ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXII, Issue XVI, 22 April 1899, Page 509

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Notice to Contributors.—Any >etters or MSS. received by the Editor of the “ New Zealand Graphic” will be immediately acknowledged in this column.

‘H.V,’ (Gisborne). —Why not try Te Aroha? The baths are very eectual, and it is cheaper than Rotorua, and less ‘smelly.’ It is very pretty and as quiet as the most fidgety person could want. ‘Rosa.’—To make raspberry sponge dissolve half an ounce of gelatine in half a pint of milk. Beat three large tablespoonfuls of raspberry jam in another half pint of milk, aud rub it through a sieve. Add a teaspoonful of pounded sugar, a little grated lemon peel, the white of an egg. and the milk with the gelatine. Whisk until all is frothy.

‘Mother' (Wellington)—You are perfectly right I think to give your children a few pence a week as a regular allowance to show them how to keep an account of small expenditures. and make it a condition that they do so if they wish to receive their allowance. There is no instruction more necessary to children than instruction in the wise management of money. Children should lie taught early what true economy is, and to exercise their judgment —not their fancy—in making purchases. A little instruction now, and experience, if need be. of the genuine discomforts of extravagance may save them from much suffering in after years. ‘.I.L.M. (Nelson). —There are five or six soups which go by the name of ‘Prussian’ soups. Here is one of them—the simplest—if not that to which yon refer please write again: — Put seven pints cold water into a saucepan, with 11b shin of beef, cut up, 1 pint of split peas, |lb of potatoes, peeled and cut up. 3oz ground rice, two small heads of celery, three leeks, and a seasoning of salt, pepper and dried mint. Boil slowly till reduced to about 5 pints, pass all through a sieve, warm up. and serve with ‘dice' croutons.

‘A Reader' asks for a. form for a birthday letter to a young lady. A birthday letter might be somewhat in this form:—Dear Miss . will you kindly accept my congratulations on your birthday? May you live to celebrate as many as you desire, and may each one be happier and more peaceful than its predecessor is the wish of. most sincerely yours. A.B. X.Y.Z.’—The knack only comes with long practice. For novices the ■dropping' test is generally reliable, and it ought to guide you. The heat should be moderate at first while melting ami mixing the ingredients, and may be increased towards the last. I don’t know where you got your receipt from, but it is new to me, and 1 don't see how the milk pan an-

‘Ella.’— As soon as you rise in the morning take the juice of half a lemon in half a tumbler of water. This stimulates the gastric juices, clears the palate, drives away dyspepsia. creates tin appetite, and generally tones up the system. Try.

‘Amateur.'—The sooner you order your strawberry plants and get them into the ground the better. Try Duke of Edinboro' and Trollope's Victoria. Plant, fifteen inches apart and two feet lietween the rows.

‘Norah’ (Blenheim). —J wish 1 could help you, for I know how hard it is for a girl who, like yourself, is far from strong, to earn a living. Frankly. I do not like palmistry, and should not advise you attempting that as a means of earning money. There are several very shady characters in the •fortune telling’ profession, and you would be unwise to connect yourself with it. No one can possibly really foretell events by palmistry, and to take money for pretending to do >o is. therefore, not precisesly nice, eleven honest, is it? Is there any chance of typewriting work in Blenheim? That is not heavy work, and you could get the machine by time payments. If you think favourably ot this write to me again and I will try and help you in the choice of a machine. as I typewrite myself.