TO-DAY'S DINNER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 329, 16 October 1908, Page 3

TO-DAY'S DINNER.

• PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS BY AN /-' EXPERT. ''Speoiallywritten for The Dominion.] : ; FRIDAY. Pea roup; Fried.Flounders. • Mashed Potatoes. Artichokes; Stewed Apricots. Blancmange. \ • — : —; — - ; PEA SOUP. Half pint split peas,l carrot, 1 onion, 1 quart stock or water, pepper and salt to taste, dried mint to .taste,, croutons of- fried bread. Soak ; the: peas all night in cold water. Put . them into a/saucepan, with the stock: Add the vegetables'.-washed and sliced. Bring to the bojl slowly.. ' Simmer for three or four hours till; tender. Rub through a sieve,'reheat, add seasoning and mint, and serve with small dice of fried bread. - ■ ~ 1 , ' ! CROUTONS OF BREAD. ; Cut .'6ome , rather •. -..stale bread .into slices Jin. thick?, and then, into dice. Put some dripping into a .frying, pan, and, when it is quite still, and smoking, put in the bread.' Fry it a light brown colour, 'drain on. paper and serve with the 'soup. ; FOR TO-AICRKOW. Ingredients —Ox-iail, . l ;carrot, ,1.. turnip, 1 onion, } pint stock, - tomato sauce 2 eggs, some dry cheese,..l lemon, j;pint milk'., ; ' FOR iIJNDAY. - " Hiiidquhrter of lamb',' 3 pints .stock; - mint, asparagus^'i: stale sponge 'cakes;-1 pint -milk, 6 ratanasj 4 eggs, essence of vanilla,-1 bundle rhubarb, ,i dozen preserved .cherries. . . SUPPER. One pound beef, jfb. bacon, 6oz. breadcrumbs, I.gill stock, Liebig's extract,-Pr., leaf .gelatine, ealad, friiit'fdr fruit salad. CHILDREN AND THEIR CLOTHES. " 'There is much talk at present of the influence 'of womeni of ideal Carriages, and the "discovery' 1 of motherhood, as wiell as the ever-present suffragette, who has time only for public speaking- 1 - While I write (says a lady, writing to an Australian paper) 1 am • dominated by the presence of what I call'air' " ideal -mother." She is young, 32 at the most. She has four children, one a baby in arms—a: rosy, very friendly boy, brought up free of fads. The mother I knew as a tot of 2, arid even then "sho always carried a doll under her arm. - She is a fine tall woman now, with wonderfully capable- hands. What a story of character and ability one reads in

hands. ; i My friend began as an art student, a.nd now I find her painting beautiful' of' Suffolk scenery, throwing part of her soul into the work; the children claim the other half. Anon I find her making'a flannel petticoat with great- zest for the baby, or making up a dainty dress for him. Perhaps I am talking with "her over her work, of distances "of

colour' arid tone values, or of a new novel; again .I comeupon her cooking the daintiest 'French' dishes, or making great '.cauldrons, of greengage.jam. That oyer, she is.designing serge.-jibbahs for the children's winter wear, and making designs, for the embroidery round the necks. An eye for good embroidery, for furnishing a house, it all comes in. I say , a finer example of motherhood. Each child .is brought up separably, its character studied, and it's all done with a fine zest and enthusiasm that makes a girl of this type the "maker of men." It's.so unusual in our neurotic times, .when.the most normal domesticities are treated as if they were discoveries, to find a woman with an artist's soul and pure womanly affections and. emotions. But I think, perhaps,, it is the artist au fond and her fine heart,'for.'-as Longfellow .says so" truly, "The heart-giveth grace to every art," and children are'not'tho least of these. ,- >. STRAY HINTS. On.'the Question of Linings.—A great many people have given up silk lining or the glace order in favour of muslin, though this is sometimes superseded by thin China, silk. It is quite usual to have a, number of separate urider-slips and to wear different bodices over them,,.while some people, have a princess under-slip which serves for-skirt and-bodice alike. Tnis f is a very easy method, and diminishes the trouble of packing, an unliried skirt being so much, easier; to, ; pack. There has never been, a season when thin gowns .have been so much in vogue, and anyone with a good - maid .or skilful fingers of her own, starting with a'good pattern, could utilise a gown, of 'this description with the most successful result. The Display of Fashions.—The woman of to-day has every opportunity of seeing the clothes she intends to wear, and the effect they are likely to produce, for in Paris, in London, and in New York, at the leading dressmakers', women with pretty; figures are arrayed in,evening and day dresses with all the necessary jewels and accompaniments, arid, parade- up: and down, sometimes in the open air, .more;often in beautiful rooms. In< old days :the dressmakers were, content to slip on the dresses over a flesh-tinted bodice. Now, the exhibitions to which the leaders of the fashionable world are invited are of quite a different order, and constitute almost a fete;,indeed, .they, are bidden to an "At . Home,"- where dress,sinstead of music, is the attraction.