Ladies' Pages.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1024, 16 October 1891, Page 4

Ladies' Pages.

To Lady .Readers. The Ladies’ pages of the N.Z. Mail are now- edited by ‘Dora,’ who will be most happy to receive from her many readers any items of interest on dresses, fashions, household hints, cookery, artistic work, the management of ohilaren, gossip, or other topics. Under the heading ‘Answers to Correspondents ’ ‘ JDora ’ will endeavour week after week to answer any enquiries which may be made. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Belt.® (To Aro). —For a white dress, cover with two skirts of chiffon of different colours, one over the other—pink over blue, gold over brown. Drape the bodice to correspond with double f;ill3 of the two, turning downwards from the neck. Have three bands of ribbon of the shade of the overskirt carried round tho figure from under the arms, and a waste frill of the two shades. S.B. (Halcombe) —The best plan of keeping a ball-dress is to bring it up so that it does not in any way crush, covering : t with a liolland bag that does not weigh upon it or confine it at all, but entirely excludes dust or atmospheric action. Anxious Mother (Greymoutli).— A very good nourishing drink for young children is made as follows :—Beat the white of an egg or two to a stiff froth, then add half a pint of warm milk, or milk and water sweetened. It will require careful mixing. This is very nourishing, and, unlike beef tea and broths, is not apt to make children feverish, and seldom upsets the bowels. Alba (Thorndon). A delicious and wholesome drink for the coming season is lime juice. Purchase the crude lime juice in quart black bottles. It is sold by nearly all grocers. About a couple of wineglassfuls and a pint of cold water with a little brown sugar well stirrod makes one of the most wholesome drinks you can use. Kate (Oxford). —Is this anything like what you require for lemon dumplings. It is the best and nicest recipe I know. One pound of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, the minced rind and strained juico of two lemons, and half a pound of sugar ; stir in two wellbeaten eggs and sufficient milk to form a stiff dough. Form iu balls or put in cups, tie over with small cloths and boil one hour. Serve with wine sauce.