THE LADIES' PAGE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2242, 18 February 1897, Page 43

THE LADIES' PAGE.

By Emmehne

Ths world iv s»d— tbo garden vrai » wild, And nifh, the Hermit, Kfghod, (111 trooicn (tnilod. -Oiumu. Kn-melino will be plriued to rccrtYC ietictn 'ioin oorrcs poadenu oa »ny nmttsr of lni«re^t to ilieiu. anil to replj through Ihe medium of this pagd, the norn .le pluuit only of tho ooneapondents to be pub)l9bc<t. I.etuvs 10 be »ddre»sed " Kmm«lin«," oare of the Kdltor. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Ada.— o) Mrs Miller'B o okery book is tbe one you menn. It is obtainable fit any bookseller's at )p, onstage extr*. (2) Will appear in next wee£'n Hoiii-.- Interests. Nautilus. — The description is more suitable for the country columns, where you will find it. Waihemo. — Patterns for crochet and knitting take up so much ' space that I have given up publishing them, a pattern such as you desire appear in Vol. XII Mrs Leaches Fancy Work Baaket, obtainable at W. J. I'rictor and Co.'s, Stafford street ; price 2s 6d. Nellik.— The naruo oi the soog i 9 " Anchored." You can obtain a book containing it at any of tho music-sellers'. Inquirer, Hyde. — (1) You either boiled your jelly too long or not long enough, or else yon used beet sunar. Your best plan is to cover it over and put it away for a few months. It may possibly set sufficiently for you to use it ; if it does not, it will fcjrra«3lft. and after the fermentation is done yon can pour it off into bottU'S and u»e it as abj rap. lvitttDg gelatine with v will >,ot do i>ny good. (2) Hr-uK th«» h*t up in a < raughfc, and the odour will disappear (3) It h snueh better to do so, but it is not absolutely necessary. Rhodes and Co., George street. (4) It depends upon whether you are an amateur or a professional. Send a couple of shillings to M«s»rs W. J. Prictor and Co , .Stafford street, and they will forward you oomo sample journals to make your eelection from. Personally lam of opinion that. thorn is nothing belter rhan the old-established You- g Ladies Jsurnal. Weldon's ia good enough, but e*cL one is for special branches, Buoh' as the Ladies' Dressmaker, the Milliner, &c.,'and if they are all subscribed for they bacome expensive.