LADIES' COLUMN.

Waikato Argus, Volume VI, Issue 411, 18 March 1899, Page 2 (Supplement)

LADIES' COLUMN.

HEALTH NOTTS. Let your girls assist in Home measure in the housework ; for instauce, train them as soon as old enough to make their own bods, for, believe mo, thero is no exercise better for expan ling the chest and developing the figure. Make your girls keop their own room tidy and teach them to take a pride in their tasteful arrangement. The more useful they are the bappier will they make you and be them--Bolv6S Eat'all cold food slowly. Digestion will not begin till the temperature of the food has boen raised by the heat of the stomach to OS degrees. Hence the more heat that can bo imparted to it by slow mastication the better. Tho precipitation of a largo quautity of cold into the stomach by fast eating may, and often does, causo discomfort and indigestion, and every occasion of this kind results in a measurable injury to tho digestive functions. Ico-watcr drunk with cold food of course, increases tho mischief. Hot drinks—hot water, weak tea, chocolate, &c—will on the- contrary, help to prevent it. Fruit should bo taken on an empty stomach or simply with bread. In the morning, before tho fast of tho night has been broken, it is not only exceedingly refreshing, but serves as a natural stimulus to tre digestive organs. And to procure its fullest, finest effect, fruit should be ripe, sound, and in every way of good duality ; moreover, it should bo eaten raw. What is better than a bunch of luscious grapes, somo pears, or a plate of bananas the first thing on sitting down to breakfast ? Or a fine ripo apple, rich and juicy, eaton in the same way ? In OHr climate fruit, and especially apples, should constitute, not the fiuishing, but tho beninning of the meal, particularly the breakfast. How to Ward off Illness.—Many a serious illness might have been averted if people would have paid a little attention to warnings, or first symptons, rathor than disrogard them, and put them asido as meaning nothing. A simple cold is oiten the beginning of a very dangerous illness. Never neglect it under the impression that you are doing something heroic, but begin a simple treatment at once, either by putting on a little extra flannel, or by "remaining in the same atmosphere. A draught is, of all things to be avoided. If you can by any means avoid it, never sit in damp clothes, or keop on damp boots or stockings. When changing thorn friction tho feet well with a rough towel until they glow. Linen must always bo thoroughly aired before wearing it or putting it on the bed. Open your windows from the top, and if you have a chimney in your bedroom keep it open. If necessary have more clothing over the bed rather than shut up the chimney. Because the air is invisible it is no reason why pure air is not an essential to good health as aro wholesome food and drink. THE BEST HUSBAND. An authority on mankind has given his views on the sort of men that make the best husbands. Among the really nico ones, says tho " Family Doctor," he classes the man who is fond of fishing, the lawyer, and the all-round journalist. He does not enthuse over the popular doctor as a husband, and as a musical genuis or a man of letters gives him cold chills and shudders. The author, he says is so fond of his fino sentences that he is disagreeable when the baby cries, and makes himself generally odious about his food, the noise of the children, and any domestic infelicities that may come along. The musician cares for littlo except his art, and the wife is often secondary to .the claims of the prima donna, or the sympathetic creautre whose soul is as full of melody as his own. All in all, the good journalist soems to have the most strong points. He is a bit of a philosopher, is likely to be practiaal, makes the best of what cannot be helped, and is fall of alternatives. The lawyer is goad to have in the house. He is likely to be alert, a good judge of human nature, a good talker, and quite as fond of listening as of hearing the sound of his own voice. He studies human nature at home as well as abroad, and is altogether a good fellow. The politician is a diplomate, and while he sometimes leaves all of his . diplomacy outside of bis front door, this j.s not always the case. The bachelor comes in for a lively scorning, especially tho one who claims that he has no small vices. Nature abhors a vacuum, and if there are no small vices, it is pretty safe to say that there may be some largo ones difficult to deal with. There is quite a bit of sound sense in these criticisms, and no wit is in order for somebody to tell how a man should select a wife. RECIPES. Chocolate Marbled Cake —Take 1 cup of butter, cups of sngar, cream well together, then add the whites of 8 eggs, beaten to a stiff froth. 1 cup sweet milk, 3 cups flour in which have been thoroughly sifted 2 teaspoonful of baking powder. Whip well together. Then tako out 1 pint of the mixture, or a little moro, in a bowl, add teacup grated chocolate. This is nice baked in layers , or marbled with the white part. A Delicious Relish. Put two gallons of sliced green tomatoes into a crock with layers of salt, and let them remain over night. In the morning drain the tomatoes and chop rather fine. Put these into a porcelain kettle with two quarts of vinegar, one quart of brown sugar, two tablespoonfuls each of mustard and black pepper, one tablespoonful each of cloves and allspice. Cook until the tomatoes are very soft, and put into jars. Good Daughter's Pudding. Required : Hilf a pound of flour, three three ounces of chopped suet, a large apple, a dessertspoonful each of currants, sugar, baking-powder, nutmeg. Method : —Mix the flour and chopped suet, add half-a-teaspoonful of baking-powder, and mix to a stiff paste with a little cold water. Roll out as for roly-poly pudding. Chop the apples and mix it with the sugar, currants, and a grating oi nutmeg; spread them on the pastry, roll it round, tie in a oloth, and boil for an hour and a half. Sago Soup With Red Wine : Very Good for Invalids. —Take large sago aud soald it with boiling water ; put it on the fire with hot, soft water and simmer uucil it is soft, with some slices of lemon and a small piece of cinnamon, which will be two and a half hours. (Pearl sago made out of potato flour does not need scalding, and only needs to be boiled for an jonr.) Then add the same quantity of red wine to it as there is watea already in the saucepan ; sweeten with sugar, let it come to the boil, and serve with rusks for b its. A Shoulder of Mutton with Rice.— Take a shoulder of mutton and half-boil it, then put it into a stewpan, with two quarts of mutton gravy, a quarter of a pound of rice, a teaspoonful of mushroom powder, with a littlo beaten mace, and stow it till the rico is tendor, then take up the mutton aud koep it hot; put to the rice half a pint of cream and a piece of butter rolled in flour • stir it well round the pan, and let it boil a few minutes; lay tho mutton in a dish, and Dour the rice over it.