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other cereals, and simple puddings. In this 
way. poor people may have the most nutri- 
tious food at a slight cost. 
Other interesting lectures at the exhibi- 
tion were those on “ Hospital Cooking,’’ 
"Camp Cooking," and "Cooking without 
Alcohol." Many new cooking utensils were 
exhibited: the yarious processes in the man- 
ufacture of cotton seed oil were illustrated: 
and fine exhibits were made by many firms 
engaged in the preparation of health foods. 
The exhibition was significant of the wide- 
spread interest in cooking, which is a 
feature of the present age. The day is past 
when intelligent women were proud of say- 
ing that they knew nothing about the food 
prepared and eaten in their homes. Their 
eyes hare been opened to the immense im- 
portance of the subject, and they are begin- 
ning to belieye that cookery has a moral 
side. If a man is sure that he will always 
find tempting, nutritious, well-cooked and 
satisfying food on his own table three times 
a day. he is not half so likely to have a 
craying for strong drink. It is doubtless a 
fact that poor cooking, sometimes even in 
the homes of the wealthy, has made many 
drunkards. And even when the effect is 
not so apparent, bad cooking may still be 
somewhat responsible for immorality. Im- 
proper food causes dyspepsia, and that 
makes men ill-tempered, irritable, discon- 
tented. — in short liable to yield to tempta- 
tion and to fall into sin. 
Regarding it in this, its true light, there 
can be few things of more importance to a 
housekeeper than a thorough knowledge of 
the chemistry and science of cooking. 
Colds. 
In some families, there is scarcely a week 
during the year when all the members are 
free from colds. During the autumn and 
winter, colds are considered as a matter of 
course: 'and, unless unsually severe, no at- 
tention is’ paid to them. 
Now such a state of things is unnecessary, 
and is an evidence of carelessness or mis- 
management. Moreover, a c< nstant suc- 
cession of colds will, in time, almost surely 
result in catarrh or consumption. Hence 
great precautions should be taken to avoid 
the causes of colds: and a mother ought 
never to feel easy w hile her children are 
suffering from them. It has been said that 
half the diseases come from neglected col Is. 
Whether this be true or not, we all know 
that many diseases begin with a cold. 
Over-heated rooms; careless ventilation 
and exposure to draughts; lack of exercise, 
of baths, or of proper food; sitting in a 
warm room without removing outside 
wraps, — all these are frequent causes of 
colds. Persons who are careful to live day 
bv day in accordance with the laws of 
health are the ones who have the fewest 
colds. Yet even the most prudent people 
are sometimes so unfortunate as to “ catch 
cold.” When this has hapened, if prompt 
measures are taken, the cold may still be 
broken up, instead of allowing it to run its 
course. 
A wise treatment is to soak the feet in 
hot water in which a little mustard has been 
dissolved. The room should be warm, the 
patient well-protected, and a blanket or 
comfortable wrapped around the tub and 
over the knees to prevent the escape of the 
steam. As soon as the foot bath is over, the 
patient should take hot lemonade, flaxseed 
or ginger tea, and go at once to bed. The 
next morning he should dress in a warm 
room, first rubbing himself thoroughly with 
a crash towel or bath mitten till he feels a 
glow of warmth. These measures, followed 
by care in the avoidance of exposure for a 
day or two, will often prevent weeks of 
discomfort and suffering. The following is 
an excellent recipe for 
FLAXSEED TEA. 
Cut one lemon into slices and squeeze all 
the juice from another, then add half a cup 
of sugar. Pour a pint of boiling water on 
two tablespoonfuls of whole flax-seed and 
let it boil twenty minutes. Strain it, boil- 
ing hot, into the lemon and sugar and stir 
thoroughly. 
Pneumonia. 
Carelessness in regard to draughts, and 
prolonged exposure to cold, often brings on 
pneumonia which is, perhaps, the most to 
be dreaded ot all our common diseases. 
While it is true of this, as of colds, that it 
may usually be prevented by a careful ob- 
servance of the laws of health, yet when it 
does attack robust and vigorous persons, it 
frequently proves fatal. 
Pneumonia is so swift in its course and so 
dangerous in its character that a physician 
should always be summoned at the first in- 
dication of its approach. While waiting for 
him, a mustard plaster on the chest, or flan- 
nel cloths wrung out of hot water, will 
frequency relieve the pain. 
For all. the strong as well as the delicate, 
the wisest course is to use the “ ounce of 
prevention” in order not to need the ‘‘pound 
of cure." Going to the door with callers, 
who insist upon lingering on the steps for 
the conclusion of their call, is a frequent 
and unnecessary way of inviting pneumo- 
nia. Other common methods are: coming 
out of a warm hall or church and waiting 
for a car on a windy street corner; riding 
till thoroughly chilled through; skating till 
in a violent perspiration and then standing, 
or walking slowly, without additional 
wraps: and sitting with damp shoes and 
cold feet. 
There are people who consider it a sin to 
be sick: and while few of us, perhaps, 
would agree to so extreme a statement, we 
ought all to consider it sinful to carelessly 
bring upon ourselves diseases which we 
might have prevented. 
I consider two or three suggestions In the October 
number (for which I am much obliged), worth a year’s 
subscription. Enclosed find $1.00 for two. — M rs. E. 
Wallingford, Calhoun Co., Mich. 
I And the 0& G. an Indispensable visitor In our house- 
hold.— Miss E. J. Bennett, Onachlta Co., La. 
Care of the Skin. 
A lady whose thick sallow skin caused X 
unceasing worry, consulted an eminent 
physician as to a possible cure; his answer 
was more forcible than courteous: “ Well, 
in the first place, go home and wash your 
face and hands dean." Horrified she de- 
clared that she had washed them several 
times during the day. “What I mean is 
this, wash with soap thoroughly.” Ah! she 
had never used soap on her face. When 
upon returning home she used the soap, 
then rinsed in clear water, she was quite 
mortified to find her face actually dirty. In 
obedience to the docter’s advice, this lady 
pursued the following course, which may 
prove beneficial to others: Every night, 
just before retiring, she bathed face, neck 
and hands thorougly in soapsuds, using, of 
course, fine toilet soap; then rinsed in clear 
water and dried the skin on a soft Turkish 
towel, rubbing until quite free from moist- f 
ure. If any sign of roughness or sunburn 
appeared, a few drops of glycerine were 
rubbed in. 
To do away with the oily appearance the 
doctor prescribed this diet: Lean meats, 
plenty of fruit, vegetables in their season 
(not cooked in grease), no pastry or cake, 
brown sugar or molasses, but oatmeal, 
cracked wheat, farina and the l'ke, sprink- 
led sparingly with white granulated sugar. 
Three times a day she stirred a teaspoonful 
each of cream of tartar and sugar into a 
tumbler of water and drank it, in order to 
cool her blood. This was an agreeable 
medicine, both in the taking and in the 
effect. All heat or fat producing viands 
were forbidden, as well as coffee with milk, 
chocolate, and beer. Plenty of outdoor 
exercise, with a veil to protect the face, 
this wise doctor recommended, also indoor 
games, such as shuttlecock and battledoor. 
to stir the sluggish blood. Heart and body 
were employed to conscientiously carry out 
this plan in its every detail. In one year „ 
the lady had a fiue complexion, a clear, 
soft skin, and a thoroughly healthful consti- 
tution. She both looked and felt years 
younger . — Good Housekeeping . 
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violets worked in their natural color are the 
newest introduction. They are worked in 
small bunches on napkins, as a border 
round tablecloths, and are frequently dotted 
over the whole inner surface of the latter. 
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