VARIED SUCCESS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 484, 17 April 1909, Page 10

VARIED SUCCESS.

■'.■ -iMiss 'Elizabeth Jordan, the editor 'of "Harper's Bazaar,":-; is. an: example of what pluck arid determination can do: ..When she : came'.to New York; a; young, unknown girl from.the: West, she applied fof'a position in.! Park Eow.'i^Her. .persistence finduced the: editor to give ;h'or. an 5 assignment, :and; he .chose '.the ; most;.:impossible;'that.':,he'^ i 'could ; think of. .He sent, her .'io. watch'the labour- 1 . 'ers: digging-an' excavation,' and. told her ,'',td; find a story. She-did,, standing:in ; the, rain= all day to do:it, and:wrote it so cleverly that: ' •sHeVwas''taken-: bri 'the-staff at' once.'-'• She' .. ."contihued-'-with';tK .■'■ est.:positibn j -a'ttainable :;, -by' a woman,'• until' .- Harper's'"so'ught.'hei.'-.-''Tnen-itho newspaper .: 6ffercd : ;tb;letnername;hef. own'salary if'she: ; ;would : 'stay,"'i but \tho magazuiQ'/proved'.' too: ': 'tempting';-," Miss. J6rdan r isVsaid~tobo brie of, ■'', '.the.lwst am'ateur'piamsta'lh-New York-City.i is among;'the ; iwbirien'whb'have ; ■suffrage;":' Perhaps toi the 'general;reader'- she- •■ iS;'beslr known by- her>:-charming\-stories'.'b'f, ;. •■lifein a series ..of' ', -which'.ran■;through I '■•!'Harper'sJßazaar.''. .-•/..'•.;'; /ivMrs:' Adler,"who..spoke ; .with''facil6:ipratory; ')'. at .the; annual'/meeting "of the 'Union" "of' Jew-' -ish' : Women,:(says..'ati'''Eriglish , . ; paper),' is the ■■'. wife /of;' the Chief .\ Rabbi, 'and' though.' : .th'ero' are'.several'; ladies'an "Anglo''"Jewry bearing '- fher-title .of : ; Adler'.'she".is' always-.known ;. as '.' 'Mrs. 'Adler-without:any; first-name',, '■'.. $he, Chief;' Rabbi' holding.the"highest,'position ' {possible" tp. achievfi-.in; the 'Jewish'commuri- .-■ •ity. ; .,;:ThQ'^thoriie'of:. ; Mrs/:'Adler!s -speech was .'•. the''early. establishment and i visiting) etcVj'amongstvthe-poor .which -' -was ■-'' practiseai'by'' the" late Bafbriess'' de Rothschild !■' as -'as : :-1844jywhen 'she.' 'formed, ;' a Ladies'Loan.Society which helped poor "Jew- ". ishVpeople with .money-loans, -the- recipients V having;oeen.interviewed in.' the' East End' by ;the .Baroness! -: The 'Chief; Rabbi and : : Mrs. in the' West - End/and .another in \the/cityj in '•■ J7insbury ..' Squarej' where;, they, often ; 'stay, ' ■ especially •when '.'the Chief. Rabbf: is ■ taking; service 'at. one .'of -the synagogues, 'in'the/ East,; End. ■-. Their.: family, consists of ■ two daughters l ' 'arid ¥>: son. '"_•'■ One Miss'': A'dler,Ms:engagcd,in''philanthropical:'wbrk,;'and is/ /an, . authority ori questioris the-wel; fdrelof .boys-and-girls', just'.'abbve school agel: Mrs..'Adler's other'daughter is'tW. wife of- '• Dr. Alfred Eichholy, the" well-known educa^ .tibmsW '-':. ';:':.■.'.',■•. , .' l '".'■' ; '..:' ■''■-■. .'■'!■■.•..•'"•'". -.'.' 1 • .iMrs.'.Rosa -Lewis is. the woman ' chef of England; In November. 1907,, by special re- '.■ : quest, she| cooked for..the German' Emperor, whilb'h'e.,was : jstaying at/Highcliffej/shehas .- cqbkijd'.fbr the King,' -and /among/,the> long ~ ': "the;, prqnjinent . memßers"',.of;.';.'/- '.';,.'■■'. ....... ,the • Eriglish .•'aristqcracy.. arid '■,-.■., 1 ■_■/. :.. ..-"'" the leading; i mag-;../.,': ■;J.' J .'.;.;.; ■' ■' ■.-.-. j ■nates'. JMrs./Lewis:-has;often/''....: 'o.':'■ ■ o^9 at: the'height', of the ; season,-/ '''.."!' ■'. J /£B' j to iSuperintend; three, arid cven>,/ '■ .-//W ''■ four, .'society'Jdinners tin-..one •■''\'//f* ■' > evening.'.She,, thenraces 'from': ';/ ( • ;. house to house in ..a cab or a \iJ~ r motor-carj and /thus 1 manages' to keep a supervising eye on. x^^^ ; her. well-tried assistants.: Din- '•.'< ■Tiers.; for'"sixty ! and. suppers for. ' ',•'.'-^7 ,500'have'often.-to be .prepared' ; !."■■.'■ at'twelvobr'ten hours.notice.' , ; ' : -'•.'.'■ But; Mrs.'.Lewis : has;all 'tjie Equalities" of ''■■«■ ■:' great man 'chef, ;thus ! being'.a' living'..'refutation ;of the old ide'a that wonieri: cannot 'be .really.great-cooks; quite ■ alnumbeT of dishes,;'and advocates the use - of ;tho ■ grill' in • every wayi- .-.'■ You .can; cobk g the mbstrdelightful things on ',& grillaccord- j irig;to.'her. :i.lNothing; oan;..bfr".betterV than, grilled' :so]es,:" for -'instance.-.)? A■' shoulder ;o? c lamb ■never,'.tastes'b,etter,than'.'when'igrilled. 0 You', can -'grill -turbot -better vvthan*;you' 'can a boil -it. ■• :The grill is, tKb'-thing,-;'and l English t women; she .rconsiders, should givo' -it the b place of honour. in;jtheir kitchen; Mrs; Lewis' ] ( says that the' greatest'tmistako people'make 0 is that, they'are.'too fond-;of- trimming,' they i) '.waste the-best, part', r of.everything;'- If the t; average Englishwoman .'would only braise her a .riieat instbad'of doing so'.'much basting, • a fi much,betterVresult would follow. Thoy seem ]j decided on "killing';' taste. ; 'If they brily : followed.her simple, advice their food would t be tasty, and then they would not- find.the v, necessity of buying sundry bottles of sauces, I which are always expensive. ' ■. . .; '• p