Heee's Your Answer

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 163, 30 September 1927, Page 5

Heee's Your Answer

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 bs glad to give our advice whenever possible. All communications must be accompanied by the inouirer’s name and address (not for publication), and sent to THE SUN "Service Bureau/* Women’s Page, THE SUN, Auckland.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 this column. SHAGGY EYEBROWS You could bleach the untidy bits with peroxide (10 vols.), if you really will not pluck them with tweezers. Apply your bleach with a tiny camel- hair brush. To begin with you may have to administer this treatment each right. Always cover the remainder of the eyebrows with a little vaseline beforehand. Vaseline is bleach-proof. TOMATO PICKLE Ingredients: The smallest ripe tomatoes; vinegar sufficient to cover well; and to every quart of vinegar allow half an ounce of mixed whole spice. See that the tomatoes are not in the Jcast over ripe. Pack them into jars. Put with them half a teaspoonful of jugar and a good sprinkling of salt n each quart jar. Boil the spices w*th he vinegar fc-r five minutes and Q 1 'the jars with it. Tie down when cold. This pickle is eatable in a few days. RAISING THE PILE Your best plan is to press the coat, very carefully. Use a double cloth for the pressing, with the lower half dry and the upper half damp. Your iron should be fairly hot, but do not press hard. It is better to iron lightly so as to allow a layer of steam between the cloth and coat. If you iron heavily you defeat your own purpose and press out the steam that should be used to raise the pile. AN EGG HAIR-WASH All you have to do is to dissolve a taolespoonful of castile soap (in •havings) in a tumbler of warm water. Beat up the yolk of one fresh egg with half a pi n t 0 f water (tepid this time) containing a pinch of borax, and mix your lwo solutions, adding the soapy one b:t by bit to the egg water. toning down flushed cheeks Eating too quickly is responsible for h ? 8 L, iigestive troubles. Try to avoid nnklng at meals. Arrange to have J'mr liquid refreshment either an hour ter or before food. And for the pres- }} a * an y rate take a sodamint tablet ter each meal. In addition I want jnu to treat yourself to a small box BT«en face powder, and add a trace your every-day powder. There is t° for it, but the merest Jr®* 0 * screen effectively kills the p rpic-red tones in the skin. TO WEAR WITH NAVY *. Wirh , your navy coat and skirt, and ■ Vm r 6hie ryes * wh y not have a hat and jimp r of powder blue? Your shoes 2 S t°ckings could be of grey silk . ; srrey glace kid shoes. As an r j ltK rr ' a ‘tive I suggest a chartreuse or - yellowish green, which would be v',’ er than wine or mulberry, although these are nice with navy blue, thu if St Way to keep your hair flat to Iniv - ape °* the head would be to "h ** th e back, cross the pieces k, ‘ na Pe of the neck, and arrange it *■ c '°!la over the ears. CLEANING ANTIMONY fir Slackening has not gone too . you may be able to clean your eha/ « hy continual rubbing with a a . leather. Be sure to brush off Kth **** that may have collected, first, fan is too energetic you may the outer, silvery finish is to ai ? d that you have penetrated ■Uch red<iish * underneath metal. In the n case ’ y°u will have to renew L very finish - There are several th* °* doing this, but probably fn / iu * c kest is to get some “silver” inni? paint. This may l»e like enamel. It dries very and quickly. tis • sr J u are very careful, you might ra* ash, or the dust of burnt Pr^, ra^ ntles< to remove the blackness. th. e ” as though you were polishing bloat delicate silver-ware. SHARING A HOME v^rd Ing your query, there are b - o form’ either of which, I think, should dii« , a !ia tiafactory solution to yo lr «nculty. i n the first place yo lr tn ' stl ter and her husband have decid ed ti, their home with you for tlie »«irg. i think the best possible 11,:’

thing to do would either he to tresit them as boarders—in which case they would both pay the regulation “board" about 30s a week each—or to suggest that they took two or three furnished rooms—a flat—at a reasonable rental, in which case they would undertake to provide their own food, light and heat. The mere fact that they have purchased a wardrobe should not influence you in the least—it was secured for their own convenience, and, moreover, you are permitting them to store it in your well-furnished house free of charge. As you are so pressed financially, and your son-in-law is in receipt of a good salary, I am sure that either of the above suggestions will meet with his approval, p'urthermore, it would ease matters all round if the young people were placed on a satis-* factory financial basis, as far as their obligations to you are concerned. ... READERS’ QUERIES Recipe for Honeycomb I am sorry that I have been unable to obtain any really reliable recipe for honeycomb, but perhaps some reader may be good enough to supply one? Arum Lily Lace Can any reader either lend or sell an inquirer a copy of the Needlecraft Crochet Book, No. 134, containing instructions for working the arum lily lace?

The last word in fashion's buckle ornaments, buttons and hat decorations, is mother of pearl. These daytime wear accessories are much in demand. Still more so, however, are mother of pearl vanity cases and shoulder flowers for evening occasions. These last are made with diamond or brilliant paste centres, and look perfectly wonderful on the robe blanche, especially tvhen worn with long strings of pearls. Carp is needed, let it be noted, in adjusting the evening wrap or shawl, if entanglements or breakages are to be avoided. Part of the charm and loveliness of these ornaments is their exquisite fragility.