TO-DAY'S DINNER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 155, 25 March 1908, Page 3

TO-DAY'S DINNER.

•Specially Written for The Dominion,); - PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS Bl" AN . ' ;; EXPERT. .-•■■■.■ . - ... . WEDNESDAY;' ~ ■ , Tomato 50up.,..., Boiled Leg of-Mutton. Potatoes and Stuffed ' '-V . . Turnips. . ' J'/ ■ ..:'■> ■ Apple Charlotte.- '. '.. .' STUFFED TURNIPS. \ . Cook-the turnips, in three waters if old; and . 'drain.'. just ■ before , they.; are,-.-.tender. With r a .sharp.knife■ cut 1 out I tlie centres, leaving- a i . .cup-shaped receptacle ' with ',a" wall; an • inch A —or, less : in.;thickncss.''Fill tlie hollows with' a < stuffing made as for fowl, with bread crumbs. : a ,bit of : summer, saybury; - a- little minced . onion, ; salt arid'. popper .to .-taste, and' some - ' melted butter! If wished richer, add a- littlo chopped; sausage .'meat,-. Put ; on' tho top slice . ' of- the;turnip,.'.which ysliojild.'have-'been reamoved whole, arrange 1 thorn in a baking dish, '• and . baste , each with melted' butter. Bake in ~ -. a' moderate' oyen for-half'an hour. A HAPPY FAMILY. , SALVATION ARMY CHILDREN'S HOME. Thero is'a very happy' healthy-looking fa- . mily - out- • Newtown''' way,... which numbers - 56, .children,- all girls, and all between the ages of' 2 and 15. In some- ' 'what different circumstances they would bo : callod 'inmates of: an. institution, . and .the * grown-up memberswould be the staff,-but m- this hpiiie 'the..visitor''gets, the impression that' they. are all one...family, truly ?:"• mothered by 1 tho;woman who is.at tho, heacl ■ of tho.- coricern.' It' .was in tho . lato .aftor- ....' noon of , a wot, depressing day that Dbriii- ■ niea went-out; to. the Salvation Army: Children's Home. . Tho Newtown .Valley is not. the'.' most' attractive) 'placa ; in such' weather,. ; nor was; there any-special-fascination'about tho Home as viewed from without.;, It is a long woodeii : building,: set - : on a hill ■; facing,, .' 'north, with o njee ]ong verandah and a cov * • ered-m balcony.'whero a . crowd "df: children : vcould. play; .but .there is :no rOoniy pla'y- , ground, no trees'to;add ■! Beauty;/ Inside tho -'building ;:the/;place ;.'.was- fuil, brimming C.over with';the charm 1 that onlyjthe. sound; of happy childish" voices and'the gight pf bright ..chiluish- faces' can give. '.- School was over l'or tho day, an'd; tho. scholars, 'that is, to. say,, all the,children except .tho $vo tiniest oiies, ■ woro amusing themselves , after', their .Hours of' mental, toil, and doing it .with' a will. 1 found more than 20 of theny'in oiio playroom, . joinings/hands:, and/circling round two* small, girls, while in. loud, ■ shrill strains they re- ■ counted'the-classic story'/of Bingo. -, ; One of-tho: two babies .was engaged ;in this, ' . game,-' l a little,', fair, ■ chunky child, as clean -./• and; sweet to look at in her pale blue frock ■ -and frilly pinafore, as if sho.had bad a doze.ii .nurses. ,*.\ Sho,;' enjoyed -.-'tho game., immensely, 'i: and>no matter. ■ whosff'' turn it was to' be in the ling, Edio' :was'':besido ,her 'puckering ' • her' : plump. little. face, in tho, 'attempt 'to keep her' eyes tightly' shut,'; earnestly,, flopping down onto her knees overy now and then, ; -undei\-.tho ;. impression;- that'.that' was ; the . main part of., the gamp';, always,' whatever sho a source' of entertainment to the elder ;' tho; children 'turned.;to.the'coiifused-story, of -''Sally was ; a-woeping,"-and I. left-them at that; - while tho StafF-Csptaiii took me" on a tour through ' the Various rooms;

•Everything, about the placfe is pleasing. The rooms are more ; 'delightfully honie-liko -than any I : had soon in any other institution, and there is • not only cleanliness', • and orderj arid ''Comfort,: 'but"' little prettinesses that add infinitely to'the pleasantness of the Home. , ,The;'dormitories are - beautiful to behold,- with, their rows ■of little: black iron' bedsteads, 'each with., its snowy coverlet' ami frilled pillow-sham. • By the' dcor of one dormitory stands.a fine doll's cradlo, in'which a baby ,doll lies . asleep,. while besido i t stands a:doll dressed liko.pno of the officers of the . Homo, with blue , linen gown and white cap, - and cuffs, and apron. This is'a. delight: 'to .the childreu,'. who - are on rare occasions ..allowed to. play-, with', it; and so is the cradlo" in another, dormitory, where twin beauties lio'with great blaclc, eyes wide open, staring at the ceiling. Even the Bchool-roopm has. its fino big doll's house, furnished to admiration. In tho sewing room -we found several of tho girls ' busily sewing new things or mending old, and three-of the four machines' were'being ; employed." The children are taught to. be. very useful, and they all.do their share in keeping tho Home spick arid span arid - Shining, whilo tho tiniest 'ones,_ who can _ do nothing. else; tajso great • prido/in ; polishing ' the, brass-headed ynalls. on the stairs. They help ,in . every: department of-,the Home,-and the elder-girls' who. aro clover with their needles have'done: excellent work in the..way of making clothes for, tho .children. It isino.light" task, to keep 60..children . neatly, dressed,. and with,- the funds "at-their disposal this can only .be done ■l>y the oxorcisq.ot the samo scrupulous care that is.. shown in other, departments. By the way,, a, great, many ; more little winter coats are-required, so if anyone has' - : a quantity of dark; woo Hen 'stuff suitable for the purpose, to'give away, >this. is tile timo for offering it. . * ;• /. It 'would;- tako too long to describe tlio charms and, contrivances of tho Homo In detail, but it may be saicl that.the kiteken is a delight, and so' is tho large room v next door,, from which-, the meals,: aro served. Fhero aro all conveniouces, and Everything is jpotlessly clean; and ' one feels that the '.raining, the girls receive hero should make .in em first-class " 'domestic - workers. -From ' this tour: b.fi_irispec'tiori I went back-to the schoolroom,, where rows of jolly-looking children ..-sang action soiigs wit-h great enGrgy and very, ovident enjoyment, and the entertainment canio to su end with tho singing of an action song of, tlio trades, by 'tlio tinies in which:tho tiniest; of, all distinguished themselves by tho joyful vigour of their gestures. ■ -■ '■ - ; .'