WOMEN'S FORUM.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 306, 28 December 1931, Page 2

WOMEN'S FORUM.

BETTER BREAKFASTS,

Every homcmaker should endeavour to serve a breakfast of the type that will prevent the "autocrat of the breakfast table," from burying himself in the morning paper, and eating so abstractly that his wife wonders whether if she served hot water instead of tea, or coffee, the change would be even noticed. Ten to one it would, unmistakably and decisively, and other things will be noticed, too, if now and then the wife will take a little trouble to vary the egg and bacon, or fried fish menu. Here are two suggestions: —

Grapefruit. —-Cut the grapefruit in halves, liemovc all pulp and cover shells in cold water until ready to use. Remove all seeds and white librc from pulp, and add crushed pineapple, strawberries, and sugar. The grapefruit shells can be made the night before, but add strawberries just before using. In this way it would only take a few minutes to (ill the shells.

Pan Broiled Bacon—Place the thinly cut slices of bacon on a cold rack, being sure to place the cold dripping pan underneath to save the fat. Broil, having a, medium gas glow at first, then increase the heat. When one side is slightly brown, turn and cook the other side. NURSES' HOMES. A new nurses' borne has been built in London at the Middlesex Hospital, lliis was built and equipped at a cost of £300,000 subscribed by an anonymous donor, whose conditions were that no expenso should be spared to make nurses as comfortable a« possible in their offduty hours, and that the home shoukl be unlike an institution. This palatial building is as comfortable and attractive as a first-class hotel. It was opened by Prince Arthur of Connaught, who is chairman, and he escorted the King and Queen round. "Nothing is too good for nurses," was the remark made by the King when he admired the full-size swimming bath with blue-tiled walls, with shower baths and cubicles. _ Here some of the nurses gave swimming exhibitions. The King was also interested in the smoking room for nurses, a special idea of Prince Arthurs, which has panelled walls and English shot silk damask curtains. The Queen praised, too, tile bedspread 'worked in imitation of ail Elizabethan playing card by Lady Gertrude Crawford, who is also such a famous turner, that she is the only fieewoinan of the Turner Company. Hard tennis courts have been ingeniously contrived on the roof of the building, and the King and Queen also saw a badminton court for the use of the nurses, and a panelled ballroom 80ft long. There were six certificated women cooks (who cater for 308 nurses housed in this buildinorj, to show the Queen the up-to-date kitchens. What the Queen also appreciated ware the coloured baths for the nurses, electric driers and electric sliampooers for their, hair, and plugs for heating curling irons. DUMB CROQUET. A novel idea was introduced into a croquet gymkhana held in England recently. i It was called "dumb croquet, and every time a player spoke to her opponent, the latter had the option of either compelling her to pay a_ small fine into the club funds, or forcing her to place her clip back to the previous hoop, and thus lose a point. Several of the players, when on the rover hoop, preferred to pay the fine rather than loso the hoop. The game was played on the'six hoop and peg principle. If tho idea were introduced into New Zealand, states a Wellington exchange, some players would never win a game, and could easily lose a small fortune, no matter how tiny the fine might be, owing to their conversational powers.