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Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 14, 1939.

WHAT EVERY MOTHER

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I applied to a meagre knowledge of the prin- ciples of First Aid it is undoubtedly true that little learning is a dan- gerous thing. Certainly it would be impossible to give complete Instruction on this very practical subject- In an article or series of articles.

At the same time. every mother ought to know how to cope with the inore common” emergencies unct accidents which sometimes occur in the home where there are babies and young children.

To begin ni the beginning- Infancy.

time when infantile convulsions fre not uncom- mon when feeding has been injudicious as to the quantity and frequency of the meals.

Baby's digoallon (y easily put out. After all, the diges live organs are only learning their Job. They are not like motor car engines, tested be fare delivery.

Disturbances

of this kind sometimes cause convulsions. They begin with stiffness of the muscles, which is followeri by twitchings,

child The

turns blue in colour and may

froth at the mouth. Squinting

is common.

The remedy is to place the child

not to

should

Cuts and scratches should be carefully bathed la dituted an- tiseptic lotion before being lightly bandaged

KNOW

after

hot bah, taking care

looks Providence which burn baby, and to keep him there Mothers must remember that on na a for from ten to twenty, minutes, account should any attempt be mude children and in the majority of cases

cold apply sponges to the head.

When the fit has passed off, baby to remove these articles by making of accidents at home it is true to say should be put to bed in warm te le patient sick. The sharp that most of the little ones are more blankets, the heat being kept coul, point may pierce the stomach wall or frightened than hurt.

One of the first things that mother the gullet on its way out. and mother should immediately flnd The only safe treatment is to give must learn if she is to be any good ut from her Welfare Clink what the child something to eat that will at First Aid is to keep calin. The mother who rushes about *has been wrong with baby's feeds. wrap itself round the article and so anxious

revent it from becoming a source of after an accident, fussing over the anger. Thick gruel, porridge or child, becoming perhaps, almost hys- the All children gain most of their ex- now bread will give this protection. terical, will certainly increase

Careful search should be made child's fears. perience by the well-known systemt of trial and error and thus it is for daily until mother is assured that the these experimental reasons that the article has been passed in the or

way. As EL precautionary younger members of the family try dinary

TRIAL & ERROR

to eat all Koris of unappetising measure the doctor should be con-

things.

sulted.

Colns,

too, are often swallowed.

The more dangerous of these are the ones with sharp edges or points. No home treatment is of any use, and The child should be taken to the dine-

HELPFUL HINTS

of your nearest hospital.

Every household should

THEN washing net or ince cur- First Aid outfit. This should contain

The easiest way to cut rhubarb is

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Empty reels of sewing cotton should

be saved and embroidery silks rolled

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that ensue when the skeins, are all mixed up together.

Paint the wound with iodine, for

First Aid

Hints

least to all outward appear- anges, for by so doing she will calm her little patient, even although she teel that the end of the world has-come,

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PICE

Nervousness is extremely catching and children are quick ip Impressions. elinient thermometer also a useful thing to have in Your First Aid box. It is quite easy to use.

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When a child is fretful and Aushed the thermometer will be able to tell you whether there is any fever. If there is. the patient should be put to bed at once.and the doctor sent for.

Be sure to shake the thermo- before using ft. meter dawn You will see a little arrow on the stem which points to the normal temperature. The warmth of the body raises a tiny column of incrcury and if the top of this column is opposite the mark 09 or above. fever is present.

are.

MIDGE knows all about "Safety First"

JELLY SPONGE

THE small folk will appreciate these fellies for plentes or at home. The mixed fruits and the sponge cake make these orange jellies quite a party dish,

Ingredients: 3. oranges, sponge-cakes. 2 tablesps. seeded ruising, 2 tablesps, chopped-and stoned cherries, I pint jelly. As raspberries are in, add a few of those

Cut the oranges in halves and remove the pulp, leasing the aking in perfect cup shapes. Free the fruit of pith and pips and mash it with a fork,

It with the sieved sponge- cake crumbs, olierries and relatus and stir in the jelly when cool and on the point of sciting.

Divide the mixture into the orange halves and leave until net. For easy packing when they are wanted for a piente fit the halves together.

WAFFLES

IL is sometimes difficult to see WAFFLES make delicious sweets, where the mercury is, but if you roll and are a boon to the housewife the thermometer between your anger in summer, for, though the process and thumb you will and it magni- Is a baking one, there is no necessity fled on one side where the markings for lighting the oven considera-

ilon on a hot day!

Here is a reliable cake batter for Lastly, don't place your thermome

sponge cake wafties ter in the child's mouth as there is

Whip 3 eggs, without separating, danger of him biting it; the best plant light. Beat in 1 cupful sugr, She should be cool and collected, at is to hold it in the armpit.

then lightly add 1 cupful flour, 4 teaspoonful salt, and 1 teaspoonful baking powder, well mixed together. Add 4 cupful cold water, 3 table- spoonfuls melted butter, and tea- spoonful lemnon essence.

Flowers In The Heat

last well

in hot

Sour Milk Souffle

HIS is a novel and delicious way

Make a white sauce in the ordin-

a pint of

two

Heat the waffle iron well-10 minutes is about right for an electric Jone. Brush lightly with all for the

first

After that a stiff wire waffic. brush will take off any crumbs. Pour about a small tablespoonful batter on cach section, and bake from 2 to 214 minutes. Sprinkle with castor sugar, Waffles with Peaches

tor or to the out-patient department Do you have dificuity in making

your flowers have weather? One way of helping them THIS

of using in sour milk. It is even WHE

at the right time. tains, blouses Br., add little dressing, for wounds and burns and to have a long te is to pick them worth while to let some milk "turn" Whenever possible, flowers should deliberately for the sake of amplias milk to the required quantity of blue a small bottle of indige. Sterilised water for the final, rinse before light-dressings are best, for they cannot be picked as buds. If they are left it.

contaminate wounds and cari be purto expand out of doors, their colour

Sieve 4 ozs. Blour and a pinch of ly starching.

chased from the chest sizes will not be quite so good and they ary way with an ounce each of four salt into a basin. Make a well in the

"WARE POISONING

not thrive for tong indoors. will

sourcentre and break in 2 egg yolks and a pair of kitchen scissors.

and butter to half Cuts and wounts should be care-Buds may be kept for a special occa-milk.

gradually #sel cl pint milk, till batter containing son in a cool, dark place for quite

quite smooth. Add a very little

if batter fully washed in water sonte antiseptic solution, and pieces

water a week before being placed in con- Let it simmer for five minutes, stir-warn

Is tou stiA. them. This avoids the tangles of glass or grit removed before painerds are best gathered quite of tine sugar and a teaspoonful of/2 ozs. caster sugar. Stir in the ring all the time, then add an ounce Melt 2 ozs butter and add along with plying a clean dressing

When

been this destroys germs and may prevent early in the morning. Choose well vanilla essence, having first removed stiffly beaten whites just before cook- pouring custard

developed buds which are just ready the pan from the heat. Beat in ing. removed from the pan to jug or bowl poisoning of the wound.

Some people do not put egg yolks, fold in two stiffly-whisked Make sure the waffle iron is clean cover the top with wet grease-proof |

is important not to have the to upen. paper. This prevents any skin form-dressing so tight that it impedes the rests into water at once, but leave whites, and turn the mixture into a and very hot. Brash over on both Chrestiation, and don't forget in your them for about half an hour in a cool buttered couffle mould. The grease-sides with a little melted butter, fill hurry to see that your own hands are place before fixing them in a vase. proof paper round the sides of the about two-thirds full with the batter, Lupins should be gathered when mould to come four or five inches and cook each side over Infrly sharp perfectly clean before handling any

the lower blooms have begun to open. above the top, and place a rodnd heat 3 minutes. wound.

Baking soda in warm water makes as the fully developed flowers hide piece over the mixture, Siram for

about forty-five minutes. good solution for the treatment of and drop off.

Gladioli make a grand display in burns, but strong ten is even better

the late because the tannic acid in it helps to the house. Cut them in form a protective Aim over the burn, afternoon, and choose stalks on which one or two flowers have opened. thus shilling out the air.

Florists usually subject gladioli to a process known as "softening.". They put the flowers the sun for about fifteen minutes before plunging them 111 water. They should then last well.

ing.

D. F.

Rayon and acetato woven check

is used in this coat dress. It is In'black and white, the skirt full Bored.

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There is

In The Nursery

TT is sometimes a problem to keep

the ever from slipping off bhby's Curled Petals cut, but if a stocking suspender is zewe to each corner of the mattress,

Always look underneath marigolds,

the cover can then be fastened, in The outer petals will have begun to

position without interfering with the

freedom of movement. infant's

When baby first begins to walk.

cur! If they are too far opered for indoor use. All daisy-like flowers such as marguerites, pyrethrums, sun-

rub the soles of his new shoes with flowers, and asters should be picked

a piece of raw potato. This, by re-when they are adult flowers, ns ndo

prevents many lescent do not open out well in water, moving the shine,

Sweet peas should be cut when the ¡Jumbles.

To prevent baby knocking his head dew is on them, and dahilas should of his high | have their stems sealed by being against the hard back. chair, use an old tea cosy to pad it. placed in boiling water for a few To keep them quite fresh, the rib-minutes as soon as they are gathered. bons on baby's bonnet need dally Afterwards put them for bons washing, and it is a tedious job if in a dark, cool spot before they take they have to be resewn each time. A their bow in your rooms.

If you buy flowers or have thei good plan is to use one long piece

few hours

of ribbon instead of the usual two given to you, do not put them in con- lengths This is threaded through tainers until you have replcked the loops which are made at each corner ends of the stalks. To discourage. of the bonnet. It is then the work them from opening widely, set them of a second to remove or replace.

Worth

Knowing

A. W

stained brown underneath the soles. This stain refuses to be moved by ordinary washing, but rub the stained part with half a raw le-

mon.

fin a deep jug or bucket of water, with soft paper planed round them fairly tightly and shut entirely at the ton.

All flowers do not like being hand- led, so clean stemmed types like roses or lilac should be hammered an inch up and arranged once and for all in their containers. After, that leave them alone, only adding fresh water time to time. Water be deep. Roses often droop because of this simple mistake,

M. W.

Leave the juice on overnight, and CUCUMBER SOUP in the morning wash the sock in the usual way, when you will find all dis-DEEL one large cucumber, cut it colouration has disappearedly: there-seeds. Have ready a pan of boiling into small pieces, and remove the -Moat men use hair-oil foro their combs soon become dirty water with a few drops of vinegar and

asy. The easiest way to clean added and boil the pieces of cucum- greasy. these combs is to take a pint of really ber for a few minutes. Then drain hot water and add to it a tablespoon-them well and return to the pan with oz. buller and two gills white ful of salt. Leave the comb to soak 2

in this for an hour or two, then take stock.

a small brush and scrub with salt A and and water.

Allow the butter to melt and then

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one tablespoonful white bread- crumbs which have been soaked in mills, one chopped onion, and season- ing to taste,

In order to keep the brass on your front door bright and well cared for, even when you are away on holiday. clean as usual, then wipe over with Bring to the boil and simmer for

a rog dipped in olive oil. Leave the ten minutes. Then strain the soup

oil on, and this will prevent tarnish- and add one gill of cream before

ing.

Isobel

serving.

B. M.

Turn out and serve with sliced peaches and creum.

W. B.

Isobel

Charming for 'summer wear is this frock of mat crepe printed, with daisies. The daisles are also appliqued on embroidereḍ tulle below the neck,

COUNT

THE

TELEGRAPHS"

EVERYWHERE

Calm Reaction

By Press

London, Aug. 13. The British preparedness to sur- render the four Chinese calmly taken by most of the London Satur- day morning papers. The news is published only inconspicuously by the Conservative papers.

ment that

Chiang's Appeal To Shanghai

Chungking. Aur. 12, Generalissimo Chlang Kai-shek The Opposition papers are, how-sent a message to the Chinese re- ever, sharply attacking the British sidents of Shanghai on the eve of the Government.

anniversary of hostilities, expressing The Liberal News Chronicle says the hope that they should exert in- that the decision has justified the dividual efforts midst the dimeulties fears of many Members of Parila and hardships and do their best to the British Government bolster up their spiritual and econo- would take

such steps during the mie fortresses and understand the recess. Even if the Japanese had rest pro:fered new evidence, this would a meaning of the value of legal be no reason to examine the ques-

Juru tender that there were two roads tion only juridically. Japan had out to "China,

oper also no right to stay in China and said: "One is to surrender and be- the British Government has more given way sure,

the Generalissimo

to extortive pres- the traitors champion. The other one nce come forever enslaved. This is what

is to put up a hard fight with a re-

The Dally Herald, in ກ report ut

in

This

from its Diplomatic Correspondent, solute unbendable spirit until vic- says that by the decision the block-tory is achieved and China is re- ade of Tientsin will not. cease, but been entrusted to us by our ancestors.

Juvenated,

sacred mission has Britain's prestige China and Japan has declined even more than before. throughout 5,000 years of our history

and The Daily Express's political cor-

is the only

only course which should chosen pondent states

bo that Labour will

by patriotic citizens, now seize the opportunity for de- "Now, China is embarking

on the manding the rhinoning of Partia last stage of her resistance, with vic-

but

we must The Government will, how-tary clearly in sight, ever, not comply with such a request.exert further efforts and strive harder -Trans-Ocean.

to endure greater hardships. If we Shanghai Hearing Imake a last minute dash, we will be. able to Shanghai, Aug. 12.

to reach our goal. We must never entertain a false sense of Mr. A. Recks and Mand Iinys, security and shrink away from sufter- of the law firm of Ells

inert.

Lo

this morning fled. in their owning and undo all that has been ac- names, with assistant Judge P. Grant complished. What I demand of our for brethren is that they refuse to bow Jones, of H.M. Supreme Court for

before

brute

force, but preserve Chinx,

of an adavit for a writ Habeas Corpus in connection with the their personal integrity and struggle

to the last four Tientsin suspects.

Ellis and Hays received late during Continuing Marshal Chiang said:

"Journalists who

exert a "strong the night Instructions from interested persons in London to file the applica-spiritual force" should remain adam- and keep up A spirit of tion for a writ and worked so busily nant

and "continue over the case that they only had a righteousness,

publiali accurate few hours sleep.

reports and de- Assistant Judge P. Grant Jonesnounce the misleading statements of deferred his decision on the applica-traitors."-United Press. tion for rule nini.

Mr. H. A. Reeks and Mr. J. R.)

and of Ellis

Hnys. were Firstly, he was not certain that this Jones, of instructed through solicitors in Lon-rule was applicable outside the Realm don in the action taken on behalf of and Dominions; Professor

Bentwich, Norman

of Secondly, he questioned

the au- Jerusalem University, and Miss Sara thority of the people applying to set Margery Fry, governor of the B.B.C. on behalf of Chinese prisoners.

The hearing, which was taken in

Judge Grant Jones promised to give Chambers, lasted for three hours. his decision as expeditiously as

Monday Judge Grant Jones raised two possible--probably on

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