Here's Your Answer

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 115, 5 August 1927, Page 5

Here's Your Answer

T ET THE SUN Service Bureau assist you with your problem*, whether they relate to dress, health, and beauty culture, cookery, homecraft, travel, sport, or any other of the many things on which we are all constantly needing information. Whatever your particular puzzler may be, we will be glad to give our advice whenever possible. All communications must be accompanied by the inquirer’s name and address (not for publication), and sent to THE SUN “Service Bureau,” Women’s Page, THE SUN, Auckland. Answers will appear weeKly in this column. WHEN VELVET IS SPOTTED Steaming is the best way to remove spots from velvet, but when you do it only steam the surface and do not soak the velvet. Put the coat on a hanger and pass it in front of a-steaming kettle. Afterwards dry it quickly and when dry jbrush lightly. Sometimes, two or three light steamings and dryings are bcter than on thorough one. t HAIR STREAKED WITH GREY Get your chemist to mix you a bottle of pilocarpine lotion and rub a little into the scalp and roots night and morning. This is not a dye, but a tonic that acts instantly on the colour cells. Even after the first bottle you should notice an improvement. After the fourth bottle you can look for a real transformation. Meanwhile dress your hair with a little brilliantine. Oil of any kind helps to darken faded patches. A NON-CREASING MATERIAL Buy the very best quality material you can possibly afford, and before purchasing, squeeze a piece of the fabric between your fingers, crumpling it as hard as you can. If these marks disappear directly you release it, you can be sure that it will not crease with wear. WHEN SETTING YEAST The heat required for setting the yeast to rise for a cake is the same as ior bread. It should be put in a warm place free from draughts, but on no account too hot. amount of liquid depends upon me amount of flour being used for the Dread or cake you are making. If using one ounce of yeast and two pounds of flour, about ore pint of woldd be required. Tne yeast should first be mixed with a teaspoonful 0 f sugar until it liquifies, sh l t (either milk or water) uould be made warm and added to it. SICK HEADACHES fi .,^ y youngest girl, who is just over v • years , old, had an attack which ery-much resembled the attacks of jpaine to which I have been subject t. rvals through my life. She was quite her usual self in two days, but I H- I *wu* aid * or ber future. r at can I do to prevent her besv,bject to such a distressing complaint? Very best wa y to help your little SLvLs f row out the tendency to S 3. ♦ ck headaches, which is literally nat migraine means, is to build up r £ ®f ner al health and to make her as to be a ckdd as it is possible for her l-jfj en ty of fresh air and undisturbed are needed. She should as much time as possible in real air. Notice if she has a dis--8 f° r fat. and dp not attempt to . r to take butter, cream or even At ln f ny lar^e quantity. school she must be guarded overstrain and over-anxiety, ® ver ?°od she may prove at her Playtime The same win a PP J y to her MOUTH-BREATHING DURING SLEEP Kir7^ t ® I> A, when 1 have given my little t months a last glance at 7 P p a |. A notice she has her mouth open, comp \° l 1 ?* fhis habit should be overhow to set about it without should ido ,» hild Ido not know. What thirds'? to find out is whether the are blocked. To avoid this time **L Way is to clean them at bed- — |fh a pellet of wool dipped in make vital force! t ake marshall’s fospherine v iSi h forc° s ® Y'T, nervo i ,s pner sy ana a erin ■ llold > our Lead up! Take o( Apar«h t *i!- n * B i. Take a short course "whole hU s Fospherine. an d be a -whole-nerved" man. ' ' ' s a fast worker and Phorus whi?t rVes " luch -needed phosuxipniv’ ordlnar y foods don't contaUi A k for the six-sided carton. S' 1 " 1 * 100 <loses ton 6d. All pS” ts a ”«' stores, or from the Proter'a 1 t 15 ’ A ' r? nd W * Baxter, of Bax-i-ung Preserver, Christchurch.

warm water and a touch of vaseline on the point. If this encourages a sneeze so much the better —nothing clears the passages more effectively. Notice the child's position in bed. Is she inclined to turn on to her back? This is less comfortable for breathing than lying on the right side. A pillow' that is too soft is another snare. This makes it difficult for enough air to reach her. CHOCOLATE PUDDINGS Hub four ounces of butter or margarine into six ounces of flour, add two ounces of granulated sugar, one ounce of ground almonds, and two ounces of grated chocolate. Mix well with one teaspoonful of baking powder. Add a well-beaten egg and two tablespoonfuls of milk. Turn into a buttered mould. Steam for three hours. Decorate with one ounce of blanched almonds cut in strips and serve hot. BAKED CHOCOLATE PUDDING IS MADE AS FOLLOWS: Dissolve two ounces of grated chocolate in half-pint of hot milk. Take it off the fire and add one ounce of ground almonds, one ounce of castor sugar, a few drops of vanilla and the well-beaten yolks of two eggs. Turn the mixture into a buttered dish and bake until set in a moderate oven. Beat the whites of the eggs until stiff. Stir in gently two tablespoonfuls of castor sugar and one ounce of finely shredded almonds. Pile it on the pudding and set in a slow oven. SCORCHED TABLE TOP I am sorry your query has not been replied to before this, but we have been searching for some effective way of removing the white marks left by the hot dishes. Apparently they are very difficult to remove, but they may be made less conspicuous by rubbing the stain in a circular motion with linseed oil and then polishing with spirits of wine. You will need to repeat the treatment several times. If this is unsuccessful, the only thing you can do is to treat the table to a new coat of French polish, a recipe for which was given on page 5 of THE SUN of July 29. LONG SKIRT DEATH VICTORIAN WOMAN WITH IDEAS ON MODERN DRESS HAS FATAL FALL The objection of a woman of S 7 to short skirts has led to her death. Mrs. Elizabeth Cotterell, of Peckham, Plngland, tripped over her long skirt. She fractured a leg and died from her injuries. At the inquest her son said she was an “old Victorian,” objected to short skirts, and had her own ideas about women’s present-day dress. Remarking “Perhaps it is as well,” the coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death. CROQUET MANUREWA CLUB / There was a good attendance of members at the annual meeting of the Manurevva Croquet Club. The following officers were elected: President. Mrs. Pegler; vice-presidents, Mesdames Wrigley, Meild and Coxhead, and Mr. C. L. Lupton; secretary, Mrs. Forbes; treasurer, Mrs. Yeoland; committee, Mesdames Brown, Osborne, Meild. Wrigley. Wood. Frost: entertainment committee. Mesdames Osborne, Forbes, Frost, Wliitten, Yeoland, Wrigley; match committee, Mesdames Forbes, Osborne, Coxhead, Wrigley, Whyte; delegates to association, Mesdames Forbes and Osborne; green supervisor. Mr. T. Grey. FEMALE' FORSYTES! THE MATRIARCHAL SYSTEM Among the Khasis, a hill tribe in the North-east India, the matriarchal system is still in force. Property belongs to the women; anything a man earns before marriage belongs to his mother, and after marriage to his wife. The men are extremely jolly, the women, despite their privileged position. have lost none of their charm, and are no more logical or masculine than their sisters in less feminist countries. The members of the tribe wear a multitude of clothes, unlike their neighbours, the Garos. who wear extraordinarily little. A woman’s dress is about 12in long, a man’s is even less