TO-DAY'S DINNER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 248, 13 July 1908, Page 5

TO-DAY'S DINNER.

■ . (Specially Written for Tjik Dominion.) • PRACTICAL.SUGGESTIONS BY AN EXPERT. ; ~; , Brown Soup. . Cold Veal, Slashed Potatoes, .Cauliflower,''. , • Applo Jelly and Custard. . An Applo Jelly. . Stew a pound of apples with bnlf a-pint of wator,-sugar, the grated rind, and {ho juice of \6. J.lemqhl:, Dissolve- half : an': ounce .' of 'gelatine in 11 egg cups of water, over a very slow, fire. ; Sheet "gelatine is the' best- and cheapest. (It should bo cut. in three'before using.) If pos r ' sible, rub the apples through a sieve, and then add, the. gelatino. /Allow them to cool a little,rstifring occasionally, and; then 'pour half of them into' a mould. " Quickly colour tho rest with.cochineal, and add it. - Set it aside to cotil. Turn it out, and serve it: with or without cream or custard. ; . ' FOR TO-iMOKHOW. /■^'lngredients.—Leg. ; . of. mutton; sage, onions, potatoes, celery, 2J pints of milk, sago, red currant jelly or appie sauce, rice, Jib. suet, raisins, .candied '..peel, .1 or 2.'eggs.' (One egg,!will , , • .

- BARONESS ORCZY. - ■ ' - .In the J last '.number of tho "Woman at Home"'Sarah' Toolc.v has an interview with tho Baroness .Orczy, whoso extraordinary popular and. financial-success with the play . and the' novel of "The -Scarlet Pimpernel" ■' hafe' 'made her a subject of much interest to the novel-reading world. / Barones/Orezy has lately :appeared in a' London Court case' under her married name of Mrs. Barstow, but the more romantic-title lis stated to_ be,'also; hers by right. Hun- ' gariairi by birth, cosmopolitan by .education, ■ -an'd English by adoption, tho baroness lias v. had -a most i'ntercsting a.nd varied life'. Her. mind - was enriched by travel and romantic experiences before she even, a.tentativri; „effort.iin fiction; iFour y years"ago■ she' was -■ tho literary world,' to-Bay she has" a; world-wide reputation. The, storyrof her . . rise to fame' a.nd fortune is as romantic as her own romances, 'still it was not by a' sudden fluke of.good that she gained success—it was - honestly worked for and ~ fairly won. >■ The baroness .inherited her. title as the . .eldest'daughter df .her father, tho late Baron Orczy, a. descendant of a long line of ancient Hungarian nobles..'. She married an'-'Erglish-man, Mr. Montague Barstow, and lias long made her'home in this country. - , v : V It is an astounding fact that no fewer than ■ eight publishing honses.refused ."The .Scarlet . Pimpernel." : The. baroness thinks that her v struggles and disappointments ,in entering., .the literary .world mayserve as an encouragement to'other'Legintiers to go on' persbver-

. -Not only did tho Baroness meet with continuous disappointment. in trying '. to "■ get. : . r '-'The Scarlet Pimpernel" published, but her : ' .two.-earlier, books, "By til? Gods Beloved" •'.•■jand.-.jlA'.Son. of thePeoplo,",.which' have since achieved such popularity; were also sent tho round in vain. • ~ .It-is remarkable that, though the.baionoss; has Achieved allvheir literary successes , .in : England, with English books, she never went ■ Vto.that country or spoke a word of-English ; until-she was' fifteen. She is about tho last ,of ; an ancient Hungarian, aristocratic , family,' ■ who .all, senved;rtheir-:c6untry ;f.rom;,tim'e,'im-- . memoriaL.iri the diplomatic;arid ; ;foreigri' ser-! •vi'ce. . . She„was born at Tarna-Eors,in Lower i. .Hungary,-.the',aneestral;ch'ateau : which, under- . ithe .narae of --.Bideskut,, : sIVc in',,' 'A ■ -'Son of .tho-.People" ■ as. "ajow, .regular;. two.-' storied/construction;-, built iiiV .a- quadrangle! round a courtyard inj tho- .middle.; The - stono: hod ; B&nt'pla^iMWd|ptmted;biC€V:»-bngKt] yellow,.; after, .tha:, fashion; of-, the - beginning.- of i -the century,-and a double row of greon shutters ..fan like tiro bright-coloured belts,, all .■TOiind.Tthe.-house." ■-.> ".'..J.:..--.- . : Herr father, Baron' Orczy, was a di'stiri- ■ guish'ed ; diplomatist ? \ as \ well, as ail acconi•plished musician; and;at one- timo was dirrcfor of.-tho-National. Opera' House of Bridv .. posth,-arid her. mother: washiee thevCqmtesse. Wass.i As children, :tho . Baroness and v her ; :only /sisted lived 'a'romanticr'life in the old | . .'chateau, .• playmg'iin;-tho•,garden 'of, rose-trees• ; and amidst swe'etscented;: acacias. - Boyond was the^boundless stretch of the puszta, with .igaintyivillages : nestling;:on its bosom, , over, whifch .'tiio sisters galloped on their ponies,-* - free . children of nature. 1 1 They were-* surrounded by iall the-primitive pomp and cir■i. ,tumstaiice.: of;.aft'; anciorit: family of- ; the'' toil'.' Life for tjiem was mediaeval and picturesque,: and distinguished rby"lavish' hospitality. *J uq great:di'ning-halh,of; the chateau''would: seht - two hundred iguestsj -and.'on high :dnvs -ted , holidays it was packed to overflowmg/.Thora w'ero .'odcasional .visits':'to .' Budape'sth/' ~ gave .the. baronoss a glimpse-of city» doings. - ', The;.fut^^ l e;'liovdist , :cherished ;, an ambition: to become f an'artist,) and at-Mrs.' Heathorley's -Art School entered a charmed' world. i Whilst - studying ; art -' the.' baroness. mot; her; husband,, Mr.: • Montaguo . Barstow, .already 1 then a well-known bla'ck-aiid-white and water-: . . colour artist, '-and. for a few: years; after her:' . marriage ..she joined him in doing illustratiohs'for .books'and- magazines. >;/■■ : . . The baroness's first- novel, ".The-Emperor's '. .Candlesticks,'' was not a great' success. Tlireo' -..•I.SP^-'^oy^^'l^'d^^^.'-th^nv'.lTheVSiMrlet; Pimpernel, which, ha§,now reached a circulation of a quartor of a 'million, and has been .translated. into twelve :languages: -