ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2201, 7 May 1896, Page 43

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Minnie —Thanks for your note and the assurance that I am of some help; Ye?, like you, I entirely sympathise with the wives who are unavoidably left behind, sad I thmk the cure can oDly b« found in»the ireiternnielfiihness of meo. Lei every mother who has son* to bring up remember that she is tiaicing a husband for somebody's daughter, and oa her training depends the result of whether he will be a' selfish or an unselfish husband. Yes, no doubt " there's

resting bj-aud-bye ".for the wives who are left behind here, but that seems fa- -off comfort. Dolores.— (l) Yoji are too young to put Up your hair yet. Hit is thick, arrange two oc three Fteuch rolls, oic si pretty coil high up at the back of the head, and let the- re*t of the back hair lewaiu hanging loose. <2) Yes, the iuside ' of freshly cut cucumber peelings or slices, of the cucumber itself (3) I . onsider lemon too strung to be used, except very occasionally, for the removal of sunburn or freckles Cucumber, glycerine, or buttermilk are any of them much better. (4) Your handwriting is wanting in decision — not permanently formed yet. A. B, Duncdin.— l do not think anything will take the smell of Brunswick black from a straw hat except exposure to the air. Hang the hxt in a gaud draught for a day or two, aa<i I fancy you will find the objectionable odour removed. Tapakui. Ii is very difficult to knuw how to advise you under the circumstances You could probably iccover the articles or' their valu» by suing- for them, but of rourae you can scarcely t&ke_ this stpp out of consideration for the victim. A prosecution for trespass is equally out of the question. Could not' one of you always work aboutthe pathway and thus make sure of intercepting the intruder?