WOMAN'S WORLD

Evening Star, Issue 12308, 24 September 1904, Page 9

WOMAN'S WORLD

[B? Viva.] Tin" will in this column answer til reasonable questions relating to the hams, •ookery, domestic economy, and any topic of Interest to her sex. But each letter must bear tha writer's bona fide name«and address. No notice •rhatever will be taken of anonymous correspondents. Questions should be concisely pat, and tn« writer's nam de plums be clesrly written. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. " Gwen."— Unfortunately, nothing can bo done. Kerosene does a little good in delaving their destructive work, but your safest plan is to varnish Jho stand, giving it two coats- Tim will prolong its life a little, and prevent tho trouble going to other articles of furniture. " Cora."—Clean coral by boiling for a row minutes in a soapy lather. Rinse in clear water, and leave until dry. Maida. —Black cashmere or» serge dresses wash very nicely if they are put in blue water and washed with a brush. Hang on the lino without wringing them. Do not on any account use soap. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. Mutton Cutlets.—Trim from the cntleto all superfluous fat, dip them in an egg Tac-aten up with a little oil and some pepper end salt Then roll then in breadcrumb*, and let them rest for a couple of hour?. ■Fry a nice color in plenty of butter or lard, drain in front of the fire, and arrange them in a circle on a dish round a heap of mash«l potatoes or any other dressed vegetable. A Restorative Jelly for an Invalid.—One pint of good sound port wine, two ounces of gum arabic, two ounces of isinglass, two ounces of barley sugar, half a pound of loaf sugar; put in a jar and staud it in a saucepan of water; pound well all the ingredienta before adding wine; set over a slow fire and well stir until the whole ia dissolved ; strain through a jelly bag A dessertspoonful two or three times a day. In cists of extreme debility or exhaustion this is a powerful and agreeable restorative. Swi*» Roll.—Creun two ounces of fresh butter and two ounces- of sugar together. Then add two eggs, a quarter of a pound of self-raising flour, and three teaspoonfuls of milk mixed with a small teaspoonfui tif essence of vanilla. Be.it all together lightly yet thoroughly, and bake for eight minutes' in a buttered tin Turn out carefully, tpread thickly with jam, roll up quickly. Dust with sifted sugar, leave till cold, and serve. Cheese Pudding.—Required : Six ounces of grated cheese, three ounces of breadcrumbs, two eggs, enough milk to make it obout tho consistency oi batter ? salt ard pepper Thickly butter a piedrsh. Mix together the crumbs, cheese, and a good srasoning of ealt and pepper. Beat np flic eggs, odd the milk, then stir in the •chiysc and crumb?. Turn the mixture into the piedish, and b:.ke in a modeiate oven till just set, and a nice brown on top. Serve immediately. Macaroni a la Austria.—Required: Half a pound of macaroni, one cunoe of butter, two teaspoonfuls of chopped parsley, salt and pepper, one gill of cream, the yolks of two eggs, fried potatoes, capers. Break the macaroni into pieces about 2in long. Cook it in plenty of fast-boiling salted water till tender.

Strawberry Cream.—Required : Threequarters of an ounce of leaf gelatine, the juice of half a lemon, two and a-half ounces of castor sugar, half a pint of thick cream, tour tablespooniuls of strawberry jam. Rub the jam through a hair sieve. Put the gelatine in a clean pan with two tablespooniuls of hot water and the juice cf a half lemon. >Stir thesn over the fire till the gelatine is pelted, then add the sugar and mix it in. Whip the cream stiffly, tkei mix it lightly into the jam puree and strain into them the melted gelatine, and pour at once into a mould which hae bcon rinsed out with cold ■water. If possible, have the mould fir* coated with a little clear wine or lemon jelly and decorated with pistachio nuts. Fillets of Haddock a la Milanaise.—Rerfuired: One largo fresh haddock, four tiblespoonfuls of salad oil, one lemon, three teaspobnfuls of rbopped parsley, four tablerpoonfuls of grafc'd Parmesan cheese, two eggs, eight tabletpoonfuls of breadcrumbs, half a pint of brown taper sauce, salt, and pepper. Fillet the haddock, and divide each fillet into three. Lay these on a dish, pour over the nil, strained lemon juice, and some salt and popper. Beat the eggs, mix them with the parsley. Mix together the cheese and crumbs. Lift the lish out of the oil, etc., and dip each piece in the crumbs and cheese. Then brush them over with egg. ind crumb them again. Press the crumbs >n lightly. Fry the fillets in plenty of hot lat till a golden brown. Drain the pieces mi paper. Serve on a, hot difih on a lace paper, garnished with fried parley. Serve with brown caper sauce. Norfolk Puree.—Take five ounces of pearl parley, one, (mart of water, three pint 3 of n-liitc stock, cne ounce of butter, one gill nf cream, ono raw volk of egg, four tafitafpoonfdls of cooked" peas, four tablespoonfnls of ccoke 1 carrot cut in balls, salt an 1 vepper to tafte. Wash and blanch the barley for five minutes. Drain off this water, and put the barley in a saucepan with tho quart of water and the butter. Boil these slowly till the barlev is soft.' Strain off the water and rub the barley through a hair sieve. Add to this purre the stock, and simmer it for ten minutes. Beat the yolk of the egg with the cream, (■col the soup for a few seconds, strain in the cream and egg, reheat, without boiling, the soap. Season carefully. Add the peas and carrots, which should have been kept hot after they were cooked. Serve in a hot Bize of a shilOno pint of r, four eggs, hree lemons, taking care Put the milk et the latter to the yolks dissolve the Strain the milk, taking that it will nre over the ok, but not Whisk tho ion the mk--1 in lightly, r round the that it comes se. Pour in set. Before with a little ly off. Ared pistachio at intervals ilaco erystiles. Do not ;rving, or it [nired: Half 3f ham, two civves, wo auspice, one blade of mace a small strip of lemon rind, two bay leaves two anchovies, or two fcenspooniuis 'of anchovy sauce, salt and pepper, melted butter. fccTape the veal and ham finelv. .thickly butter the inside of a stewing-jar rut m the veal and ham, tie all the spices up in a piece of muslin; put them in the jar with tho meat, cover the jar tightly ' and; place it in a cool part of tie stove and leave it for about three hours J.hen take out the spices, put the meat into a. mortar with the anchovies or anchovy sauce, and pound them well. Next rub all through a fine sieve, then add to tho meat enough clarified butter to make it into a smooth (soft) paste; season it nicely with Bait and pepper, and work it in the mortar till quite smooth. Then press it into clean, dry jars, and when cold cover them with clarified butter. If liked, chicken and ham W beef can be used in the same way. Apple Puff Pudding.—Put half a pound Df flour into a basin, sprinkle hi a little salt, ttir in gradually a pint of milk; whep Unite smooth ?M three eggs: butter a pie ihsh, pour in the baiter; take three-quar-ters of a pound of apples, seed and cut in slices, and put in the batter; place bits of bitter over the top.; bake three-quarters of an hour; when done, sprinkle sugar ovar tho top and <erve hot. Ready Pudding—Make a batter of one quart of milk and about one pound of flour; add mx eggs, the volks and whites separately beaten, a teaspo'onful of salt, and four tablospoonfnls of sugar. It should 1* | as stiff as can, possibly ba stirred with a rpoon. Dip a spoonful at a time into' .fliuck-boilins water; boil from, fiyo to tea 1

minutes, take oat. Serve hot with sauce or syrup. . . HINTS. ''■ j Sea Bathing.—Never force a. small child into the water. It will only frighten, and probably make, him or her hate sea-bathing in future. A fac better plan is to let children paddle and run about till they get accustomed to the idea. Children ahonld never be allowed to bathe on a cold day or when it is raining. Eggs for invalids should always bo as new laid as pcaaiiojc, as tuey me uwo \ugci>iiu.o i than when stale. • When roasting meat, remember that fre- ■ quent basting will prevent the meat from burning and drying up, and therefore from shrinking. , The black skin that one finds on the iuside of cod, haddock, etc.. can be easily removed by rubbing with a little salt. Never ! leave fresh fish to soak in water, as it spoils j tho flavor. An eiderdown quilt can be washed in exactly the same way as blankets. Add three! heaped! teaspoonfuls of soap jelly (made by j boiling half a pound of yellow soap in one j pint and a-half of water) to three gallons of j hot water, in which you can comfortably I bear your hands. Wash in this, and in an-1 other suds prepared in the same way, and m j a third if it does not look clean. Rinse in i two lots of clear water, put through a i wringer, shake, and hang in a windy place ! to dry. Shake often while drying. I To give a fine color to the nails, the I hands and finders must bn well lathered and • washed with fine soap; then the nails must j be rubbed with equal parts of cinnabar and ' emery, followed by oil of bitter almonds, j To take white spots from the nails, melt I equal parts of pitch and turpentine in a! small cup; add to it vinegar and powdered j sulphur; rub this on tho nails, and the spots i will soon disappear. . I To Soften the Hands.—One can have the I hands in soap suds with soft soap without i injury to the skin if the hands are clipped | in vinegar or lemon juice immediately after, j The acids destroy the corrosive effects of i the alkali, and make tho hands soft and i white. Indian meal and vinegar or lemon I juice used on hands where loughened bv! cold or labor will heal and soften I hem. Rub ' the hands in this, then wash off thoroughly, : and rrab in glycerine. Those who suffer : from chapped hands will find this comfort- I mg. I To Take Ink Out of Linen.—Dip the ink | spots in pure melted tallow, then wash out the tallow, and the ink will come out with it This is said to be unfailing. Milk will remove ink from linen or colored muslins (when acids would be ruinous) by soaking tho goods until the spot is very'faint and then_ rubbing and ringing in cold water. Mildew on leather should be rubbed with a flannel and very little vaseline, and the spot will disappear. When malting pickles, add a pinch-of celery seed to tho vinegar before boiling. It i improves the flavor immensely.

Front steps are cleaned much easier if, instead of using hearthstone, yon fold the flannel and dip it lightly in masons' dust and work it smoothly on. It is a good thing to take the stain out of an enamelled saucepan to boil water in it to which a litle chloride of lime has been added. ,

In summer, when the fires are given up, the steel grates should be smeared over with a little unsalted lard, and then well rubbed with soft cloths till they shine again. This treatment will prevent the steel from rusting.

A sponge or face flannel which has become slimy through constant use of soap should be well rubbed with gait and then rinsed in cold water. By this process thev become practically new. Mutton fat is an 'excellent remedy for chapped hands. Melt and rub into the skin after washing in warm water. Rusted kneedles (knitting) can be, cleaned bv rubbing with a cinder. Polish with dry bath-brick. COSTLY WOOING. Canadian newspapers (writes the Toronto correspondent of the 'Pall Mall Gazette') do not often entertain their readers with the details of breach of promise cases. But it has been left to a Canadian barrister to bring fame upon himself in tho Montreal courts by instituting an action probablv unique in the annals of breach of promise. He has suffered through the fickleness of the object of his attentions, and with a nicety of imagination that might stand the ordeal of a public audit, he has calculated the precise .extent of his sufferings at 2,323d0l 49c. This sum he claims from the lady's papa, who, he alleges, drove her by his unseemly interposition to break the ties of love that had been woven with such patient attention. The plaintiff was Jerome Internoscia, and the defendant, also of Italian extraction, Vincent Boceili, of Vicksburg, Missouri. The daughter is named Anne. The leading item in the bill is one of 930d0l for 460 hours spent in the lady's company at 2dol an hour. The fact that co credit is given for entertainment received is fastened on by the father in his statement of defence. The plaintiff's own letters, Mr Bocelh' urges, ' ''show that he derived full compensation for his time in the enjoyment of wooing." Mr Bonelli would seem to be something°of a cynic, for he proceeds; " The plaintiff as a momber of the Bar' and, a man of 'the world, is presumed to know that the minds of maidens are invariably fickle, and that in devoting his time, money, and attentions to a mere child he was doing so at his own r:sk and peril, and with the great probability of not securing more than a passing glance." Here are a few extracts from this unique bill of costs:— Dinner in my garden 15dol T go with her to Windsor station 2dol Box of chocolates idol Engagement ring (returned) ..." 35d0l One blouse (returned) 13dol 70c Loss thereon g^ol Plumber's expenses at house ... 461d0l 85 c Attending Miss Bonelli at sail in canoe 2dol .Attending you to ask consent re proposal to Miss Bonelli ... 50dol Drafting report, Miss Bonelii's reception (10 folios) sdol Attendance at residence, and holding Miss Bonelii's hand for four hours Bdol Disbursements In connection with same (night car faro) ... 10c With such an inexhaustible supply of items to draw upon, it Is hardly to be wondered at that tho plaintiff was very modest in limiting his claim to the comparatively trifling sum of 2,323d01, or £464 in English money. MODERN MANNERS. In tho early fifties, writes Mrs George i Cornwallia West in ' Pearson's Magazine,' i it was supposed to be tho height" of ill- i breeding and vulgarity for a man to be seen : smoking a cigar in the street, and tho ' smoking room in a country house was gener- ; ally some miserable room, considered too 1 unattractive for anything eke, and as Lor j removed from the living rooms as possible, i Now the best, the warmest, and' the ' brightest is surrendered. There is a story I told of a certain lord, who was an invettratc smoker, staying at Windsor m the days ! of the Prince Con-sort. There being no I place to smoke, this nobleman was dis- j covered one day in his bedroom lying on his , back and smoking up the chimney. This i was repeated to tho Queen, and from that day a smoking room was provided. In Russia, where women smoke more than in ' any other country, with the exception of : Austria, a lady who would indulge in thirty j or forty cigarettes a day will not smoke in a public place, such as a railway station or in the street. On tha other hand, in tho most aristocratic Austrian circles, ladies are frequently seen smoking cigars at balls and : receptions. It is to be hoped that tho ' custom will never find its way to England, | for although there' is nothing uglv in the aspect of a pretty woman with a gold-tipped cigarette between her lips or in Tier dainty I finger*, a big black cigar would be very much the reverse. It is not to be denied that smoking is much on the increase among women lq England, and it Is now I more or less an accepted fact, and is toler- | ated even m the most, old-fashioned hou*e« ; There is no doubt that when indulged in moderation, its effects are beneficial; particu.arly to nervous, over-strained, or overworked women and the prejudice against it is bound to disappear. Lately, certain

critics have been much exercised over the manners and habits of what they choose to call "smart society," and they have launched fiery philippics in the magazines and papers on the subject. Bat to criticise from the outside must be rather difficult, and somewhat inaccurate. This section of society is supposed to be made up of mothers who neglect their children and their husbands, who live in a round of gaiety, who think of nothing "but their clothes, who road nothing and know nothing, whoso conversation is emptv and frivolous, not to say vulgar—who drink and gamble and squander their money and their existence. But men and women of that type have existed since the world began, and aro not confined to one class of society or one country.

WHAT WE ARE APT TO FORGET. That we were all children once. That politeness costs nothing. That we should live and let live. That we phnuld live within onr means. That our lives? are what we make them. That the devil works'* while preachers sleep. That life was made for enjoyment, not suffering. That others have feelings as well as ourselves. r o That a kind word, even to a dog, is never lost. That a loafer is the most despicable creature on earth. That every skilled workman was once an apprentice. That we owc<a duty to our fellow-man as well as to ourselves. , That we are judged by our acts and the company we keep. That man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn. That child labor is a blot on humanity and a disgrace to civilun^on. That minding one's own business is the most profitable employment. That while the- world owes us a living we have got out and collect it. MEN AND WOMEN. Clever women lxive little patience with pettish conduct. To make insulting remarks about a woman to a man who obviously admires her is fatal. Men are loyal to the absent woman, as a rule, and the girl who maligns one of her sex to a man is unwise. " PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Young ladies sometimes " change their names" with curious effect. The Rev. A. Metcalfe, rector of St. Peter's, Dorchester, in his parochial magiiz'-cie, calls attention to the following extraordinary instance of coincidence of names'. He says : —" Perhaps some of you noticed tho sinsrularity in the Inst banns of marriage published in our church—namely, between Charles Rose and Rose Charles. The Bride lost her surname Charts, but married a Charles Rose, and so became not only Rose Rose, but also Mrs Charles Rose instead of Miss Rose Charles." The ' Xovoe Yremva' contains some curious particulars which are vouched for by its correspondent regarding a girl of twelve, named Lisuba, living in Yladicaucasus, who is said to possess radio-active qualities. Siio has been trying to earn her living as a servant, but has been dismissed from even- fjituution she secured on account of this unh:ippy endowment. Every object she approaches is set in motion. Plates on a dresser rattle, linen hung out to dry falls on the ground, bottles rise from the table and are upset. The general condition of the girl is normal. She is quite healthy, free from any nervous trouble, and disposed to regnrd her magnetic powers as a hnze joke. Her parents, however, are m despair about her, as mos? of their neighbors declaro Lisuba is possessed by evil spirits. The local doctors have studied her case without being able to solve the enigma, so the unfortunate child will shortly be sent to St. Petersburg to be dealt 'with by specialifta. In Franco and Switzerland the latest vogue is to dine in the dark. Dinner begins as usual, but suddenly, to the surprise of the guests, the light goes out, and all is left in darkness. Nothing has gone wrong, and before the guests have recovered from their astonishment' the dining room doors open, and shadowy forms steal in bearing a blaa'ng mass of light. It is the next course minated. Silently the figures come to your side, and in a few moments on everyone's plate is. say, your lish, and a delicatelyshaded light by which to eat it, but otherwise the room remains in complete dajkness.

A pretty little romanco baa come to light in New York concerning Senator Davis, the Democratic candidate for tho Vice-Pre-sidency of the United States. When ho was young a poor railway brakesman, Davis wooed pretty Catherine Cush'va, but her parents spurned him. Then rhe became the bride of Dr Reynolds. At the age of seventy she finds hcrsidf a. widow, and Senator Davis, now an octogenarian mi.lionairo at the zenith of his fame, is engaged to bo married to her in October. There are u large number of women who order drca-ea at a price they cannot and will not pay. They allow vast sums to accumulate against them, and they shamefully repudiate these debts, threaten the dressmakers that they will speil their custom if they endtavor to force payment from them; and vory many are not "ashamed to wear these clothes and to be dressed by the dressmakers as an adverti:-emant.—Lady Frances Balfour in ' London Opinion.' A case of elopement by motor car is causing it great sensation in the North of Italv. Count Edwardo del Mayno is the Lothario of the romance, and the heroine is a young girl of eighteen, tho daughter of the financial inspector at Cafierta. The young lady, who is described as dazzingly beautiful, went to Turin a couple of months, ago with her mother, and straightway became tho idol of the men of tho city. Anions tho moat, enthralled of her admirers was Count Edwardo, who is a married man, with several children. Soma days ago ho way seen near Signorina Fcnaroli's house with his car, and Signorina Fenaroli got into it. Neither has been heard of since, though the police are making active inquiries. Rome now possesses its first lady aeronaut in Signora Margherita Mcnganni, who made her first balloon ascent last week. Slw i* the wife of the professor of electrical science at the University of Rome. The wire of a Brooklyn (New York) aiderman has just had the raio experience' of becoming a grandmother at thirty-sis! Tattooing is so cnnue.cted with "freak" show?, writes Mrs Hu.ih Adams in ' London Opinion.' that it is difficult to associate it with the toilet-table mysteries ci the lady of fashion. Yet recent disclosures revea! that the rosy b'.onni that adorna the face of tha beauty of to-day very often is the outcome of a vifit to the tattooer, who by a multitude of pin pricks paints permanent roses upon pale faces, the only drawback Wing that unless the operation is entirely successful there is tho risk of the tattooed comple'sion turning in time to a.n undeairp.hlc and pale fdvide of mauve. At a Chicago church recently the prospective bridegroom electrified bride ar.d congregation by shouting "No''and running out of the church when orked " Do you take this woman for your wife?" He was badly treated by an ' indignant crowd, and the police took him into custody for safety. A girl cf fourteen, in tho Hartz Mountains, has been passing herself of! as a Messiah, and has been put uuder police serveillance. Before the coming of the specialist, writes a fashion gossip in the ' World,' tho majority of women had just to be as Nature turned them out, and so the very fortunate ones achieved the distinction, of being beauties. Now that no woman Deed be wholly plain, and most can ba even goodlooking, the standard of beauty has, of course, been raised, and few attain it. By thirty the pretty American girl, asserts tho same writer, has become an irredeemable wreck, whereas the Englishwoman anticipates this age with no dread. She is more often than not, at her best when she reaches hor third decade; and assuredly the good looks which successfully mature are of greater worth than those which do not outlast early youth.