The Home

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 52, 28 December 1905, Page 29

The Home

By 'Mauieen'

Tomato Sauce. To 6ft of tomatoes add Joz pepper corns, 4ft sugar, loi salt, cloves, £oz allspice, 2 onions, and 2ft apples. Put in pan and cover with vinegar and boil 4 hours. When cold put through sieve, add a little Cayenne. \ _ Raspberry Vinegar. Put the required quantity of raspberries into a basin after cutting off stalks. Cover with best white wine vinegar and leave for 8 to 10 days till a crust has formed on top. Remove crust and strain juice through hair sieve. Weigh this, and to every l£ib loaf sugar allow lib juice. Boil sugar and juice for 10 minutes, when cold bottle for use. The Welfare of the Baby. The Mayor of Huddersfield has issued cards to mothers, with the following instructions printed on the back :— When the mother cannot suckle the child it should be fed on new milk and water mixed in certain proportions according to age. At first one part of milk and two parts water, with a teaspoonful of cream and a little sugar. Then' as' the child grows older less water to be added. When cream cannot be obtained a> small piece of suet may be shredded into the milk. The amount of food placed in the bottle each time the child is fed should not be more than enough to satisfy it for the time, beginning with two ounces and increasing as the child grows. Should any be left, when the child is satisned, it should be thrown away, the bottle and teat washed and kept in cold water until again wanted. What to do.— Always feed the baby at regular intervals, every two hours at first, gradually lengthening the interval to three hours. Always wash out the baby's mouth twice a day. night and morning. Always keep a baby very clean. Always bathe (or sponge all over) the baby once a day in warm water. Always let the baby sleep in a cradle or cot (a wicker basket makes a good cot), or even an empty packing case, but never let the baby sleep in the same bed with its mother. Always use fuller's earth to powder the baby, not starch or flour. Always attend to the baby when it cries. The baby, cries for one of three reasons— (l) The baby is hungry ; (2) the baby is uncomfortable or something hurts • or (3) the baby is ill. ' ' "What not to do.— Never give the baby soothing syrups, fever powders, or anything of that sort. Never give the baby bread or sops, or gravy or any other food, except milk, till it is more than seven months old. Never give the baby skimmed milk, or milk that is not perfectly fresh and good. **" Never use a feeding bottle with a long tube. Nobody can keep the inside of the tube clean. Never use a ' comforter 'or dummy teat. It is most injurious. Never carry the baby 'fitting up ' until it is five months old. Never neglect to send for a doctor if the baby is illBabies are soon overcome and easily die.