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DINNER

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Chaudfrold of Lemon Sale,

Culd Bec Oliucs.

Potato and Tomato Salad with

·Sour Cream Dressing.

Crimson Klee.

THE cold steamed Allels are coated

with while sauce stiffened with gelatine and well flavoured. Garnish 1 few with pieces of tomato and caperi..

For the olives eut pleces of ican, underdone roast beef, spread thinly with horseradish sauce, put a piece nt plctie or gherkin in ench and roll up. The salad is made by mixin sliced cold potatoes with half the quantity of sileed tomatoes.

Make the dressing with basi hard- holled egg yolks mashed salt

and a pinch of sugar, and a table- spoon of white vinegar and then a

Eill of sour cream.

Hest the contents a small tla of red currants, rus through a sieve, add Goz. cantor sigar and allow a tablespoon of ground rice for each plat. Mix or rice with a little of the Julee, heit the rest, and when boll- ing stir to the rice and boll until

quite eck, Turn into a maulit and zer with custard or cream,

be made the day before,

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It Is

YOU WON'T BE'

COLD.

WITH A CAPE

Fashionable warmth is illustrated by this distinc- tive plaid cape to match

a new jumper suit.

A Talk to the NERVY ONES

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by a Physician

ISEASE may attack any part of the body, This holds good so far as the nervous system is con- cerned, yot this system. can be affected to a scri- ous extent without there being any discoverable cause for the trouble.

To this large class of ner-

Affections tho Neurasthenia is given.

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name

The majority of sufferers in recent years are men, Although women only were supposed to be the victims of "nerves" in years gone by.

It may be that life has be coine inore of a strain and that the menfolk now have piro- to bear the brunt lenged mental worry, For the latter is one of the My communer causes.

Coughs and Colds

T this time of year children are very liable to entch cold. Mothers constantly say they cannot understand why the child has one cold after another: but a doctor or a nurse visiting the home will find several reasons for these constant chills. In too many houses there are constant draughts and ill-fitting doors and windows. Then again, some children are kept in a large airy nursery until meal-times when they are suddenly brought down to an overheated room. same way children who are in a hot living-room all day are undressed in a cold bedroom or have their nightly wash in a chilly bathroom.

In the

By

Dr. Mary Anthony

surrounding just where there is a strong ground draught from the door or

the window.

If the little one is kept in dry, warm woollen knickers this ground drought will not affect him so readily as long as he has reached the age when he runs about and does not remain long in any one spot. For the child who is just learning to crawl, a rug or mat should be pinced against

There is such a cult to-day for fresh air for children that too often they are allowed to remain out of doors when the weather is quite unsuitable. An infant in a stationary pram, no matter how well covered he may be, is the door and the child, himself placed on a warm mat. bound to feel a constant draught when left out of doors during these pre- vailing north-east winds. Children who are taken out on bitterly cold days and are strapped into an open push-cart which is left outside crowded shops while their mothers try to get served too often develop an attack of brou chitis as a result of this exposure.

TEETHING is supposed to be the usual cause for bronchitis in infants, but there is no necessity for any long-continued catarrh

of the nose and throat or chest if the child is sensibly looked after.

If means allow, a playpen with a raised floor is invaluable for a busy mother. Toys, books and penells can be left in here and baby will soon learn to amuse and occupy himself out of harm's way. Most children do not take kindly to the pen at first and it is a good plan for the mother or nurse to sit in it for a moment herself and to provide an attractive, bright new loy.

T the Arst onset of a cold the old homely remedies should be tried;

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We should endeavour to prevent children catching cold beenuse the of eucalyptus or menthol inhaled. A hot lemon drink after a hot bath at constant repetition of these catarrhal symptoms weakens the child and bedtime will promote free

covered

people, howevur, are born highly strung; some acquire the condition as a result of illnesies like influenza. The characteristle. neurasthenie usually lacking in energy.

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always

" fed-up," tired, unable to concentrate an anything for any length of time. He is often irritable and bares friends and relatives with long-winded descrip- tions of his symptoma.

Bleeplessness and Yague, pains are common symptoms, and although some neuraathenics. are stout, the majority are of poor build. None are physically but unlly are not suffering from any form of organie dirense,

OSS of nervous vitality whichi lowers in resulla

neurasthenia resistance to resi infections, the appetite gors and the weight tails,

will Excess vitality

also weight.

reduce

But care must be taken not to con- fuse the person who burns up all the foodstuffs which ho takes, in order to provide himself with energy for bla manifold interests. with the neuras- thenic who has no energy at all.

What can be done for nerves "7. A great deal-if the enuse is known, but if it la nut, then treatment is exceed- ingly difficult, and always protracted. Every time he is up against a diff. culty or allows hu general health to fall below par, the sufferer from *' nerves will be compelled to seek help. medical or otherwise. He will look to someone of superior charneter for guidance.

IMPLE Deurasthenia due to a definiteenuse is a disferent

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elal or other mental stress enn be removed, the chances of complete recovery are good.

Rest is essential to begin with, and these patients do much better if they can be removed from their accustome surroundings

Recovery is often hastened by the removal of bad teeth, septic tonsils and other sources of irritation,

A generous diet is important. be cnusu the weight should be brough! up to normal. The addition of fat helps to replace the fat which should be prezent in the nerve sheaths, the absence of which may have hind some bearing on the condition of the nerven. Lastly, the neurastheale patient wants sympathetic handling he may be trying. but his illness is genuine.

makes him liable to other diseases. Our first care should be to make sure in bed so that the skin perspiration. The child should be well enverell SHE PLAYS ORGAN

AT 75 YEARS

that the child can breathe easily through his nose and that he sleeps with opened. Next morning a dose of some mild aperien! should be given before his mouth shut. If the nose is constantly "stuffed up" either through breakfast. Orange juice, soup and plenty of fruit may be given during the adenoids or catarrh the child develops a distinct facial expression which day. It is best to remain indoors for at least 24 hours, as this prevents a makes him look as if he were gasping for breath.

recurrence of the chill. Enlarged tonsils are another frequent cause of catarrh. When the At the onset of bronchitis a day in bed is the wisest plan, as it becomes general health is improved the child's tonsils frequently go back to normal, inevitable sooner or later, A light diet, plenty of warm milk and hot soup Her Fingers Quite Supple so that it is not necessary to have them removed at the first sign of should be given every two hours throughout the day. If there is a rise of enlargement,

temperature a doctor should be called in, as bronchial pneumonia frequently Writing to tell how she keeps her follows bronchitis in young children. If the cough is very distressing activity, this wonderful old woman simple mixture of ipecacuanha will give relief; or rubbing the chest with states:

amphorated oil may ease matters.

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were

Another sign that the child is in a run-down condition is the presence of enlarged glands in the neck, the armpits or the grains. Enlarged glands behind the ears are more usually due to some infection in the scalp some

"My hands

becoming so trouble in the car itself, but glands appearing under the law or in the angle of the throat and the jaw are more serious. When these are small and

crippled that I had to give up plano shotly their significance is slight, they will disappear when the child gets.

and organ playing-and almost en- stronger, but if an enlarged mass appears medical advice should be taken.

HILDREN need not be too heavily wrapped up out of doors pro-tirely gave up knitting. I have been A first rule in avoiding colis is to keep the children in a reasonably

vided their hands and feet are warm and dry. Toddlers love to using Kruschen Salts for nearly two even temperature Indoors. If the house is not centrally heated it may be

result. Last August I possible to warm the bedroom before the child goes upstairs for the night. run about, and.It is a simple matter to keep warm in the cold weather as years, and am very pleased with the I played two church services on the no means of heating the bedroom are available it is better to allow the long as plenty of exercise is allowed. For babies who sleep out

when there is no sharp wind and some sunshine is available it is a good plan living room to be on the cool side rather than overheated.

Another thing to remember is to protect the child from draughts in- to put a hot-water bottle at the bottom of the pram; cover this with an old hope to do so again this August My doors. The room should be ventilated by means of an open window, but blanket and wrap it up separately so that there is no danger of it coming angers are nearly straight, and quite supple, and I am 75. I have recom- the door should be kept shut so that the child is not playing in a draught. into contact with the child's feet.

Next week I shall write an article on asthma in children. Too often mended Kruschen Salts to many Any experienced mother knows that children of ait ages love playing on

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