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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22405, 29 April 1936, Page 6

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QUERIES AND ANSWERS BY tfEMINA To Benders.—lt is ndvisable that questions and answers for this column should be sent in addressed to "Femina." Preserving Apples S.G.M. (Waikato) asks for a recipe to preserve apples with sulphur. She also wishes to renovate a Japanese tray, and asks whether it would be possible to paint it. Ointment for Hands E.H. would be grateful for the directions for making an ointment for chapped hands. Renovating Ooat H.E.G., Manurewa, writes to say that wishing to turn a shop-made cloth coat, she has unpicked all the seams, but has found the front of the coat badly plastered with a sticky substance,. possibly used for flat pressing. She has tried cleaning with benzine, etc., but is unable to remove the paste. Could any reader suggest a remedy as the coat is of little use unless the sticky substance can be removed. Knitting Directions E.H.N. (Te Awamutu) asks if there is a method of knitting to produce an astrachan-like fabric with the stocking stitch by making little loops very close together on the right side. She has seen machine-knitting like this and would very much like to do it herself. "The Stormy Petrel" A correspondent would like to know where she can get a poem, "The Stormy Petrel," published many years ago, if still in print. Baked Beans In Tomato Sauce A correspondent would be very grateful for a recipe for making spaghetti or baked beans in tomato sauce. Malting Bread Directions for making bread from compressed yeast, using a third of a cake of yeast each time are asked for by C.H.'(Mamaku). To Clean Blackened Sliver The following has been sent in by M.H. (Auckland) for dealing with blackened silver.: —Put one teaspoon of strong ammonia in one pint of very hot Mater and rub tho silver over quickly with this liquid and a soft brush. When cleaned as much as possible, dry with a clean towel, and rub very dry with chamois leather. This should both clean and give a fine polish. If anything remains after this treatment use the following polish: Make one ounce rouge and 3oz fine chalk into a paste with some methylated spirits, rub this paste all over the silver. Let dry and rub off and then polish hard with a chamois cloth. There is no need to use this paste unless the first treatment fails to take off all the dirt. A couple of teaspoons of carbonate of soda could be used dissolved in tho water in place of the ammonia if desired, but the ammonia is best. Mildew from Linen MA —A correspondent sends in the following directions to remove mildew from linen. She writes: Thoroughly wet the linen and rub with any good laundrv soap until the soap is almost caked on the linen. Spread on the grass and keep wet for a few days. I urn occasionally. This method is successful in the very worst cases and does not seem to weaken the fabric. M.C.8., Epsom, sends in the following directions: —Use equal parts of soft soap and water, wet the linen in this anil put out in the sun on the grass and sprinklo salt thicklv over it. Leave out dav and night. When it becomes dry sprinkle with water but not enough to wash off the soap and salt. Tho mildew will gradually disappear. To make