THE LADIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1866, 26 August 1887, Page 32

THE LADIES.

By Alice.

The world was sad — the garden was a wild; And man, the Hermit, sighed — till woman smiled: — OAMPBBIX.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Alick 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 norn ac plume only of the correspondents being published. Letters to be addressed " Alice," care of the Editor.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Mara.— l am glad you enjoy the Ladles' page bo much. Iry the vie of sulphur for your teeth. It has been found to be a very good tooth powder. Miserablk.— Yes, write to me as often as yon like: Now, to begin with, don't do anything so foolish as to run away. Where would you run to ? »v hat would happen to you if you left your home to go among sbrauuors who care nothing for you. and would couueru themselves very little about you ? It may sound very line iv a story, but if you run away from thoße who know you, those who do not will yield you just as much help as they .ire obliged, and that is not much. Taking it all through, it is. a very hard world to get on in, and unless you have ability to fight in it, as well as work in it., you aro better in the shelter of your own home. Your rather, to say the least, seems very unkind, but are you sure you give him no cause ? Strive earnestly to do your duty in each hour of the day. You can do no more, but you can do much less. Never mind what unkindness you have to encounter, be faithful in the performance of each duty. In time patient perseverance must tell. Lady Julia. — No ; my experience of Hop Bitters is that they are strong enough for a horse, and a great deal too strong for a human being. Of course other people may speak differently, having experienced beneiiqial effects from them ; but I have only had one experience of them. I felt " low," aad, seeing that they promised great things to women and ohildreu, I procured some, and took the prescribed dose. I telt a good deal lower Jive minutes after. The second dose made me feel still lower. So I gave them up as a failure. Hkkmhs.— l will not undertake to point out your bad qualities alone. As I stated before, I had one experience on that point, and that will last me a life,time. Yon say you know all your good onen. Very well, get a dear, familiar friend to tell you your bad ones. Thank you for your nice letter. A Subscriber. — I cannot toll yon how the Grand March is done. >ou ought to find it in a " Ballroom Guide." Jane Eyre.— (l) Why do I always leave off in the most interesting part of " Fickle Jack"? Why, you don't expect the paper to be all story, do you ? (2) No, I cannot train grapes, but I can eat some when you have got them to bear. (3) Yes, glycerine is good for chapped hands. Glycerine »nd rcewati r combined. Wash them iv oatmeal and water. (4) .No, I don't believe in boy love. I believe that boys believe in it but if a boy did what ho at wars wants to do the first time he is in love— marry the girl-very few men would live to a sensible and calm old age. Some would shoot themselvfs some be hanged for shooting their wives, others would be confined in a lunatic asylum, and more still would spend their leisure like Mr Jellabv in " Bleak House "—with their heads against the wall too sad and too hopeless even to complain, • Lsith.— You rouse deep feeling and thought by your letter. It is a question on which one cannr-t reason, but can only feel. To the outward eye it seems that almost everything is false— and the one great task of millions is to suffer— and sometimes one is led to ask eveu if we •'suffer to grow strong " whether it is worth it. This, of course, is in our weaker moments— such times come to all —when the strong, restless heart, like the sea waves, leaps and dashes itself against the rocks of adverse Fate. There is no way, that I can Bee or show you, to make life that "godlike" thing you speak of but by takiDg it just as it iswithifs common burdens and common sins, and living each day to our best. " Try not the pass," the old man said ; " dark lowers the tempest overhead," but the young voice answered, "Excelsior ! " And each fresh hfarb hopes anew and expects anew from a world that the old weep over. God in rlis goodness has it so— To expect nothing is to aim at nothing, and it is befc'er to aim at the sky than aft the ground. You may miss it, but you will shoot higher up than it your target were not at so greai, an elevation. IJe sure that there is some meaning to that " unsatisfied longing." We cannot understand the mystery of life nnymore than we can the mystery of" death. It v not meant that we should do so ; it will all rome right by-and-bye. Have no fear to trust while there is evidence of so much good. From that, yearning for •' something that is wanting still," you will learn that it is not some grand indefinahli^life our souls are able to live now, on!<* in "the trivial ro nd, the common task " can we " make our lives sublime." lam glad you like the poems. Let me hear from you again. Luciixe.— You are right, the Queen is below medium height, measuring sft to a line. The reason sho appears tall in pictures of receptions, &c, is that she is usually on a raised Old Maid. -See last week's " No^es and Queries." M. A B.— Apple Snow : Reduce half 1 a dozen apples to a pulp, press through a sieve, sweeten and flavour them. Take the whiter of six eggs, whisk them for some minutes, and strew into them two table* spoonfuls of sifted sugar. Beat the pulp to a froth, then mix the two together and whisk them until they look like stiff snow. Pile high in rough piece s on a Bla9B dish, stick a sprig ot rnvrtln in the middle, and garnish with small pieces of brightcoloured jelly. B Regina.— (l) Scones: lib flour. U\q hibiespoonfuls of baking powder, sal', biit'ermitk enough to make a firm dough. Roll them Jin thick, cut them in rounds or squares, and cook them over Iho flip, on a griddle, first one side and then the. of.her. Fail* ing a griddle, they can be cooked in the oven, and turned over when nbouf. hnlf done. (2) How to Make Calf's Foot Jelly : Procure two calf's ieet or a cow-heel, the latter being much cheat er aud equally nourishing. Buy the fret, with the hair on, became when ready prepared a groit deal of the substance that makes jelly hns been boiled away. In order to get the hair off, have ready a saucepan of boiling water ; hold the foot in it with your fingers so that the water jusi covers the hair (from five to ten minutes U long enough) ; the hair will scrape off easily with a knife. Put the feet into about five pints of water, and boil Mian till half the water is wa'ted ; strain it, and when cold take off the fat. Put it into a saucepan with sugar, lemon juice, lemon peel, according to taste. In order to clear t>>e j°lly. thf whites of five eggs well beaten up to a f»i>th'and the shell" broken up must be added Set the jelly on the lire, do not stir it after it begins to' warm; when it risos ra a head, let it boil for 20 minutes Prepare a conical bag of course flannel, with two strings on the broad part, with which to tie to the backs of two chairs. A coarse huckaback towel, which maybe tacked together, making one corner the point, ia even a better jelly bag. Dip the bag \i\ hot water and squeeze it dry. Having placed a basin or shape under the point of the bag, pour the contents of the «aucepan. carefully into it, aad they will run slowly through into the shape. Do not press the bag, or the jelly will be cloudy. Great clearness ia not important, since this quality is more' to please the eye than tbe palate. Calf'a foot jelly may be made without wine.