TO-DAY'S DINNER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 260, 27 July 1908, Page 5

TO-DAY'S DINNER.

(Specially Written for The Dominion.) ; PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS BY- AN EXI'EKT. . ; , MONDAY. ; " Potato .Soup.' , ' J Haricot, Mutton. "' M&shed, Potatoes. : Celery. . . -Cirencester. Pudding. CIRENCESTER PUDDING. . Method.—Beat' together 2oz. of' butter and 2oz. of sugar, then beat into them two table-. . spoonfuls'of ■ trea'clo.' Mix salt, one. teaspoonful of baking powder, and a teaspoonful' of ground ginger and ground cinnamon-(if liked), -ibis pudding may be made with any flavouring, i. Seat into the'mixture one'egg, and then stir : in half the flour. ; Next add a .teacup x>f milk, and then the rest of tho flour. . Boil this pudding for two hours, and serve avhu a sweet sauce. • ; : I ' ■ '.. ! : FOR TO-MORROW. 'V Ingredients.—Beef ; for roasting, . potatoes, vogetablo marrow, parsley,' .half-pint of; milk,. ; .'horse - radish, stock. for/soup;: foiled-; applo pudding, - carrots, turnips,;.onions.- ■. • *•.. >_ "CHECKING THE 1 BABY." 1 •" No .problem is too big for the smart' Amori- , can to tackle, no diliiculty so groat that , his ingenuity cannot surmount : it, and one of his' cleverest devices is .that; adopted, in'.'a.big. department' store ,'for"-.the:iensnaring of 'the, shopper, nvho lias to take lic'r children' shopping with her. iShe.'cannot; drag : her chil : dren about the endless. rooms r and so a miniature Coney Island ihas- been established' for their benefit, and once- the children got there they are -'as happy, as the ,day. isiogg. There are swings, toboggan slides, merry-go-rounds, sand-boxes, and a wonderful organ. Every day in the week except' Sunday the place is . crowded. , On : Fridays and Saturdays the heavy-shopping days, attendants, re- • ceive the, children'; and not only tjio-coloured . maids,' but all,the.-aisle-men. on thisypar- .. ticular floor, are pressed into -the_ service tb. look aftpr ;the youngsters. -The' immense rotunda in tho centre, of tho store is covered by-a glass /roof,' -which reflects the /light and floods every floor. ■ On one Coney Island, which is in the form of a jungle with trailing vines,' from which' life-like monkeys hang as if ready to. spring into the."arena." A huge imitation tree, from .the branches . ■ of which'still more monkeys and white Teddy bears cliiig, helps to .carry out the illusion, A- circular seat, un'der' the "tree,"' as well as . those -'around , tho ;'rotunda, . are- great; trysting-'places for ' mothers—yes, and fa-, thers, too—who, enjoy watching the children. : Flags of- all nations, . with the Star's and . Stripes conspicuous, float''from jungle .and rotunda.The - toboggan-slides probably attract more youngsters than any other amusement. The; larger one-is patronised by the'." older boys and.girls. .-. .. . • ■■■■> • • •■. ; .- ' ' On Saturday morning, at 10.30 sharp, tho - children have. a concert . of , their _,own ; in tho great auditorium—and tho room is always crowded. ,~, ...; , A member, of the Board of Education invites a certain■■ school - of; -either. Now; York or Brooklyn'to';bo.;present; and as it is ' strictly .children's day,; only the' grade tea- ■ chers are permitted-to accompany them. From the moment'of: their- in"tliq great auditorium tho. boys and girls sit spellbound as' tho splendid pipe-organ floods - tho . place 'with melody. .. As. Saturday ''is gala" day, -.they-'children; 'come.;- in their best,- and they are / allowed. - to remain as 'long as they behave, themselves.-.. They -are.-supposed .to bo panied by ah older pors'ph; • is Jiho place, is -' so crowded thatj it' wo'iild be ;im'pb'ssiblo for( ■ 'the attendants t'to. Oriole'..aftefiStnem - : pro- ; periy. -~ ' ■ r -' It- is customary on these days to ask.the child if the mother is with; him. A small / lad made-himself, rather conspicuous; on a recent occasibn,-iand: the -usual, question' was put to him. He replied by - pointing, to -a young Jewess"'on one of ; tho_ seats, near itho 1 rotunda. .- _ ' Tho aisle-man was struck with a sense'of : humour,- and.gazed 'wonderingly at the redhaired, -freckled boy, who , was .unmistakably " Irish. - . s ; - : - v v --'';' When in the'course of the-next half-hour, fourteen children whose ancestors _ certainly came . ..from . Islo pointed' out" ■ their Jewess-.guardian as ."mother," he be-' -pan to seo tlie joke. ; - • • If too much excitement or too much sodawater and candy L-make . ; the . child . ill, .a trained nurso' is summoned and/ patient is-taken in a wheeled chair to the emergency hospital, whore' there : are trained attendants -as "well as";physicians ; to'' look after ' the - sick. -The child will be-taken care of-here during the .rilother's absence. 1 . One largo department store has not -only a-conservatory, but. a whole forest of real German'canaries singing on the roof, with Japanese nightingales, and'parrots galore. In tho centre of' the conservatory.is.|a huge ; stone pyramid about which .'are fountains, 'and pools where gold-fish'dart and play. ".It,is. a great joy -to-tho-youngsters 'to < capture the little ; in- the small .nets,.arid gently placo.thpm in the aquariums , ' furnished by. the attendant:r' i... . - ;They are,. of course, v not- allowed to .'take the fishes away,- unless, they are -purchased, but.-the good, time is', as' free as tho. Coney '• ■' Island—the- toboggan-slides, ■ nierry-gb-rQunds, ■ ' swings, and "funny, grafs" in . the other big- . stores.; '. ' ';■ '.-