The National tribune., 1907-07-04
By SENORA SARA.

P't'i4Itu zane your tts DtdtSE--
one that turns on a crank-and beat
the mixture for a moment, stirring
briskly. 1t will foam to the top of the
pitcher in no time. and when II does IL
is ready to drink. 1t Is simply DELI
cious.
If you should bruise your fingers In
any way get basin of hot water. just
rs hot as you can possibly bear IL, and
thrust your finger in II. Change it for
hotter water every few moments ani
you will find that II will be relieved and
! leave no soreness behind
A remedy for scalds and burns that
one woman has used successfully for
years Is compounded as follows: Mix
thoroly equal parts of raw linseed oil.
| lime water and laudanum. Keep this
mixture tightly corked. label it poison"
and set IL on the top shelf of the most
out of the way closet. so that inquisi-
tive children will not get hold OF it. Il
makes an excellent dressing, affording
| speedy relief from pain Keep a soft
linen cloth saturated with the mixture
closely over the burn, excluding the air.
Shake before using.
| 1t is quite common for children TO get
| beans and other hard substances up the
nose, and about the first thing one does
on discovering them IS TO poke them
further up in frantic efforts to get them
Oui a remedy tAat acts ike a Cnarnl
at times Is TO force the child's mouth
! open, and, covering its mouth with your
own. to blow very hard. The force will
| often expel the substance without other
| trouble. About the safest thing to do
| is to take the child Immediately to the
doctor.
French mother says: "Oh. to give
the castor oil. it ees not mooch trou-
bles. One ieetle pan, ware clean, over a
laetle fire, and in the pan the oil. Make
| it ware warm and then break into it one
egg, which makes the omelet. with a
| pinch of salt to flavor and a bit of jelly
| to make it pretty. 1t is quite easy,
assure YOU"
a woman who ought to know says
that egg shells burned to dark brown
in the over and crusht quite fine will
keep all kinds of bugs away when
! sprinkled on pantry shelves.
Stains of apples. peaches and pears
| on linen will often yield to a bath OF
kerosene. Soak for six hours.
A very sensible mother of my ac-
quaintance who has brood of young
children and whole closet of remedies
that she is perfectly competent to use
| IL the ailments are the simple, childish
ones. has a unique way of marking bot
ties and boxes that contain poisons. She
pastes strip of red calico around the
box or bottle. and labels it poison on
n big white label. Anybody who gets
hold of the stuff in the dark even knows
that it is poison, because of the cloth
about it. 1t seems a very sensible idea,
indeed.
Here is a cheap but extremely paIat-
able dessert. Put one quart of perfect
ly fresh milk in a pudding dish with
half cup of sugar, three or four bits
of stick cinnamon-Or such flavoring AZ
you Gke-a teaspoonful of butter, pinch
of salt and TWO even tablespoonfuls of
clean. dry rice. Set in moderately hot
oven and bring the heat up to the
browning point. AS soon as the pud-
ding browns over the top stir the crust
under and let it brown again. The pud-
ding should bake about an hour, and
be stirred down at least half dozen
times. 1t is delciously digeStible.
sick person will often crave boiled
milk. and it is an appetizing thing when
taken hot with little salt, but boiled
milk is constipating in strong degree.
and you must bear this in mind. If the
liver is torpid boiled milk is bad medf-
cine. Milk heated just to the boiling
point. but not actually boiled, will be
just as palatable, but you would best
see to its preparation yourself. as ser
wants are apt to be careless. Raw milk
with a little lime water in it is excel.
lent
When you give sick people raw oys-
ters cut off the fought part and give
them only the eye 1t Is digestible
and palatable. Never season highly for
a sick person.
Girls. clear skin is the first requisite
of personal beauty, and to secure 1t a
good digestion is absolutely necessary.
OF course. if the digestion is perfect
perfect health is the result. so 1t re-
solves itself into the fact that to have
any tithe of beauty you must have per-
feet health. The bath tub is good
place to go to hunt both.
Sometimes the wee bit of baby gets
a dirty scabby looking spot on the top
of its head. and its misguided mamma
nearly wears its little scalp out in a
vain endeavor to scrub or fine comb
it clean, when in fact she Is only max
ing it worse When you notice the little
yellow scales rub the baby's head at
night with vaseline, putting it pretty
thick on the scruffy spot. In the morn
ing when bathing it break an egg and
dip a soft old linen rag in the pure
yolk and rub the child's head gently.
You may have to do this every night
for a week before you conquer the ugly
spot, but there is nothing better for it.
Never comb a baby's head with a fine
comb. A soft little brush is all that is
necessary. and that must be used light
ly, because the little heads are very
tender.
The following is an excellent method
of preparing prunes so that their deli
cious flavor will not be impaired: Cover
the fruit with cold water the day be-
fore and let it soak all night. The fol-
lowing morning remove the pruneS
from the juice. boil the latter, add
sugar to please the taste and boil for
fifteen minutes longer. Put in the
prunes and place the saucepan on
cool part of the stove, where they
should be allowed to simmer for half
an hour.
Macaroni is very valuable as an ar
ticle of food. for 1t contains a larger
proportion of gluten than bread; in
fact. it is the bread of the Italian la
borer. In America it Is not much used
by the working classes, but for no good
reason, since it is not expensive and is
most easily prepared. In selecting
mararoni that which Is of yellowish
tint is to be preferred to the white.
Do not wash the macaroni. Break
into inch lengths and throw it into
boiling salted water, stir frequently to
prevent it settling to the bottom and
boil slowly. Macaroni does not nearly
reach its full size when boiled rapidly;