THE LADIES' PAGE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2401, 8 March 1900, Page 55

THE LADIES' PAGE.

ANSWERS TO COBRESPONDENTS. To Remove " Blackheads." — Lemon writes: — A veiy certain and safe remedy is to rub gently the skin with the juice of a freshly-cut lemon two or three times a clay. In a week or fortnight they will entirely disappear. C. C. — The only method to permanently remove surplus hairs is electrolysis. It is a tedious and expensive process. Write to Mr Jenkins, Rattray street, who undertakes this class of work. Taoup.LED. — It depends upon what cause it arises from, .fiobably it is due to indigestion. If so, diet yourself, taking nothing that disagrees with you. ZrALiA. — (1) Select the small variety of tomato, remove the skins, and allow lib sugar for each, pound of tomatoes. Let them stand to1 gether over night, drain off the syrup in the morning, and boil it, skimming well. Then put in the tomatoes, and boil gently for 20 minutes. Take out the fruit with a perforated skimmer, boil the syrup till it thicIcens, adding the juice of a lemon for every 2lb of tomatoes; put the fruit into the jars, and fill with hot syrup, sealing up when cold. (2) Dot informs me that both Maidey and Maisie are valued contributors to the Little Folk's Page. SFaok.— -Cider caunoi ba mage uatiafactorilx

without proper machinery. The following is a recipe -which you might try: — A cask or keg of any convenient size has a false bottom ■ in which Sre numerous holes, the false being raised a few 'inches above the real bottom. The apples are ground and packed in the cask above the false bottom, first placing a . coarse cloth over it. At the top oi the apples is a follower. Water is poured in in suffl- : eienfc quantity to cover the apples, and the j •whole allowed to stand 3G hours, and then the ,■ liquor is drawn off by a. spigot near the bot- i torn. This is repeated ' twice. The three , liquors are mixed, and the usual process of ' fermenting gone through before bottling. By , this plan the necessity for a press and mill is [ avoided, as the apples may be brought to a, pulp by pounding them in a barrel or strong box. j M. M., Wedderburn. — To every gallon of water ' put 41b of honey and boil it three quarters of j an hour, taking care to skim it. To every i gallon add an ounce of hops, and boil for half i an hour. Let stand till next day, when put in ! a cask, and to 13 gallons of the liquor add a quart of brandy. Let it be lightly stoppered till the fermentation is over, and then stop it very close. If you make a large cask keep for a year before \ising, and for a smaller one in proportion. ' i