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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23284, 1 March 1939, Page 5

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BY FEJIIKA "L.C." would like to know liow to clean a gr<k'ii stiedo belt. Syrup of Figs "Helensville" would bo grateful for a recipe i'or s.vrup of ii^s. Pork and Beans "1.N.L." (Te Kiiiti) asks for a recipe for pork and beans cooked with golden syrup Preserving Fish "Herring" ("Whangarei Harbour) would be grateful to know of ways oJ preserving small fish. Darkening Light Shoes sends these methods: — After cleaning the surface, swab it over to the desired shade with some black or dark brown spirit stain. Leave until dry, and then polish bard with some wax on a clean cloth, following with the usual shoe polish. Another good method is to beat well the yolks of two eggs and the white of one, and add to a paste made of one tablespoon of gin and one teaspoon of sugar thickenou with some ivory black. Rub this black paste on the cleaned shoes and set aside for three days for the blackening to harden. AVhen the shoes are ready for use they may bo blackened and polished as usual. Mineral Cures "Ernjay" (Kaipara) sends this recipe for bath treatment for lumbago:—• Dissolve t\yo handsful of coarse salt, one handful of washing soda and two small packets of Epsom salts in the bath, which should be as hot as possible, and soak in it for 20 minutes. "Mrs. H." OViri) writes that the following two treatments have cured her of rheumatism. (1) Take a good handful of washing soda and dissolve in boiling water. When the water has cooled just enough to hear, bathe the spine from the top of the neck. (2) Dissolve one packet ol Epsom salts in four tnblespoonsful of boiling water and bathe the affected parts.