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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22277, 27 November 1935, Page 5

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QUERIES AND ANSWERS

BY FKMINA To Readers.—lt is advisable that Questions and answers for this column should be Bent in addressed to "Feminn." Cure for Warts A certain cure for warts is asked for by W.S. (Tokoroa). Teeth Cleanser D.B. (New Lynn).—lf I were you I would ask either a dentist or a chemist. A Scratched Table Mrs. D.LI. (Mount Eden) will be clad to know of a way of removing scratches from the top of a highly-polished rosewood table. To* Darken Faded Stockings To darken Cashmere stockings that have faded by the action of the sun, a correspondent advises sponging them (laid out on a board) with a little gin or other white spirit. If light coloured, another way is to rinse or sponge them with some water in which acetic acid has been dissolved till its colour is apparent. If dark, sponge in vinegar and water. After a good rinse or sponge hang to dry in a shady place. To Freshen a Coat A method of freshening and restoring the nap to a black caracul coat, and also Restoring the collar where it has been burnt by the sun, giving it a rusty look, is asked for by "Crescent." A method of softening and whitening coarse Hour bags so that they may be used for tea-towels is a'lso asked for, and "Crescent," in addition, inquires what colour dye should be used to make cream stockings a beige or light fawn colour.

Dog Biscuits In answer to a correspondent's request for a recipe for home-made dog biscuits, the following has been sent in by A.T. (Mount Eden): —Rub 2oz. fresh, pure mutton dripping into lib. wholemeal. Mix to a very stiff dough with water, or milk and water. Roll out to about Jin. thickness and cut into biscuit shapes. They should be baked a long time in a slow oven until they are thoroughly done. Keep in an air-tight tin. Hand Emollient A recipe for a hand emollient containing turpentine and camphor, asked for a short time ago by an inquirer, has been sent in bv M.H. It is as follows: —Take two ounces camphor, half an ounce capsicum powder, one ounce oil onganum, one ounce hemlock, two fluid drams oil sassafras, two fluid drains oil of cajeput, one fluid drain oil turpentine and sixteen ounces alcohol or methylated spirits. Mix and let stand to dissolve well for 14 days. I hen strain and use. When Motoring A simple remedy for motor-car sickness, writes O.T. (Renown), is to use chewing-gum/ This has been tried in several cases and has been most successful. She adds that few people who aro actually driving the car themselves get sick. Another correspondent advises trying either glucose or barley sugar. lluby M. (Hamilton) also suggests chewing-gum. "Just put a pieco 111 your month," she writes, "and chow it every now and again. I used to bn terribly car sick until I started using chewing-gum, but I have not been since." Melting Moments The following recipe for " melting moments " has been sent in by S.G.M. (Waikato):—Take Jib. butter, ohq cupful icing sugar, one cupful flour, one cupful cornflour, pinch salt and one pinch of baking powder. Mix all together and roll out as for biscuits. Cut one inch wide and about two inches long, mark with dinner fork and bake in a moderate oven 10 to 15 minutes. When cold put together with the following filling:—Two tablespoonsful castor sugar, two tablespoonsful boiling water, two tablespoonsful butter and essence to taste. Beat well and add a little icing sugar to thicken. The Bug Pest

"Some considerable time ago," writes a subscriber, "we were unfortunate in getting bed bugs into the men's quarters. As we had never seen them before and they make their appearance only at night thev were established before discovered. The wire mattresses were thoroughly scrubbed with disinfectant, then oiled and given a coat of shellac as well as being sprayed every fortnight with kerosene. The walls and ceiling (match-lined) were given two coats of paint and the floor was oiled and polished with beeswax and turpentine. However, with the return of the warmer weather these objectionable pests have once again made their appearance. I will be very grateful if any one can advise any means of eradication." Light Fruit Block Oake 'The following recipes have been forwarded in answer to a query from Mrs. A. C.Cream together 1 i lb. butter and 1 ilb. sugar, and beat in gradually 21b. eggs, which have been first well beaten. Then stir in gradually 2jlb. flour with which two teaspoonsful baking powder have been mixed. Next work in 1 ilb. sultanas, 1 ilb. currants and 3 -ilb. chopped peel. Put in a paperlined tin aricl bake in a moderate oven about 2J hours. Another recipe is to beat lib. butter and l-}lb. sugar to a cream and beat in 9 eggs one by one. Then add, stirring slowly, -Jib. chopped candy peel, lib. sultanas and lib. raisins. Next stir in 1-Jlb. Hour in which is mixed one teaspoon baking powder. Put in a paper-lined tin and bake two and a half hours in a moderate oven. A third method is to cream .'Mb. butter and 411b. sugar. Beat in one by one 41b. eggs, work in 41b. currants, 41b. sultanas, and 21b. chopped peel. Follow this by slowly adding 61b. flour in which lo•/.. baking powder is mixed. Lastly work in as much of a pint of milk as will make a good, stiff paste. Put in a grease paper-lined tin and bake in a moderate oven about two and a half hours.