THE LADIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1947, 18 June 1891, Page 37

THE LADIES.

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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Snowdbop.— (l) For polishing floors get the wood clean, have some Vandyke brown and burnt sienna ground ia water, mix it in strong size, put on with a whitewash or new paiut brush as evenly as you can. When dry, givfl two coats of copal or oak varnish. (2) If the floor is a new one, have the border well washed. Polish with glass-paper, rubbing always with the grain of the wood. Varnish wioh good oik varnish, put colouring matter into the varnish to suit your taste, but umber is best; if the floor Isold and blackened, p<jint it. Oomstamt Subscriber, Westport. -The Andalusians nnd. Leghoros are the best breeds of towls for layiag, but neither of them are very good table birds. I would recommead you to buy a purebred Andalusian rooster 'and do away with all the old hens as soon aa the pullets you rear next season commence lo lay. Pure Aadaluuians begin at six months old, and some even as early as five. The following year you could cell the roo3ter and purchase another nofi related to it. and on this principle iv the course of three years your' fowls would bo prdctioally purebred. Leghorns are equally as good layers, hut through baing bo rauoh inb r ed in this colony they have bscoine somewhat t'elicire In feeding for eggs you will find oats pr-tetable to wheat, and bran and pollard mixed preferable to pollard alone Give the Utter in the morning ana the odis n % . miu-d>ty and nights. Don'c buy either by the bushel, but by the bajj. and y, v will get them cheaper than you are at preseut paying. You should read tho poultry column of the Witness. J. B. — See Home Interests. Gkokgina, Pujekireki, sends the following remedies for freckles in answer to a correspondent who asked for a recipe -.- (1) Bemedy for freckles.— The following remedy is said to have been found efflcaoious la Europe : Finely powdered lulphophenate of zino, 1 part; oil of lemon, 1 part; pure alcohol, 5 parts; collodin, 45 parts; drops, grains, or drucium — bi yon pleme

—may be .used. - Directions — Mix will, then apply to' the freckles twice daily; until tlid change is affected. (3) To remove freckles.— Hub them twice, daily with a piece of saltpetre, moistened by touching it in water. 0. €h— Your long letter received, for which I thank you. I agree with a good deal of wbat you say. You must not think all verie writers are poets. Many a poem is written in prose. Foets are God's interpreters— they give you the spiritual meaning of everything that matter symbolises. Nature is an expression of the infinite mind, and nothing in Nature can be bad* You must not confound a poet'Sjindiyldnallty with his genius, whioh is an inspiration quite apart from his own acts perhaps. Emerion says : MWe write from aspiration and -antagonism, as well as from experience. We paint those qualities we do not possess. The poet admires the man, of energy and tactics, the merchant breeds his son for the church or the bar, and when a man is not vain and egotistic you shall find what he has not by his praise."