ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3395, 9 April 1919, Page 49

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Red Rose.—Reducing stoutness belongs to the practice of medicine cult for the intervention of hygiene, regulation in the way of living, and medicaments which only the physician can order and direct. As the fat cure is often followed by the-appear-ance of wrinkles, it is _ well to be forearmed. Diet and exercise are the safest means to employ. Avoid all sweet and starchy food, and do not eat between meals. No liquid should be taken with meals, but sufficient water, should be drunk during the day. A daily cold bath and swimming are a distinct aid. Exercise should be moderate, and spread as well as circumstances will permit over the whole day rather than concentrated into a halfhoitr of hard drudgery. Games like golf and tennis, and cycling and riding are specially useful. Good health and keeping the hands covered as much as possible appears to be the only remedies.

Brown Eyes.—l regret being unable to assiist you, not being an expert, except in a very general way. You could probably obtain assistance in making a -selection from tbo leading lady in one of the principal drapery establishments.

A. H.—Send in the report with your name (not for publication) attached. Make it concise, and write clearly, especially In the case of proper names.

OoJnb'tant Readeb asks (1) how to remove stains from serge, and (2) a recipe for a rich gingerbread. (1) A lot depends on the kind of stain on the skirt. For grease stains sponge the stain with a piece of serge dipped in benzine. Take care not to do this near a naked light or fire. To renovate a serge skirt the following is considered satisfactory:—Remove all dust with a good stiff brush, then add some .ammonia to a bowl of water. Dip the brush in the ammonia water, ana well brush with the liquid, until every part of the gown ts quite wet. Next hang it up in the open air. A bright, windy day 19 the best on which to do it. When nearly dry iron on the wrong side with a good hot iron, being oareful to tack all pleats, etc, into position first. To prevent too oostume from eaggintf and losonsc its shape while damp, peg thai waist or the

skirt to the line, and place the shoulders of the coat over a or iho back of a chair. Mudstaine that cannot be removed by brushing' will disappear very quickly if rubbed with a raw potato. (2) Gingerbread i Required four cups of flour, one cup of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of treacle, one cup of sweet milk, one tablospoonful of ginger, raisins, or chopped sweet ginger, one teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of powder, four eggs beaten separately. Beat tho butter and sugar, add the yolks of the eggs, treacle, milk, and soda, then the flour and powder, and beaten whites of eggs and ginger. Bake in a well-buttered, floured fiat tin for about an hour. Here is another recipe for spiced jgingerbread: Three eggs, one teacup of" butter, three breakfastcups of flour, one cup of sour milk, one oup chopped raisins, one cup of treacle, one teacup of sugar, one teaspoonful of ginger, one teaspoonful of cinnamon.nuttneg, allspice, and soda respectively. Warm the treacle, mix it with the milk, and add to the sugar and butter, which have been well creamed. Add the beaten yolks-and whites whipped stiff, then the flour, in which the other ingredients have been mixed. Bake in a shallow greased tin in a moderate oven.