THE LADIES’ PAGE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3101, 20 August 1913, Page 63

THE LADIES’ PAGE.

“ Wlierever a true woman comes, home «j always around her.”—Buskin. Elizabeth will be pleased to receive letters from correspondents on any matter of interest to them, and to reply through the medium of this page, the,nom tie plume only of the correspondents be published. Letters to be addressed " Elizabeth,” care of the Editor. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Anxious. —There arc two kinds of almond biscuits often made, so 1 will give you them both, as 1 do not know which you want. Almond Fingers: Jib flour, }lb butter, 2oz sugar, otto egg, one toaspoonful baking powder. Beat hu-tter and sugar to a cream, add yolk of egg, and beat well; then add flour and baking powder; mis with hand. 801 l out thin. Make icing with the white of the egg. spread oa paste, sprinkle with chopped almonds, cuf into fingers; bake in moderate oven. Macaroon Biscuits: 4oz sugar, 2oz dripping, and 2oz butter. Boz flour, one egg, half-teaspoonful essence of almonds, halftcaspoonful baking powder. Cream tha butter and sugar, add egg essence, and flour, with rising, roll into little balls, stick a 'blanched almond on the top of each, place on a greased tray, and bake in a moderate own. This is a good recipe for a butter sponge; One heaped large cup of flour, two tablespoonfuls butter, ora small cup sugar, three tablespoonfuls milk, three eggs, two small teaspoonfuls cream of tartar, one small tcaspoonful soda. Beat butter and sugar to a cream, beat in tbo eggs one by one, add the milk, then tbo flour, in which the soda and the cream of tartar should bo well mixed. Bake for 1-3 to 20 minutes, being careful not to look at it for the first six minutes. Dakky.— Your skin is evidently in ji sluggish condition and to remedy it you should pay attention to your diet, and method of living altogether. You should avoid all rich and heating foods, such as fresh bread, pastry, sweets, pickles, and condiments. Plain food, plenty of fruit and vegetables, meat only once a day. and not too much tea or coffee, are recommended. You should also take a daily bath, a warm one, followed by a cold douche and a brisk rub down, and sec that you get outdcor exercise and regular hours of sleep. Then, you must wash your face properly—a thing that many people do not do. It should always be washed in the evening, just before going to bed, with warm, soft water and a good soap, castile for preference, using a picco of coarse flannel or Turkish towelling, not a sponge, and rubbing well into tho corners found tbo nose and other places where blackheads are likely to occur. Dry well, also rubbing (irmly, but not roughly, with the towei. In the morning a light wash with lukewarm water, followed by a dash of cold, is beat. For an oily and pimply skin, the following is a good lotion: Prccep dated sulphur, lor; ether, 4dr; alcohol, 2j.cz; water, sufficient to niako 12oz. Mix and shake well, and apply with cotton twice daily. Sometimes pimples arise from poverty of blood, in which case a quinine and iron tonic is often beneficial, or a codliver oil and malt extract. For a vo!low neck try a mixture of equal parts of glycerine and lomon-juice applied daily. Old-fashioned Evening. —As the communication was not signed, it cannot be published. All reports must have the signature of tho writer appended, not for publication. but as a guarantee that the report is a genuine one.