"When one has always known that olive oil has virtues to be appreciated in many spheres of domestic life—for its properties in connection with food, furniture, and. toilet—an_ introduction to still another kind of use is welcomed.
Already we use olive oil for frying and as the basis for salad dressings and for marinades for meat and fish; we put a dessertspoonful into each fixing of a coating batter. We gE know. the -oil as a medicament, internal and external, and often we use it, in addition, to tone up furniture that by contact with too many hot objects or by other rough treatment seems in danger of losing its high polish. A liberal application of olive oil, which is left to soak in
polishing is carried out, has an imfor an hour or two before a final mediate restorative effect. Some of the oil is poured into a smaller and more decorative container and kept on the dressing shelf.
It can be used occasionally to soften dried skin and regularly-as a hair tonic. An oil massage of the scalp on the eve of a soon corrects falling-hair habits and promotes new growth. It also gives fud a noticeably better sheen to newly set hair.
But it was surprising to learn—although the teacher of the new use said it was an old practice—that olive oil was the best cleanser of dark silk slippers. When black"silk dancing slippers seemed to have lost their nature and gloss and glamour these qualities could be restored in no time by a gentle rub with an oil-soaked cloth and a final polish with an untreated cloth, We have had so many enquiries as to the work we are doing in the V. A. D. Department of the B.R.C.S., that I want to tell you a little about what happens to the many persons who come to us—either in person or by letter or telephone—to enrol in one of our its.
Every member has to have a certificate of Elementary knowledge in First Aid and Air Raid precautions and in the case of women, Home Nursing as well, and so the first thing we do isto put them in touch with a Detachment near their home, so that they can easily attend a short course of lectures and pass the necessary- examination which entitles them to work for the Society and wear our uniform.
When a member joins prie of our Detachments she can chose to do the type of work that appeals to her most, for as you know, every hospital' needs cooks, masseuses, pharmacists, clerks, radiographers—all kinds of specialists, as well as Nursing Members, and we are particularly glad to enrol persons with these special qualifications,
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