TO-DAY'S DINNER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 462, 22 March 1909, Page 3

TO-DAY'S DINNER.

(BpICIALLT WttITTEN FOB THE DOMINION.] MONDAY. Haricot of Mutton. Potatoes. Braised Celery Baked Sago. Baked Apples. BRAISED CELERY. Well wash and trim the heads of celery and leave them in cold water from one to two hours, then tie then up with string and put them in a stewpan with cold water sufficient to cover them; bring to the boil, then wash them in cold water. Put a little butter in a stewpan with a few sliced vegetables, such as carrot, onion, and a very little turnip, and place the celery on the top; cover with a buttered paper, and fry gently for about 15 minutes; add about 1J pints of stock; let the celery braise steadily on the stove for about 2J hour's When cooked, take up and split the heads into quarters, and flatten tlum out with a knife; dish on fried croutons of breid, and strain tho gravy round. FOR TO-MORROW. One leg of mutton, Jib. of small tomatoes, Jib. mushrooms, 2oz. preserved ginger, }lb. suet, golden syrup, .cinnamon, ground gingor. W.C.T.U. THE ONLY WOMAN'S PAPER. The "White Ribbon," the official organ of the Women's' Christian Temperance Union, is the only women's paper published in tho Dominion. It. has . been in existence since 1895, and, according to the report presented to the union at its Saturday morning sesit is in a very good financial condition. The paper, publishes articles and news of particular interest. to the members of tho ' union, papers on hygiene and similar matters and reports of the work done by different branches in ■ the Dominion and in other countries. It is a brightly-written, up-to-date little paper, and the union may be congratulated on its financial success. Mrs. Oldham, of Napier, is editor and business manager, and Mrs. B. H. Low, of Wellington, the newly-appointed sub-editor. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mrs. Oldham by the convention'for her work. SUNDAY EVENING MEETINGS. Ttvo public meetings were held after church last night in connection with the W.C.T.Xi. Convention, one being held in Trinity Church, Newtown, the other in Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Cole presided at the meeting in Kent Terlace. Church, and the' Rev. J. K. Elliott was- present. . There was a fair attendance. Mrs. Cole spoke about the need for scientific Temperance instruction in .the State schools, and expressed the hope that canteen's would no longer bo allowed at volunteer camps. The union was very glad of the help given to it by.the Churches, and it wanted all the help it could get to carry on its various 'forms of preventive and rescue wort, which required the closest attention, until such time as they could succeed in closing the bars, which created the need for rescue work. Mrs. Cobb dealt with the work of the union from' its religious aspect, and made an appeal to those present to help them. The work she was specially interested in was Band of Hope work, the bestimeans available.at present for the education of the_ young as to the. effects of alcohol, and it. was for this that she urged the necessity .of ..finding: workers. Miss Powell made a very fine speech, showing how the very noblest work done by reformers throughout the ages came as an answer to tho world-old question, "Am I my brother's keeper?" . The Women's Union had every day to show in what way it interpreted the answer .it. had'to give, and it did this .with shelter, homes for friendless girls, sailor's' i rests in .various parts of the world, by'aggressive temper-ance,.-work, rescue work,; and evangelistic meetings. She told how,' 'at' the time',- of the Armenian massacres, Lady Henry Somerset and Miss Frances Willard, the leaders of the union,; had sent Mrs. ; Ormiston Chant to Armenia, where she was stationed as near the scene of the massacres as it was safe to go, and there she stayed for months, sending refugees by the scoro,over to start a new life in America. She told how Mrs. Hunt, in America, had initiated a movement in favour of scientific temperance teaching in State, schools, and how, a'fter working at this one .object for thirty years, she had the satisfaction of seeing every State in. the union adopt her system.. After touching on several other points of equal interest, Miss Powell closed with a brief appeal for helpers for the Wellington union. Mrs. Don, of Dunediri, was the speaker at the meeting in Trinity Church, where there was a very good attendance. Mrs. Don is .an exceptionally fine speaker, with a good presence and clear voice* She is a practiced speaker, having for many years been a Methodist local preacher, taking services nearly every Sunday. She made in excellent speech from the text: "For. the iivision of Reuben there were great searchIngs of . heart," dealing chiefly with the semperance work of'the union, and quoting leveral cases which showed what need there ras for energetic work. . \