Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, 8 November 1906, Page 33

Domestic

By 'Maureen?

Prescriptions. ' - . -„ .. Doctors' prescriptions arV not like., cookery, recipes, : and .should not be -handed from one- friend 'to' a^fiber for general use. The same symptoms may com>Jr^m widely. -different causes, and to take - a mediexnp^fiat has been prescribed for a friend' -whose'fkympf^s seem much the same as those you suffer 'froni^jn&ypdo very serious mischief. - - „ \ :, ,-" -^ -,* 1 -_ How. to .Treat Fainting ' Fits. . . The first aid to the . womaa-' who begins , to feel faint; is rendered by her leaning forward as far ;as possible, bending her head- .down on-, a^ level -with her knees.^ Ihis draws the blood- away, from the,' heatt, and will- often stop the fainting spell from comteon. When a woman faints -in a theatre or>rpublic-ibuikl-mg, her head can be bent forward without?^ ttrdSCine any particular notice. The blood will gravitate to the brain and consciousness be restored. When the patient can be taken out -into a free space, place her flat, on her back on the floor without pillow of anyrlkind. Loosen the clothing, collar bands,, etc:; -anil sprinkle water on the forehead. Never allow the rjiead oV a Q a r n n^ g P erson + . io , l * n backward. Have- as few people around the patient as possible, so that there may be the, greatest supply of fresh air. No' one - need!, feel himself or herself lacking in sympathetic-)^interest if they do not follow and try "to -assist a -stranger who has suddenly become faint in a crowded «place As long as she is being looked after, and -there- is nothing left undone towards her recovery; the greatest kindness that can be done is to keep aWay Sand result a and a mUch ss l )eedier ' recovery - will The Secret of Perpetual Youth. . '„ . HPh P r A HfA e < f ge ° f^ B7 w Julia Ward Howe bas written her life story, and its value lies in' its message' of c,,? fl PP tt e „r am i enc ° vr *6 eme P<' women. The secEet^of her SSS ■ $Z I* heS ln l ier continual use of her mental powers. She has never been idle,, never grown -.rusty ?n tolch wit^^fiTr 68^ Wii \ time ' and *k& SmiS «!h h J a^ g^ new ldcas an ' d hel P ful ' '^oveSS,Pf',. a i t aS f T- <l thc , seciet oi perpetual.youth? in peipetual work-not in a worn groove, nofbv-keepir h t T; but ln Slowing with the- changing comlitions of the world, and iii assimilating new mJntal loS'-as w v mo «™P<>*« of youth is^ intXiasS! So long as we keep that we cannot crow old in .mind ' Remember, young matron, as yoS study reci^S for SaisaS^av^lh" 6 !- 011 yOUr "*"' > massage away the lines you are determined to kppn away-reniember this .-Active thought Ts a wonderful cieam for the mind,' and an unselfish purpose^is a skilled masseuse. It is an excellent- Jdeafto tXe car* o your complexion, your hair, your teeth ySS we*l U you 8 w3!?!1w 3 !?! 1^ 0 ?^° ° f >' our :'and La!? as ' S' oTSiS 7i«if X 111 ' 7?' the foun - Health Disease; « V J* a {}., aL>ii cle entitled ' Health Disease,' the -writer says .-' Ihe pursuit of health, like the* mornhia Sbit grows on people till it becomes a vice, and thei? en' tire brain (such as it is,, conscious and subconscious telf C '^d P wf c f Sed by jt - Thatis not des^SSe STtihkJ: i ?iat concenis the Patient's -friends -'(for though- he is an apostle of .health' he really i« o monomaniac), he can , -talk, about 'nothing d& • but whatever the subject i S; hauls- it back- lft c a 'snent fish, to' that which alone occupies him 'Itis an nnSn th?^ 7T? et/ ! 1C1 " mi ? ° r - women are most su§?ect PP S the health disease,' which is so prevalent •»* avU present day in every grade of Scic-fy W om en cSt cheerfully abou t .their iufirmities, imasinary^or otherwise but man never does-his * infirmities are : a?wavs mmmmm