Here's Your Answer

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 73, 17 June 1927, Page 5

Here's Your Answer

T ET THE SUN Service Bureau assist you with your problems, whether they relate to dress, health, and beauty culture, cookery, homecraft, travel, sport, or any other of the many things on which we are all constantly needing information. Whatever your particular puzzler may be, we will be glad to give our advice whenever possible. All communications must be accompanied by the inquirer's name and address (not for publication), and sent to THE SUN "Service Bureau,” Women's Page, THE SUN, Auckland. Answers will appear weekly in thi* column. BRIDAL ATTIRE You canont very well wear a veil and bridal gown if your bridegroom insists on wearing a lounge suit and bowler hat! In this case you should wear a hat also. I would suggest a georgette frock and a crinoline straw hat in beige, pink or powder-blue. Be as dainty and picturesque as possible. —To “Maureen.” * • • SUEDE SHOES Yes, you can make your suede shoes appear like ordinary leather by brushing them thoroughly with plenty of boot polish.—To “Susy.” • • • TARNISHED SILVER LACE A hot iron will sometimes remove tarnish from silver lace. If this is not effective try stale bread and a little powder blue out of the blue bag. To B.E.N. • • * MARKING A TROUSSEAU You should embroider the initials of your future name on the household linen, not your maiden name. For your personal things, undies, etc., I think it is prettier just to embroider your Christian name “Betty.”—To “Bluebird.” • • * DRESS QUERY With a black cloth costume having a faint white pin-stripe, I think a black felt hat or beige felt would be the most suitable. If you choose the latter you should wear a beige over-blouse or waistcoat. —To “Madge.” * * * BLACK VELVET HATS Brush the dust out thoroughly, and then hold the hat in the steam of a boiling kettle tc raise the pile. During the steaming process, brush it lightly with a soft brush.—To “Brown Eyes.” * m • SCORCH MARKS You can remove scorch marks from cottons and linens by covering the spot with a paste of pipeclay and water, and letting it dry in the sun. Repeat the process until the mark disappears, hi the case of silk garments, wet the t orched part with glycerine and borax and let it remain half an hour in the sun, then wash in the ordinary way.— To “Mrs. R.” • • ♦ EIDERDOWN FLUFF I am afraid you will have to recover your eiderdown quilt to prevent tbe down from escaping. Evidently the present cover has become thin and holey in places.—To “E. 8.” # * * CLEANING FUR You can clean your grey fur at home hy rubbing a handful .of hot bran into it, thoroughly. Leave it wrapped up iu a clean pillow-case overnight and then beat out the bran in the garden ® p outside the window. —To “P.M.H.” WASHING COLOURED FROCKS As a rule, gingham washes very well, but as an extra precaution to prevent the colours from running you should not have the water too hot and add ««• tablespoonful of common salt to the water. You might add a few drops of unegar to the rinsing water. —To "Miss Brown.’*

STAINED SHOES The black stains which appear on brown leather shoes, after getting them wet, is generally dye from underneath and this canont be removed. If the stain is caused by grease, gentle rubbing with a little non-inflammable benzine will often remove it.—To “E.G.” * * * STAINED LEATHER CHAIRS Remove the grease spots from your leather chairs with benzine (be sure to get the non-inflammable kind), then apply with a soft cloth a mixture of one part vinegar and two parts linseed oil. Use very little and polish with a piece of silk.—To “E.F.” • • • KEEP FITS The best way to get rid of the lines on your face which you describe is by getting as fit as possible. As they are due to bad health, local treatment is not very much good. Feed yourself up, take cod liver oil and malt in the winter, and do not worry.—To “Bella.” THE RESULT OF BOBBING Unfortunately with some people, hair, after bobbing, is inclined to go grey. The best thing to prevent this is to use a good tar lotion and massage the scalp well. If it is brown, a dark henna application might be useful until it becomes healthy again. Electric violet ray treatment often arrests greyness. Any good hairdresser will give you this treatment.—To “Queenie.” * * * STOUT LEGS Practice rising on your toes and bending your knees without dropping on your heels. This will strengthen the muscles and disperse the superfluous fat. Where there is muscle there cannot be fat.—To “Joan.” m m m ENLARGED PORES You should apply a little astringent lotion to your face before using the cream and powder. To two-thirds of rosewater add one-third of tincture of benzoin and a few drops of eau-de-Cologne and apply it to your face with a little piece of cotton wool.—To “Ethel.” * * * WHEN THE HAIR IS TOO DRY Moisten your palms with not more than two or three drops of brilliantine and stroke your hair well. That takes away the dried-up look of too-dry hair after washing. Another good thing is to apply olive oil to your scalp before washing your hair in a very mild soap lather.— s To “Sheila.” ROAST LAMB AND— Some people serve gravy with roast lamb in addition to the mint sauce. I think both should be provided, as so many people dislike mint sauce. An appile tart with cream and a chocolate blancmange would be good for the next course.—To “C. 8.” * * * BRANDY SNAPS One ounce each of butter, flour, brown sugar and golden syrup, a few drops of lemon juice, a little ginger and vanilla. Put all except the flour into a saucepan and let it warm. When thoroughly melted, stir in the flour slowly. Well grease a baking tin, and put the mixture on teaspoon at a time (set the snaps far apart, as they spread very much). Bake five minutes. When baked, turn over on a board and roll quickly round cornet-moulds, well greased.—To “Billie.” « • • POTATO EGG TOAST Four slices of bread (toasted), four eggs, two potatoes, one cupful scalded milk, one tablespoonful butter, salt, pepper, a little onion juice, one teaspoonful corn starch, chopped parsley. Hard cook the eggs and cut them into halves. Boil the potatoes until tender, mash them and add them to the scalded milk with the salt. pepper, onion juice and butter; thicken with the corn starch moistened in a little cold water. Lay the eggs on the toast, pour the hot mixture over them, and. sprinkle with chopped parsley. Serve at once.—To “E.M.8.” * 0 • CAULIFLOWER WITH EGGS Cold cooked cauliflower. cream sauce, slices of toast, eggs. Break the cauliflower into very small pieces and heat it in a cream sauce, made by blending smoothly together two tablespoonsful of butter, two tablespoonsful of flour, then adding to these one cupful of milk and stirring until the whole reaches boiling point. Let the sauce cook two or three minutes and season to taste. Separate whites from yolks of eggs, allowing one for each person. Beat the whites to a stiff froth. Turn the creamed cauliflower on to slices of toast, make a nest of white of eggs on each slice, then drop an egg yolk into the centre. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake until eggs are set.—To “Katrina.” * • * TREE TOMATO CHUTNEY Ingredients: 61b ripe tree tomatoes. 31b sour cooking apples, 4oz salt. Boz brown sugar. 3 pints vinegar. 6 small l pieces of garlic. 6oz ground ginger, loz mustard.