ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 271, 15 November 1930, Page 2 (Supplement)

ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

Products wonders: (a) What percentage or the worm's supply or sugar does Fiji produce? (b) What percentage of the world's supply or wheat does Canada produce? (a) The production or Fiji sugar is very small in comparison with the output or the rest or the world. In 1029-30 the world's production was estimated at 26,786,500 tons, whilst Fiji produced only 85,000 tons. It can he seen then that Fili produces only about one third or One per cent or the world's sugar, (to) Canadaproduces about 10 per cent or the worlds wheat crop, but exports two-4hirds ol her crop, and this normally forms about 30 per cent or the wheat flour entering- the circle or international trade. L.H. wants a method or removing stains from a porcelain bath.-—lf you rub the bath with -turpentine the stain should quickly disappear. Spadger wants .(a} information concerning the Angels of Mons. (b) information concerning the picture "The Light of the World," which was exhibited in Auckland 10 or more years ago.—(a) The legend or the Angels of Mons arose during tile war when men's minds were very strained. The story to -the effect that angels were seen leading the Allies in battle was written by a journalist as fiction and not as truth. Much to his surprise it gamed credence amongst the soldiers on the battlefield as having really occurred, (b) "The Light of the World," by Holman Hunt, was brought through the colonies nearly gO'vears" ago, and exhibited in eacli or the four centres. The picture was a replica or the famous pre-Raphaelite picture. Aeroplane has difficulty in making his model plane rise from the ground.—\our model should rise off the ground better ir you head it into the wind. Also choose a smooth-''surface as the wheels are very small. English Lassie wants to know What other books L. M. Montgomery has written besides the Emily and Anne Series and "Kllmeny or the Orchard." She also wishes to know the price ol' the books. — Other Books are "Magic Marigold," 4/6; "The Story Girl," 3/6; "The Golden Road," 3/6 (also-in cheaper edition 2/6); "Rilla of Ingleside," 3/6, and the "Blue Castle," 2/6. .

Llij ■ ii i win iiiiiiiiii.hu mi iimiii ii ii iiiihi 11 in SquibUs asks: (a) How did people transKite other languages into English. How did tliey know what the foreign words meant?, (b) What is slipe wool used for '.' — (a) Generally speaking translations are undertaken only by men conversant With the "foreign language to be translated. When savage people who do not speak i each other's language meet for the first I time, they may get some idea of each J other's meaning .by pointing to different ■ things, or imitating different actions, and ? repeating the words or names that re- ■ present them. Long treatises are given in * the encyclopedia upon translation, and if t you are interested visit the library and r read it tip Tor yourself, (b) Slipe wool t is obtained from the pelts of dead sheep. 5 It is usually loosened by chemical action, i- The uses of slipe wool are very much 3 similar to that of the ordinary fleece wool. ; ' Tui wonders how many marks one has ' to gain to get a proficiency certificate 7 J fore heing awarded certificate of proficiency a student must have obtained 210 marks In 5 English and arithmetic combined, with a ' minimum of 4 5 for arithmetic, 5 5 in read--1 ing and 55 in composition, and must satisfy an inspector that he or she has attained - a .satisfactory standard in the other sub' l jects on the syllabus.

Pimpernel would like to know the order in which Baroness Orczy's "Scarlet Pimpernel" books go.—The order of the "Scarlet Pimpernel" books are: "The Scarlet Pimpernel," "I Will Repay," "The Klusive Pimpernel)" "The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel," "Eldorado," "Lord Tony's Wife," "The Scarlet Company," "The Triumph or the Scarlet Pimpernel," "Pimpernel and Rosemary." Then follow the live books of the "Dutch War or Independence" series in which the Scarlet Pimpernel again figures.

Skinny asks: (a) What is a good cure for pimples, (b) How to become fat.— (a) One method of removing pimples is to apply a mixture of flowers of sulphur, finely powdered in a mortar, and white vaseline. This should he lightly rubbed into the affected part at bedtime,, the skin having previously been washed in hot water (b) m order to become rat ent plenty of good nourishing roods. A starchy diet is to be recommended. Malt inid cod liver oil emulsions are also found to be beneficial. However, nothing should be done except under the advice or a medical practitioner. Seeker: No queries are answered in this column unless the correct' name and address of the questioner are ffiven.