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Household Hints.

| DAINTINESS AND ITS DOCTRINE | To be clean is not to be dainty; but- ; toni off, placket gaping, skirt and I waist divorced—even absolute cleanliI ness does not atone for these. The girl who would be dainty per- | haps had better take a peep into her ' room. Are shoes peeping out from ' under a carelessly-made bed? Is a wee * comer of a rug kicked up? Is the i dresser -scarf white and fresh-looking? j Are the drawers partly open, reveal- ; ing confusion within, and are there ; any little threads of hair attached to j the carpet or floor covering? Perhaps j not the whole list, but a few, or one.

i DEEP BREATHING. j Q ! The importance of deep breathing is ! appreciated only by those who have | deliberately practised it. The majority I of people, especially such as take but I little violent exercise, are accustomed • to take in air by little shallow breaths, : and to expire their waste air in an j equally superficial way. As a conse- * quence of this their bodies are never j fully provided with oxygen, and a large part of the lungs remains practi- ' cally unused. The exhiliaration that | is produced by a succession of deep full breaths is quite remarkable. ; Different writers on physical training are very particular in advising that j certain methods be employed in tak- ! ing deep breaths, but the advice varies very much and we may take it for j granted that the method matters little j provided the deepest possible breath ! is taken, and the greatest possible lung ■ area is brought into use. Those who | wish to acquire the habit of deep I breathing should devote a few minutes j to the taking of half a dozen breaths as deeply as possible, two or three times a day—first breathing in as much air as can possibly be got into the lungs, then holding it there as long as possible, ad lastly, breathing out as much air as can possibly be forced out of the lungs. A complete breath should take about a minute. After a little while one or two of these deep breaths should be taken whenever ; one thinks about it. j

BUTTERED APPLE CHARLOTTE. Some thin slices of bread and butter with tbe crust removed. Line a piedish with these, taking care to make the bread fit closely into the dish, leaving no space between, and putting the buttered side of the bread next the china. Stew l£lbsof apples, which of course must be pealed and cored, with half a cupful of water and three tablespoonfuls of sugar. A little grate of lemon rind or half the juice of a lemon is an improvement. When quite tender put the apple-pulp in the lined dish and cover down with more slices of buttered bread, this time putting the buttered side down. Bake in the oven about forty minutes, and turn carefully out on to a hot disb. The bread should be baked in a round charlotte tin or cake tin. In that case, the piece of bread for the bottom must be cut in a round, to fit the tin, and then even sized strips of buttered bread used to line the sides of the tin.

I POINTS ON HONEY AS FOOD. Honey is one of the driest of human foods as it usually has less than 20 per cent, of water. Beefsteak, of the most expensive kind, contains 65 per cent, and then there is some bone to be reckoned with. Some of our most expensive fruits and vegetables are nearly all water, 95 per cent.and some even more. This is a point that beekeepers can harp on a good deal. Anybody can easily see that, between a pound of steak at even sixpence, and a pound of honey at the same money, the advantage lies with the honey.. Moreover honey will keep indefinitely, whereas beefsteak deteriorates in a few hours. Actually honey improves with age. And on to this the fact i that honey is one of the very few predigested foods.

A soap Saver. —A soap saver is made by cutting four bars of laundry soap in small pieces; add to this six quarts of water. Put on the stove to melt. When dissolved add half a cupful of ammonia —liquid; wken melted pour in a large stone jar It saves soap and improves the washing. A cupful used to each boiler of clothes.

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King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 174, 19 July 1909, Page 4

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Household Hints. King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 174, 19 July 1909, Page 4

Household Hints. King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 174, 19 July 1909, Page 4

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