THE LADIES' PAGE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2289, 13 January 1898, Page 43

THE LADIES' PAGE.

By Emmelink

The irorld was aa,d — the garden waj a tt'.lii, And man, the Hermit, signed, till woruau nmilad.

Emnaelius will be pleased to receive letters from correspondents on liny ipatcer of merest to them, aud to reply through the medium of llilu jjige, the norn do plume only of tbe soneapondenu to fee published. Letters to be addressed " Emmeltat," oa.ro of the Editor.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Inquirer. — I can give you tbe meanings of the woTds, but you will have to patch up the sentence youreelt :— Kite, see, know, perceive; pai, good, goodness, pleas.mt, beautiful ; koi?, thou ; tetahi, one, a certain one, another ; ktlca, sweet, palatable, flavour; A, has a number of meanings, amongst others belonging to ; aha, what ; maku, for me, moist, wet ; Ilema, a demigod, son of J£aita - gala, by Whaitiri. He ■was slain by some evil and supernatural creatures dwelling by day in tbe w.iter ; maku, see above ; k*i, menace, th* heel, lest, the name of a tree ; he, a. an, wrong, unjust, unfair, improper, a mistake ; mea, a thing, to cause, to say, to intend, to think. Chauixy.— Apply toTDr Truby Kiog. Country Mousk. -(1) First make sure that the persona wish to know each other. Indiscriminate introductions are a great mistake Introduce the interior to the supeuor, the man to the woman, the youug<-r to the elder. In the case of royalty, you would present a lady to a prince ; in other cases, UDleas there is a vast differenc* of rank, sex determines the matter. (2) You give first the name of the person presented ; for instance, Mr .Smith Miss Thompson. M. M. T>. — A depilatory will remove hairs temporarily. The spplication must be repeated each, time the hair returns. In many cases the preparations advertised iuocase the superfluous hair to a great exteut. Such a cure as you are promised can only be performed by leaving the skin permanently tcarred, or else by electrolysis. You na<i better be careful. Electrolysis should be performed by a skilled practitioner. The operation is tedious and expensive. «