0 TTIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MARCH 12. 1911. CHEERFULNESS IN SICK ROOM IS . POWERFUL FACTOR FOR GOOD Life of Pitirot Oftn Depend Upon Manner of None While Waittaf on El Penon Pleasant Conversation and Light" Reading Great Aid to Sufferer's Recovery. ITS a that every doctor knows that the cheerfulness and brave heart of the ona who la nursing win half the battle In many sicknesses. Bo, aalda from tha undisputed fact that It Is the part of rood breeding- to bring nothing bot a happy face and a cheer ful manner Into the sickroom, cheerful MM is a curatir measure that we ac tually owe the sick. What a difference there Is In the way people act In the sickroom! There are some persons those we care for, too whom It tires us to see when we are 111. and there are others whose brlg-ht faces, cheerful voices and reassuring manner seem like cool water to a parched throat. Of the former sort was the sympathetic landlady who came In to see her boarder, who was laid up with a toothache. -Oh. dear." she said, shakier her head rloomlly. "I know Just how much you are auffertnr- Why. I've had the toothache myself tbst bad that every time I shut my mouth It seemed as If I was coming down on a sharp knife." Of course, none of us would be rullty of so awkward a speech, but some of us come pretty near It In our efforts to sympathise with the sufferings of oth ers. If you are not quite sure of what you are going to say or do when you go to call on a sick friend, take a few min utes to plan the conversation before hand. Think of the pleasant things you have beard lately concerning the one who Is 111. or concerning those In whom she Is interested. If you think he would care to be read to. take enough time to select a book that In terests, but does not excite. Often an old childhood favorite will give pleas ure when listening to another book ould be too much of a mental strain. -Alice in Wonderland" can be re-read, a little at a time, even to a person with adult taste. -Cranford- Is another old favorite suitable for the sick room. If you are not thoroughly familiar with the story you have selected, read It over, and mark, or note, the most In teresting passages to read. Till in the duller parts of the book with a running, explanatory narrative of your own. Never read rapidly. Tause frequently, and do not allow your Interest In the stery to make you overlook the com fort of the patient. Remember that the waking hours of those v. ho are sick can have but little ..inH .nrl hl armnatlon should be spread lightly with short breaka for rest and repose. Within the last thirty or forty years many of the problems of the sick room have been solved by the presence of the -.trained nurse. The first rule with re gard to the professional nurse Is easy to lay down, hut sometimes all too difficult to accomplish. Get a perfect nurw. and then give her free rein. Often the seeming Inability of a nurse to handle a certain case is due to the clashing temperments of nurse and pa tient. Then no effort on tha part of the family will mend matters, and the only remedy Is to change nurses. But ' whatever the difficulty, remember that a trained nurse la always your social equal. Nursing Is one of tha highest professions open to women, and to treat a nurse as an Inferior Is a deep Injus tice. Phe stands, like the doctor. In a purely professional relation to tha per sons employing her. But even a good nurse is a trial at times. Servants resent her Intrusion because they do not understand. And it Is the duty of the housewife in such rases to keep things running smoothly. It Is a nurse's privilege to prepare the invalids tray: she has also the priv ilege of using what dlshea sna chooses, and of helping herself to what provi sions the larder holds. 6he ought to have no opposition In this. Remember, her first duty her only duty In times of severe Illness la toward her pa tient. Nurses are taught, and learn by ex perience, that when one Is HI pretty oolors and dainty dlshea on the tray Improve the appetite. 80. If the nurse asks to use the very choicest china In the house, and expects to have the pre cious silver dishes at her disposal, re member that this Is not a mere whim of hers, but an actual curative meas ure. Also. If the nurse Insists on re washing the dishes used on her pa tient's tray, do not feel that she has cast slurs on the cleanliness of your kitchen. Bhe Is only showing that she knows, to her patient's good, the value of sterilization. When a sliver tray Is used for the In valid's meal, only a small teacloth. placed In the center, should be used. But when the usual Japanned tray Is employed. It should be covered entirely The plate should be placed In the mid dle, toward the front, and around It the allver. highly polished, and other . Next to neatness and cleanliness in serving the lnvalld'a meals, color plays i FRFSH AIR AND "WARMTH NEEDED FOR PROPER PRESERVATION OF HAIR IT WOULD be Impossible for me to tell here of all the plaints I am eter nally hearing about hair. Toung girls, middle-aged women and old la dle write ma of their troubles, but no body takes tha trouble to say a word more when I talk plain sense. The tricks and secrets of everlaetlng youth and beauty are wanted and nothing more. Nobody seems to know and. dear me, bow funny It seems that fresh air. sunshine and warmth are absolutely necessary for the health and loveliness of woman's glory. Of course there are other things needed, too, enough sleep, a falrly-tranqull mind, nourishing food, absolute cleanliness with all the head Implements. Take the present season. The cold is stultifying to the growth of the hair; the chilled glands refuse their usual sustenance: In extreme cases the ener gy of the scalp la so low that the hair falla in abundance. These are the nat ural conditions that come with cold weather. But tbey are not Irremediable. Care must be taken to offset the cold with scalp friction, hot air baths and sun baths. After the shampoo the head must be wiped with heated towels until the hair Is all but entirely dry. The shampooed person should then alt close to a sunny window for the reet of the drying, open ing the window at last for an air bath or at least IS minutes. During the sun ning It Is possible to friction the scalp with a little salt and water or J per cent alcohol, and so ward off the pos sibility of cold from the open window. In Winter many persons fancy that It Is not necessary to wssh the head often and where the dust and old oil have ac cumulated this is another danger to health and beauty. A scalp with a pro fuse flow of U may need a shampoo one a week, but where th hair Is vsry dry one a month Is often enough for the bath. Again very thin and anemic hair may need to be cleaned three times out of four with a tonlo lo tion. The hair Is parted all over the head at Intervals, and the tonic applied to the scalp with a clean little rag and gentle rubbing. After this a elean. falr ' lx atiS brash, should be dipped la th a most Important part. Never place bright colored or badly contrasting dishes on tne tray. After tha meal has been served In as tempting a manner as possible, never urge the patient to eat. Never show the least personal annoyance If she FIGURE B. 1 - - ' " - " neglects to taste the dishes you have spent so much time In preparing. Give .. 1. i.i.nr. ta eat. and the pauem - -' . ..i then remove every trace of the meaL Do not allow aalt cellars, napkin rings and such accessories of the table to stay in tha room from meal to meaL Drinking tumblers and glasses, too. should be kept as much as possible nwaen iroia ,h,, n v no'veatlons tha 1 nere rw ' " might be given aa to the deportment of the doctor In the sick room. If It Is possible, engage the services of a doc tor who has the confidence and liking Physician's part U of greater account than pleasing ptjiv-.-w -- - knowledge of the little niceties of so cial Intercourse. - . .w. t .ml foremost con o J,""" ,'yme o f sickness la the slderaUon In time or sicaness tonic and brought TnUy through the locka This proceeding will .s""1 cleanse any but th. most ""dy head. ror hair scanty through sickness or heredity the following tonlo can u"4 as a cleanser In the manner described. Tincture ef eMtaarldas tales- bOUO ," . " nunrai aUcrbor... of ammonia Oil of rosemary . orops Mix and then add nine ounces of dis tilled water. , . For th ordinary healthy head, two raw eggs beaten up In an ounc of tepid wster makes a uprb shampoo In conjunction with a good oastlle soap, while for the beaJ afflicted with dan druff there Is nothing better than a shampoo mad with two. ounces of green oap and two ounces of eau da cologne. And now, concerning that really ter rlbl scourg dandruff, let me say a stern word on cleanliness. Nln out of every ten letter that com to m say something about this affliction, which I must tell you Is th rsult of Ither untidiness or carelessness In the promiscuous use of combs and brushes. In the early stagee dandruff la not ac counted a disease, yet It can always be planted upon another head through contact, and In Its worst stages It causes the most offensive scalp disor ders. Putting up the hair before It has thoroughly dried after th sham poo, using strong soaps, borax, soda, ammonia and unhyglsnlo hair dressing, are some other causes of dandruff. Hair dyes and ateady crimping and curling with hot Irona are still other causes. 60 the person who would get rid of this blight must look first for the cause and remedy It at onoe befor proof ing further. Any light case of dandruff may be cured with the raw egg shampoo, for the first thing to do Is to get the bead clean. Green soap, which la an Use p tip. Is always good with th eggs, and If with such shampoos one la careful to sterilise combs and brushes, ta a little while the trouble will vanish. It I th lifetime case of dandruff that Is hard to cure, and when the scurf cakes over the scalp, as It doee In the worst esses, this Is painful to remove. The first pro ceeding In such casee ta to apply a good oxide of sine ointment. and after sev- welfare of tho patient, and therefore there are few demands made upon her In the rules of sick room etiquette. But for all that there are a few precepts which the patient ought to bear In mind. Bhe should Invariably show the cour- tesy of appreciation to all who have endeavored to help her. And for her 1 n n n reaiton. she uwn auwu v - should stifle discontent and Impatience. The patient who keeps these things In mind will not only te a pleasant per son to care for. but will be furthering her own recovery. The stifling process, however, ought not to go too fsr. If the wall paper, which usually bears an Innocent de sign of roses, now wreathes Itself with grinning faces. If a crack In the plaster takes on new and Irritating shapes, she should not think It an Idle complaint to make this Irritation known. Per hapa a screen could be arranged to shut from view the offending paper or plaster and the patient would no longer be forced to waste in fretting away the strength which she and her care taker should cherish. ,'. PRUDENCE 8TANPISH. .... 1 wash tha head with the raw eggs and green soap, putting on the eggs, oeaten up in icpiu ,. and the soap afterwards. Other speci fics advised for aggravated cases of dandruff are tannlo acid ointment, com pound Iodine ointment and red Iodide of .tintmAn nut a verv baa imibui viii."."u u - - case of dandruff may also suggest some . eeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeee esse. physical disorder and internal remedies be needed. I would advise the patient In such eases to consult the family doc tor. My own deslrs here is to empha size the danger of the scourge, and to atate that It is more often caused by uncleanllness than anything else. 60 persons who fear the trouble cannot be too neat In the matter of Implements usecTon the hair, and, therefore. If one member of the family haa dandruff and the rest are immune, quarantine the bathroom against the afflicted one's combs and brushes. And now let me consider the rats, cages and false hair with which the co quette of the day Is forever concerning herself. I found upon close cross-examination of 10 friends that eight of them put on their false fixings In the morning and .only take them off at night on going to bed. There may be a fresh hair arrangement during the day. but back on the poor overworked acalp go the false abomlnationa with out a single half hour for rest. This Incessant heating of the scalp Is un hygienic In the extreme. It will cause dandruff, falling hair, grayness, and even baldness In spots. The scalp should be rested by a sim ple hair arrangement at home, when as few hairpins as are consistent with neatness must be used. If one can give the time up to it. too. it Is a good thing to let the hair hang down for an hour or so during the day, for there Answers to Correspondents BY LILIAN TINGLE. TOLEDO, Wash.. Feb. i8. Will you kind ly publish in Th. Sunday Oregonlan. as soon as possible, your recipe for a confec Ubn knoSa a- "Turkish P'" '"k you In advance. M RB- u- THERE are several very different con fections known by that name. I have no special recipe that I call my own. If the following Is not the sort of thing you mean, let me know and I will try again. Th nougat, made with glucose and egg-whites, which has been given several times in this col umn, is also sometimes called "Turk ish Paste." Turkish Paste No. 1. One ounce .itinn. one cun water, three-quar ters cup sugar, ' one-quarter pound finely chopped almonds. one egg white, two teaspoons vanilla flavoring. Soak the gelatine In a few spoonfuls of the water. Boil the rest with the sugar and pour over the gelatine. Stir until dissolved; allow to cool slightly. Beat up with the egg-wblte until stiff; add the almonds and flavoring and pour into a greased cake tin to a depth of three-quarters Inch. When cold cut In neat pieces and roll first In cornstarch, then in confectioners' sugar. Turkish Paste No. 2. Two heaping tablespoons gelatine. 114 cups water, one teaspoon powdered citric acid, one-half teaspoon vanilla extract, one half teaspoon lemon extract, two ounces finely cut almonds, a little red coloring. Soak the gelatine in one quarter cup water, dissolve the sugar and acid In the rest of the water; bring to the boil and pour over the gelatine. Divide In two parts, flavor ing one part with vanilla or rose, and coloring red. and flavoring the un colored part with lemon. Add almonds to each. Mould in layers, letting one layer cool before the other is added. Cut In squares, when cold, and roll In confectioners' sugar. Aberdeen. Wash.. March 6. At your earliest opportunity will you give a recipe for plneappl. ice in which milk or ess whites sr. used? And can it be simply packed In lee or must it be turned ss tor lea cream T Alio I hav. had troubl. witb th crust In custard pies becoming esgy and hard to set out of th. pan. It Is only a recent trouble and I can't account for It. Can you come to my rescue? Your articles ar. very Interesting to me as wen as neip- ful. I will enclose a stamp, so thst if you . 1 m.i m iu ..it. vii 1 j a. au.ii ' thsn pleased. M. C. B. I regret that I am unable to give personal answers to correspondents, though I am always glad to answer questions in this column. In regard to the Ice. you will And It best to freeze It by turning, as for Ice cream. Freeze the liquid to a mush, then add the whipped egg and finish freezing. Then pack to ripen. If milk is used with out the egg, freeze the sweetened milk to a mush, then add the fruit Juice. If fresh pineapple Juice Is used, scald and cool it before using with milk or eggs, or the ferment in the Juice may act upon the proteid material and give a rather bitter taste and watery con sistency. This precaution Is some times necessary with canned pineapple Juice. Pineapple milk sherbet Three cups milk, one cup pineapple Juice, one and one-half cups sugar. Juice of one large lemon. Freeze as directed above. If preferred two cups milk and two cups scalded and cooled pineapple Juice may be frozen to a mush and one whipped egg white may be added with the lem on Juice. . Finish freezing and pack to ripen. rincapple Ice with egg Two cups water and 1 and one-fourth cups sugar, k.n.j it w.tn..A ,nH nnlri. Add the UUHCU AM HilUU WD " - Juice of two to three lemons, one can grated pineapple ox pineapple juice and two cups water. Mix well, let . 1 v. .... in uAiiMilnff the nine- IWI1U, IMVU o apple thoroughly and freeze to a mush. Add one wnippea egg wnne aim mmu freezing. If preferred, one and one half cups sugar may be used and two egg whites added as above. In regard tothe custard pie, I think probably the difficulty lies with the temperature of your oven, which should be rather hot at first, so as to cook the under crust and slightly cook tho lowest portion of tho custard be fore the Utter has time to oak throuth. The heat may then be Menus for One Week Tuesdny. Green pes soup. BrofUd chops. , Mashed potato. Buttered psnnlps. Lettucs salad. Appl. Betty, cream. Coffee. soup. Braised beef, brown potatoes. Appl. and nut salad. Rice roerlniru. pudding. Coffee. Thursday. Brown soup. " - i. Sweet potatoes. Slewed tomstoea Field .sled. Caramel cherlotte. Coffee. Friday. Lima bean soup. Baked smelt, ssuce piquant. Potato puffs. Russlsn sslsd. Chocolate pudding. Coltee. Saturday. Noodle soup. SwtM steak, scalloped potato. Com pudding. Orang. salad. Jelly putts. Coffte. Sunday. . Celery soup. Veal In casserole. Sweet potatoes. Canned asparagus. Tomato jelly salad. Haahmallow pudding. Wafers. Coffee. Maaday. Lentlll soup. Spanish omelette with minced veaL Scalloped potatoes. String bean salad. Orans rice Coffee, Is always a certain amount of bead moisture that collects, and If this dries In the locks it rots and sours them. There are always stockings to darn, some little thing one can do In neg ligee, so the home Vomen have no ex cuse for not seizing upon this extra lit tle help toward the health and beauty of their hair. Massage, too. is needed for looseness of the scalp, for the moment it gets hard and tight the growth of the hair Is less rapid and the hair Itself 'less beautiful in color and burnish. The little friction needed is a simple mat ter, but it should be regularly employed for good results. During the day air ing, then, or at night before the hair Is braided for bed. do this 10 minutes of finger-tip rubbing with the faith fulness of a religious rite. Part the hair in sections, and then put finger tips together on the scalp and work round and round, pinching up the scalp as the last move with each section treated. This Is the scalp's exercise, and It Is one of the most necessary rites In any hygienic treatment of the hair that is to say. common sense treatment. Finally, let me say that an hour's sitting ln'a very warm room, with the hair hanging, one a week, helps to keep down the chilling tenden cies of Winter. If the heat is made by a stove, put a pan of hot water on top so that the air won't be too dry. KATHERINE MORTON. slackened a little, so as not to over cook the custard and make it watery and full of boles. Let the greatest heat come from underneath at first. Be sure to let out the air bubble some times formed between pie plate and crust in lining the former. Brustilng the crust with egg." white Is some times helpful, aa this hardens before the custard. An unsuitable proportion of eggs and milk is another cause of difficulty with custard pie. The following directions for cooking artichokes are given at the request of G. C. L. M. (Medford, Or.): Boiled artichokes Cut off the stem close to the leaves. -Remove outside leaves, and with a sharp knife remove the "choke" in the center. Clip the hard tips of the leavea and tie the ar tichoke with string, to keep It In good shape. Let lie one hour In cold water. Drain and boil SO to 45 minutes in boiling water, salted and slightly acid ulated. Take up. drain upside down, and remove string. Serve with Becha mel or Hollandaise sauce. Artichokes are also cut in quarters, cooked, drained and served with sauce ber nalse. By this latter method the leaves cannot be drawn out separately and eaten from the fingers, as is usual with whole artichokes. The firm arti choke bottoms are sometimes served separately. Boiled artichokes may also be served cold, as a salad, with mayon naise, either on the center or on the side. Fried artichokes Prepare as above, but trim more closely. When cold, cut In quarters, dress with French dress ing and chopped parsley; or with pars ley, pepper and salt; dip in frying bat ter; fry In deep fat and drain on paper. Stuffed artichokes Trim closely and boil as above, though not quite so long. Fill with a fine chicken forcemeat, and bake in a moderate oven, basting often with chicken broth or milk.. Thicken and season this latter to make a sauce. Arrange the stuffed artichokes on a serving dish a'hd pour the sauce over them. I wonder If this Is anything like the corncake "G. C. L. M." asked forT One cup sifted bread flour, one-half cup yellow commeal, two level teaspoons baking powder, one-half level teaspoon salt, one and a half tablespoons sugar, one cup milk, one egg. two tablespoons melted shortening. Heat the milk with the shortening and pour over the corn meal. Let cool a little, then beat in the rest of the dry ingredients and the egg. Beat very thoroughly and bake In hot. well-greased muffin, pans, or in a square baking tin. About 20 min utes In, a quick oven should be enough. Portlsnd, March Pleseo glvo recipe for cheeee balls, to nerve with ald course. MRS. D. E. A. On and a half cups mild grated cheese, one tablespoon flour, one-quarter teaspoon salt, a few grains cay enne, whites of three eggs, sifted cracker dust. Mix the cheese with the flour and seasonings. Fold in stiff beaten egg-whites. Shape into small balls. Roll In cracker meal, fry in deep fat and drain well on paper. Serve list. Bridesmaids' Fashions for Spring Weddings SIMPLICITY Is to be the order of the day for the costume of the Easter bridesmaid. White and ap ple green, pale pink and blue, and mauve and blue are some novel color combinations, but the little frocks showing them are almost childishly modest. Satin or silk slips, veiled with chiffon and marquisette, are made with rather short-waisted bodices, at the back of "which an immense bow is sometimes placed Just below the Bhoul der blades. This butterfly or obi for It has rather a Jspanese stamp may dangle with sah ends, and it Is always needed for the straight line If the girl's figure Is not slim. Some of the- frocks have the necks cut out in a little V back and front, and there are sure to be lacy undersleeves that fall short of the elbow, whll upon the gauzy tunics shirring over cord is much used to hold In the bottom In some man ner or other. A very decided effort Is being made on the part of 'makers tq Introduce more material In gowns, but as yet the change has not reached bridesmaids' frocks, for they are all of the skimp iest sort. The smart length Is about an Inch above th floor, though a gath ering of very young maids may wear frocks still shorter. The prettiest ef fects are made by having a single scheme for material, color and make of the frocks. The wonderful novelty marquisettes and bordered muslins now on the mar ket are Just the textures for a gown a girl has to wear afterward, and with simple ribbon can be elegant without costliness. Some exquisite marquisette weaves seen recently were in faint hair lines stripes on a white ground, apple pink, azure, spring green, and mauve being among the most desirable colors, which colors were exactly matched by the sweet-pea bouquets used. In mak ing up a patterned material, it 1 nec essary to have some plain trimming, as the figured and striped goods are not used alone, but the colors required can be found In very charming silks of an inexpensive sort, and the allover laces or figured nets the gulmpes and under leeves call for can be had at all prices. Satin or kid shoes must match the white or color of the gown and gloves be of suede In pure white. But the head cov ering may be a wide-brimmed hat, a cap of tinseled net or a wreath of posies or leaves. A very springlike shepherdess effect was shown In four bridesmaid gowns recently turned out by Paris makers. The undersllps were of a thin whit silk trimmed with scattered wreaths, about the size of a saucer, of tiny pink rosea Over these fell tunics of pale blue chiffon, which mellowed the flow er until they were th dimmest blush. The broad hats were wreathed with the posies held by a vast butterfly of Ronton I UN GOBS PVERY' dayTmore-ancf more women are learn ing the'wonderfuLvirtues of this matchless corset. 'The f trade-mark name BON TON (meaning good tone or fine form) has become favorably known: among all fashionably gowned, beauty-loving wo men everywheree It is the corset sensation of the hour,. .MODEL 965 PRICE 5 AtLh A -thj ISti , the little niceties! lat make .for the - well-being and contentment of milady will be found. in BON TON corsets. 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With fine frocks the little mop caps of lace and tinseled net are EI Mi A J THERE is a subtle charm and grace about all DON TON corsets which appeals to your finer tastes and excites your ad miration and fancy. BON TON corsets are absolutely without a rival, each model an original con ception of surpassing excel lence in every detail. Just try a BON TON and see. Model 944 Price 56, Corsets Guaranteed Corsets very charming, but the wreath inaug- . . j ; . v .Via nmilH-TlAr1f WAdHlna uiaicu v i l j i i " . - tls newer than anything. The greenest or ivy or ruse icuvco u v else tinseled leaves of gold or sllvei according to the gown. White roses and lilies of the valley, tied with a ribbon the color of th gown,' are a new combination of flow ers for the bridesmaid's bouquet, and for a yellow and white or pale greec and white gown scheme daffodils and yellow tulips are charming. j