TO-DAY'S DINNER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 337, 26 October 1908, Page 3

TO-DAY'S DINNER.

PRACTICAL 'SUGGESTIONS BY AN EXPERT. [Specially written for Tub Dominioh.l MONDAY. .. . Cauliflower. Spup. Cold Veal'.. Salad. Cheese Pastry. Tapioca Pudding. CHEESE PASTRY. ' ; Half-pound.roiigh vuff pastry, 3oz. cheese, 2 yolks and. 1. white of egg, loz.'butter, pepper and salt to taste. Roll the'pastry out very thin, arid cut in half. - Melt the butter, add the cheese, the egg's well -beaten, and popper and : -salt-to taste; Spread this mixture on one half -the-pastry, put the other half over. Cut into rounds with a. round cutter. Brush them over; with egg. Put them on a-baking tin, and cook,in..a'quick oven.' ' FOB TO-MOHROW. „Neck of mutton, carrot, turnip, onion; 1 pint stock, rh'ubarb v :lb.. suet. : . SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Frocks .at the. Races. -- • , Saturday morning did not givo_ the pression that the-' afternoon at Trentham would bo clear a\id'fine, -but in -spite -or threatening clouds a number of people decided to take the risk of encountering a sudden shower, and boldly set out.,in their pretty light frocks,- so that though - the sceno on the lawn was by no means a brilliant one, .the.coats-and skirts of the more cautious were' enlivcnod by the presence of many pretty, : . delicately-tinted" frocks. a numberof mothers ;• had taken their tiny children with hem, and these played about the .'lawn all the afternoon, convinced without doubt that it was made simply for then. Several Maori ladies- wero to be seen, all very deeply interested in the races, one of them making a fine blaze of colour in a silk gown of Venetian red with vest of lace over pale pink. , . Mrs. Moorhouse wore a dark-grey skirt with sealskin coat and grebe toque; Mrs. Harold Johnston wore-a dark-blue cc-stume with Directoire coat,' and .pale-blue hat 6wathed in tulle-with - wide wings of bine, the. Samoi shade and a darker, blue; Mrs. K. Duncan pale-blue cloth costume and wido black hat with ro.sos; Mrs. A. Duncan, grey cheeked costume • braided with black, and ceris'e hat with tuft of coque's feathers; Miss D. rjqhiiston,. blue-coat .and siirt, and blue .hat?"with large roses;. Miss Turner, green coat- and skirt, black picture hat, and white boif-Miss Duncan, grey coat and skirt, and brawn hat with- cluster of large dark-red berries; Mrs. Wilford, - dark-blue tailor-made, and hat; of a deep, cerise shade with tuft of cerise'feathers; Sirs. Harris, grey coat, and skirt, white hat with pink-roses; Miss H. Miles, green tailor-made ; Miss J. Higginson, blue costume; -'white'furs, pink floral hat; Airs. Tweed wore a. sealskin coat over a blue frock, .and black-hat, with white boa; Miss Menteath, blue cloth frock with blouse' of white net;" arid-wide ; blue hat with wings; Mrs.< Chas.;.Pharazyn,-grey tweed coat and skirt;, white''.boa, and ' hat trimmed with flameK/oloured• and green feathers; Mrs. W. Hislopj dark-blue tailor-made, white, tulle hat- with , blue roses; Mrs. Stono-Wigg, ,bis-ouit-coloured frock and cream toque with pink roses, white ostrich feather boa; Miss Palmer, ■ blue ■ tailor-made, 1 white furs, green toque covered with. violets; Mrs.' Tringham, pale cloth costume-with pink .toque with brown osprey.-and'white-furs;-.Mrsi:Joseph, brown -and (green hat;' Miss Joseph, blue' and white, striped frock, green .hat with bronze coque's feathers; Mrs. Kember, cream striped-.-costume, ?and--hat withered roses; Miss' Kember, white striped costume, wide-'.white hat; : with pink roses; Mrs; Cecil Jones, dark-bite tloth frock and violet hat;" MisS . Jones,' pale : bhio' costume, • black- hat .with roses ;' Miss Appletoii/ cream frock with long cream'coatiand brbwn hat; Mrs.'Raw-son,''dark-red-coatand.skirt, with brown and red hat'; Mrs; Hv Burns; black coat ' and skirt,- with ermine' stolo; Miss A. , Kennedy, green! coat and skirt,'- brown hat ; Miss 'V., Riddiforil, .pale-blue frock : with handsome long'• ermine ooat, and' hat of Tuscan straw wreathed with , roses J "Miss ' Joan Hislop, powder blue cloth tailor-made'costume with filet lace insertion, and prun-e-coloured taf?' fetas hat ; Mrs. jßland Holt,- frock of cream ©oliehrie' elaboratoly braided with - narrow oream braid,, and a floral toque covered .with vari-eoloured laburnum sprays;' Miss Pollock, eostiime and white hat with roses; Mrs; H; Rose; white chiffon bestrewn with embroidered;roses'; blue rose-trimmed hat; Miss -Bodmin,'; cream tailor-made;' Miss R. Seddon, blue'costume and picture hat. . .

, Dance at Sayes Court. A' delightful dance was given by Mrs. H. D. Bell at hor homo, Sayes Court, on Friday evening. The .floral decorations were excop J - tiohally beautiful., Tho two rooms used for 1 ' dancing were, decorated, tho ono with arum lilies.: the-other with branches of lilac, and in'the smoking room, which was arranged for. sitting out, ■ there were boautiful roses and great quantities of lilies of the valley, more of-the delicate fragrant flowers than one could imagine growing all at once, while pink-Japanese plum blossom and more lilies , f of. the: valley madman exquisite decoration ■ for the supportable, Mrs. Bell.wore a handsome- flowered white brocade; Miss Bell's dainty, frock was of white chiffon, with silver Boquins; Miss Violet Bell wore pale yellow, and Mrs. Hcctor Rollcston was in black , and white : Mrs.; Arthur Duncan woro yellow brocade; Miss W: Miles, pale green silk, with' Greek' patterned border in darker green; Miss -H. Miles, palo pink silk; Miss M'Tavish, palo green ; .Mrs. von Zedlitz, pale bluo silk; Mrs. Chas. Pharazyn, white frock, with bands■ of pale bluo velvet; Mrs. Colgate(Auckland;, painted chiffon; Miss Fell; palo bluo satin; Miss Tweed, white • satin and , gold; Miss Joan Hislop, whito lfet, with sil-ver-trimming; Mrs. Vivian Riddiford, pale pink ninon-; Aliss Duncan,- white satin; Miss Margaret-Fell,-whito 'satin; Miss EileenWard/ pale blue; Mrs. Dalziell, white satin: . Miss' Sommerville,-white frock; Miss Katb- ' leen Fitzgerald, whito and silver; Miss Simpson, pale pink: Miss Rawson, white notMrs:;Walter'Johnston, white satin; and Miss Doris Johnston,-flowered chine silk. Palraerston North News. One of the ploasantest little dances of the season was given by Mrs'. Arthur Russell on . Friday evening. The long verandah from tho ' ballroom to the drawingroom . was covered in and decorated most effectively with large scarlet paper poppies, and in spite of heavy squalls of rain made a pleasant lounge. The supper-tablo was decorated with scarlet geraniums and foliage, and trails of scarlet ribbon: the effect being much enhanced by largo bowls of arum lilies, placed on. stands about ithe room.' Mrs..Russell received her guests' in. a' handsome blue, silk robe,, and Miss Russell wore a. graceful ; frock of gold tissuo' over violet chiffon. trimmed with bunches of violets.' Among" those. present were Mr. and Mrs. D. G..Riddiford (Bulls), Dr. : and Mrs. Stowo, Mr., and Mrs. H. Waftson, Mrs. Waterficld (iii. white satin), Dr. and Mrs. Wilson, ' Mr.' aiid Mrs. Francis Hewitt, arid! the Misses fJ; arid N. Wilson and Olga Lovett . (Bulls), Snow, Abraham, D. -Wilson, Monro,-Hewitt; Barber, Fraser,'and Boswick, and Messrs. Arluvrighti (Marton), Loga.n : (Napier), Gojdirgham, Barraiud, Har-man,-Davinson, Bagnall, and Captains Lyon and Gathonic-Harcl.v. . Miss Lusk (Auckland)'- is spending the week-end with' Miss Wilson: -Mrs.- ; (Nelson) left on Saturday for Wellington, where she will stay to see her brother, Mr. Phillip Abraham, off to England early ncit month. Mrs. AValter" Johnston (Highden) is not now expected back till about February, as she and her daughter are spending Christmas in Egypt. Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Riddiford (Greatford) have boon the guests of Sir Wm. Russell at Flaxmore (Hastings).

Dance at Victoria College. Tho Victoria College students only finished their collego examinations on Friday, but it takes more than that to depress them, and the dance given at tho collego pn Saturday evening by tho gleo club was quite as cheerful as though tho sword of Damocles- wero not hanging ovor tho hoads of —well, say two or three—of thoso prosont. Tho hall,'with its unfinished brick walls, makes 1111 offcctivo background for tho protty frocks of tho girl students, and, though primarily designed for educational purposes, it is ovidciit that tho building is admirably suited for sitting-out purposes, and thero are all tho C'rridors to walk about in, so that danccs givon up thero aro always much enjoyed. Quito a number of tho wives of professors, and othor ladies connectocl with tho university wore prosont on Saturday evening, ocdupying "scats on tho • stage, which was very comfortably furnished. Supper was served in a distant room, where the tables wero prottily decorated with scarlet and white anemones and arum lilies. Among thoso present wero Mrs. Von Zedlitz, Mrs. Kirk, Mrs. .Picken, Mrs. W. Fell, Mrs. Thornton, Miss Richmond, Miss Myers, Miss Zimari, Mrs. de la Maro, and Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs. Kirk was in palo green brocade with bands of velvet of darker green; Miss lurk in scarlet silk; Mrs. Von Zedlitz, in pale •pink; Mrs. Pickcn, in black;. Miss Fell, white silk; Miss Margaret-Fell, white satin with, silver trimming; Miss Jameson, yellow silk; Miss Winder, white chiffon taffetas; Miss Gibbs, white silk; Miss M. Gibbs, white ninon de soie; Miss Barkas,. heliotrope ,satin; Miss Kebbell, coral silk with Grecian embroidery. Croydon School Dance. On Saturday evening a very jolly little dance was given by the boarders and the elder day-boys of Miss Sommerville s School. It was given in tho largo schoolroom, which presented a very attractive appearance when all the childrenxwero there, tho little girls, in, their dainty white frocks and the boys in their smart white uniforms of their school. Miss Sommervillo had several assistants who took caro that all the children had a very good time, among them wero Misses Miles, Doughty, Armstrong, White, Knox, and Perkins. . ' Toy Tea at the Y.W.C.A. . The , members of the Y.W.C.A., with an idea of further adding to . their stores ,of goods for tho coming bazaar, gave a toy tea at the rooms 'on Saturday afternoon, when tho guests were requested to bring articles for tho children's stall, and as about seventy visitors were present a great number of articles were received. Friends at the Hutt had sent in a quantity of beautiful flowers, which very effectively decorated tho room during the afternoon, and wero sold for tho good of the\association' later on. There was a word competition, which was won by Miss L. Ross and Miss D. Cornish, and a little concert programme, which included a pianoforte solo by Miss.Sewell, duet by Miss 801 l and Miss White, and a song ,by Miss Gladys' Pees. A feature of the afternoon's entertainment was the balcony sceno from "Romeo.and Juliet," which was rendered with- dramatic effect by two -of-the members, and. much appreciated by the audience. Mrs. T. W. Hi slop made-a pleasant little speech, and called for volunteers to help, in the work of collecting for the Ambulance Association next ' Saturday. Several-of the members promised to help. , The boys attending Miss_ Sommerville's Preparatory.. School are holding"-their school sports at tho'school on Friday, November 5. Mr. and Mrs. W. Bidwill.from the Wairarapa, are staying at the Royal Oak Hotel. A report of Miss Estelle Beere's pupils' dance will be found in the entertainments column. . . ./ •■ , .