HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 17, 21 January 1931, Page 13

HERE AND THERE

"Keal Jam." , A correspondent writes interestingly on the subject of jam. He says: "Touching loganberry jam—why apples are put in with loganberries I cannot understand unless it is to. increase the bulk and save expense at the cost of colour and flavour! Why citric acid? Why water? It all has to be boiled out again. ... Mash your berries and put on a fierce fire, stir all the time, and boil not more than five minutes. Add pound for pound of sugar and fruit, warming the sugar if possible. Use a sugar thermometer, and when it registers 222 degrees take off and pot—do not worry about any scum that arises, most of it will adhere to the sides of the pan, though if any is left when the jam is done, of course remove it. The only successful %fay of making jam is to use a sugar thermometer. Nevel boil apples and berries together, especially blackberries. If apples must be used, let it be separately and then add one to the other. Keep the fire up; stir all the time and you should get the perfect jam." The writer, "Jim-Jam,' showed a delicious specimen of loganberry jam, perfect in colour and-consistency, which was made in under half an hour. If a large quantity is being made, it will, of course, take longer. A Golden Wedding. The golden wedding'of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Crequer was celebrated at their residence, Daisy Villa, Islington, all the members of the family being present. Mr. and Mrs. Crequer, who were married in Dunedin, went to.Lyttelton. Later they removed to the Islington district, where Mr. Crequer found employment with the New Zealand Befrigerating Company, and he has been in the company's service for over foity years. He has identified himself with most of the institutions of the district, especially in the establishment of the Hornby School. Mr. and Mrs. Crequer received many congratulations from friends on the occasion of their jubilee. Bed Cross Sopiety. A meeting of the Lower Butt Bed Cross Society (Women's Auxiliary) was held in the rooms recently, when Lady Eoberts (president) was in'the chair. Mrs. Joyce (secretary) reported having visited, nineteen homes during the Christmas and New. Year holidays, where help was urgently needed, and other l^mes to distribute gifts given by friends of the movement. The need for, help had not lessened in any way since commencing the Hutt branch^ in June last; applications were increasing for every kind of necessity except coal. The committee decided to re-open on the 21st January, and thereafter every week so long as clothes and boots, etc., continue to be donated. Gifts of food, clothing, toys, and boots, books, jam, etc., were -received during December and January from the following:— Mrs. Baigent (King's crescent), Mrs. Petherick (Stokes Valley), several anonymous (per Miss Garliek), Mrs. Craig, Miss Humphries, Mrs. Butt, Mrs. Burr (Waiwetu),' also parcels (per "Hutt News "and Lower Hutt Public Library). Thanks were also given for hampers to distressed cases from Bota"iians (per Sir A". Roberts), and several auonynlous parcels of toys and books from children (very much appreciated). The Girl Guides (per Mrs. 01----phert) 7s 6d. During the six months of the operation or the auxiliary in Lower Hutt over 3000 garments have been distributed, and 300 pairs of boots, 112 layettes, and other articles of varied description, the majority of parcels coming from well wishers of Hutt, Petone, Eastbourne, and Wellington. The ! layette business is always active, two of the statutary holidays having to be spent in delivering same to expectant mothers. "Haeremai!" ■'■■ In the receptions accorded the Prime Minister, the Bight Hon. Q. W. Forbes, and the other members of the delegation to the Imperial Conference, the lady members of the party were not forgotten. At the civic reception last night handsome bouquets were presented to Mrs. Forbes and Lady Sidey from the City Council, being handed to the recipients by the daughters of Mr. Martin Luckie. A beautiful basket of flowers was presented to Mrs. Forbes by the Dominion executive of the United Political Party, also • a handsome bouquet from the Wellington Provincial New Zealanders' Association, and another from Wellington ladies. One inscription read "Haeremai. Welcome back to Gold's Own Country." Lady Sidey was also. presented with a bouquet from friends in Wellington. An Old-World Lotion. , An old-world lotion for the skin which is extremely useful, can be prepared from the following recipe. One drachm of sulphur (inpow.der), and one drachm of zinc oxide must be placed in a mortar, and rubbed down : with half an ounce of water. Four drachms of gly--cerine must be added to two ounces of water, and then gradually added to the powders in the mortar. Finally one and a-half ounces of water must be added, and the preparation well stirred. This lotion may be applied to the hands and arms twice a day. It whitens them and keeps them soft. A Future King. All the little garments which Princess Astrid's baby Wore at his christening, apart, of course, from the wonderful robe in which he was carried to church, were made by his mother, states a London writer. She spent long hours of the early summer in the gardens of the Chateau of Stuyvenberg, her small daughter playing round her, and sewed, embroidered, and adorned with beautiful Belgian lace the layette of this'boy, who,will follow his father, the Duke of Brabant, as King of the Belgians. Batiste was the was the exquisite i "poetry of threads" was the exquisite'"ppetry of threads," which is made on bobbins by the Belgian girls and women. We gee little batiste in England these days —there is such a craze for silk—but it is used in London by those who made fine lingeries for. Princess Mary, the Duchess of York, and the little Princess Elizabeth. Home-made Ice Chest. Ico chests are not always available, but an excellent substitute can readily bo made at home, states an exchange. Take a large biscuit or other tin, such as can be obtained from tho grocer's. In the bottom of this punch a small hole through which water can percolate. A few inches above the real bottom put a false bottom, made of either wood or tin. Between the false and real bottoms place a piece of ice wrapped jn flannel. The ice melts very gradually and will not need renewing of toner than every-morning, the water from the melting ice flows through tho hole in the bottom instead of standing in the tin and hastening tho melting of the ice. Food stored in such a tin can be kept ico cool a full day, no mattev how hot the atmosphere in the storeroom may be. Accessories. Bracolet cuffs of turquoise held the sleeve draperies of a dinner gown of black chiffon at a recent dress-show in London, whilo similar bands of turquoise appeared just above the elbow (writes tin Englishwoman). A simple evening frock of black georgette had a stiffened basque of its own material Joi'dered vvith white |ur, BSSa-ftia^'

fading at the hem to palest blue, was the delicate colour scheme of an' enchanting dance frock of tulle; the only trimmings were tho lightest of wing draperies of the material hanging from the shoulders. A thick rope of turquoise beads was .used as a belt for a slender frock of silver tissue. Dull gold tissue fashioned an evening gown, which might have.been copied from a figure on an ancient coin. At the waistline was a rolled swathe of the tissue, and a turban of the tissue gave a last touch to the impression. A frock of red and gold brocade crepe do chine was accompanied by matching cape, which could at will be removed from the shoulders and attached to the waist, giving added length and fullness to the skirt. Chiffon which suggested moonlight made a lovely frock designed on Empire lines, the skirt falling in graceful folds from the high.waist-line. An upstanding collar of pale grey squirrel was carried in reviers down .to the waist-lino. Shingles and Hairpins. The news from-London that serious unemployment is threatened among hairdressers on account of the "decline of the shingle," brings to mind a former cable message which stated that the renewed demand for hairpins meant re-employment for thousands of hands. It seems as if women's fashions are bound to react unfavourably on somebody—and in tho eyes of a number of people, whatever way it is, it is wrong. It is pleasant to know that if many thousands of women like to load up their heads with hairpins, pads, combs, and other uncomfortable appendages, it is benefiting people in trade, and that thankful manufacturers are singing their praises; but it is depressing to hear that this same benefit is causing serious trouble to another section of people. However, the matter will probably adjust' itself in time, and the shingled will have the consolation of knowing that they are not only comfortable and healthy in their hair-dressing, but that their style is also "good for trade." ■ "Are You There?" In London it is "Are you there?" In Paris, "J'ecoute." In China, "Day huey bin she ah?" In Berlin, "Bitte, Nummer." In San Francisco, "Number, please?" She is a "telephonist^" in London; just "mademoiselle" in Paris; "horn sin lucy" in Chinaj, and in Berlin and San Francisco "operator." Thus do world telephone terms vary (states an exchange). . , ■ Translations of the foreign terms are as follow: —J'ecoute, "I am listening"; Bitte, Nummer, "Please number;'' Day huey bin she ah, "What place do you wish to call?"; Horn sin lucy, "A telephone'girl." A better term for opera%tor in Chinese is "Din wax sin gay sum," or "Someone who.answers the telephone and takes care of connecting you." In Italy the operator says "pronto," or ready. "J'eeoute" is used also in Belgium. In both France and Belgium the operators sometimes say, "Hello," a term officially discarded in America. In Japan she is '<denwa kokanshu," or "telephone operator," and she says, ; "Moshi, moshi, nanban, desuka,^' or' "Hello, hello, number please." In Denmark and Norway she is "telefondame," or "telephone lady," and she says, "Central," a term once used in America. In Sweden she is " telefonist." Amsterdam knows her as "tele- £ onnyuf rouw," and she says, "Uw nummer?" or "Tour number?"