Reader Raises Lots of Heat Over a Sauna

Helene Stone of Los Angeles is looking for a facial sauna similar to her Sears model that is unrepairable and is no longer being manufactured. Can you help her play the skin game, or will Stone have a difficult time saving face?

For her mother who lives in Belgium, Julie Anderson of San Pedro wants a piggy bank in the shape of the Statue of Liberty. Can we bank on you to suggest a source, or will Anderson wonder whether it will ever be Tuesday for her?

For his son-in-law, Steve Tusler of Pasadena is looking for a sausage stuffer attachment for an electric mixer-- Sunbeam Mixmaster, Hamilton Beach or Dormeyer. Can we be sure that you won’t detach yourself from his dilemma, or will Tusler end up having to tell his relative to stuff it?

Elsie Trimble of Tujunga needs a breath freshener for a dog that has halitosis and spends a lot of time traveling with her in the car. Can you help clear the air a little, or will Trimble have to hold her breath over a problem she can’t even tell her best friend about?

Reader-to-Reader Help Line: Elsie at (818) 892-5423 is looking for an out-of-print copy of Fodor’s “Guide to Civil War Sites” (1976). Please lower your sights and see to it that Elsie receives Lincoln’s Gettysburg address. . . . Betty at (213) 721-4174 is unable to find some Woods of Windsor (Lavender) fragrance that she bought in Florida several years ago. Please make sure that Betty is out of the woods soon. . . . For her mother, Ann at (213) 372-7663 would like to find an old black cast-iron Singer Zig Zag sewing machine, Model 206, 306 or 319 ; please revive Ann’s sagging spirits and make sure that her mother can sew a straight seam.

Note: The Reader-to-Reader Help Line is only for one-time items or for products no longer available in stores. And you must give us written permission to publish your telephone number, so that others may contact you directly.

Nancy Toomey of San Diego, who wanted a wooden ravioli board, may have to travel a bit to get one (but not to Italy). Debbie Miles of Hawthorne says that Sorrento’s Deli on Sepulveda Boulevard in Culver City should have the boards in stock by now.

Mrs. Thomas of Van Nuys, who was looking for slack liners, will soon be able to pick up the slack. A personal shopper for Buffum’s says that they carry slack liners by Vanity Fair. Frances Marks of Santa Monica writes that the current Sears catalogue still carries some, in white and beige. Our other sources are all mail-order firms: Intimate Apparel, Palo Verde at 34th St., Tucson, Ariz. 85726-7800 (from M. Flint, Muriel Anthony, Virginia Dougherty and Linda Spence); Vermont Country Store, P.O. Box 3000, Manchester Center, Vt. 05255-3000, and National Wholesale Co., Lexington, N.C. 27294 (from Irene Harris and Mrs. Robert H. Bird).

Lillian Weamer of Santa Maria, who wanted a Plezoelectric lighter that works with quartz crystals, should contact Nolan Corp. 551-A S. Harbor Blvd., La Habra, Calif. 90633, telephone (213) 694-2145. Joe Nolan says they can help.

For Dona Martyniak of Palos Verdes and for Bernice Nossoff of Whittier, both of whom want some old feather pillows cleaned, we have a few sources. Locally, there is Home Laundry & Cleaners, 460 S. Arroyo Parkway, Pasadena, telephone (818) 793-4187 (from Joan W. McLaughlin of Pasadena). Sharon Chase of Torrance highly recommends a down comforter store in La Crosse, Wis., that cleans, repairs and renews feather pillows; call (800) 356-9367 and ask for the Custom Shop. And Shirley Pettit of San Clemente sent us a procedure for cleaning feather pillows in a washing machine. The directions are too long to print here, but if anyone is interested, send us a stamped, self-addressed envelope and we’ll fly the information over to you.

Hain cannot answer mail personally but will, space permitting, respond in this column to readers who need--or have--helpful information. Write (do not telephone) to You Can Help!, You section, the Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles 90053.