TO-DAY'S DINNER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 173, 15 April 1908, Page 3

TO-DAY'S DINNER.

'/ . ' (Specially Written for The Dominion.) .'■. V,'.' 1 : - ■- : .. :! VI ' PEACTICAL SUGGESTIONS BY AN "EXPERT. WEDNESDAY.' ' ' ,Giblot Soup. Eoast Beef. Pumpkin. Potatoes. Horse-radish Sauce.' ■ . Apple Pie. ' ■ Giblet Soup. ■ Ingredients.—Two sets of giblets, ,2 quarts good stock, 1 dessertspoon flour,- J oup croam, loz. butter, seasoning to taste. Method.—Have a good.stock made from bfof , .shin, ox-tail, mutton flanks, etc. Scald the • giblets, cut up tho gizzards small; and simmer . them slowly, in the stock , till tender. Wlion ■done,...place.: the giblets, cut small, in the • tureen; strain the soup and put back in tho pot. Mix butter and flour, add cream, stir ■well,- and pour into the soup, stirring all tho time: ' Let it-boil .up for a fow minutes, then . pour, it over the giblots. This soup may bo flavoured with port ivino and ketchup instead ■ »f tho cream. APATHETIC AUSTRALIAN WOMEN. Mr, Price's eulogy of the Australian political woman is not echoed by all the political womenin -.Australia./ Miss Rose Scott, of SjJney, who is a well-known leader in move- .■. ments affecting women,- was asked what she thought of Mr.. Price's speech.' " I .only wish .it were /true," was her answer. "I don't know what has come over tho women of this State lately. >We • shall novor make the, great-advances which we can hopo for unless iwo wake up. out,of our apathy,, and./become something more than ■ tho .catspaw of m?n politicians, galvanised into a show, of ~life at. election times, and then sinking back again, into lethargy. If we really iwant social, reform, tho vote should be /solid, like .the Labour vote.. Then wo could do something. Look how far ahead_ of. us they "are m New. Zealand about the girl's [ protection question, and we have 1 no practical legislation for children • comivrablo ■to that in the, Bill. now before :' the :■ House of Cijiramons. . About infant mortality, look .how Lady Plunket is rousing up isoiv Zealand. 'What are:we-doing here to com- I • pare withVthat work?. Nothing at all: r Tho women's vote can never becomo. the power it i should as long as it, is a party vote." And Miss Rose Scott shook her head with a finality that-showed she-was. not to be won over by thafflattory of 'Mr.'.Price's remarks, v, DANA GIBSON. • Charles'-Dana Gibsony-the 'great American: artist;- who created the'" Gibson girl," has. (says-- "M.A.P.") 'been .championing - the • English' girl in Berlin'. Visiting. tl)o oxhibi-tion-of old English masters thero recontly, he -declared' that '" England to-day is just as full, of beautiful girls -as- in- the days of .. Gainsborough. and .Reynolds.') - It ■ will .bo romembored . that .Mr. Gibson, who, quite excusably, has got tired, of his own creation, ■ the " Gibson girl," wont to Pans some years ago/ m order: to-, become- a portrait-painter himself.. He is probably the greatest master -. of- expression in black - and white America ■ has ever. known. -Ho can show worlds of wisdom,: misery, or boredom - by the. position' of an arm,-the poise of a"head. When dining, at a friend's house, one evening someone asked Mr. Gibson if he could-,make a . lino,.drawing of a woman's-'shoulders'which ' would express any emotion. thoy might sug- ' geat-rthp- outline'to l be, : /rom "th<j- back.- ■ Mr. Gibson thought he could do it, but suggested that .ho should make several sketches on .a'/slate, one after the other, and let tho company.-gaess at.-the--.feeling aimed rat ill .. 'them;.'. Tfcis he Mid;-with; the surpnsmgi,results..that in- most eases'the point was hit without a second, guess, and he made quick sketches .to express .pain, sorrow, weariness; coquetry; and'fright. • ' ' . NOVEL TABLE DECORATIONS. ■ v. "V/. -r Nothing in . the opinion of most women is so charming for the dining tablo as, pure ---white damask, but at:an exhibition of table .. decorations held , recently in. .Berlin table - cloths, worked with colour or coloured table -cloths wero.used by-various, exhibitors. According .to v the ■correspondent of- aif Australian .paper, the - display was most suggestivo,; ~Distinguished . .architects - and. -artists entered -into competition with novelists and professional . decorators.-, ; r.Tho competitors were of both sexes. "One-of the most charm- . mg- decorative , schemes , was that ,of a wcll- ■ known: artist, : Frau Wille.:. Tho'.'table.-was' ; round, seating eight. - Tho white cloth was . worked in silk, with a- bold pattern of .purple • Italian anemones, : a bunch of. the samo ■ blos- . Boms—natural' ones—awaiting each guest. , Four itall . vasesheld sprays of Frau Karl -.- Druschki roses; -more .of' .thesev delightful white blossoms' clinging :to white ribbons suspended from the- chandelier. Fraulem Kirschner, the sister of .- tho 1 .author....of - " Poterkins'' 1 (who rilso contributed-a table)', was: accountable for. a table of special interest: to: the many who have adopted tho sensible idea of having meals out ot doors- : The table cloth was of pale applo green, the sameicolour.being.repeated in.the china, while the whole was. shaded by a'fascinating ■umbrella-like arrangement of-, pale; green .inen,, with i painted festoons ~of vine leaves .. Jecorating it. \ Vino, leaves and grapes 'were. asod /as decoration on, the-r table itself. . ijuite unusual in its. rich and, massive effects Tas a r table • done 'by;-the-painter Julius Beuft. Heavy bronze candlesticks were conI- aected with , an old silver centrepiece by .ropes of, closely, arranged-box and everlasting flowers.- Much more suited to the.poputar taste, was a Japanese table .decorated , with,- black,;' currant - sprays, orchids, and '.herry 'blossoms/in bronze vases. . • '• • ' IN ADVANCE OF FASHION. Ono of the tribulations of the Antipodean . , woman .is .this, that-before she has ordered her • new winter.(.things, the, English ;fashion papers come to. show her what her 'spring garments: should ,be like, and she must there-fore-live in a state of: only transitory bliss. In Melbourne the impatient society girl gets over the difficulty, by anticipating the scaV sons and .adorning' herself in early winter with the styles that . pleased her cousin in the later spring. This sounds rather tangled and complicated, but the correct meaning can' be'sifted out. Any ? way, wo are told that oven- now in Mel- \ bourne the' newesfc sprinij hat has appeared. This new .'shape is called .either -the "Hungarian" or "Grenadier,"' and in: London and; Paris it is the - rage in its hundreds ijf'differing styles, .which are nil extremely becoming. .It is in-effect a large cap- or Mcnst," with a' high ' crown, quTte unlike /Anything else we have seen. It has a border oifur; which rests on the hair, and a huge aifette of, huge • dimensions, is fixed to the .Jft eidis, spreading" like a fan. This toque can be made of fur, and those who still possess tho fur toque of a few seasons ago can' have,them, remodelled. But- the foun-ttiri-Ifke aigrette must- not'be omitted, or the style will be lost. ... Another'important '. accessory in dress is the sash, -which is worn as e, finish to tailor-made, as well as even- . ing gownsr The "Fatima"'sash sounds daring, but it is.said to he very becoming. It is of wide'crep6 de chene, and matches the gown it accompanies. •" It is worn tied around the hips, which it binds; and fastens in a'-big bow in front. The "Convention" sash' is the most popular. It goes . right around tho waist .'once, and then is knotted loosely at - oiie side. For serge, or tweed towns black-fringed ; gauze scarves are jround round the waist and hips, and the long ends escape under the opening of a tailor-made jacket. These' sashes are the .itcst Parisian craze.