LADIES' COLUMN.

Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 348, 1 October 1898, Page 2 (Supplement)

LADIES' COLUMN.

HINTS FOR HEALTH. Nkver go to bed with au empty stomach. It is as bad as going to bed with a loaded stomach. Nothing is more soothing or nourishing to take on retiring for the night than a cap of Cadbury's cocoa, made with milk, and with it eat a slice or two of bread and butter, a piece of buttered or dry toast, or a few coffeo biscuits. A cup of Bovril, too, is nourishing and sustaining without being fattening. Then again, a little clear soup is nutritious, as also is bread and milk. Gruel, too, if made with Robison's Patent Groats, is excellent for supper, ' more especially in the winter time, when the s'oraach craves warmth. A glass of hot milk sipped little by little is wonderfully soothing and nico when one is very fatigued. Undoubtedly something of a light and palatable nature in the stomach is one of the best aids to quietude and rest. In all weathers the bedroom should be at a lower temperature than tbc living room, and the fresh air should be allowed to freely circulate in it. Aif and Bun are naturo'h great purifiers. Have every room thoroughly aired at least once a day, and when you leave a room for an hour or two open the windows a little top and bottom to purify the air. Homes without flowers are like days without sunshine, wanting in that warmth, brightness, and cheerfulness that nothing else can substitute. Then, too, many flowers are health-giving, even in a bedroom. Roses, sweetbrier, honeysuckle, lavender, verbena, violets, ro;-o----m«ry, wallflowers, etc., are youth, health strength, and beauty-giving plants, and you should always have them around you. IT IS WELL TO REMEMBER. That " I forgot" is never an acceptable excuse. That there is no home where there are no hearts. That the despised of some people are the rovered of others. That life, however short, is made still shorter by the waste of time. That no lessons are so impressive as those our mistakes teach us. That tardiness and precipitation aro ex« tremes equal to be avoided. That publicity is the barn door upon which fools love to chalk their names. That those who are most willing to take risks are they who have nothing to lose. That we cannot too soon conceive our* selves how easily we may be dispensed with in the world. That men are guided less by conscience than by glory, and that the ibortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience. THE VERY LATEST. Evidently nothing is snared, sarforially to the American young lady. Having annexed her brother's "bowler" hat, his starched shirt front, his col'ar and his necletie, his jacket, and, for bicycling purposes, his knickerbockers, her latest whim is to adopt his sleeping suit. According to the American fashion papers the American girl, who thinks nothing of making a few nights' journey by train, declares that the masculine garment is far more comfortable and has fewer objections than tho more orthodox garment associated with the sex. A correspondent states that it is not only the American girl who affects sleeping-suits, as in the the windows of a London hosier may now be seen an announcement that "Ladies, pyjamas are made to order." WOMEN'S CLUB IN RUSSIA. The imagination, or rather tho olubablo instincts, of the Russian women have, wo learn from a letter sent from St. Petersburg to Lady Aberdeen, beon stimulated by the growth of women's clubs in England and America. Until just lately, however, it was impossible for them to move in this direction, as Russian law forbade the formation of women's clubs, and it was only after strenuous efforts and repeated appeals to tho Empress that the embargo was removed. There has now been established in St. Petersburg a club called the " Russian Women's Mutual Help Society," whose president is Dr. Anna Shabanoff, a woman of great ability and energy. The club numbers some " 1,400 members, amongst which may be mentioned doctors of medicine, mathematics, and of law, authoresses, and most of the intellectual society of St. Petersburg. FANCY WORK. Knitted Tea Cosy.—A protty knitted tea cosy, and it is very easy to make. Uce double Berlin or fleecy wool. Tho cosy is made in four strips. Colour of wool aocording to taste, but two of mauve heliotrope and two of mulberry wool would be effective Tho mulberry wool should be for the outside strips. Fine knitting neddles should be used. Make a foundation of 26 meshes, on which are knitted again backwards and forwards for 40 rows, as follows : First Row : Slip 1, make 1, knit 1; in the following rows the worker must knit off the made and the slipped stitch, and slip the single mesh, after the wool has been looped over. This is usually called O.S.T. stitch. The four strips whsn finished are joined at tho ends and sewn to a round ; an opening being left on one side for the spout of the coffee pot, and on the other for the hffldla. The outside and lining are seamed together at the edges of the opening. The mauve, whioh is used for lining, is knitted on two thick steel pins, on a foundation of 30 meshes and of two strips of 120 rows backwards and forwards. Upper edge of knitting is gathered in with lining and stands up as heading. A piece of mauve sarcenet ribbon is tied in above handle, and gives a jug - like appearance to the cosy. Crochet Tea Cosy.—The design given for a knitted cosy may bo carried out, if desired 1 in Russian crochet, or in tricot or other crochet. The cosy may be tied round at top with ribbons of the two colours used in the work, instead of in one only, or with reversible ribbon in the two tints. How to Preserve the Colour of Flowers.—Most people wish at one time or another, to keep flowers, without the loss of their beautiful colours, a longer timo than is possible without special treatment. To accomplish this, dry a quantity of very fine sand in the oven or in tho sun, then take a paate-board or wooden box of sufficient size and depth, place the flowers therein, erect, and fill the box with sand to about an inch above tho top of the flowers. The sand must be filled in very carefully in order not to crush the petals in any way. Cover the box with paper, and submit to gentle, continuous heat. After about two days in the sand the flowers will be quite dry, and will have lost none of that natural brilliancy of colour which wo wish to preserve. RECIPES. LSMOR Cheese Cake.—Grate the rind of 3 Jomous, and take the juice of two, Ooz of fresh butter, 4oz sugar, a dust or two of grated nutmeg, half a gill of cream, and 3 well-beaten egg*. Mix together. When thoroughly blended, it is ready to use. Line your patty pans with puff-paste, then fill them. Set in a quick oven for fifteen minutes. Potato Scones.—Boil some potatoes, pour, and dry them well. Mash them as smooth as possible, and when cold add flour to them, and moisten with a little Bweet milk, mixing all well together. Flour the baking board, and divide the dough. Make each division into a round and flour it. Roll out very thin, and cut into cakes. Bake on a hot girdle, first one side and then the other. Butter when hot; and sprinkle with sugar, and place two and two together, These scones are best eaten hot.

Ground Rice Tea Cakes.—These arc very delicious though they need a lot of beating;. One teacup of ground rico, ] tenonp\)f sugar, two eggs, and vanilla flavouring: Whisk up ths eggs and sugar to a froth, arid rice and flavouring and beat for 20 minutes ; put about a teaspoonful into greased patty _ pans, and bake from five to ten minutes in a quick oven. Orange Delight.—Take carefully tho rind from four oranges; then cut into tbin slices (removing the pips) and put a layer into a moderately deep dish, over each layer scatter well pounded sweet almonds (blanched). When pounding the almonds, add 1 tablespoonful of orange or rose water, thus preventing the almonds from oiling. Sufficient room must be left to allow of one pint of jelly well sweetened to be poured ova* all. When set, ecreen the top with tiny coloured comfits. This H&l be found a delicious and economical sweet. I'jneapi'lk Platters. Required. Sponge rolls, clarified butter, tinned pineapple. Method: Cut some rounds of rasped rolls about J an inch thick. Fry them a golden brown colour in the butter. Cut some slices from tho pineapple, shape them the size of the fried rolls, heat them in their syrup, and lay a slice on each round of roll. Sift with sugar and serve very hot. Custard for the Children. Sweeten a pint of new milk and boil with the zest, of a lemon. Pour this boiling, over two well-beaten eggs. Put the mixture into a pie-disb and place in the oven till sot. When quito cold lay here and thero little pieces of jelly. This also makes a very pretty supper dish.