ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 38, 14 February 1931, Page 2 (Supplement)

ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

waimane: bpace aoes not-permit ais-j cussing: tills question here. I Would suggest that you visit the library and consult any good cncyt-lmJnecliiii Wondering asks (tl) What does "Sigma Clii" mean? (b) In what book does the following: extract occur and who is the; author, "Cabbages and Icing's, whether pigs have wings"?—(a) At the moment 1 cannot supply the meaning of "Sigma Chi.": (to) This comes from the well known work or Charles Lulwidge Dobsotl, better -known to children as Lewis Carroll. The verse runs:— ; -' "The time has come," the walrus said, "To talk of. many things, Of shoes—and ships—and sealing wax— OC Cabbages—and kings— And why the sea is boiling hot— And -whether pigs ha*e wings." William wonders what would cause a photograph to come out in the Opposite direction to which it was talc-en? —This is always the case with, a negative. The reason is .that the picture is a direct impression, which, when looked at must be reversed. The same .principle holds good with an ink written, line to Which blotting paper is pressed. On the blotting paper the Writing will be reversed. In photography the print taken off the negative shows the scene as it originally appeared.

Streaky inquires the average height and weight of a girl aged 13.—The average height of a girl 13 .years or age is ift 9-Jin, Whilst the average weight or a girl the same ago is Gst 31b. ftivette itlquii'es (a) What prevents fair hair 4'rom 'darkening? (b) What is the cause of its darkening?—(a) To prevent light .or golden Hair from going dark heat 11$ the yolks of two .quite f,r.esh eg.gs with 'half an ounce (one tablespoonrul). or tincture or Quillaia Sapotiaria, and with a toilet glove ruh the whole or Wis mixture Well into the scalp. Next In a quart of hot sort water heat up one 'ounce of the isatne tincture, .and a heaped tablespooiiTul of powdered Thorax.- Dissolve this first in two taWespoonfuls of .tepid water. TJext wash the hair and liead Hi the liquid. This ■will produce 'a pleiitirul lather when rublied into the egg mixture already on the iiead. and rndy be removed toy • copious r,tas,i.ugs, first 4h hot sort Avater, then in cooler. Afterwards dry the hair in hot towels. Some keep their hair fa'Lr hy treating it with pel-oxide of hyiirogeh, a well-known hleiichitig ageril '(to) An. increase of iron in the blood lias the. ..effect or. darkening fair. hair. Buttercup asks (a) What is the length or the Connaught Tunnel through the Rocky Mountains? (b) When was it built, and who built it?—(a) The tonnaught Tunnel, which pierces the Selkirk mountains at Rogers Pass, British Columbia, is five miles long, (b) It -was baUt between 1013 and 1016. I am unable to 1 supply the name of the engineer who was ii. charge of construction.