The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-19

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 There are few fruits which contain so many domestic virtues as the lemon. and yet, apart from it's use as a flavoring me dium as applied to one of the many | branches of culinary arts, the familiar yellow fruit meets with but scant appre- ciation by women of this country.
 The extracted juice has invaluable soothing qualities for persons suffering from throat and chest troubles. One of | the homeliest, but not on that account to be despised, remedies for a cold is to drink a glass of lemonade as hot and strong as it can be swallowed when in bed at night. profuse precipitation fol- | lows, and provided the remedy is taken in time it is a famous cure. Lemon juice and honey are beneficial for coughs The ordinary method is to mix the juice of the fresh fruit with equal parts of honey, but the better plan is to thoroughly soft, then add sufficient strained honey to the pulp to produce a thick syrup.
 This should be kept warm, and a tea spoonful taken every quarter of an hour will greatly relieve the patient Pure glycerine may be substituted for the honey
 On old stillroom recipe for the allevia ton of an obstinate sore throat is as fol- lows: Strain two teaspoonfuls of lemon juice into a wineglass, add the unbroken yolk of a new-laid egg, then more juice, the whole to be swallowed without heat ing the mixture.
 Golfers and women who indulge in out door exercise are often worried with tired and swollen feet. They will derive much relief if they rub their skin with equal parts of lemon juice and alcohol, well blended.
 The most obstinate corn can be cured, it is said, by the application of a poutice made of bread crumbs and lemon juice. A thin slice of the fruit takes the place of the poultice during the day, the process to be repeated as often as necessary. Rub chilblains with a slice of lemon dipped Tn salt
 A small bottle of fresh lemon juice should be kept on every toilet table. It is useful to allay irritation caused by the stings and bites of flies and insects. A dash of it in water forms an excellent mouth wash, whitening the teeth, pre- venting the formation of tartar and sweet ening the breath.
 | The following is a simple recipe for a 1 shampoo: Extract the juice from two | lemons and boil this, with the peels for ten minutes. Strain the juice onto two ounces of salts of tartar, add two quarts of warm water and a few drops of any approved perfume. Use as an ordinary shampoo wash, and note the beneficial | effect on the hair and skin. | Women who are inclined to be 'too, too solid" or who suffer from rheumatism or torpid flyers, should take the juice of half a lemon squeezed into half a tum- bier of water (without sugar. every morn ing instead of the customary early tea.
 Two or three slices of lemon in a cup of hot tea Cwthout the addition of milk will often cure nervops sick headache, and many people find that munching a lemon is an excellent preventive of train 1 or seasickness.
 | The lavish use of lemon juice need not necessitate the waste of the pees Thlnly sliced and boiled in the same way as are oranges for marmalade. the result is a delicious and refreshing preserve for the | breakfast and tea tables.