WOMEN’S WORLD

Evening Star, Issue 12990, 8 December 1906, Page 9

WOMEN’S WORLD

[Bt Vita.] “ Viva ” will in this column answer all reasonable questions relating to the homo, cookery, domestic economy, and any topic of interest to her sex. But each letter must bear the writer’s bona fide name and address. No notice whatever will be taken of anonymous correspondents. Questions should be concisely put, and the writer's nom do plume be clearly written.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. "A.,” Caversham.—To remove mildew from noth: Put a tcaspoonful of chloride of lime into a quart of water, strain it twice, then dip the mildewed places in this weak solution; lay in tho sun. If the mildew has not itisappca'ied when dry, repeat the operntionAlso -o:> 1: the article in sour milk and salt: then lay in the suu. Repeat until all tho mildew is out. .... " Mourn.” —When packing bottles slip uu-m----mbber bands over them: it will prevent break* age. . . , "Nettie.”—To remove paint irora window class, rub it well with hot sharp vinegar. _ Country.'—Write full address. V ill ?tc veu name of specialist to consult. ’ “ Grateful." Think you had hotter consult a doctor. 'Do not take quack medicine. IiorsT.HXiLD RECIPES. Pot au .Tea.—Required : Five or six pounds le - of beef, four quarto of water, two turnips, three vano!6. one head of celery, two or three i.-mr.iiE'. one faggot of herbs, saL and popper ,o t.a*: Sccuro the beef in a nice shape with tap? : put saucepan with the cold watci : when 1. l olls, skim Vi tv carefully, adding a little _,,lt liial*.a tiio scum rise; then slice iu A! th- v”' Tr tub'vs. and .simmer very gently for five hem,-. lake nut tho beef. remove die fa-mot o- herbs, skim well, and servo the liquor au a -soup ; remove the tape from the meat, and i-.ive hot with a purco of vegetables nr a sauce, or piess if until cold, and serve with a salad. Kromeckios o! Oy. tars.—Required : One dozen. Inz luttei. loz of flour, ouc gill oyster liquor au i stink, one egg. P'S-s caul, pepper and sal*, frying batter. Beard anti ■ *ut the ov.-urs into small pieces; put the blitter in a e-mail (saucepan; when it is dissolved. put it! the- flour, and cook; then -,.aur in the stock and oyster liquor, and -liv quickiv • lei iL boil for two or three uiivuit-.v ; fctir le the- oy-tuis. uud sCiuson it; njj-n i*:i u* ;i phne. oovvr with :» buttered paper, a,..i 1 ; k s.er.d until told ; then ..•rape ;nro ceil;.-; roll them in small pieces of caul, din iu living baiter, and fry a niec n.-ior. Take them up, drain fur a minute ■ ••I kitchen paper, pile high on a dish, gar- ; Ah with fried par; icy. and serve verv hot. Kidneys a la Brochette. —Required : Six kidneys:, one ie.ispoonful parelcy. ono tcasix'onfu! lemon juice, three ounce >_ butter, pepper aud salt. I’ut the kidneys into hot water for a- few minutes, then skin them and split open, without sevorinu : ui.-aolvo one ounce butter, and season with pepper and stilt: dip the kidneys into this - , and thread th-sm on a fine skewer ; broil over a quid; file; mix together the pa isle v (very fiudv chopped), the lemon-juice, and butter : make into a. io!i. and divide into six t-ieces; when the kidneys are cooked, put a piece of this butter in the opening, and ,-ive vety her. Tim kidneys should bo radier undor-derte.

Minced Veal end Poached Eggs.—Re fjuired : Two j> -ur<te crld veal, three quarters pint stock, elite tea t. three erg*, one ounce ♦lour, one our.ee- butter. pepper and salt. Make a nice 6 lock with the hones and trimmings of the veal and some vegetables ; strain, and take off the fat ; put ti.t- butter into a ftewpan ; when it is dissolved, stir in the flour; cook for a few minutes ; add the stock, and stir until it boils ; season nicely. Mir.ce the- veal finely, tend when the gravy.is cool put in the moat, and .simmer very gently for fifteen minutes. Sourcold forcemeat balls are nice, warmed in the gravy. Have ready a slice of buttered toast ; dish the veal on this, lay on the top throe poached eggs, and garnish with forcemeat balls or lemon slices. C:erne a La Volail'e. —Required : On." chicken, half a pint white sauce.- one gdl aspic jelly, ono gill croam, three ounces of ham, pepper and salt. Pound the white meat of a chicken, and rub it through a sieve. Mis with it some very nicely-fla-vored white sauce and melted aspic 'jelly and cream : season with pepper and salt; rinse some small moulds with melted aspic jelly; half fill with this mixture, and stand in ico until firm : mince some ham or ' tongue very finely; sprinkle this into the half-filled moulds, and till up with the cream; stand again in ico until set: then turn on to an entree dish and garnish with truffles, trefoil, and aspic jelly. Petit Chous Tartlets.—Required : Five ounces flour, two ounces butter, one ounce castor sugar, cherries and cocoanut, half a pint water, three eggs, jam, and cream. Put tho butter and water into a saucepan, and when it boils stir in tho flour and sugar, and cook them well; remove the saucepan from tho fire, and beat in the eggs one at a time ; tho more it is beaten th> better it is; let it cool; take some of tb© mixture up in a dessert spoon which lias been dipped in hot water; shape it with a knife, and drop it carefully on to a greased tin ; put them in a slow oven, and hake for about one hour: when finished they should be a palo brown : while still hot open one end and take out the inside, fill in with jam and whipped cream; brush over with white of egg and sugar, and decorate with dried cherries and desiccated cocoanut.

Suet Pudding.—Required: One pound fiour, ten ounces of suet, two potatoes, one egg, pinch oi r-U- Chop the suet finely, and mix with the flour: sprinkle over the .salt; mash the potatoes very smoothly, and stir them into the Hour and suet; beat up the egg; add about ono and a-half gills of water, and make into a smooth, light paste; dip a pudding-cloth in boiling water; tic up the pudding, phmgo into boiling water, and keep it boiling constantly for two and a-half hours. Take off tho cloth carefully, and serve very hot.

Bradford Pudding.—Required : Broad, two eggs, ono gill mill:, two ounces of sugar, half a {<or.nd jam. Soak some crusts of bread in cold water till quite soft; then squeeze them very dry; put into a basin and beat in the sugar, yolks of the eggs, and milk; butter a pie-dish and half fill with tho mixture; then spread over it half tho jam; fill tho dish with the rest of the bread, and put it into tho oven and bake until firm; spread the rest of the jam on the top; beat the- whites of the . ggs to a very stiff froth with a little -ngar; pile these on the top of tho pudding, smooth over with a knife, and put back in the oven until brown. Serve either hot or cold.

Gateau of Apricots.—Required : One tin of apricots, three ounces of sugar, ono lemon, one ounce of gelatine, ono gill of cream. Rub the apricots through a sieve; add the juice of a lemon : dissolve the gelatine in the juice from the apricots; stir this into the puree with the sugar; pour into an ejson mould which has been rinsed in cold water; lot it stand for some hours ; turn carefully on to a dish; whip the cream until it is quite stiff; sweeten this with sugar, and heap in the centre. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. A discolored steel knife may Lo LrighL eccd almost instantly by drawing back and forth between twj sections of raw jaotato. For brittle lingcr-nails anoint the nails at the root every night with vaseline, or dip them in warm sweet oil. This will cause tltcm to grow better, and they will not split. To clean a kettle, fill with potato parings. and boil fust till quite clean. When irving steak do not salt it until nearly cooked. Salting makes the juice of the meat run out, and it then becomes tough. . A Hint for Dancers —Feet that are tired from dancing will feel much rested if well soaked in salt and water.

When boiling beetroots allow an hour and aAalf to two hours in winter. One hour is quite sufficient in summer. For Bums. —An excellent remedy is Carrot) oil, made of equal parts of linseed oil and glycerin® mixed together. An excellent plan is to put in a bottle, and shako well before using. A little meat fat is good for most children, and they should be encouraged to cat it in moderation. If the children do not like fat, thickly butter some bread; it it really better, as it is more easily digested. A good eyebrow tonic is pure olive -oil.

Heated and applied regularly with a fine brush, it gives a pretty gloss to the eyebrows, ana also tends to darken, them. MARRIAGE OF KRUPP’S HEIRESS. The marriage o£ Fraulein Bertha Krnpp, Germany’s greatest heifess, and Herr Von Bohlen-Halbach was celebrated in the private chapel attached to the Krupp mansion at Essen on October 15. Over a hundred distinguished guests attended the ceremony. At the wedding the Kaiser (states Reuter's Essen correspondent), in the course of a speech at the banquet following the ceremony, said, “It is a peculiar phenomenon that the young people of to-day are under a stronger impulse to assert their own individualities than ever before, and most eager to make. their own ego the central point of all that befalls, aleanwhile, however, the most important of all things is forgotten —namely, that rights, above all, involve duties. To you, my dear Bertha, God Inis appointed a magnificent field of influence. From your influence may joy in toil spring, and progressive development in achievement in accordance with the most modem requirements and with the tried principles of the founder of the Krupp works, so that Kmpps may continue to furnish the German Fatherland with weapons of offence and defence which, iu their manufacture as in the achievements won by them, in the future as in the past, shall bo such as no other nation can attain. The blessing of your noble father, my dear and beloved "friend, will accompany yon. The friendship which from our childhood up united him and mo I transfer with gladness to you both, and. so far as I may. I will always stand steadfastly by you." Herr Yon Bohlen-und-Halbach, the bridegroom, who on his marriage to Fraulein Krupp becomes the official head of the colossal Krupp business, has been passing busy days at Essen, familiarising himself with the details of the great gun and armor plant, and exerting himself to win the affection and good-will of his wife's 40,000 workmen. WONDERLAND. The promoters of ‘‘Wonderland" in connection with the New Zealand Exhibition intend holding a grand gala night on Wednesday, the 21sr hist., consisting of a masked carnival and fancy costume. A sum of thirty guineas is being given by way of cash prizes for costumes, and it is anticipated that competitors will enter fioni all parts of the colony. A STRANGE WHIM. As a protest against the dull, deadening, monotonous conditions of tho business girl's life, Miss Elizabeth Magic, a young Washington lady, employed ur* a typewriter in Chicago, has publicly advertized herself for auction as slave for life to the liighret bidder. In a remarkable document, cataloguing her merits, she explains her reasons for taking tho step. "It is not so strange as at- first sight it appears, for other girls sell themselves into slavery tor a weekly wage or for a husband's name. But that is a private contract, and nothing is said about it. I believe that by doing the stuno thing publicly I shall letch a'price more nearly le-p-cscnting my value as an investment. I represent au outlay of £2,000, which my late father, who was a Government official, expended on my education and training, in return for which, in addition to constant soul-destroying labor as a typewriter, I am realising au income of £2 per week, which is a bare 5 per cent, upon the capital invested. ! am curious to ascertain what hj the highest market value set upon an American slave-girl by the slave-masters.” ifhc describes herself os follows:

Young, intelligent, educated, refined, true, honest, just, poetical, philosophical, broad-minded, big-sonlcd, and womanly - above all things. Brunette, with large grey-green eyes, full passionate lips, and splendid teeth. Hardly beautiful, but with very attractive features, full of character and strength. Graceful, supple, warm, gonercus-Jicartod, at times bubbling with merriment aud vivacity, then dignified, sedate, and studious. Deeply and tudy religious, without being prudish or pious. Cannot sew a bit, but cui plan a dashing costume. Cannot judge uncooked meat in a butcher’s shop, but can make a dinner partv a success. Cannot add a column of figures, but dm tell a good story. Does not imagine for a moment that has is an exceptional case, but realises the deplorable fact that in this ago of greed there are thousands whose souls are yearning for opportunities of expression, but whore bodies are bound by galling chains to the rock of mechanical toil. Mbs Magi© reserves the right to judge what constitutes the highest bidder, and has already received offers of marriage. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Miss Esther . Whitman, tho strongest woman in Now York, has married Herman Hyams, a Harlem real estate agent, whom she rescued from drowning three years ago. She is an expert swimmer, and can lift a dead weight of 6001b. A young woman has just arrived in Vienna who claims to bo the tallest woman in tho world. She is only twentyseven, but stands seven feet five inches, and weighs 26 stone 101b. The latest craze of certain sections of Now York society is tho “divorce party.” None but divorced persons are invited, with jnst a few ladies in receipt of alimony to give variety. Aterriblo love tragedy was enacted in Berlin. Fraulein Rita Walthcr, a wellknown actress, who had been playing in comic opera, had been for a long time engaged to Herr Karl Hessen, a wealthy young Berlin gentleman. Their marriage, however, had been delayed a long time owing to the opposition of the Hessen family. Recently Hessen heard that his fiancee had several times met the leading tenor of the company. On October 5 ho reproached her for her conduct, and after a long dispute shot her dead in a fit of mad jealousy. He committed suicide immediately afterwards. Mrs Mungenis, seventy-eight years of age, living at Denver, Colorado, who has been married for fifty years to Edward Mungenis, a rich oil operator, having been told by her physicians that she is suffering from an incurable disease, has bought a phonograph, in which she is recording all her conversation with her husband, besides reciting into it recollections of her life. She dbing'this in order that her husband may ihterest himself by listening to the records after her death.

Varvara SmolianofT, who drives a cab in Moscow, is the only woman licensed driver in Russia. Her father, a cabman, lost his life in trying to save that of a police sergeant, and the authorities thereupon transferred his license to his daughter, in whoso cab many ladies like to ride.