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Otago Witness, Issue 2302, 14 April 1898, Page 43

THE LADIES' PAGE.

The world iras ltd— the gardeu if aj a wild. Ani man, the Hermit, sighed, till woman mailed. — Ciur»si.T,.

ImmeUae 'will be pleased to receive letters from correspondents on any matter of interest to them, and to reply through the medium of tlm page, the norn de plume only of the ssnespondenta to *c published. Letters to be addressed •' Enimeiinn," cure of the Editor. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Thankful.— l am afraid I cannot omit the gloves even if you have failed with them so far. Try "the following treatment :— Always wash y&nr .■, hands- iu tepid — neither cold nor hot — water, "using good soap. Drop into the water a teaspoonfnl of; ammonia. ' llix some eoar&i&h oatmeal into a. paste with coM water, and mb the 'bands well with it ; finish by rubbing in 'some almond ointment, and sleep in loese, vrell-ven.--tilajbed gloves. * A Trjend^Who Would Like to Know.— <l) In your, case.it would be better to di3cari scap in the meantime. (2) Ye«, oatmeal would "be "beneficial. (3) Milk would probaUy b& the best thing you could use, merely sponging your face ■with it. (4) Only once ;if water is used have it lukewarm. You should apply a little vaseline when the skin is smarting. Sheilah. — (1) Freckles indicate an excess of iron in th'e'blood, and finely-powdered nitre (saltpetre) is usually ap effective remedy for them. Dip 4he finger in water, and then in the powder, and apply to the freckles, repeating the operation at brief intervals till the spits disappear. Lemon juice applied in the same way another good remedy. (S) Better be content # with it as it is. The following mixture ii?, however, Baid tote a bleach, but I have had no experience with it : — Muriatic acid loz, aqua ammonia kz> rosewater half pint. & No, they should harmonise. Madge —I do not know of anything that would remove sea water stains from a leather music case. I should imagine you would require to have the -whole restnined to get the cslour uniform. Constant Reader — The following is a recipe for tomato sauce. You can make smaller cxnantilies in proportion :— Take 4olb tomatoes, wipe clean ; "bail until the skins and seeds S'parale easily ; pulp them through a sieve which will retain the skins and seeds. Boil the juice until it has lost one third of its bulk. Then add two quaris of strong vinegaT, cayenne pepper from £oz to 2oz, according to tante ; salt lib, white sugar 21b, cloves 4oz ; b-ul for half an hour. Where the flavour of gallic is not objected to, 4cz may be added to the fuiee iv the first boiling after the straining. When half cold bottle and cork Securely.