ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 998, 17 April 1891, Page 4

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

j Mabel, Napier.—Try salt and vinegar for I removing the fur from the inside of f decanters. Another plan is to use raw potatoes cut into small pieces, or tea : leaves with a little soap powder. . An Old Maid, Nelson.—The ‘good luck’ connected with the horse-shoe is believed to have its rise in the halo which is made' to surround the heads of saints in pictures. In early times the halos were often made of shiny metal, in the form whioh one may see in old engravings. By degrees tho colours of the picture faded, leaving the metal, which was shaped almost exactly like a|hoise-shoa. A. 8., Hokitika.—To clean a slimy sponge it is recomtnendfd by those who have tried it that if it lays all night in some sour buttsmiilk and then well rinse in cold water it will be aB fresh as anew one. Cook, Wellington.—So far aa I can learn the real truffle has not .been discovered in this colony. Yon cau procure excellent truffles preserved in bottles at some of the leading grocers in town, and in using them for stuffing game, proceed, as though you were using mushlooms, only as the flavour of the truffle is stronger than that of the mushroom half the quantity will be found sufficient. E.K., Gisborne—lt is quite proper at a hotel table when you are in walking attire to put on your gloves immediately after finishing your dinner, even if there are strangers still at the table. M.E.F.—It is not proper for a young girl to ask a man friend to write to her. Let him ask her permission to do so. A. 8., Carterton.—The sketch of the jacket and the description is sent me by a lady correspondent in London, but she does not supply the gut jjaper patterns. lam * Sorry I Cannot oblifia **ou. Many thanks ] for your kind appreciation of the Ladies’ | pages oft he Mail.