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Absolutely frantic
"MY holidays are ruined
by midge bites: my ankles swell, and I can't lie in the shade for a second without being pursued by they swarms of insects - drive me absolutely frantic."
This cry from the heart so touched us and awakened such sympathetic memories that at the next meeting of the Beauty Board we had a long discussión on the subject.
IT would appear that midges
and inaccts, though they are fairly indiscriminate, have a alight bias in favour of hot and sticky people. The cool and calm person does not get the same persistont attention from the insect hordes as the warm and flustered one.
In the same way, lean people in good condition do not as n rule react so badly to insect bites as over-fleshed and under- exercised people who tend to be a little out of condition.
"An apple a day keeps the midges at bay" might be an apt quotation.
THESE are not scientific facts, so far as I know, but merely observations.
So rule number one in the fight against midge bites is to keep yourself cool, calm and in good condition. Put yourself on a light summer diet of fruit and vegetables if you are over- weight; take plenty of tepid baths and follow the usual pre- cautions against excessive per- spiration.
Jill Adam replies
She to queries.
tells how to cure insect bites-or, better still how to make a creosote necklace to keep the midges and mosquitoes at bay. And she advises to treat lips that crack and chap.' on how
the picture: the insects desert- ed his cattle in favour of his wife and daughter.
Much distressed, the good man could only implore his fami- ly to go and tie string round their own necks likewise....
SNORTING with indignation,
the wife refused; but the daughter, # true modern, promptly created a new fashion by making a decorative plait of creosoted cord, upon which sho strung coloured sea shells. Sho mado herself bracelets and anklets to match, in the manner of the South Sea islander: and everyone in the village thinks her too cute for words.
The daughter is delighted, be cause it is quite true that in- sects hate the smell of string that has been soaked in erco- Note,
The wife, poor wretch, declin- ing to bedizen herself like some heathen native, was driven to the expedient of tying a piece of string secretly round her neck under her blouse.
This is a good iden also for hikers who want to look neat around the ankles. The piece of creosoted string can be worn under the walking socks.
THE ordinary methods
of
treating bites with household ammonia or rubbing on wash- ing soda are both good antidotes once the brutes have bitten you.
WHAT can I do to prevent my lips cracking in the sun and wind?
This is a very common com- plaint: the answer is that you must usc a really. emollient lipstick for a bit. We have found one which is absolutely perfect for this: it comes in
But by now you will be won- we are about, here and now, to that cattle standing under the trees. It occurred to him that three colours-cerise, light red dering what on earth the pic- impart to our readers, through trees by a fence which had been the flies did not like the creo- and colourless. The cerise in ture is about the sweet cow, so the medium of the following true newly creosoted were not nearly sote: whereupon he promptly particular is a really natural- so bothered by flies as those caused pieces of string soaked in looking colour, and you have the cool, so calm, so bright, looking story:
that stood in the open field. creosote to be tied round the satisfaction of knowing that it is doing your lips good all the cross, so frantic. The fact is A FARMER of our acquaint- This surprised him, because, as necks of his herd.
The result was as you see in time. observation a rule, flies are far worse under
at the young lady, so hot, so
the cow knows a secret which ance made the
Lamb Cutlets
In Aspic
THESE are tasty for supper
T
lunch:Take some lamb cutlets,
as much of n size as possible, trim
off nearly all the fat, and beat with
u rolling-pin.
Then grill the cutlets in the usual way, put them on an ashet, with an- i other dish on top weigh it down with i something heavy, and leave 1 cold.
Make some uspic jelly, as directed on the packet, add a teaspoonful of chopped mint to it, and pour enough of the liquid aspic into a wetter tin or ple-dish to cover the buttom.
When the jelly is almost set, ar- runge the cold cutlets carefully on the top, leaving sufficient room be-l tween each for them not touch.
When the asple is quite set, pour the rest of the aspic over, and put aside till the whole la set.
To serve, take a very sherp knife, and cut round the cutlets. Arrange them down the centre of a dish, and garnish with amyll heaps of potato salad and beetroot cubes (mixed with salad dressing).
Put alternately round the cutlets. Chop up what remains of the aspic Jelly, and put at either end of the row of cutlets.
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N-India to this day they tell the quaint story of Sagrimah the snake-charmer.
In all India none had such fame as Sagrimah. His boast was that about the world there crawled no snake that he could not charm.
And so his fame spread throughout Indla, and wonderful were the stories told of his magical skill. He grew rich, Flo and bullt himself a big house. grew fat, and covered his plump body with silks nudi sutina,
He grew
He grew proud, and looked down his long hose at lesser men. pompous, and sneered at the poor.
long none and kneer at All his neigh
But most of all did he look down his
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Now the fajalt of the country de- elded to hold a great snake-chorming contest, and offered as a prize a bag of gold as large as the winner could carry away on his back.
Now, although Sagrimah had more
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fame than was good for him, he made up his mind to enter the contest.
"And although Ali was so unsuccess- fuì a charmer, and was quite unknown to fame, he also decided to enter.
"Why not, my son?" said All to Ounga. Who knowa but what I may bo lucky and carry of the bag of gold, After all, I'm nearly as good na Bagrimal."
"I think you're much better, father," Bald Gunga, "Sagrimanlı's not half as clever as be used to be. He's so fat now that he can't squat properly, and if you can't squat you can't charm."
But when Bagrimali heard that All was entering for the contest, he called round to his ttle house and asked him if it were true.
"Cotainly, it's true.” said All. "Ho ho ha hai tee-text" roared Bagrimah." But you're not?" Not what, you hyena? All who was gelung eros,
snapped
Why, entering for this contest," re- plled Bagrimab.
"I am, for suro,” said All, "and I'm winning it, too, am I not, Gunga?"
"You're carrying off the bag of gold. father," chuckled Gungs.
"The funniest thing I've ever heart." cried Bngrimah.
Go home!" reared All. " or I'll—————“ and be clenched his fists, rolled his
Sagrimal charmed the snakes to amuz. ing performances.
eyes, punched the air. and kicked n custilon through the window.
Bogrimah withdrew hastily.
But on the day of the contest, when All and Gunga entered the gardens of the Rajah's palace, and saw the forty- six charmers from all over India gathered there. All felt nervous.
And as soon as the contest began All quickly saw that the bag of gold would not be his. He had never seen such wonderful charming. One after anolber the charmers squatted down, and with their pipes chuirmed their snakes to amazing performances.
Bagrimah, as the most famous of them all, was left to the last, while Ali was the one before him. And when All's tum came, only one of the anakes would get out of the basket at all and that one just hissed in his face, and, returning quickly to the basket, colled round and went to sleep.
And as All Endly closed the basket and went back to his place, the vast crowd roared with laughter.
Poor All hung his head with shame, but Gunga clutched his hand and-aald, "Never mind, perhaps Sagrimati's sunkes will be just atubborn.
But when Bagrimah, dressed in his Bilks and satins and Jewelled troi- deries, with difficulty squatted down beside his basket of sninkes. Gunga know in his heart that the contest was already won; Bagrimah looked a victor. And then Bagrimah gave such an amazing display of charming that although the crowd disliked his pride and pomposity, they rose to their feet and cheered. Even the Rajah tapped his thumb-nails together.
And when Bagrimah had finished. and the cheering had died away, the Rajah gave to Segrimah a great bag of gold, so heavy that the conquerer could scarcely lift it from the ground. And then Sagrimah made a little speech. Looking down his long nose at All and the other charmers, be took a deep breath, coughed proudly and pom-
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"Clever-dick!" called out Gunga,
I am the greatest charmer in all the world," went on Bagrlimah. "There is no sunke that I cannot charm, big or little."
Bosh!" cried Gunga.
"If," went on Sagrimah, glaring haughtily at Guuga, "if there be any one here who has a shake f cannot eharm, let him produce it, and if I fail I will give to him this bag of gold."
No one moved. And then Gunga took a little wooden box from hla pocket, and springing towards Sayri- mah, opened the box, and cried: Charm the one, then!" And held up
I wormi
All chuckled. The crowd screamed with laughter. The Rajah smiled.
But Sagrimah roared, "Take it away, brat! It's a worn.”
"A worm's a snake," giggled Gunga. "Go on, roly-poly, charm it, or else give me the gold”
"Charm Bagrimaki," said the Rajah pleasantly; "It's a snake, a very Httle one, but you anid Hille or big,“
"It's worn, most noble Rajah,” stammered Bagrimah.
"Well," went on the Rajah, “if a worm's not a snake, what is it, ch? Ha! Ha! What is it7" And he chuckled royally, and tapped his thumb-nails.
And so Sagrimah squatted down upon the ground, frowning hideously, but not daring to contradict the Rajah. Qungs placed the wooden box with the worm Insido in front of the angry charmer, and then sat down beside it. Then Sagrkash began toʻplay upon his pipe. He played na craftily and as cunningly as he knew, but for all the notice the worin took, Bagrimah might as well have been blowing bubbles.
On and on Bagrimsh played, and snug in its box stayed the worm,
At last Bagrinah rose to his feet, thrust his pipe in his bosom, snarled at Gunga, and then bowing low to the Rajah, Bald. “I am..beaten: the boy takes the gold." And he strode, away."
The crowd roared delightedly.
The Najah smited-pleasantly. All advanced. and with Quign's help lifted the sack upon his strong shouldera.
And as they slowly plodded home, joyfully, unga sald happily, "I knew you'd get the gold, father."
"And the Brat thing we'll do with it, chuckled All breathlessly, "is to bulld a house twice as large na Bagri- man's."
And when the house was built. Sagrimah was so consumed with fury and envy that, he ran away to the jungle and was never seen again.
But All and Gunga. In their big house, lived happily all their days.
(A story from "Forty Tales," published by Collinsf
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