Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 19, 14 May 1908, Page 33

Domestic

Taking Sulphur. As sulphur is considered one of The best 1 - blood purifiers, and is disagreeable to take in molasses, if a teaspoonful r is put into a glass of milk _ and stirred thoroughly, the taste is not perceptible. It should be ta;toen for three mornings, then one half-tQaspoonful of cream of tartar for three mornings, till both mixtures have 'been taken for twelve days. Worry. .- ' Worry, so prevalent in the age we live in^_is a species' of monomania. ~ No mental attitude is more disastrous to personal achievement, personal happiness, personal appearance, and personal usefulness in the world than worry and its twin brother, despondency. The remedy for the evil lies in training the will to cast off Cares, and seek a change of occupation when the first warning is sounded by Nature in intellectual lassitude. Relaxation is the certain foe of worry, and ' don't fret ' one of the healthiest of maxims. How Not to Save. Don't try to save money by using cheap soap>. You will ruin your complexion and have to buy cold cream • if you do. Sewing in, the dusk. Gaslight «is cheaper than oculists' bills. Wearing thin clothing. Flannel' is cheaper and better than medicine. Going without luncheon. You will injure 3* our health and digestion if you do. Walking when over-tired to avoid fares. You will Siivc money, bat undermine your constitution. Overworking. Nobody thanks you. You will be cross and irritable,' and your relations will wish you were not so zealous. Chewing the Food. Thirty chews are the least we should give to every tote of food ; instead of that, we scurry through our ■meals, we bite aur food and hastily swallow it with the help of a mouthful of water or other fluid, with the result that there is first indigestion, from the stomach receiving improperly chewed food ; secondly, all the evils which follow indigestion^— namely, muddy complexion, red nose, and lustreless eyes. Then, the teeth suffer from lack of use. The teeth are meant for chewing the food, and if not used for the purpose for which Nature intended them will surely decay. One's looks depend much upon the proper 'chewing of food. Breathe Through the Nose. Correct breathing is one of the most salutary tonics of whiich an invalid can take a draught. Breathe through, the nose — that is uhe most important function of the nose. Recent investigations showed that the palates of an alarming proportion of the population of London are not pink, as they should be, but of a bluish hue. Th ait is because the London atmosphere is so impure. But if Londoners all breathed through their nostrils instead of through ttheir mouths, the air would have been filtered before it reached the lungs, and the natural condition of the palate would have been preserved. Each respiration 1 should be. long drawn and regular- Cases,, have occurred in which indigestion, consumption, insommia, and seasickncssi have all been cured hy proper attention to a systematic exercise in correct breathing. Toilet Hints. If the finger nails are brittle and break, easily, rub vaseline on and around them after washing them. It will prove very beneficial. Warts will quickly disappear if painted with a tincture of iodine once a week and rubbed with carbonate of soda each time after washing. ' ' Those who desire to gain flesh should not fail to eat a -light meal before retiring ; an empty stomach feeds upon the flesh of the body. Too much sleep is lfarely possible during childhood and exhaustive states ; en the other hand, too .much sleei) is harmful to those in full tide of vigor. Wrinkles are not from age alone. Facial expression, illness, and worry contribute their share of the .unwelcome lines. Good health and joyful spirits are the best preventives of wrinkles. Rinsing the skin thoroughly after washing is qjuite as amuoirtanit as the washing itself. Soap muisli foe . washed out of the pores oi**it will toughen and dry the 1 skin anid aggravate the tendency to blackheads.