A PROTEST

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 27, 26 October 1907, Page 3

A PROTEST

: Sir,—Nothing, seems sacred to the newspapers .iiowadays, but I 'must sav.l am sur--pnsedy to ■ a "paper' like' The : Dominion, dealing With a'.subject like love in. the 'fcheap and which'it' did .on. nesday...- ~'All..earliest ,and thoughtful. w6 • ani'sure,: be• revolted)at'.-" 'the thought', fof-'loye being'"m'adq'tho subject,-of '.discussion:-.-''/;!;"; was 1 -, -particularly sorrj;. to see vypu'i printing such' ' lijcttcr ,;as that'-signied '.'One' 'Who Knows,'—who evidently 'knows .\ v e'ry irig : remarks; ab'out'tTio : R : ev.' : T.vH.'/ : Spr6tt'_s Iw&Vspeecli Tlie. person ,',..wbo'is : -capablo'o , f , ,liiding-behind''a 'and trying : tobo;, funny' at'' tho expense .{of'"'noble 'men;'and wbmon''whb:*'4re; givm^'.up ; - ing Ytne. 1 itl eal s only'/worthy ; thp'; ! contempt '^of. every; true' jnihded;!wom'ari.—l. !:; am,%Wc:,'''', . G.S.C. - - Wellington;. October. 24! •/-,: t - THANKFUL IT DID NOT LEAD TO i KARRIAG-E.; ' ./•' 'love>at" -first ; ''-sigbt; Vlead-.-j,to : happiness? -For../.the 1 honeymoon,'/jiy'.Ycs;". but- ; fbr;.'.a,. serious, iworkaday' lifj. comjpanibrish'ip, i'NojV / most emphatically.' /;' f As 'orie' wJidse';hair .'.is ..bec'oming/rather, thin oil top,' and'ivho\ha^-watched , the progress - of a numf ber.of'iittlo/doinesfcic- ducts,', ihavc come ;to agrefe'■' .thoroughlylwith'.'.old '.Dr; ■ Johiison.. that the. carriages ■of -the community, might be very well, arranged by " the Lord-Chancellor, or.- ; any,, other-.-fairly, • loy.el-hcadcd old.«geritle-rtijn;,;-)l*6u..quote.-Sir, James Crichton Browno as'-saying'.tliat'.first.i.love, like any. other, is: a .'perfectlyi recognised- complaint /with certain; specified-, .symptoms:/ That' < hits .- the. nail /on the head .exactly. ' -'A/maff or a ; wo-' Dihn' ;wh'o':.ii,-violently. in:-.lovc.%is "ho . morfe' capable .of - choosing> a .partner- for 'lifOj/tliaii. a man-who/,is in'' a Taging fover is capable'of conducting. a" 'delicate - business /transaction; THelnnhealthy; ' mawkish, ./-sentimental/nonsense ;tha"triis. talked,'abbut> love, and -written "uphintb ■ novels-for.' the' perusal -of '. young, women/is': responsible for about /half*, tho -unhappy marriages in- the' that"'is' saying- a good deal. The type'• "of'■ 'individual * who''-love's:-violently';' 'at sight :is,-'so fa'r^as 'my;ohs,crvation; gbe's, one/"whose.. .."cerebraT;'commotion"—to 'use Sii*'Jalries C f rich'ton'./Browne's ■ -words—soon' subsides -only to bo stirred up afresh by; tho sight- of- ' tho'next "pretty ' 'Stpry-bopk loVe;'and; ''affinities; '■■> and .'"so on, is a.'busi-' nessy'liko. the' measles, r fp'r'youths to get.over as]-best f it; may, l > l lt. may - load. 'to the . duction of : .i' littlegood • poetry and a great deal that .is very-bad, : but', precious seldom to - any til i rig," approach ing domestic bliss. .'At' any rate 'I ;th'ahk';iny -stars' that":love 'atfirst _sight did not- couple, me up With the girl it once threatened to—l"am',, etc., ./"PATERFAMILIAS. Wellington,. October 23.

Banana ten- or twelve", nico yellow -'peel and cut them 1 into tliiri rounds Mri 'ii [glass dish, Cover with .half a' cup of 'tiastor sugar;'and the squeeze of half a lemon f mix alftogOther, and arrange in a pilj in the'centre of, the.'dish, arid round this' v piaco' ; a' closely sot row'of fresh macaroons. Noiv : i beat' half a "pint, pf ! :'good ' thick' fresh cream ■ a\ whip/' and; pils it .oil top'of-..the' fruit.' '' _ VV'j'"' : Boignets' of Pigs'.—Take half "n; pound ,of, nicc dried;"figs, and. stewV them ..with' half. 'a cnp. of aiigar; after/.they, have, been soaking■in small: 'tea-cupful-<of ;.wnter over-night.. When cooked, add, to thb syrup. a tablespoon-', fnl. pf brandycover ;the pan,, and . let its, con-, teiife got;cool.;. Now proparola frying hatter,i with tnree .oiinccs of sifted flour; the yolks of ; two-'eggs, and a quarter of, a pint of, milk, oneVfablesnpbnful%of:-plivd..!Pi.J» 'and a pinch of .salt.., Avhen, well beatenj allow the;batter, to stand for an hour ; then work in tho wellbjsateri whites of. tiyo eggs. .Drain tho figs on a sieve for ten minutes, .and. thon dip each! one' in- tho;.prepared ; batter,' and drop .'them into, well-cleared boiling 'fat, .or lard.,that has! reached the smoke point; Too many must not :b'e' fried at"-one .'time', or they will not reach : tho .golden point they should-quickly., Serve very hot, with castor sugar, sprinkled over them, v.-. ■.- ■■■■