WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 400, 8 January 1909, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD.

- £ MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAB. r.-.J'.,' -v (Br: I':. '■■■'■:

TO-DAY'S DINNER. ' [Speoially written for The-Dominion.] FRIDAY. ■ Eggs and Green Peas.' Fried Flounders. .7- Potatoes. Ground Rice Shape. Stewed Peaches. , EGGS AND GREEN' PEAS. • I ■'Five eggs, J-cup of : boiled peas, ; lj-table-jpoonfuls of cream or stock, 1 seasoning. Beat the >■ eggs; slightly ; add cream, popper, and salt, and . stir, all .over the fire; addtne peas. When, it {. : 77- thickens; take: iMfi: and serve on.hot buttered toast. -7;. .7/ \i -~-7^':{{.{'.'-; FOE TO-MORROW. \ -7. \ Knuokle of Teal, turnips; parsley,, three eggs, • raspberry jam. 7y ''V', .. .';.- ' FOR SUNDAY. ■ . • Stock, rolled sirloin , of beef, parsnips,' 21b. apricots, pastry, crcam. . , .FOR SUPPER. .'"'' Ingredients' ftir ohicken: pie, tomatoes, mayon- • • muse, one pint'cream, peaches. DIALOGUES OF THE DAY, THE TOO CANDID DRESSMAKER. "Language is given us to conceal ;our '■7 thoughts,"' said'the' Te'acheri: '"Also spbech- ; is. silver, •'but' ; silence" is; golden,{ and, fur- :■ thermore/a quiet tongue makes a {ivise head, .• and,'.above all, let; your women keep' silence in the fitting-room." ; "I. seem, to'recognise' some' of .' those :sen-- , timents,-''- said the Bachelor ■ Girl; "but -1 .; - don't quite see why you should'throw them ; -. all; : at ; my head,. especially 'as' -tliis /is holiday time, and, moreover, 1 -.- have not said one , word since you came in." • ' "It 'is - the,, dressmaker," said. the Teacher, : : : ' 'I ■ 'harejilst'.; come.; from, ier ■ den;. .. and, am 7 still. blushing.. with '• tho ;... 'memory ofher: personal remarks. I had- : never: seen her before this day.. She .was ' 'a : perfect stranger to mo, and yet, when ■ our acquaintance was only three "minutes' old, : she began to say things, that yoii, thank Heaven, have never said during all 'the. years wo have, known each other/ though ;evcn in the ' far back l years .(when'!we ' were.;<fairly 77. indiscreet and candid)..! ainafraid youcould. have said ..with perfect truth that . I- was . short, and : squat,; and • fat, that. I' required takings in -hereijand /tbere,7 and.{.everi;. then; 7 ; 7 might: not look ,very .presentable;". • ... "Did .the ; , .dressmaker; j lady, v.say; ..that ■:;"V askedthe Bachelor,, Girl; "v. "Or words to that effect,'.'.' the. ".Teacher, mourned. "I went into her, den with all ; -the self-respect and feeling of:'. importance that. I find;;it rrequires .'.to : ,k'eep:"a.;. class—a - lairge.' class of horrid'-. littleT '.order, . and you'knew: I-really do .'inspire my. class with awe. But I-would have.trembled, had ' . - : I met. even . tho least'.°f them . as-I''came out. of,that fitting-room just now, so crush- '. Ed was.'./I.with'-a.'jsense.of;all 'my{inherent 7 blemishes and. {shortcomings. 7, :Of' 'these 1; had been'assur^/in'tHe.'most.brutally.;frank . 7 manner.'-7 Why. 'should; a woman, 'just; 'be-;.' cause I have TO.mmis'sion'ed her ' to . make. me a frock, feel"'Justified ' in;..commenting ruth- • . lessly on the little blind thing's nature did '.■ when she'shaped . this 'mortal .'frame; of.: me?; ; By what right does she do.it?" ' ' . ' : i"You. were not snjart enough, nor:dignified enough,"/ said 'the] Bachelor Girl.. : "-You v should. • hava : - .crlishedher ; with . some'. ■: wise remark." {••.:£■-v : , "But .you .cannot do that!.. You aro Help- : less before -the sublime /assumption of . the . ladyl {'You 'Have-.a very short neck,' she says,' • 'and .1 noticci : .ionei-slioulder r 'is. : a good : . deal higher, than: the. other.'. Well, of course, .:the\obyious!;ai]swer is : ■ 'Madame,' it is yourvbusiness- toi'disguise: ;these:;'defects, ■ not, to-comment.', on:.them,li anii; you. have/it ', in your.-niindv-toi,say g'ust. .tliat, - but—well, -* anyway/.-rm, woman is a coward ; ;. . .beforei so you miirmnr - very meekly, as' though ydu':haliifashioned' ; ..: -yoiir own-self: 'Yesi I knoir.j'-my{mist;ake.' " "You must take a . tonic: before; ,; you gb' \v next time, and feay; to .yourself,' as .you; go •' into the den, , ' I will.;- bo , brave,' " a- the ■■■ ■ Bachelpr.iGirl.-admonished. -. :, i■ ; "What-do. -: .iasked thef-Teaeher, . cnriously. „-;;f-'(3ome 1 i ; to' 'thinli 'of vit,; I ; hare never . been -.with jou to your .'dressmaker. : : Are you bold. as.a lion?. ...Do'.you' -say in a: ' : firni _.voice ' : have your ■; skii;t cut; just so;:,and.;-.that<if. ;tho", style you chosen:.for,--,,the^bodice'-is.';;not. the very .latest ■ thingstill,; it' suits"; you. ; and, yoii ; .will : liav6 'it P" . . ;. i;', ... I- ;■' ■ •j ''I-rer," .began :the -Bachelor Girl, blush- : - slightly, , and- tne. :Typewritef., Girl--' cutin: "She just crawls, rli, have-..been; 'with her, and our fine friend is nothing but a worm. .'She .begs in a little weak .voice for the sort of sleeve she .fancies, she bliishes '] to the. roots of her. hair when the . dress- , / maker, says.contemptuously,.''itliat that"is ; not j .. ;much . worn ;,'she; acknowledges' almost: with j 'tears that she is thin, and she bows down , ..'. before the dressmaker: when she practically ] tells ,her, ' You ara in "every -way .made i ;wrong, .but,, if'jou: are : good l , and obedient-.'' , . . I will recti:".? the miser—r—r—r—able works • of nature.' She: looks : in .the, glass fearfully, . : ■ ; and acknowledges with;;cbn,tritidn:that every v.:;; the; dressmaker .says is true." 'She ; fawns'"on her like ; a little dog, and when- : ;...; she ;comes: ; away . she.' say's,/.;' Yes'," I know .'; she was' awfully impertinent;; but.' she - does know how to suit my style.' And this in, spite •. of the • fact that the dressmaker has said ' in twenty dozen, different ways.'that she . has no style at aIL. ?'£ y : r : "Quite true," ■ said . the Bachelor. Girl, . cheerfully. ' 'Henceforth, tailors for- me. They. ' . think all the same t-liingS- no doiibt,.. but "they only say.half of them." . . '; v'. : ; ::. . ; ; v' v '

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL A Naval Alliance. -. English society papers are, interested... in the announcement of the engagement of ■ Miss Dorothy Fisher, daughter of Admiral Sir, John .Fisher,' to Lieutenant Eric Fullerton, son of Admiral Sir John Fullerton. The wedding, was fixed for just , before New: .- Year. . Woodvlllo wedding.. ■ ■ At Holy .Trinity Church, Woodville, on: . Tuesday,- : December 29,. the Rev. Robert Robertshawe, of Dannevirke,' officiating - (in :the unavoidable absence of Canon Eccles), Mr. James Eugenio La Roche, second son of Mr. John La Roche, of Masterton;, was. married •to''''Miss.'Annie,' Elizabeth Wood,; second daughter: of: Mrs/ Henry, '' of Woodlands Road,,{Woodville. The bride,- ■ who was given away, by her brother, wore a smart.tailor-made;costume, and leghorn;hatj . trimmed with French shaded roses. ■ Miss Jessie; Henry, "sister of ;the bride, dressed in. white" -muslin',, 'with hat to 'match, and carrying a' : lovely bouquet-of flowers, made a very pretty little, bridesmaid. Mr:. A. La' Roche, of Wellington','.brother of the,' bride-, groom, act'edfas-best man. ' . After ; the':; ceremony- was'/ performed' the' wedding -party were driven ', to Ferneylee. - Farm,- where 'a. reception, was held. ; :Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Robertson, of, New, ■ are staying at -the Empire Hotel.' ' , Miss Putnam, and Miss. Eleanor- Myers left yesterday for a,visit;'to' Picton. . -- Judge Edwards ','aria- Mrs.' Edwards are staying ; at the Empire Hotel. ; : Mrs. Oliver Bunny returned to Mastertoii yesterday. ' " Mr. and Mrs. Walton, , of Hamilton, are visiting .Wellington, and are staying at the Empire' Hotel. . '• " Sir -Wiliiam . and. Lady Steward leave on Februarjr : 12 for Durban; South {Africa, to visit .their.',son, -Sj&r;-, Vernon St-eward. • '.-Visitors'from Sydney "staying'at thei'.Grand Hotel incl.ude ;Mr: and 'Mrs', j-Bill; Mr; and Mrs. ByriWsjVand Mr.- and-Mrs. J. G. Burke. ; Miss.; Rachel ' Richmond; and...-Miss; Hurst-. bouse returned a camping expedition to 'D'TlTOlle/Island;.:: . • : ' J.;'; .'. s •I-Mrs.''.Neave;^who is .secretary, to ' ciety{of V Musicians,-. Auckland,' is visiting' -Wellington,. and-;is the guest of, Mrs. Moore; Bidwill Street. .. • . - ;. * .. '.fMrs.-{G.- G-i-V Ste&d,7 of Christcliurch,-> : and'' Miss'Roberts,'''-arrived. - from'.. .Hastings' last': . liightj and ieavo for Lytjelton to^nigllt;, They, - : The engagement has. been announced of Miss Flora Kebbell, eldest. daugh&;.;/of Mr.' William, Kebbell, .'Alfr<;dton, Wairarapa, to Mr. Alex.\ W.: Nisbet, 1 son of Dr.' Nisbet, Duncdin. : • <-■ ' '..'At' St, Matthew's Church, • Masterton, yes- ' 'terday Mr. 'R.' H. Nitz, of Te Wharau, was married,to Miss; Dora May.Walker, of Mas- 1 terton. Tho Misses Welch acted as brides- : 1 maids/ ,: Rev: J. H:{ Sykes, of '-Upper Hutt, , . fomerly'; of. ;Te -.Nui, was 'the,: - 1 clergyman:' ■ - • ' At- Cuba ' Street {Methodisf...Church,; .Pal- , merstori'j 'oii'- Miss'Francita Old- '; ham) -third. daughter oi Mr. A. Paltridge,. of '] Palnierskm, was . married': to { Mr. George { Morgan:.'Eva.nsj"{6f.{Le'y;n. Tiie bride, who , was: attended by sis bridesmaids,; wore cream ] figured silk lustre, 'with , bridal wreath and. j :L., and < -E'.;:Oldham-;(AuckUnd).' Ruby, Pearlj;Violet,., j :ini3":Elsioi'!all; iris|§is^ v Thififfisv;- ;] &gg-''.bfficiate'di'.'j^3)li^ :; jJftd?^£' , ''jEvans'.- I piir7: pose; making Levin {tjheir,; future, home'. ~ • i j

HATPINS WHICH MAY COME.

-. :Onfe\special"'design' of hatpiii'a :: that:.threat- / ens - ; popular. .'(says.'p a London. : paper), .tliat/with a, drop';'6rnament depend- - ing from' the flat ; substance'«f'; tKoVhatpin's head. • Another' hatpin is. the Merry ; /Widow. : he"rself, : topped by %large,'flat medal- .; lion of.this''fascinating. I 'beauty;' onva . glazed' . surface, to resemble painted china. - . Some ' pretty . pins nro made to resemble old Dresden cliina .by a process. The globe is: filled with wax, and then orna- ' mehted .with blown glass" of - Varying colours ■ . on . the exterior . . The . tulip , head pin, .the ; owl's head; pin, 'the:flowei\arid butterfly pins', are all ■ dainty novelties that should delight - heart .of:.Womaji'.-'»The' very latest design; -in ; hatpins ;is.,the inlaid; pearl pyramid pin— i ' an ; artistic and uric'ommOn.-novclty. ' . A charming hatpin-that .at present: has a . /great- vo^ue. among "the. American visitors to London', is .the;, rosebud pin, made- of', some secret, composition by .an Austrian firm.' This hatpin; has- of. a real' rosebud : . just; opening. Americans, are; so ; delighted • ;., with', it that they-buy it by;, thd dozen to / carry, over the Atlantic. •• . .r. 7., .; /Most of-i.thevhatpins: sold. jn Londoni come; ; from the. amall. town of Gabions!,;, in Austria,. : ; make is next'; in'. ,the', m-arket,vbut;;the'. Eng-' ' lish. output ■is very, small ;in; comparison; -. . ' Mrs. Garrett Ariderson ; as Mayor of Alde- - > •6nrgh,v;attehded the iparish;. church the first . Sunday after her election in' state,' accom- : : panied: by ,tho members of the corporation.' . Sho : ;;wore : l '%he ;r'ed' robo, and , chain ot her of- ; fiwraiidicamed'. the" maoe of the Stuart period.'. The route was lined by '; coast-guardsmen, lifeboatmen, Territorials, and council- officials, r The church was , . ..'crowded);.-and" the playing of the National: Anthem'announced the arrival of-the Mayor, who took-: her place in the corporation pew- with the maco: laid before her. Mrs. Garrett Anderson again headed the . procession on its way back to the Moot Hall, : and when all.had assembled where the market cross used to , stand, she'. came to the hall steps and expressed her warm thanks to all who .had attended her.

• NO PLACE FOR- ST. VALENTINE.

■r. -7--. • : ......,.- :- . ( ."" -{llussia; is : a 'country. . rig-.-' ofous; laws'. { The; irony'and-iiumour';of some i of. them dome : homo to the. foreign onlooker,, ■' while, of bourse, the Russians fed ..only'the' •, whiphand. „:,The latest victim of : an . "antikissmg law .in a famous :,and.„all-. Mdlle'. Trej)off- She l actually had the temerity to kiss her.: mother, in ai traincar.: One: would- have : . ; thought l even- a or judge,;.or whoever. adm'ini'ste'rs cases':, ofn law-breaking.'. 6'. ■' tha't kind : 'in' Riissiaj; woiild'be melted by :tfce. beautiful picture or {the-, re-union ,of a mo- , ' ther{ anddaughter-!,celebrated by ' a'-'{chaste ' salute, .-but-BRuSsians' 'understand. no'- 'jokes 1 the -'fine'of-.ten'roubles','(2Bs;.'.6d.); for-ia' kiss m public conveyances, such as railways and ! traiiicars, ' was '-, rigorously enforced. A kiss ! in the street is penalised. to the extent -of. , seven roubles (19s.':10d.),'and a' declaration 1 ,* of ...love sent-by' 11 postcard, if anybody, is brazen-faced-enough to do such'a-thing,'is •: puriished t-o' the extent -of five roubles (l4s.■ 2d;). : One-would like to • kno'w if insult 'I is .heaped on injury and the fair /recipient :■ mulct-ed.-in damaros-.-if the- declaration'.'.of £ love is 'rsent. Without ; any, address: to identify » the sender. 7 ■ ■ 1

CAMPERS FIRES.

Few things give campers,, especially woihen campers, more;' concern than tho matter of • fire.'. Cooking,, if it ismerelya . matter of; .< boiling a kettle, has always to be considered. To light a fire 011 a breezy .day. in a: dry : , forest or ti-treo scrub not infrequently leads " : to disaster..' Hikce.the popularity of the oil • stove and the-spirit lamp. It is only' the initiated, : says an Australian paper, who know.' how. truly'awful: can be' tho';behavipur. of these. things in. camp..- The very stove that has. been the family joy for years be- ; ; haves like, a perfect demon in, camp. If the same ; stove, / however, is. properly.', sheltered,'. : its temper.' bo restored to ,it.'. ' A' ■ small tin-lined , case .can be. bought. or borrowed from.. any. countrystorekeeper, ■ and' this more ? than ,doubles the use of; the stove.' The.case can be moved to'get its tack to'the .' wind,, and. if i a tW large . holes are-bored top; tho.Results will bo all-the better; Al'.fresco cooking-is .a;;tempered- joy at best; but a small,'oil; stove in a tin-lined, case is-a medium not .io bo despised. ,' / - ■Another :item : with which men campers ; have , achieyed some 1 culinary, triumphs may also berecorrimcnded .to women; This is the oil drum,; which makes an admirable', little' stove. - It' is set on; .end, a-'few -holes bored •• round it,' and a' square: hole out :in' one ' side. r ■ Anyone ' familiar, with a- bath-ieater-'iriwhich wood is used knows how much-lieat can bo generated •; by a handful' of chips or a couple of pino'.cone's;' The; oil. drum worked on • much:the-'same principle'as 'thei,bath-heater.' It' is'aii excellent affair !to,cook'with, arid is infinitely 'safer; todeal with than the ordinary open• fire. . '

AN IDEAL WORKING FROCK.

A prize was recently: offered in the, United. : States for;a : dress suitable .for': the wear ,of women on farm's. The prize went to a 'dress, which; would be'equally rational for'any working woman. , The'- dress • aimed at giving the' maximum amount of comfort and freedom and the minimum 'degree''--of weight, and warmth. It had to be durable,' and ■ ' becoming.- Mhe'prize dress,- for ■ summer, - would bo made' of linen,. pongee or batiste; for' winter,: of homespun, drill ; or, lor outdoor work, crayenette. . The skirt buttons on to _a blouse which is worn over a loose-fittiiig bodice made in one piece, with either bloomers or a short 1 petticoat: The. buttons are concoaled by a belt; •. ,Tho blouse''.'is' 'cut with ' deep armbolcs. For gardening and other heavy .work- the .over-skirt can be discarded" boots worn with, the bloomers or short underskirt. .Judging by an illustration, the dress is well out and sufficiently smart looking to prove a serious rival to the more conventional 'garb, of ( the average working woman. . 111-health is,what everyone hates; Good'healtlr is the best of, all mates/ ' . . ' To ■ secure it you must : ' Laxo-Tonic Pills trust; -. Tho'best .asset we have in the States. LAXO-TOMC PILLS, IOJd, and Is. 6d. 15