Star's Your Answer

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 9, 1 April 1927, Page 5

Star's Your Answer

THE SUN .Service Bureau is at your disposal. If >Vju have any difficulty in housekeeping, dress, cookery, health or beauty culture, travel, sport or any other of the many things on which most people are constantly seeking information. we shall be glad to assist wherever possible. All communications must be accompanied by the sender's name and address, not for publication, and sent to THE SUN “Service Bureau.” Womens Page. THE SUN, Auckland. Replies will appear weekly in this column. EYEBROWS “Yvonne. The ideal eyebrows should be well marked, slightly arched, and end in a point. The hair should lie smoothly and gracefully. With regard to methods of improving the eyebrows and eyelashes, there are many “dont’s.” all applying to artificial means of altering their natural appearance. There is one make-up, however, which is used generally by Frenchwomen, and which, if used with the greatest discrimination, is harmless enough, as well as efficient. The basis is simply burnt cork. To make it, get four or five corks, and put them on a hot fire, where they will immediately flare up. When the flame has died down, lift up the light black remains carefully with an old spoon and place them on a piece of paper. Press into a powder, -with the tip of the fingers carefully searching and casting aside the least suspicion of grit. Put in a pot and add one drop of glycerine and then one drop of rosewater to mix into a soft paste. Apply very sparingly. and an artistic and natural effect is obtained. MINCED BEEF AND POACHED EGGS “Una.”—Take Jib of cold beef or mutton. 2oz lean ham or bacon, eggs as desired, 1 tablespoonful bacon fat or dripping, 1 small onion, 1 tablespoonful flour: pass the meat and ham through e. mincer, having, of course, trimmed away the gristle. Then shake the flour over it, and season well with pepper and salt. Melt the dripping in a saucepan, chop the onion finely, and stir it in the dripping until just beginning to colour. Add the meat as the onion begins to colour; stir for a few minutes over the fire, then add a breakfast cupful of stock or water and stir until it boils. Let it simmer by the side of the fire for 15 minutes. Serve on a hot dish, and place sippets of fried toast round the dish, and on top of mince place a poached egg for each person. TO TRAIN THE CUTICLE “Winifred.”—A good way to keep down the cuticle that persists in covering the half moons of the finger nails is to press it back with a rubber eraser. The end for erasing ink takes off the cuticle, and the softer end rubs

it off very easily. As such as implement may be kept in any convenient place, it helps a busy woman to remember the care of her nails. NO BEST MAN “Jocelyn G.”—lf there is no best man at the wedding, the ‘best girl” will be expected to undertake some of his duties as well as the bridesmaid’s, since there will be no bridesmaids either. You should stand near the bride, hold her bouquet when the ring is put on her finger, and remain at the church door until you have seen all the guests into their carriages. Your job is to see that everyone is happy! FOR BURNS “Mrs. R.T.”—lt is almost impossible to avoid burns when cooking, so keep the following mixture ready to hand in the kitchen. Into a small jar of vaseline put some bicarbonate of soda. Apply this instantly to a burn and cover with a bandage. It will immediately ease the pain and prevent blistering. TO MEND A WATERING-CAN “Martha.”—When a watering-can rusts through where the sides join the bottom the holes may be stopped by covering them inside with a small piece of linen dipped in copal varnish, the tin being previously thoroughly dried. When the varnish hardens by drying, the can will be absolutely watertight. A BATH CLEANSER WHICH WILL NOT SCRATCH “Percy.”—Take a pound of soft soap, and dissolve it in three pints of hot water, to which add a pound of whiting. Stir all together well and put into a large jar. When it is desired to clean the bath put a small quantity of this mixture on to the cloth with a smooth stick. This will keep your bath', or any enamelled surface, like new. LEAVING CARDS “Puzzled.”—lt always puzzles me to know where to leave my cards when calling for the first time. Do you leave them in the drawing-room or in the hall I should be so very glad to know this, please?—You should leave the cards in the hall, on a table, either when you arrive or on leaving the house. This does not matter, but certainly do not leave them in the draw-ing-room. SILVER WEDDING “Dewdrop.”—A silver wedding celebration is really a big party. The gathering is confined to the members of the family and the intimate friends only. The customary presents ostensibly should be silver, but now that silver is more or less out of fashion, cut glass is quite allowable. The guests should be received by the husband and wife.