Ladies' Column.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 93, 31 July 1908, Page 4

Ladies' Column.

Make a rule to spend a portion of each day out in the fresh air and sunshine : dross properly, kcop moving, and inhale the air through the nostrils.

A solution of string sage tea and alcohol applied to the eyebrows will darken them. To a pint of tea, strained through a cloth, add a teaspoonful of aleolvd.

For a relief from heartburn, add a teaspoonful of lemon-juice to half a glass of cold water, in which has been "dissolved half a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, drink immediately.

To purify the air in a sick-room there is nothing better than burning brown-paper previously soaked in saltpetre water and dried, and a handful of lavender leaves laid upon it.

A little black pepper sprinkled on a small piece of antiseptic cotton, the cotton drawn up around the pepper, dipped into warm oil and inserted in the ear is a quick relief when suffering with earache.

Avoid soft beds and too much bedclothing. Both conduce to stoutness. A woman enjoying good health should sleep eight hours, or nine at most, never less than seven. What you want is uninterrupted sleep irom eleven o'clock at night until seven the next morning. No other sleep will keep you fresh and well. Never go to bed hungry: take some very light refreshment that you will digest at once and without any difficulty. No sleep is thoroughly sound and good unless your face assumes a thoroughly serene expression. To attain this, do not read anything exciting late at night. Go to bed with pleasant thoughts-and a quiet mind. And don't use a high or soft pillow. Both tend to spoil the graceful contour of the throat and neck, and to produce wrinkles. Sleeping on a high pillow is merely a matter of habit, except for those suffering from a disease which necessitates the head being raised.

It is advisable for those who have to do housework to wear protection gloves whenever possible. Rubber gloves are a great protection when the hands have to be put often into water. Before donning the socalled " housemaid's gloves," it is a good plan to rub a little olive oil on the hands. This prevents the skin becoming dry and hard, and from being " ingrained."

This form of massage is also most beneficial in the cure of chilblains or frostbite, as it stimulates circulation, which, in these cases is defective —for the itime being, at least. Woollen gloves are apt to irritate' chilblains ; loose cotton or kid gloves should be substituted, and extremes of temperature avoided.

If the hands become chapped, the following will be found useful : White vaseline or lanoline, three ounces. Boracic acid powder, % ounce. Tincture of myrrh, one teaspoonful. Another reliable household receipe rough hands is : Equal parts glycerine and egg albumen. Perfume as desired. Rub into the hands at night and sleep with white kid gloves, perforated for ventilation.

The sleeping garments of the child should not be many in number, but they should allow freedom of movement. A little woollen vest kept specially for night wear, a flannel nightdress made to button along the bottom and so form a bag. in case the covers are kicked ofi\ and a pair of woollen bootikins, are all thai arc necessary, beyond the bands and diapers which are worn at night by very young children..

When the bady is undressed, the body should be sponged with warm water and thoroughly dried, using powdered starch for the parts which areliableto chafe. Then the garments nicely warmed, are put on, and, wrapped in a warm shawl, baby sh.oud have the last meal. Thus, warm and comfortable, the wee one is ready for sleep, and should be placed in n little bed. The position should be that which is usually described as "semiprone," that is, on the side with the back a little up. No bottle of milk, sugar-rag, or dummy is necessary to a child who is put in bed in this fashion. If a light is burning in the room it should be so shaded that the glare does not fail on the child's eyes, and the room should be kept quiet as possible.

Many children possess beautiful heads cif hair, which is often allowed lo hang loosely over their faces without being confined in any way. This may certainly show the hair off to the best advantage, but quite hides the best points of the child's face and is often the cause of scanty eyebrows----a disfigurement which will be nice noticable when the child is -Town up. The growth of scanty eyebrows, can. however, be encouraged by brush in;.; lightly with a. soft brush, and this also tends to make them arched, and on no account should they be clipped to insure their thickness. Clipping the eyelashes to promote their growth is a practice that should be abolished, as if the child should move, while they are being clipped it may result in an iniurv to the eyesight.

An exercise which, should be practised by growing children for developing a slender waist, and tall, erect figure is as follows : Let one person hold a large ring upright as high as the child can comfortably reach. In raising" the arms to touch the ring deep breathing is necessitated, which will expand the chest, and in the lifting attitude of the arms will exercise the muscles of the sides, shoulders, and waist, besides stretching the body to its full limit. The raisin;-; of the arms should be dor.e slowly, and the ring lifted a trifle higher at intervals until it becomes necessary for the child to stand on tip-toe to reach, thus exercising the muscles of the legs, and develoying the knee and ankle joints.

M. Sowrv was bridesmaid, find Mr Tolme, of a brother ot -the bridegroom, acred as best : -y ;i ;' 1 r ' s Mm rmd'Mrs Toiom v/ss In the evening a na-ber of were entertained at the r.:;M::r:~ ot Mrs H. Doar, the sister of t;iv< bno.e. and a very enjoyable evenmg was spent, The following committee __ were elected on the Ohura Nortn -'Ldicm Association :—Messrs Lyon oxxxxtary) Matiere, Svmomls (vvhenu::kura), Eieheno (xiangapapag ana Sowry (Mangafkahikc.tes). 'five committee held a meeting at_ Xiatiere, when it was decided to get the necessary legal papers executed at once. A 'report having been circulated throughout the district that the Government subsidy would not now be available, the following letter from the Department of Lands to the Secretary of the Association will be of interest to the well-wishers oi the scheme : " Sir,—With reference to tne deputation from the Association, introduced to the Right Hon. the Premier at Taumarunui bv Mr W. 'I. Jennings, with a request that a subsidy oi £IOO a year, for two years, be granted the Association, to enable them to secure the services of a second doctor for the district. I now beg to inform you that the Prime Minister brought the matter before the Cabinet and -it has just been decided to agree to the request. The Department will, therefore, provide £IOO per annum for two years" providing the Association arranges for the other £2OO. You may. now proceed to make your arrangements for a medical man to reside in the district, and I should be glad to hear from vou when these arrangements have been made. The subsidy before mentioned will commence from the date of the doctor taking up his position, of which please advise me later. I wiil then send you the forms on which to make application for the subsidy from time to time.—Kensington, Under Sec. for Lands." It has been stated here that some person or persons have been endeavouring to get the subsidy stopped on the grounds that a second doctor is not necessary in the district. The promoters of the North Ohura Association state that they do not in any way wish to clash with the South Association, but that they iwant to obtain medical assistance for this part of the district at a reasonable charge, which, owing to the distance from Mangaroa, and the heavy mileage charge, is out of the question under the existing conditions.