WOMAN’S WORLD.

Evening Star, Issue 15882, 14 August 1915, Page 4

WOMAN’S WORLD.

[By Vita.] “Viva” will in this column answer all reasonable questions relating to the home, cookery, domestic economy, and any topic of interest to her a ex. But each ■ letter must bear the writer’s bona fide name and address. No notice whatever will be taken of anonymous correspondence. Questions should be concisely put, and the writer’s nom de plume clearly written. ANSWERS TO CORKESFONiDEGSriS. “ Worried.”—lt is impossible to answer your letter through this column. If you send an addressed envelope will give you the information you require. “ Pearly .'’—Try the following; —One draolun of boric acid, fifteen grains of salicylic! acid, three drachms of lanoline, and up to one ounce of petrolatum. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. Curried Haricot Beans.—Required: One pint of haricot beans, two ounces of butter, dripping, or margarine, one large onion, two apples, one tablespoonful of curry powder, two teaspoonfuls of castor sugar, one tablespoonful of flour, half a lemon, a tablespoonful of grated or desiccated cocoanut. salt. Let the beans soak in cold water for at least 12 hours, then put them in a saucepan with enough cold water to cover them. Let them boil gently until they are soft, then drain in a colander. Melt the butter in a saucepan, put in the chopped onion, and fry it a pale brown; then add the chopped' apple, curry powder, and flour, and star all over the fire until they are nicely fried, being careful, however, that they do not burn. Then add the cocoanut, also half a pint of liquid. This can consist of cocoanut milk, if )'rcgh cocoanut is being used, or milk, or the water in which the haricots were cooked. Stir the mixture until it boils well, then pub in the beaus, sugar, and salt to taste. Make ail thoroughly hot, add the strained juice of a lemon, and serve in a hot dish with a border of carefully-boiled xico round. Block Pie fan inexpensive dish).—For this get mixed pieces of beef and mutton, with perhaps a- little piece of pork. Required : Two pounds of “ butcher’s pieces,” a tablespoonful of flour, a teaspoonful of salt, half a level teaspoonful of pepper, two teaspoonfuls of chopped parsley, one teaspoonful of chopped onion, about three-quarters of a pound of any kind of pastry. Wipe the pieces with a cloth dipped in hot water; cut them, if possible, in pieces about two inches square. Mix together on a plate the flour, parsley, onion, and seasoning. Roll the pieces of meat in this mixture, then pack them in layers in a piediali, and 'sprinkle in tiro onion. Next fill up the dish two-thirds full with, stock or water. Rollout the pastry to about, a third of an inch thick. Cut off a strip for the edge of the piedish. Brush the edge ox the dish with a little cold water, lay on the strip of pastry, brush this with water, then cover with pastry. Trim the edges neatly, flake them up with the edge of a knife’ then crimp them. Decorate the top of the pie with leaves and a tassel of pastry. At ordinary times brush the top of the pie over with beaten egg, but when eggs are expensive use milk instead. Bake in a moderate oven for about two and a-half hours. Variations of this pie : Half fill the dish with meat, their put in a. good layer of sliced tomatoes, or fill the dish with layer's of meat and thinly-sliced potatoes.

A Coffee Cake (by request).—Required : One cupful of etrong coffee (boiled), h;ilf a cupful of butter, one cupful of brown sugar, one egg, four cupfuls of flour, ono heaping tablespoonful of'baking powder, one tablespoonfnl of powdered cinnamon, one teaspoonful of powdered cloves, ono and a-half pounds of seeded raisins, half a pound of currants, quarter of a pound of sliced citron pjsh Cream the- butter and sugar together, then add the egg well beaten; sift the flour and baking powder together, then beat, them in alternately with the coffee, spices, and fruits. Bake m a moderate oyeu for one hour, or until ready. This mixture makes an excellent Christmas cafco when iced. Chocolate Cookies.—Required : Half a cupful of butter, one tablespoon nil of lard, cne cupful of sugar, one egg, quarter of a tea spoonful of salt, half a teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon, two ounces of chocolate, two and a-half scant cupfuls of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, quarter of a cupful of milk. Cream the butter and lard together, add the sugar gradually, the egg (well beaten), salt, cinnamon, and chocolate (melted). Beat well, and add the flour mixed and sifted with the, baking powder alternately with the “milk. Leave aside to cool, roll very thin, then cut out with a small cutter/ Bake in a moderate oven. Crystal Cakes.—Required : One cupful of butter, one cupful of sugar, three cupsful of cornstarch, one cupful of flour, one heaping teaspoonful of baking powder, one teaspoonful of grated nutmeg, two eggs, white of one egg. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, add the eggs well beaten, then sift in the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and nutmeg. Mix into a nice dough. If too dry, add a very little milk. Divide into small pieces, pat them very flat, brush them over with the beaten white of egg, and sprinkle over with granulated sugar. Place apart on buttered pans, and bake in a moderately warm oven until ready. Butterscotch Pie.—Required : One cupful of soft “A” sugar, two eggs, two tablespoonfuls of flour, one cupful of cold water, two heaping tablespoonfuls of butter, one teaspoonful of Vanilla Extract, one baked pie crust. Mix the sugar! flour, and yolks of eggs to a smooth paste; add gradually tile water and butter, and stir over the fire until thick, then add the Vanilla Extract. Pour into the pie crust. Beat up the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, add two tablespoonfuls of sugar, pub this on the top of the pie, and brown slightly in the oven. If a few bananas are sliced into the pie and covered with the filling and the whites of the eggs an excellent dish will be the result. Yorkshire Tea Cakes.—Required : Three pounds of flour, quarter of a pound of lard, one and a-half pints of lukewarm milk, half a teaspoonful of salt, half a teaspoonful of sugar, one ounce of yeast. Make into a dough in the same way as bread, and let it rise. Then form into round cakes about 4in across and -Lin thick on a floured hoard, place on a greased baking sheet-, prick them, and after they have risen bake in a hot oven for 20 minutes or a little more. If liked, half a pound of currants, four ounces of candied peel, and four ounces of sugar may be added to the dough. Brown Bread (by request).—Required : Three pounds of wholemeal flour, one ounce of yeast, half a teaspoonfnl of sugar, ono teaspoonful of salt, one and a-half pints of either lukewarm milk or water. Make in the same way as white bread. Note; The quantity of salt to be used is according to taste. Many people prefer rather more than is given here. Peanut Butter (by request).—Roast the shelled peanuts to a nice brown, being careful that the nuts are in good condition and have a fine flavor, or they will go ranoid very quickly; put a few at a time in the mincer, grind rapidly, adding from time to time a little salt if liked. (If you have a nut mill so much the better/tighten the screw and grind.) Pack the butter in tumblers and stand at once in a cool place. All nut butters are made in the same way.. Pilau Maigre.—Wash six ounces of rice and boil‘ it in a pint of water for five minutes, then throw it i,nto a colander to drain; when thoroughly drained put it into a pan. and add to it one ounce of butter, and pepper and salt to taste, and about half a pint of vegetable stock; let it cook for 15 minutes till the rice is tender, then turn it out on to a dish, when each grain should be separated. Serve very not, garnished with fried onion rings and a little curry or chutney. HINTS. A ! Meat Preservative.—Boil together for four minutes one quart nf vinegar, two ounces of lump sugar, and two ounces of salt; _ When cold -brush. the meat yiit.li this and it -will keep. To Whiten the Shoulders (by request).— At night rub the shoulders well with this preparationV Almond oil. four ounces; olive oil, four ounces ; tincture of benzoin.

half an ounce. Then practise one of the’ aim exercises * to-■ develop tli© hollow* of your neck. ' ' vm a 7^ Butter Bill. l —ls youx- butter bill heavy? If so, try. this plan. Buy a pound of whatever butter you generally use and also one pound of good nub butter. IXell work the two together, and afterwards make up into rolls or pats. No one Will know; that it' Is not all butter, aud the saving is considerable. I -hay. done this ever since the war began, and with, a family of children to provide for," it makes a great difference in expense. If you want stockings to last double the usual time, sew pieces of old velvet over the heel and under the flat of, the foot of each stocking while still new. It makes a tremendous difference in the wear. The velvet washes splendidly, and the stocking last- for months without needing any menSPoliehing the Soles,—l have a way cf treating the soles of my boots and shoes that makes them wear double the time they otherwise would. To about half a pmfc of boiled linseed oil I add a piece of beeswax about the size of a walnut, I 14 6( ;.and for several days, then 'well stir, aml with a brush apply just a little to tho soles. Thu?, if left to harden, forms a Kina ol skin over the soles, and if the treatment is repeated once or twice the time an a '^ most ' incredible length of WOMEN DOCTORS. fl , An ’ nt ' si esti %' statement is published in 1 , Common Cause’ of June 4. -We are glad to hear of the extraordinary number ol wonten students now presentino- themselves for admission to the Roval Free Hospital School of Medicine for‘Women Js f!>l>oalnig for funds for new buildings. . Sixty new students will join in October, and we learn that the number of women on the British Medical Register has increased from two 40 years ago to 1 000 at present. T u regard to. male students. Sir Donald M'Alister . addressing the- General Medical Council last Tuesday, stated that ‘during the next few -’<’ ars n _ .v must expect a falling-off of same a year in the number of students eoTnc enr °iifid as 'ipqdtcal' practitionPERSQNAL. . A ceremony interesting to very rnanv Xmv Zealanders, took place at St. Mary's Manchester street, Christchurch, on Sunday last, when the little grandson of Sir Joseph _Ward, and son of Mr and Mrs Bernard Wood, was baptised. . Only immediate relatives and friends were present. Bernard Joseph Mood were the names given to the infant by the Rev. Father Hickson, ths baby being dressed in christening robo belonging to his father's family, with silk bows and beautiful Limerick silk lace veil. Mrs Geo, Harper and Mr Cyril Ward were the sponsors. Afterwards there was a reception, the . christening cake being .Mrs Wood’s wedding cake. The wedding of Air Charles Greel-Lor-ing. of Boston (Mass.), and Miss Katherine Page, the only daughter of the United States Ambassador and .Mrs Page, was arranged to have taken place very quietly in London to-da.v.

Miss Grace Borrows, for 13 years secretary of the Girls’ Realm Guild in Sydney, and an indefatigable Australian worker, is at present or ganising “Violet Day’’ iu the New .South Wales- capital. The proceeds are to go to found a soldiers' dub.