ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2604, 10 February 1904, Page 61

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Ixquieeb.— (1) Ink the boots before- blacking them 1. If it is necessary to remove incrustations of tan polish, rub in a little turpentine and milk before U3ing the ink. (2) Take Jib starch, a teasporaful of borax starch glaze, a teaspoonful of borax, a teaspoonful of melted soap, two teaspoonfuls of 'turpentine, and a quart of cold water. Put the dry ingredients into a deep basin and mix well together; shred a, little soap into a cup, and pour boiling water over it. JN hen melted, add to the dry ingredients. Put m a little cold water to break the starch, then add tho remainder. Make the .day Defoxe ironing. (3) The linen should be lather damp. Dip the front, collar, and cuffs into the Btareh; squeeze them well out, and 101 l up tip-ht for some hours; then, shrike out. and pull them quite straight, leaving no creases. Rub them over wifh a piecesi soft cloth. Fold the shirt straight down the "back, iron all the unstarched parts fir&t, then the cuffs, then the band. To gloss the front place a smooth board, covered witu flannel, inside the breast; rub over the front of the shirt with a damp cloth and iron with the heel of the iron very nicely till quite dry and glossy. In ironing, always be careful to rub the iron over something ot little value firat; this will prevent the scorching and smearing of many articles. Hilda.—Just use a little dark cosmetic for the eyebrows, but do not touch the black marks.., You will make them worse if you try to get rid of them. Anxious Mother.—lt is a matter entirely within the discretion of the doctor, who no doubt had some reason for wishing to niaKC sure of the success of the inoculation. J?obably the extra pricks would make no cutferenoe so far as the after symptoms were concerned. I do not think there is any rea*oa for anxiety.