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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 136, 2 November 1914, Page 3

It would seem tliat cream of tartar is not so essential in baking as the public have been led to believe since the war lias forced the price of this article up to abnormal levels. Dr .], F. Elliott (Klliott Bros., Ltd.), told tllo Neeessary Commodities Control Oommfeion at Sydney on October 29rd that cream of tartar as an ingredient of baking powder was absolutoly unnecessary. There were tthev preparations, he said, that answered the purpo.se just as well. lie •Kent 011 to explain that cream of tartar w;,s an acid salt that was used in baking powder, in conjunction with bicar'bonale of soda, to liberal,; carbonic acid ],as, the action of which \v;us to cause bread to vise. It was only necessary to 'use a substitute not deleterious—a substitute tha would produce lie same re- ' ,-ult. For this purpose they could use acid phosphate of lime, also preparations confining acid phosphate of sodium. These acted on the bicarbonate of soda in the same way as cream of tartar, and produced phosphate of lime. This was a very good thing to have, as it was very iargelv iised in tonics; in fact, it was tlie basis of many recognised 'tonics. Those people who said cream of .tartar was essential in the making of taking powder, added Dr Elliott, had not been educated up to tho use of cheap substitutes.

COLDS ON THE CHEST. "My little son waß a great sufferer from colds on the chest," says Mr. (irenow, Station street, Seymour, Vic. 'At times lie was so bad that ho would just be choking for breath and nothing i tried tor him Beemed to give him relief. I was l-jcommended to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and in one night I noticed an improvement. Now I give it to him as soon as I see any signs of a cold and he is soon all right again. I would not be without a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in my home." AB chemists and gtorei.