glovei to wear with daytime suits and top coats If you want to do the thing properlyv

you have a gamboge handbag to match. Long gloves of velvet with satin palms go with evening outfits. Hats of the Season. \Vnite pique hats distinctly akin to sailors' hats, are a millinery note of the sehson. They are ■" to be seen in. town surroundirigs as well as seaside ories and with a narrow petersham ribbon rourid {heir fitting head pieces tied in a flaunting little bow. at the back, look charming on youthful wearers.