WOMAN'S WORLD.

Evening Star, Issue 16197, 19 August 1916, Page 10

WOMAN'S WORLD.

[By Vita.]

' .'* Viva n will in this column answer all reasonable questions relating to the home, cookery, domestic tconomy, and any topio,of. interest to her; sex. DUt each letter must bear the writer's bona fidt iwwie and address. No notice whattva. V/ill be taken of anonymous- correspon , dence. Questions should be concisely put, and the writer's nom de plum* clearly written.

HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. Calf'i Liver Fried with Sweet and Sour Sauoe.—Prepare the "liver," lay it again in water in another pan, cut it in slices first', leave it for an'hour, take jt out, dry it- iu a cloth, put it on the gridiron before the lire for a ilw minutes. Put it on a plate, have on the fire a pan with boiling fat. Slice a large Spanish onion very fine, fry this first a light brown, have at the side of the fire a sieve on a plate. When the onion is done put it on a sieve to drain, then frv the live* and some slices of sausages. Take them out, pour off the fat-from your pan, rub in a 'basin a tablespoonful of flour, with a spoonful of brown sugar, two of • vinegar, some pepper and salt, with a cup of water. Let ail this boil in tho pan with a little browning to color, then put hack the onion, then the liver-and sausage. Have a very hot dish. Dish up the liver and sausage, put the onions round, and the eauce over. Stewed Shin of Beef.—Take three or four pounds of the fleshy part of shin of beef, cut off B.U the flesh, cut it in nice pieces, put to em in «■ saucepan with two or three sliced onions (large ones), salt, pepper, a blad*> of mace, a iittla marjoram, a little dried eaffron, a pint of water. Half an hour before it is dons cut some potatoes in hahfs, Hay them on top of the meat.so that they will cook with the steam. When it is ciiii,-3 douo rub in a basin a, spoonful of flour, with two of vinegar, throw it over. This is a very relishing dish for a family, and not at all expensive. Put the shin bouos on in a soup saucepan with plenty of vegetables, cut nicely, with barley or rice, salt and peoper. a uittle saffron, a quart of water. It will make a delicious soup. It must simmer for 'three hours.

To Make Pish.Soup.— Slice an onion thin i in a, eaucepan, -fry it in two ounces of but-1 fcer; have ready all kinds of vegetables, cut as for a julienne soup. Put in the saucepan a pint and a-half of wator, with salt, pepper, a blado of mace. Let it all stew well, then put in a piece of the fish you dntend to have for dinner, and boil with a little salt in a pint and a-half of water. When it is done take it out and put it at the side to keep hot, and strain the water on to tho vegetables; have ready some small fish or bread balls, boil them in: with the vegetables, nib in a basin a fcablespoonful of flour with a little browning to thicken tho soup. To Stew Peas' with Eggs.—Fry an onion sliced in two spoonfuls of oil, or quarter of a pound of butter, salt and pepper. Pick half a peck of peas, wash and drain them, put Ithent in the saucepan with use oil and onion, add a teacup of boiling wa*°r. three or four lumps of sugar. Choi) a little fresh mint. [Let it all cook till the peas are done, then break five or six eggs, each one separately, in a cup. Put them on the peas, then let them cook till they are done. Dish up. carefully. Vanilla 'Pudding.— Melt quarter of a pound of. butter, stir in three ounces of flour very dry, work it up well, stir in half a pint of Mrilk, stir at tiH it is quite thick, let the batter get quite cold again, then beat in •the yolks of eight egga one after the other, add a teaspoonful of vanilla essence to half a.'pound of sifted sugar, mix that in also. Then beat t!ie eight whites to a enow, stir theim in, grease a shape well with butter and sugar, put the mixture in, stand it in a flat etewpan half full of water, let it boil slowly for two and a-half hours. Turn this pudding out very carefully, and' always lay the sauce round the dish, not over the pudding. • ' .' Souffle of. Raspberries (by request).—Rub . through a sieve a pint of raspborries, grate ; the rind of a lemon andi the juice of half a j lemon, add quarter of a pound of powdered sugar. Lei; it simmer till it thickens a little, then turn it out to get "cokl. Beat up the yolks of eight eggs, and grate three stale sponge cakes; beat the eggs and cakes elowly together; add the snow of three eggs, slowly mix it; melt about two ounces of veal fat in also! Grease a mould; sift sugar over. Bake in a slow oven.

Flat. Gingerbread Nuts.—Required: One pound of butter, ono and a-half pounds of sweetmeats, two ounces of allspice, one ounce of ginger, half a pound of moist sugar, two pounds of treacle, three pounds of flour. Sift the flour on your board. Make a well round (it means to make a hole in the centre of the flour, so that it is higher ', all round). Put in tho butter, treacle, j spices, the orange and lemon-peel, and the ' citron, choppedi very fine. Make this all into a paste, and cut it in pieces the size of half a. crown. When you put them on pour bubiami tins, flatten them with your finger, and put on each half a blanched almond. Baka in a quick oven. They are soon done.

Raspberry R'oQ, Swiss Pastry.—Beat three eggs thoro'jgWy, add a cup of castor sugar, one cup of flour; stir them well together; Hilf a, teaspoonful of cream of tartar, quarter of a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda. Tho eoda to be dissolved in a very •Jrfctle warm water. Have a tia abou'b threequarter of a yard long, and a quarter wide. Grease the tii with almond oil; pour the mixture in, bake quickly; place a eheet of 'writing paper over, the top to prevent St scorch'ing. Ifc imrffc bo quite yellow when deme. Slip it out of tho tin "on a clean cloth, tho bottom side up; spread over it raspberry or strawberry jam, or orange marmalade, then gently roll it up and cub it as wanted.

French Beans <a, 3a. Brcionne.—Required: One quart of beans, one medium-sized oniorc, one and ounces of butter, one ounce of flour, three-quartecs of a pint of white stock or milk and water, a tany pinch of eoda. Wash and dry the beans, then cut •them into shreds. Put thera in a pan of ! fast-boiling water to which has been added a teaspoonful of salt and a pinch of soda. Boil them .qm'ckly with tho lid off the pan for 10 to 20 minutes, according to their age. When tender drain them thoroughly. Slice the onion; melt the butter in a saucepan; fry the onion a golden color; stir {ho flour in smoo'ihly; then odd the stock, and stir •the.sauce over the fire until it boils. Then eeason ifc well, add the beans, and let them simmer in the sauco for five to ten minutes, jpile them \tp in a hot dish, and if you have /lime garnish with croutons of bread. Fish Mayonnaise.—Required: Three-quar-ters of a pound of any cold fieh (boiled), one lettuce, cream salad dressing. Take the (whitest part of a lettuce, and. 'arrange on n silver or pretty china dish. Cut the fish neat pieces, free from ekia and bone, dross all with a good cream dressing. jiA little chopped beetroot and sprigs' of tparaley will be useful as a garnish.' HINTS. I To Restore Faded Black (by request).— two pennyworth of shredded quillaia ;bark in a galion of water tor about ten

jioinutes. Strain off the liquid, and pour iSnto a basin. Soak the blouse in this for an j!hour or two, then wring out, dry away from the fire, slightly damp, and dry on wrong I Side.

Mending Knife Handles.—The following ia \9i very successful method:—Take the handle [off, and mix together three parts resin to •one of bath brick. Nearly fill the hole in ,*the handle with this. Next heat the steel

fbcyond tho blade until it is nearly red-hot, and then insert it in the handle and press )down ae far as it will go.. Leave for a

Qittie while until quite set, and the handle kvill be as firm as when new. Bent whalebones can. bo straightened out jjrad made fit for further use by soaking' jthem in water for a few hours and then drying them. ' To remove a label from a jar or bottle is often rather difficult. This plan is always successful: Wet the label thoroughly, and then hold! it near a fire for a moment. Tho steam thus generated immediately acts on (the paste or gum. 11l sunny weather it is absolutely fatal ;40, plunge the face into cold water to "cool" lit after exposure.to the sun. Tho sudden from heat to cold is likely to cause nn ■unbecoming flush, due to the inuammaitioa of the skin. The proper procedure jn, after coming indoors, to rub in a little encumber cream, and then wipe the face gently with a soft handkerohief. A layer of cream is left on the face, which cools and refreshes it, and after 15 or 20 minutes tho face mav bo safely washed with tepid water, or the cream may be left on and tho skin lightly powdered.

LABOR "WOMEN'S OOUNCIL. Women in the Labor movement in. Xew South WaJes feel that the concerns and interests of their sex ara inadequately considered by the labor men. They have therefore decided to form a Women's "Grand! Labor Council for, that State. Tho objects are: To preserve their rights in the movement which they helped to develop; to increase women's opportunities; and to Beitre eqtialjty of opportunity for -women, Mra Kate' JDwyer was elected president. Comnatitees have been formed to deal specially with health,' education, cost of living,' agriculture, lavs,. relating: to women,' and municipal, in/lwtrial, "tttto, political matters.

LINES ABOUT WOMEN,

Mrs_ J. A. Chuey.jun., is t.h'o first"Chinese woman in the Commonwealth *td stand on a public platform and advocate the establishment of a Republican form of government for. the Chinese nation. The occasion of her spirited address was the'inauguration of a branch of the. United Chinese National Friendly Society, hi' Melbourne, an organisation which has for its! object the' adoption of the Republican ■ form , of government as 'against a.return .to the monarchical-system under which China labored for., hundreds of years. Mrs Chiiey is a fluent'speaker in English, and will, probably be-heard bet'u-e long in Sydney. Lady Culleu (wife of the LieutenantGovernor) presided at Sydney the other day over a function which marked the establishment in that, city of a kind of "shelter" intended for the use of young women and girls who, having a day oil iu the week, are now obliged to "till hr their spare time .At picture shows, on tho harbor sleamers. or ni walking about the parks, etc. T!:c movement owes its origin to the initiative of the Central Methodist Union. The Rev. Mr Hoiian, who occupied the platform with Lady Cullen, explained that theso rooms were for the use of those who might otherwise have 'to wait about the streets, where unchivalrous men took the chance of accosting them. ' There were not many young women wbo were as ready with nn answer for men of this kind as a girl of whom ho ha<l heard lately. She had been waiting for a tram for a : lair time, and a'man who had been staring at her approached with the remark that she had been waiting for a long time for tho tram. ''Yes," said the young woman, "but not so long as Kitchener has been waiting for you!"

BORN SIX DAYS BEFORE WATERLOO. The death look place at Sydney the other day of Mrs E. J. , Knapp. of Havant, The Oaks avenue, Neutral Bay, at tho ago of 301 years. She was bom at Mount - St. Jean, within sight of the Held of Waterloo, on June 12, 1815, sis days before the battle on that historic field. Having arrived in Australia when: only four years "of age, ehe was ablo to toil many interesting stories of tbo early clay* of this Stato, "and up to within .-„ lew days of her death had all" her faculties. Siio took a. great interest iu the present war, news of wliich was read to her each morning before 7 o'clock. Some few weeks ago, in reply to a question, eho riat«l that site did not feel at ail old. but that her eyesight had failed. On tho occasion of her last birthday sho was the' recipient of many congratulations. ih« «hossages including one from: Sir Edward .Wellington, from Buckingham Palace, who was private secretary to Lord CarringUm "' and ofher Governors of New South Wales. She was married in 1854 to her laie husband, who died in 1875, at Braidwood. He was one of the staff. of Major Mitchell,. R.E. (afterwards Sir Thomas Kingston Mitchell), Surveyor-General of New South Wales, n noted explorer, who was cne of tho first io exploit Gippsland, Victoria.—' Sydney Morning Herald.' "THE GROUND OF SAINTS." A Sydney woman writing from Franco says: On a l'ecent Friday I went to a little cemetery in France—so sweet and so peaceful, and the soldiers' graves are marked by huge shells, with tho names scratched on by comrades. Some had' even treasured! belongings banging in the shells, and no one would touch or destroy them. One brave fellow had his mother's wedding ring fastened on a cross of bayonets. It is a beautiful pioture. The little peasant children daily bring offerings of flowers. Many of our brave London boys lie there. It is nob all horror. I have seen some beautiful sights. This little. cemetery is just outside of , and it is called " The Ground of Saints." j A DRESS CENSOR) WANTED. In tie House of Commons on June 1 Mr ,Jowe to (Socialist member for Bradford West) invited.the British Government to start a campaign against the voluminous skirts that have lately become fashionable in England. He asked the Home Secretary whether, before pressing for th<j ■employment of women on the night turn in wool-combing sheds, he would ■ " make inquiries among fashionable dressmakers in the West End of London concerning the increase in the amount of dress material used in ladies' skirts at present ia fashion, as compared with the amount of material used for similar garments before the war, and endeavor, witb the assistance of the President of the Board of Trade and the War Savings Committee, to prevent the waste of at least two to two and a-half yards of material per gaimeut, and an this way diminish the demand for night work from women of the, working class, who have their homes* and children to attend to in the daytime?" As might have been expected, Mr Herbert Samuel was not inclined to adopt so daring a policy. In a considered reply he said: The Government are most anxious to discourage extravagance of every kind, but the hon. members suggestion is not, I think, .% very practical one. . The Home Office ia very careful to limit ouy facilities it gives to work required in the national interest, and as far as possible will do so in the present instance.

ALL ABOUT WOMEN. "A woman must always have somebody to blame when she is at fault; that is why she likes to keep a husband handy." "No man ever sees his fiancee asleep—or he shouldn't. This, of course, accounts for the marriage of so many girls who snore." "Whenever a woman troubles herself to think you know that she is merely trying to discover a way to put you in the wrong. "When you are kissing a girl you never are sure. That's why there are so many marriages." "A wife is like a dictionary to an unknown language—the language of woman." "No girl ever introduces a man to a girl without a hope that something will come of it."

"The ordinary man can see right through a woman if he only looks into her eyes." "When a woman is magnanimously forgiving you she is so much more easy to manage." "A man doesn't understand how lonely a girl feels when she hasn't got someone hopelessly in love with her." " Love is only a game, and has to he played by the rules. The lucky thing is that every girl knows the rules off by heart."

" One of tho ironies of married life is that, no matter how much you want to slap your husband, you must ask Mm to unhook you at tho back." " Wives don't like their husbands to think in their presence. It seems to them like shutting a door in their faces. You always have to tell them what was behind that closed door."

" Woman has an incomprehensible adoration of handwork. . . . Why woman should go to the trouble to make hard knots and edges on her night attire, when she could have it comfortable and plain and free from draughts, no husband has been able to find out; though, to be sure, most husbands prefer them that way. But a man doea not put knots and ribbons and bows on his pyjamas. But, then, no male is fool enough to wear things all day that leave a crisscross pattern on his back when he takes them off at night."—' Honeymoon Dialogues,' by James James.

TRAINING- THE. OTHER WOMAN'S CHILD. ('Young Man and Young Woman.") They all sat round in friendly chat, Discussing mostlv litis and thai, And a ha I.

Until a neighbor's wayward lad Was seen to act. in ways quite bad

O 'twas sad! One thought she knew what must be done With every ch'M beneath the sun—■ She had none.

And ere her yarn had been quito spun Another's theories were begun— She had otic.

Tho third was not so sure :;ho knew.

But thus and so she .thought she'd do — She had two. The next one added : " Let me see ; These things work out differently."

She had three. The fifth drew on her wisdom store, And said: "I'd have to think it o'er." She had four. And then one sighed: "I don't contrive Fixed rules for boys, they're too alive." Sho had five. " I know it leaves one in a fix, T;:'3 straightening ,of crooked sticks." She had six. And one declared: " There's no rule giv'n, but <lo yonr best and trust to Heav'n!" fehe had sev'n.