Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, 22 November 1906, Page 33

Domestic

By.'.!?MaMreoji?laS '''.«-v.55V:-oav'

| \ to^Whiten-thV'H'attdsT,--*" *•• "' 'W--^ . ' 3S.i "i,.--•^^-n'j.v^ s.:x£- „&hc ,sJk tinaziuj&iZi Nothang soften^^.aiid^^jvhi.ten^a'ihei.hands-.b.etterfthan-the old-fashioned -remedy-sof? lemon*juice.- -andigl^jeerine. Mix -it" Mi,, equal .quantities,;; andrstrain Uheii iem'an?juice • •-'first"..'/'Arfew drops. or;.rectified^spi?ifo:ad«kd 'id Htfl-' will- •"• ;riiake/ tt\' kejep -better-,' 1- y '""- T*- -'':-> **.«<--i-- v -^o.^i ;r-ve>4 3'"- """'* "' /-i , /-. Jp'- 7i\*F'-'F'-' "v- ' '"-^ •"" ■■"■ I*" ™^< ,fe i ,- , ,• , f,, _„ ,r/i &- i "."--A- good.- complexion depends^-lafgely;■on"ihe^-ipro'^er 4 circulation^ of goodwhlood^thaWghoul^ tlte~bol3y^A3Wd' . blood .depends upon\thV--assitolrt&liona '*d! !i digested/''loSd te"ot<' the"- ■ riglft qualityV -Ariy-Clfingrf Half' mterfergs" -"-^wi%h' the^pfope'r- circulation of the. blood^tejids,.to make the i, , complexiooi poor ; for example r 4iight'--laciiig,:- tight shoes^ ..,„;• tight -neck'bandSj and tight waistbands. Many cases of ,- red nosescare due to~soin'e:fjsrlHTo'f"prossure, ""such ""as- ". tightly-laced! -waist or tiglft : /'•! %:>ij^ ,■ - i How "a Poultice.-Acts., ..» .The poultice- is- an old . friend..andean- indispensable .one, for, however fashions may change in -general, the 1 poultice-jhke the brook—goes * on-, for./ -ever; .The essen- . tials of y poultice are, that it should vbe --very,,^hot ,and, mojst—hot, • so, as to 'cause' more WoodV-.to' come into the part to which it is ■applied, arid, .Wet,', 's'6-as /-to soften .the .tissues, more *" especially the surface : Sml.ll'^- Th^ <- obJcPt of '/9-Pplyiug.. a poulti.ee: is- o.to »draw. 11ns is' how it draws-:—When -it -is -applied-^the- air .within, it,-, and between it' and,, the'skin -is in a state " of expansion by heat. After it\ has been on for a while it cools down, so - the air " contracts Then something must happen: Either . the air- outside must rush in to fill the partial.vacuum, or, the'-skin" must bulge out to do this. If the. ' poulticed be "nicely compressed, and covered, and, closely applied,^the** sfcin does bulge out, thus breaking..down.-yall.sor,ts of 5 barriers within it, and the * matter ' has'-a If nee course to the surface. To make a 'poultice antiseptic, dis- ; solve • in ' the boiling water with which the poultice Is ...made^as much boric acid as it will take up. This will keep .the parts .free from gangrene and similar complications. For treating a boil, there- is too -substitute equal to the poulticed Hiccough. This irritation is» variously ~-seY- up • one way is by ta'ving hot drink when the stomach isr empty.' Some „ people get it when taking soup. One;-simple way? of U eating it is to pinch the '''nose, and ' a"rifflr;a'b6ui;? half a tumblerful of cold water. „,.;• \.y > .;, - * To Keep Chil"drwiC"ll^al'Eh.y/ X..'^:..?.:/- ?. ,To -keep children healthy shpu.Mv"b&., the ,first, care • ,01,01,?^oth/ 1:s V. 1 11'1-here ale'.vanbus^ulqs'aaid^dowiVrorth'e „ health of children. One of the most important "Is to keep 'them occupied ; give them -something to do No child 'can play ail day. long. :v.;Ther.e.,:sjiould;,be-, .>some ■kind of regular task. This, will .cuWivalo'the-iinmd as well as the : body and make the -child handsome as w.ell as- healthy.' A healthy /cliild siwuldMiave'- something .to occupy its mind, til .can select""-arid paste _j)icturesi on the wall, cut out letters and put "them together, train the eye _b> doing. a-/little .Tpainting .oi: •drawing objects, arrange flowers; -etc. : The ■ mother can select any occupation, slui't-nnds: the ohim--'has':- a ,- PSSPr. -f? r '. and remember that-mo ;matter.v-how^crude the effort, it must be appreciated and -made much of and always considered from. ?the.. icMld!sC .po-irif -"of"i^ vlejf r" The child treated in -.-this.:, way -wiUvbe^mucli-liealth- , »ier ;and happier, than .they kttle- one -who does"" .not "kno\V what to do - with- himself;: <&i- hefsel^arid consequently spends the time'in grizzling and f retting " to work off its surplus" energy,.~ahd '^as. .a''result worries " the whole household: "-- -' • - ,~ • t •'»•'-' '-'-*'- ■ -:v;:1^;':v;:1^;' - Ch-ildien-s'Shoes. —. ' V..VLTL ".. ... The shoes of little 'children -sitouTd^' be' veVyMkrke^ the larger rthe better is a good—Yule '• for shoes in general. It may be^ ifliate i^bhg '^year rbii'S-h places on tM feet, but as a rul.e it- 'fs ' the. tight shoe that does the damage. ~ Childreif'sf slibes s-hbiild^be very long a-nd just ai triHe narroVef • th i ari-' i lKe' i Too' Fas it -rests upon \the ground. r--^