WOMAN'S WORLD.

Evening Star, Issue 16779, 6 July 1918, Page 11

WOMAN'S WORLD.

{By Viva.] ** Ytva" will in this column ans ser all reasonable questions relating to th* home, cookery, domestic economy, and tny topic of interest to her sex. lint each letter must bear the writer's bono fide none and address. No notice whatever will be taken of anonymou,* correspondence. Questions should be concisely put, and the writer's nam d< plume rlearly written. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. Home-made Biscuits.—-Required: Two •ounds of flour, three-quarters of a pound if dripping, six ounces of sugar, two level easpoonfuls of ginger, three level tea-' poor.fuls of baking-powder, two level teapoonfuls of salt. Rub dripping into the ; our. odd - remainder of ingredients, mix pith milk to a stiff paste. Roll out juiekly and lightly, cut into rounds or <<mires, and bake in a modi-rate oven for 0 minutes. They keep well if kept in a in with a well-fitting' lid. If they get iabliy, put them in a moderate oven for .0 minutes. Savoiy Pease Folding.—Required : Four itlnees i f :p!it pea? o-ukedb two ounces of .r.e oatmiv.l, two ounces of flour, one ounce >f cht i-ped onion, half tin ounce of drip"ilig. one prepared or dried egu'. half a •hit of vecerab'e stock, a saltspootifu! ot >Owt!e:v 1 ";-nl>-. tf.o tea-to-: nl'uls of hopped seasoning. l> t il the peas .mi onion in watev to cover till soft. Time rill depe"d on their age: probably two tr thrtc i: u'.rs will be it- juired. Then train out the peas and mash them well ip. Mix them with the oatmeal, flour, aelied dripping, heibs. and parsley. Add he prep, -ed v.:- and sto.k. Saas-n carenlh. . and turn the mixture i;:t > a wcll•re.ised basin. Cover t: e t ;> with a piece ■f gre.i.-ed paper, and steam it for two tours. Turn out and p.uir i-r;vy over. ?his is tt. eat ad of. n,.t with, meat t should have plenty of hot, thick, well .avored gravy served with it. and a green 'etretablt? of some kind. A Meatless B.Alex Rrothb-Re-uited : Two (pi tits of vegetable stock. .aif -i gill ~a gill is .me teacupfuli of pe irl lark-y. hah" a'gill of split peas or lentils. ne g;i! each of chopped onion, carrot, and urnip. two leeks, seasoning, chopped pars?y. Wash and soak the pulse and bar'/v a warm water overnight, or 24 hours if os3ible. Put the stock into a pan. add he barley, peas, and the v/.ttr in which hey were soaked. Add the vegetables, hopped finely, but add the leeks in pieces bout two inches long. Be sure and wash hem with special care on account of the rit they usually contain. Use all the reen tops, except any withered or eaten ortions. Boil gently for about three ours, or til! the barley and peas tire soft. eason, add ii.e parsley. Serve unsieved 3 a hot tureen, with a bowl of hot, floury otatoes that have been steamed or baked a their jackets. N.B.—Any other vegeables that you like can be added to this s thev come into season. Be sure to see hat the barley is thoroughly cooked ; iunfficiently cooked barley sometimes causes erious digestive troubles.

Tomato and Potato Soup.—Required : Vo pounds of raw pUat e* 1 ih i lu.e in of tomatoes, two tabi-spoonfids of hopped oni >n, half an ounce <•! dnpp.ii'; .1 prt-ible), two cjinrts of stock. .all a tei'icapful of milk imade from tinmd r dried miik. if you likoK half an otr.n e f CDrnflour. ? ea*"miiij. Well v.i-di th- 1 otatoes, slice, but do not peel them. Put 11 the ingredients, except the milk and oniflour, into a pin. Add half a ttvpoonful of salt, and boil for about half an mir. or until the potatoes are soft. Rub he .-oitp through a sie\e or colander. t'P-e ort the p.n, puiir beck, and teboil ie & up. I'r-ur in the cornflour, mixed run thh -,\ith th ■ milk. -= tit till boihni,-, i-ur. ' or iir r p,i:mK:>, - v-o:i. and M'i\e. >.P>.—When they ait? I.i -c .m)p, flesh heed t-matit-s en be u*ed v>Me id o-' hired one-, rt.d i little in >re stock added i place uf the pi.^e. ]i enoot.- R'quir d : Four meium- 'nd tkeko >ts (1.i1.d). one t'bk"ti.T'f'i; .if chop: 'AI <iM.o.i, nit; and .' half mi e* r? driiipm, or .it'./ fit, f.-m ta'de- "• rifu < f .Jion.iui or ci mid i uN, = eai ii. ;!' .k _-ravr. Melt half the dri'pr_, i.> 4 fiv u_ r pan, put m th" 1 onion, i'l l'i,v :t ,1 ! _-!r. 'br ." ii. V 'lI and cb p ■i- litti,,', , I i or.nd it \ ith t!..' "ii.ou I' id- 1 - !■ i"i Add hilf th" nut-, a,-I .. '."._- i i ,'t and j 'i; tr to t t-f it< i-o <i ' onh. p"e-i :'ie mi»ti't" i> tu ' aid -'' k ' tb r t i) lir.'i s,' nv.t.i n'i i t ; e p. i~: - lut -> 2* a"! d : t 1 em h"ie and tlcc i,u.h- "lits. 1! 1-. 'vtd t'v pi'ti .iie ]"-t hj J.' brn,. ,s t>i - r.e - ",'i ,i t' ; n 1" \. '1 ti i (it 1 Lrr.iv\, ,;r<! .f hi ,• ' ~.. t , btt'e bii.-'.i.-'.r.-cd tm-t. Cue ei" v-» U it lltl il the Old'r'.Tly if th' cot, b't the I iff- i- mi -tiro a _• ol cW. Ih 1 -di-'' i ii;-d Ip.-teul or m ">i. Aitiil.i'; - ,1:1 Ur-tip —TH, U tb 1 : inn nd (\i o' "_d\ U"': T i hin„\ Stiv of tor / a nrTk j ".' Hi _' ar I .-om.' -t \' ed in; r . nd ait b.k"' r. tttris v.it ! i ; t. Rfiuued : 'wo "iii",'- ii .fau-.i' m aititbckt". two in; 'ca c hj tdine, ". If .. u 11 ot milk, half a. _'ill ot ral'er i-i'd Jut rroki!i_, hi'f an oil'ee o: v orn.'loiir, t.e.'wn" 1 ::. Mb, pet-1, .tu (at i.re, a- et'h no .lei) liy t 1 e ait'o' fk'_ i cold v.<\t-v to vhii.h a di b. ct \.ne£,v as b"cn ad'b d. S.ue, tinn ptt i builmj iked wrter. r.nd . -. k f.-i about 20 to 30 .Chutes, or till ;oft, M"elt the fat in a in ->pan |ni'' in th-' coirtinpr (m xed b ; r.h w.th lb» nr'k 1 m'd the h-tif-dl' f water :n whi hj t'oy w 're coked v\e all ih' re-t fir -rip-. Ftp.), .ml -In v t the 'irt'l boi'i'it;. After hj 'm. -r..-h the iitiLoi k.-« ; eabl the suic, aif '!•' ib.ee e, anil a cuelul .-O'youine. it'P th.- ndttor into i I .ikin di-h. sjnirkb' th.- re=t of the fhee--v T th- top, ai.d 1 alip i'itt'l .-"if're ? ltd! htn«ntd. Another tried \\a\ ot nz this dish is to ires onion sauce with ho artich k' 1 -. <.r trc tomato «iu e D'lii tits ii' of tead of i:e>at. i Gin-v \b-uld.— P.etjtimd' U'Ai a nouud F invh-.J pf.to.toi-. ha't a i'o"nd of hr r p d cok d half a no md nf tt-ked ni:i-hed lentils, quitter of a o u.n ! t tenkeJ (.hopp.,l ui.i in. Oi.e tui'H a it '-ipp"'i.j, -ta- p. Thoron'_'hlv imx and i-ir nil tho so that thev b er<\ it.if dl\. It i -n't so c.i?T <i.t top. wuld rrajine to do this. well a il sin mould or ba-<in. and "Ink* it u' ei il-.!. 1 e e. ith o.'h-r "> rovn.ed oi hnpp"d nut-. ' ' Jtated cheece and crii'oijnixed I'".t th b-:n i r i a inodeiat".' hj t .\en. rn.i 1 ake imtil jnu can see the *H - ,tp !.-i \ i -I'len drx« bid: the ni\'vte fiu n i tie Insn' to look do'Mi '! i.ro mt cart f ullv irto a hot di-h, aid h-ui? rlt'i or witl."iit sauce. This is verv go d, ! ,nd a rarital way of usinr; tip leftii. | r ■!• a 'hat'i" 'on can aomctiit.cs edd u\ itt! s hupped e r, i lv-<l meat or .nv kind | o t :- ni-le.d of hptil*. or leave out the i cpU 1 ml in-, .t alto aether. ,

(. 1"u 11 —I jiil 0 tptil l v (u i I th [ <I c t ce 11 hj j.p i l 1 u-t ni u l f ris i b !•* l ttc tnli in i i col i u i m i e ten"! t (t f i ' [it t ttc t id r t 1 11, hj ! i no > n_, t l 1 d u \ lit (U ' t I 1! II II (ItllO n ] H 1 1 t u ii ii i It nit 1 t to rth H n r o f I v \ I l' t i t VL i ittl 'CI t ' ! '1 t : t i fi ilp, } j „ I ! pir Jill ou ii i * m * ' t \ \ !<i t fl a i tit i 1 inn j dei iJn i\ t l ii n fir ji f-t t bi. btc a 1 i •"n il iTr i p d ' t in t oli S Btcr this irt i p'ul \ add r. ion ju or tl « cm t \ i' llv 1 \U I! tl pi' JIP 1" t (I l- Ift li n cat pr ns;e ~r -<• rr >■» t lib on o i j 1 I ril q aid 1301'- th( o\ et , HINTS. ' You might try chopped mustard i tnd cress or watercress instead of parsley | lometimes when parsley is ordered in any \ 'ecipe. Adding jnst a little meat extract to any •'egetablo soup ii yuu specially want a twaty flavor. Putting into the coup tureen any fresh ! imba, stale crusts, hits of oatcake, or • istened, unsweetened biseuiU you bap- ■■ l to have by you. I'our the boillm: ip on these. They will acid to the aouiJ

' Adding just a dash of lemon juico to any soup that does not contain <nillc. It greatly improves the flavor. Rut do not use much. Sieving any left-over broth with reg«tables in it before serving it ne-vt day. Tho sieving quite alters the eharacter, and bluffs people into thinking it a different soup. Variety is good for all of us, especially where cookery is concerned. Rubbing discolored glass with used tea leaves. It is wonderful how this takes off any stains. Afterwards rinse in clear water. Rubbing steel fenders or fire irons every dav with a chamois leather. If you do this they will very seldom need a regular cleaning, unless in a very damp place In that case, steel is liable to rust if not well cleaned once a week. Cleaning steel that has rusted with fine emery paper sprinkled with-paraffin. Don't rub up and down, and then across and across, or it will look scratched. Do it either up and down or across and across al! tho time. Koldin.: a knife that has been used for onions under the cold water tap, and well rubbing it as soon as it is done with. But if you forget to do this rub it up and down in tho earth in the garden a time or two, and then wash, and the smell will quite disappear. i'aobing a window that you want to make opaque with a lump of soft putty until the surface is evenly covered. It is a quick and quite satisfactory way of doing it if you want something cheap and don't ndnd much whether it looks nice or not. Cleaning japanned trays by wadiiug with a cloth wnimj out of hike-warm water. Use just a little soap, too. Afterwards rinse with cold water, and then well dry, and polish with a leather. THE DRESSMAICER. THE USEFUL C \ MI-KNICKERS. A true woman loves dainty underclothes, and when utility is not sacrificed for bea ;ty there is no reason .vhy slu> should not have them. The most useful and beautiful of all undergarments are the ones you make at home, and they are the eheape-t. b-o. The caini-knickers shown in this sketch is a very char.ning and useful model, and not difuYiU to make. Even the amateur need not fear to attempt it. Vou will want 2-2 yards of 41-inch material, and the best material to use is uaius; ok, cambric, or ma-.hipolam. Trim the ed-t-i with Valenciennes or C! my lace and iiscrli >\ or scallop th • ed_es if you prefer. Notice the little groups of tu" k-; nil each side of the bo lice fronts; thev give a nice fitting effect to the camisole top. Fold the mat'-riai, and lay the pattern on it as shown in thi;. din dram. Vou can cut the waistband from lvadimj. but if you make it plain material it must have a lining.

I First join up* the curved leg seams of! the knicker part by running and felling. | then face or liem tin' raw edges down I.Vie : centre bade and centre front. Lap the ; centre back of one side over the other I for about 1 inch at the top. Now gather ; tho to[> of the knickers. ' , Join up the underarm and shoulder \ searus cf the cavnisolo by running and • felling. Put a fiat facing on the left-hand . front, using a strip of material about 2 ! inches wido. j ,\nw make your little groups of tucks at ! ; each side of trie front, "so that you t-iko I iu the fullness a little bit. ' j j (hither tho bottom edge. i '■ Trim the raw edges round the neck. ■ : araiholos, and down the right front by j whipping insertion to the material and j lace to the insertion. Jf you want the ! insertion to be transparent, you must cut ! away the material underneath, and hem | in the raw edges to make it neat. j i Now join the two pieces together at the I waist. You can whip the raw edges i ' straight to a, piece of beading, or else i sandwich them between two layers o! ' material, and stitch together. Trim the knee edge to match the neck, . and if you like you can finish the shoulders ' with bows of ribbon. _ I Run ribbon through the waist beading , to tie in front. j : HOW TO OBTAIN PATTERN NO. 117. i Send this order form, together with 7d ; in stamps to tho Paper Pattern Depart- j merit of this paper. N. B.— Our clientele must remember that these patterns are utandard in regard to size. i Name ! Address {in full) Date of this paper A LADY'S LETTER FROM HOME. I have been permitted to make the following extracts iron; tho interesting letter oi a "well-known ex-JJonediu lady, who, writing on April 50, says in part: "Ti:a .New Zeaianders did great work round about Serre. I see their lists at the i(u;aeli fcijuaro Club, and they are very ne-avy. Ihe men themselves are keen on tlie present campaign, because it is open nela lighting and not trench work. The German* have- been gibing at the British, and saying that whenever they aie in a tight corner they put in the colonial tioops. To this tnere have been indignant I cic-niais, but 1 am afraid th.vt there is a I good deal oi truth in it. Th« amount of j work that lias been do..e by '.he_ --oionUlj j in comparison to theiv irambin is simply wonderful. They seem to h»*» tn» pay- I sitiuo that can stand it. says that i the feeding of the troops r. .T-'-'iuce la won- | derl'ully good; they j«<t Mioiigh, j and the food is good. Iliith-u a remarkable achievement, isn't it? 'a* toy ?>'&» | looking just tho same, ortl. r-*o»t terribly tired and worn; his bao* jirta' him 6 great deal of trouble, and he aas voluntarily given up his coipor-v strips. *j he said that he didn't consider, <inc- \e had been put on light duiias, «aat he> was earning his pay i which is hijt Utr a.co.» with the Australians), and j* ta not flt for the heavy work necessary to- a, cor- i poi.'i! -;i ;iic i). trench- morta-s. Ills back is badly strained, and hunbago perpetually , bothers him- He used to get so dreadfully tutu just goinj,' aoout hero with us. Still,

f ha looked a different boy when ho left : again after Ids fortnight of leave, and you can imagine how wo enjoyed ourselves, "The first few oveniugs ho told us a good deal about the fighting, but I did not press him for news, as it was all so horrible, and I don't think it was good for him to talk too much about it. Tho spirit of them all is so splendid. You never hoar a bitter or petty remark. Tiiey just seemed resigned, and absolutely determined to se-o it through. A complaint about the hardship you never hear. " We had full moon while he was here, but were lucky in getting oil with no raids, as ho has always been in a lit about .VI anil mo being in London, eo 1 was awfully glad there wan no raid during his leave, and also he was most surprised to sco no sign of any raid. You have to hunt round London to iind any wicekeu houses. There are some, but in this huge city, unless you happen to be in ihe wistrict, you never set) the effect of a raid. We are having a big moon now, and one or two attempts have been made, I believe, but Fritz has never reached us. 1 think he is being kept too busy on the western front to get over to us, and they say the outside defences of London now are splendid, and will take a lot of 'get'►ting through.' We had an alarm on Friday night; the maroons (rockets to'warn people-io take shelter) went off, making enough noise with their explosions to give one a nervous breakdown. Tho police whistles went, and we nil thought we were in for a real big raid ; when, lo and behold! half an hour after the "All clear" bugles sounded. .Now, a raid generally lasts three or four hours, so we all thought this very wonderfully coped with, ami how splendid must be our defences, etc., because tho guns in London never fired at all. There was no mention of the raid in the papers, which seemed odd, as thev always give an account of it, though leaving out the names of the districts affected. \\ lien J went to the club on Saturday night I heard from the old bobby who always comes in for his supper about 2 hi the morning that two French aeroplanes had lost their way and appeared over Loudon ! which unite accounts for tho sneed with which the "All clear" came along '"d t ; e silence of the papers, it really L • 'u"y funny, especially as two women promptly left this house next day terrified, ■id -■ ~ :ng they iiad never been in a raid e o e, and couldn't po-.s bly stand another! I don't know what' they would done if the guns had gone off. Now he wind is from the east, and that is a sure safeguard, as Fritz neve:- comes unless ne L-n g'-i btek easily. London is now a e>y d.ffefcnt p'a -e from what you re- ■ .ember. All theartes have to be'out at 10.30, as al! bghts in public places of entertainment. hotels, and restaurants :.ave to be out at 10.30. It is a regular "curfew'" roinc back again, and" of i' Mrsp, will ,:.•-.'iv an enormous saving in electric light and gas. No hot meal mav i ■a rcrved y'ter If'.oO p.m. Can vou isna-' gno London g"'ag to lad early"? There ate very stii-g-::. reguk.L- us in all can- i teens, etc.. as co what food may be sup- : plied—only so many ounces "for .each j meal—so you can imagine the work it ! entails. Siill, i: ihe food regulation is j well done, we all have enough to eat. but : all superfluous " pleasure'' food is beinti done away with. Very dull, but no one is any the worse for it; indeed, everyone looks the picture of health. Prices of 'luxuries.' which include everything outfide the necessities of life, are going up by leaps and bounds. "The shop windows ,u;: -tii! tilings of beauty, but out: wonders how much longer they wiil 'rcnia-i:; so. You see such gorgeous materials in the windows. T bavo never o_vn so much gold tissue and trimming urrd «s is done now. .Dress, in- i stead of being nvue sober in color, is; really much more extravagant than it has ever Ixvu. The shapes of the clothes are mostly hideous—just wide s;cks, rather short, at:d beginning to tuck in round the feet again ; in fact,' all women look very largo inde-ed, and the evening dresses con- : tim.v to have nothing in the way of a bodice, except a broad pie. e of material; wrapped ,sf.i»;ight round your body, and hung on your should.: rs by invisible net. These are the clothes you see in the windows; of course, if you go to a good dressmaker I have no doubt you can get quite pretty clothes made for "you. ! " Food, in the shape of biscuits, jam. ! and marmalade is a fnm? f. impossible' for the outsider to got. 1 paid Is lOd alb for digestive biscuits to send to ■ the ; other day, and 2s 6d for ginger biscuits. : Jam you can't get, so that's quite simple. Our allowance of meat is Is 3d worth aweek—doesn't- soar::.! merit, do-:.-, it? J am sure I don't know how Mrn 1) , woo hub this house manages. Of cour.-e, we iravo two meatless days a week, ami she gives i:s poultry (10s 6:1 for a smaif chicken) onco a week, Tha other font w get about ljoz of meat twice a day, ami (hat includes- the bone: so sometimes you dine oil' the appearance of meat- on your plato, and you li.ll up with sphngetti "and : macaroni, which I am gradually beci:;- ; ning to hate with a deadly haired J Still we are quite well, which enlv shows liow i much too much we ate before. The servant question is becoming very acute, and the state of hew : '<k-red annoyance of many , pampered Englishwomen over their do- : mestic difficulties is really very fanny to the hardened colonial. The wheels of ; their lives are no k-nger oiled, and they ; reseat it intensely. M: ny v. ere quite pre- i pared to give up all their .-p'irc. time to! ■war work, but to have the necessities of \ war intrude themselves into their home.* : seems to them quite outiv g-,:0u.-:. They are ' i indignantly 'earing their tints and going i ' to apartments. ' '

'' The ' push' has bean going on for nearly six weeks. We acca holding our own, and when we have killed enough Gormans wo shall counter-attack, so tfltey say. AJt preserut the Germans are taking to foroo us _ to draw oiw men from Amiens to reinforeo on the Baillenl-Mes-sines sector, and so weaken v.s at Amiens, whore they want to divide the French and British forces; so they ar.o hammering away at our unfortunate, troops in the north, but not to much purpose, and their losses are colossal. To-day there is just a hint of a rally in Prussia against Germany ; it seems too good to bo true, and one has given up expecting anything- from that quarter. Tiio Zeebmggo affair was brilliant, wasn't it? It thrilled one to rend of the extraordinary pluck of the men. and they seem to have -really achieved the blocking of the linked Canal, and partially to have blocked the entrance to Ostend. " To-day I had M.D. and her boy to lunch ; she arrived a fortnight ago on the land. It wi'ii most interesting hearing all about it. The shin was struck about 6 in t-ho evening. cMio said the crash was horrid, but when the ship heeled over a bit it was worse still! Can't yon imagine how beastly it would feel? The water dashed all over the ship, and poured down the companion ladders. &110 rushed for her lifebelt, coat, and rug, and up on to tho top deck to her boat, and ehc said all the boats were in the water in 10 minutes. Then destroyers came racing up and formed a ring round tho ship, putting out smoke clouds to hide her from the submarine. The passengers were all taken J on boa.rd a destroyer, which afterwards ! kept guard over tlio ■ -, racing round and round her at 25 knots an hour. They were 15 hours on board the destroyer, and then lauded. M has got all her Irgfge; rather wonderful. 1 think. The .-*hip was safely beached, and almost all her cargo saved. It is considered one of tho lust 'saves' that has been done, as she had a hnge hole in her 40ft x 37ft. " 1. go three nights a. week to the New Zealand t luh— going on duty at 10 p.m. j amd coming off "i 7 a.m. ; then 1 come | ho-'iifi end sleep for a few hours, so tluiti three days are pietty well cut into. . . . In this v.uv (here is really not very much *;? ii-> loft, and '! cook from 2 to 6 p.m. on Mondays at the obib. Thev are rather short of help-ers just now, and as the New Zc-'ila'-d men 1 -ok upon it as their heme in London-, one docs not. v.ant it to suffer in its usefulness for lack of hclpeis." SINGLE WOMEN 'FI'ER THE WAIL [By " Artifex " in the 'Daily Mail.'] T wished a fo'tuight ago to write of the pv-'bh'iii of the women who desire, and ri.btly desire, th-e joys and dmus of lnothe.r'iHicd, hut- who will inevitably be left without husbands after the 'war, •eying to Ihe fearful mortality among mo-i Bat T was drawn away to another subject deals 1 row return to the subject, for it is one of infinite importance. Many p on'e. while recognising the gravity of the problem, nevertheless give it no scr:i'i;= thought because it •--■.. Ms to thorn utterly insoluble. "If there are not the m--n." they say, "it is no good talking about it. The women must remain unmarried and there's a;: end of the matter." To a certain ext ut, of course, they arc right. Where there are, not tiic men th- re cannot he the marriages. Bui Church and State alike will be unwise if they simply brush the problem a c ide and to give it serious thought. I am told, on good authority, that in Germain the problem has already been the .subject of miie.h thought and public discussion, \ and that, with that kind of frightful! thoroughness for which they are famous, j the G omaus are already recommending j what are called "visiting husbands." That! a man should have several wive? in one i and the same house is recognised as being degrading lor the women and dangerous for family life. That a man who can afford it should maintain several homes, with a wife in each, and visit- them all in turn, apparently presents, to certain typo., of mind in Germany, no dtlieullv. Hat tier ■ it is regarded, if my informants are I coirect, as a fine wav of serving the ] Father!.uid To many people the. more j di cuse-ion of such ideas in England will 1 appear a frivolous waste of tunc. But- I j eat! r,s--:<re mv readers that yet more re- j vo'.utionary id ..as on sex matters are being ! discussed, and put forward m all serio e,ness, in certain quarters here in England. 1 ncd not. 1 hope, say that I have not ! the remotest sympathy with any th-ories ! which si.!ike at the. sacredite-'s of marriage, I or at the absolute necessity for strict- ; monogamv alike for men and wom-m. It | is not merely a fiuestioit of Christianity, j All true social seiencj. .•(<•> wril as ali re- j ligion wan thy ■of the name, teaches that i iiio true unit of society is not- the individual but the family. Where, either i through defective theory or through loose | and immoral practice, the family life of a! inttion, as; lived by one man with cue I •woman and with their offspring, is en-j d angered, tliere the nation is on the road to ruin. This view appeal's to me to be proved true in all ages and in all tini"s, ii'i-'l could, f. am sure, be established by historical proofs of overwhelming weight. What teaching, then, is the Church to give tu young women who find therm-elves do- I prived 01 what they rightly believe to be their happiness in lifsy? Personally, f should begin by admitting lie fact that their condition was a wrong j ind unnatural one. They .ire. but one j example of thai universal saiU'oring whi::h j T'.usf. remit I rem so great a crime a-s a

European war. We ore all members one of another, and no sex, class, or nation can escape its share of the debt. As millions of young men have beo-> -loomed to an untimely death, so milllona of women may bo doomed to an unnatural and truncated life But, having made that admission, I should urge the women to seek in other spheres oxerciso of those powers and endowments which are the highest, because the spiritual, foundations of motherhood. And those powers are the creative faculty and the power oij<""service. Women want to produce pomethunr. and to spend and be spent in so doing. For women to seek iorgutfulness oi the;)' urihrtppiness in mere drudgery is not enough. The motherhood faculties of cieat;on and of scrvus must be exercised. Now, crcati'.'o work, in the usual sense of that expression, as poets, writers, painters, and composers, is not, of cours?, within tho power of women. But such things are not tho only ones truly created by the spirit of man. There is an immense amount of truly creative- work waiting to be done in social spheres. Indeed, a whole Xew England lias to be created. And jn care lev children not their own, and for their less fortunate sisters, and for (heir fellow-creatures generally, many women may, and certainly will, find an outlet for those powers which under happier circumstances should have gone to the creation and car* of a home. To tVcsb:i' a single example, tho campaign for combating social diseases calls Jor an immense number of women doctors. If then are any circumstances in which women should be examined by women, and men bv racn, they are found here. The Church should carefully reconsider the question of a female ministry. It is no good sweeping aside the claims of women, in any sphere. by saying that there are none qualified by education. Facilities for their higher education must be provided. That is why I welcome with all my heart the proposal to found a number of scholarships for women at Manchester University.

IRRATIONAL CLOTHING. Tn a lecture delivered in Auckland by Dr Florence Keller on the ' Use rind Abuse of Clothes,' the speaker commented upon the absurd and cruel way children !irc> dressed, as seen in the Auckland sh-eM.s. Flip h:id often not.ie»d a worn:', ri wrapped, up in a heavy fur coat dragging ..;.■ ilie hand ;m unfortunate child "v'v) bed nothimj on its lit'b iess u v ) to the waist. These children suffered ;'"-aMv from the blood vessels being con:'cs!rd. and get ill, £et bad hearts, or 'e'-.-opt'oi) of the lungs, or constipation ; !"<r->n•.::'. the selfishness and vanity of their mothers.

What- a shame that the halo of romanc Ins been lifted from the story of 'Mrs n.inld. one of the survivors of the Whniiieru. wreck. of l"-;-" : . ........ gcuarian, she lias not yet reached three and fortitude are deserving of t;ic highest praise.