WOMAN AND HER HOME

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 51, 6 July 1928, Page 6

WOMAN AND HER HOME

> pee 4 Physician’s Opinion. 1 HH craze for unnecessary Gieting | | especially ‘with the fair sex, is being carried too far, A fair amount of | adipose tissue is essential for g00d | health of mind and body. It is the packing miaterial of ail the organs, and a shock-absorber against jolts and jars. There is a proper and ‘due proportion between one’s height. and one’s weight, and rigorous dieting ‘to upset this proportion, is attended with harm, and even risk, as these ex-: amples only too clearly show. Besides, there is a heartiness of spirit ‘and a capacity of resistance to misfortune among those whose bones and nerves are well covered and protected that are not so common among those of an opposite tendency. Jt is the excessively thin who are all ‘‘nerves’ and hysteria, and lable ‘to attacks of depression, so why emulate these? A gracious ontline may be Leiter than a graceful one, and the efforts to attain the latter may be disastrous. — ern eer "_

Cheese Biscuits. ° THESE cheese biscuits are delicious eaten with salad, or served instead of a savoury. Butter some eracker biscuits, and cover them well with shreds of cheese. Place under the grill until the cheese melts and begins to brown, and finish in the oven co that they get hot right through. Serve at once, Perfume Satchets. HE following recipe gives a subtle fragrauce which is more pepular than a strong perfume, Mix together db. of powdered starch, loz. of pewdered. orris roots, some dried. and powdered lavender, or five drops of essence of lavender, three drops essence of lemon, six drops of essence of bergamet. Pass all through a fine sieve, divided into suitable quantities. Enclose in tissue paper and sew-up in small silk bags. An Unusual, Economical Chutney. ey GREDIENTS: 3lb. rhubarb, chapped in short lengths; Ib. moist sugar, or more if liked very sweet; lb. onion, finely minced; one dessertspoonful salt, the same quantity of mustard; one teaspoonful allspice (whole); six cloves; small piece of root ginger: and 2Ih, chopped raisins. Boil all together till « nice rich brown colour-about three-quarters of an hour. Put into jars, and tie down when cold. ‘This ig delicious with cold meat, Put Handles on Your Maitresses. RPATLRESSES last much longer aud + ure also much easier to turn if they have "handles" on each side, These can be made of straps of the tick Sin. wide, and of a length eqnal ‘to the thickness of the mattress, arl should be sewn on abont 2ft. from either end-two on each side of the mattress, Simple Method of Preserving Eggs. ERE is the simplest of all methods for preserving eges: Place a dezen new-laid eggs in a large handkerchief, gutner the ends of the handkerchief vogether, and, holding firmly, dip all at once into a pan of fast boiling water, count ten, lift. them out, dry the eggs, anid wrap each earefully in newspaper, Store away in a closed hox. They will keep for a year, upd be as fresh ay when new, . Glass Metor Mascots. ; ENE Lalique, theartist whose’ de-« signs in glass. have been a source of joy and inspiration, is now turning out original motor mascots. The choice of designs ranges from quaint sea beasts to conventional prancing horses with stiff curly mancs. Although the glass is hot thick, it is guaranteed to remain intact in all but the most shate tering of collisions, Hot Crayfish. HIS is an old-fashioned way of prepring crayfish, lobster, or erab, Break up the meat fairly small, butter extravagantly, lemon juice judiciously, salt, a little red pepper if it please you, and a glass ef port or Madeira wine, Heat thig in a pan and serye very hot. This is "such stuff as dreams are made of*-good dreams, Aigre-doux-Old Frenck Recipe, 1 QUART vinegar (wine), 2lb. sugar, plums (melon, greengages, or any other soft fruit, not too ripe}. Soak plums in vinegar-for 24 hours. "Then remove them and put the sugar in the vinegar. Boil hard for 20 1 ‘nutes, after which time drop in ‘the plums two or three at a time. Take out when swollen, but before breaking: it is advisable to prick fruit tirst to prevent this. Put in jars and cover like jam. Delicious with cold meats. A Sure Reniedy for Burns, f Beso following, I consider, is the best possible remedy for burns, proved ‘time and again: Break an egg into a ‘cup, stand aside for use when wanted, Now gently tear off the skin which adheres to the shell and apply (moist side, of course) at once to the burned part. Keep it in position with a rag or handkerchief. The pain will cease immediately, and no blister will form. The eggskin gets quite hard, and comes off gradually. The burn will leave xo scar on the human skin. Almond Icing Substitute. TPTHOUGH almond icing is generally liked, some find it not easy to dis gest, and it is always expensive, The following is a reliable substitute : Half a pound of very fine breadcrumbs, Zib, of icing sugar, one teaspoonful of almond fiavouring, and the white of one egg to bind, Well mix and spread on seake in the ordinary way.

For Bath Salts QRDINARY glass containers for bath salts often get a tiresome, smeared appearance after a time owing to the action of the soda. It is quite a good idea to paint these inside with one of the new cellulose paints, either in gold or silver, or in white, The paint dries hard and shiny, and very | quickly,