LADIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1853, 27 May 1887, Page 32

LADIES.

. The world was tad— the garden wot a wild / And man, the Hermit, sighed — till woman smiled. — CAMPBELL. TO GOBBESPONDENTS. [Alice will be pleased to receive letters from lady correspondents on any matter of interest to them, and to reply through the medium of this page, the rum ac plume only of the correspondents being published. Letters to be addressed "Alice," care of the Editor.] ANSWBBS TO COHBESPONDENTS. , | Starch.— l refer you to the article published below. Starch does not really do the system much harm unless the kidneys are 'affected, or unless it be adulterated. Pure . starch is made chiefly from potatoes, and contains fattening properties. Isabel.— l have forwarded the book and hope you will like it. There are three styles of handwriting. The laßt is mine. ' All wi'l be "good practice for y6u, but choose the style you like Dest I and after having gone.once bhroughthe book confine yourself to it. „.'/,.• Maggib.— Your plain way of * putting' thingsomade me laugh. It might certainly, cause nim. to '■pop the question," if he thought' others were anxious to do so too, but if I advised' you to 1 encourage the attentions of gentlemen you do not care far I would be telling you , to flirt, and that must always be condemned. Never trifle with the affections of one to gain the love of another. However, I do not believe in girls being made the sport of the opposite sex. Two years is rather too long to monopolise the company of a lady without I any definite proposals. Most certainly you should not allow him the privilege of kissing you. Be reserved and cool in your manner. Do not let him see too plainly how much you care for him until you are certain of his affection. Men, as a general rule, prize most what they have the most difficulty in winning, and unless you see he is desirous of winning you lor his wife be too proud to do the courting, A true love "is always worthy a I man's earnest wooing, and if he does not know it give him tho chance to learn the .fact that others j do. < Jkanik. —You aßk, Do I think that friendship can be quite the same after a quarrel as before ? It would be a very sorry world if quarrels always killed affection , because sad to say th u re are too many of them. AH are liable to make misLake3 and be unjust and , take offence where none was intended, and thefirst to discover the mistake should be the first to own , it. A false pride will very often stand as a barrier between two friends, when their hearts are yearning for reconciliation. Sometimes a quarrel has been the means to effect good. It has opened the eyes of the offenders to their weakness and faults, and called forth the determination never again to so transgress, but I do believe that ' quarrels oft repeated weaken love. It must do so, for the elements of love are self-sacrifice, gentleI ness, patience, respect," and truit, and quarrels do | not bring these high sentiments into play. On the contrary, quarreling calls into play injustice, doubt, harshness, impatience, even cruelty, and before oft recurring storms the flowers of love must droop and die, or, if not wholly die, loose their fragrance and fade. The sooner a breech is healed the' better, " Let not the sun go down • upon thy wrath." The one in fault is the most unhappy. It is harder to sin than to be sinned against. A clear conscience is a safe soothing draught. Your verses shall appear. "Nellie.— Bead this week's article. ' I would not recommend you "a safe cosmetic." if I knew of any. When you are troubled with the pimples, put a tablespoonful of sulphur into a basin of milk over night, and stir- it up and 'cover it with a plate or saucer. In the morning the sulphur will be at the bottom, pour off the milkand batheyour face with it. Certainly, they are a great disfigurement, but there is great purifying properties' in the sulphur. Do this twice & day till the pimples disappear. At the same time regulate your diet. Eat as little fat as possible, avoid plum pudding, and all rich, indigestible food, and take plenty of open air walking

exercise. E. K. - 16 takes up more time than I can spare to set the copies through, an exercise book— unless there be real occasion for It, and in your case I do not think there is, a? you write a nice hand already,' therefore I have returned the stamps. , Agnes.— Reply next issue.