WOMAN’S WORLD

Evening Star, Issue 16845, 21 September 1918, Page 4

WOMAN’S WORLD

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. <■ Suede.”— Nothing Is better than petrol; failing that, use benzine; it » also -'ocd. Keep well away from artificial i-btf and leave far a little if using the latter, to get rid of the smell. “Eugene.”—Dry equal parts of glycerine, rosewater, and lemon or vinegar, jippiy after washing, rubbing it well in. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. Jersey Omelet. —Required : Two eggs, two tablespoonsful of stale breadcrumbs, three-quarters of a gill of milk or stock, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, Seasoning, about Joz of law or other fat. Soak the crumbs in the warmed milk for 10 minutes. Add to the well-beaten eggs, parsley and seasoning. Heat the fat in the omelet-pan {or small, clean, ordinary frying pan), and when a very faint smoke begins to rise pom- in the mixture. Stir gently till beginning to set;_ then lower the heat and stop starring until t'ho underside is lightly browned. Peep under ■whilst raising tho omelet with a knife. Then hold the pan before tho lire, or put it under the gas-griiier until tho surface is delicately browned. Fold over in half; slip on to a hot dish, and pop it on to the breakfast table. This is a novel and economical recipe. Use either fresh or dried eggs, prepared according to the reape. Yarmouth Kedgeree.—When fresh air smoked fish is dear, use fish paste when making this, and you will find it delicious ; but you must warm up the paste, and work it with a little dripping or margarine before adding it, or it does not blend evenly. Required : 4oz of rice or two hard-boiled eggs, one level teaspoonful of dripping or other fat, two teaspoonsful of bloater paste, milk to seasoning, one large tomato, if passible. Wash the rice; cook it in boiling salted water till it is soft, but not broken. It must bo well cooked, mind—not with a little hard speck left in the middle; but do not boil it to a mash. Then drain it well, saving the water for use as vegetable stock. Add tho rice, the chopped hard-boiled eggs, and the warmed dripping, well mixed with the bloater paste. Stir those in thoroughly; :v!d seasoning and sufficient milk to make the mass of a creamy moistness. Add the p,Hf.i. sliced tomato, if one is to be used, or a tablespoonful of some bottled sauce, lihat thoroughly; pile in a hot dish, and serve. Any kind of fish past© can bo used. Fish Chowder. —Use any sort of cooked fish for this, or tinned fish. Salt pork is added to it in America, but bacon is easier to get. Required : One breakfastcupful of cooked fish, two breakfastcupsful of cubes of cooked potato, half a breakfastcapful of chopped cooked onion, half a breakfastcupful of raw bacon, cut in dice,- half a breakfastcupful of milk or stock, two ounces of fine oatmeal, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, seasoning. Fry the bacon ligntly. Take it out and stir in tho oatmeal. Mix in the milk and all the other ingredients except the crumbs and parsley. Season it carefully. Simmer for 10 minutes; then add the crumbs and parsley. Heat for five minutes, and serve. Cook this in a casserole, if you have one, to save washing up. Savory Croquettes.—Required : Half a pound of mashed potatoes, two ounces each of chopped cooked bacon or other meat, or fish, etc., chopped cooked onion and boiled rice, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, saltspoonful of powdered herbs, any cooked vegetables, such as green peas, chopped beans, mushrooms, etc., seasoning, stock, one egg, medium oatmeal. Mix well and heat thoroughly all the ingredients except the egg and oatmeal. Take care not to make the mixture too wet; then, after seasoning, turn it on to a plate to*cool and stiffen. Shape it than into little round flat cakes, about half an inch thick. Brush these over with beaten egg, roll them in the oatmeal, lay them ca a baking tin, and bake in a sharp oven until nicely browned. Serve very hot with a tureen of some good gravy and some vegetable. These are ovenfried in order to save fat; but, of course, if you have a pan of fat you can fry them in’the usual way. And you can vary the mixture according to the remnants you have In your larder. A Delicious Stew.—Required: One pound • of shin of beef, half a pint each of shelled peas, coarsely-cut beans, rings of carrot, tiny onions, or sliced onions, one and a half pounds of new potatoes, one quart of water or stock, two ounces of rice, seasoning. Any cuts of meat can be used for this, but'in shin of beef there is no waste nor bone (ask for boneless shin), and it is ,•< tender as chicken when gently cooked. W.tsh the meat and divide it into neat i, fives. If you cut it along the muscles • ,1 then across you obtain tho neatest ! :, ;L round fillets. Lay these and all teo other ingredients in a casserole or .-..••wing jar. Add seasoning, cover closely, and simmer in the oven or on the stove for three hours, or till tender, or stait it on the stove, for 40 minutes and finish in the hay box. Princess Pudding.—Any fresh or tinned fruit will do for this. Ripe stoned cherries are delicious, or any stewed fruit. Required,: Four ounces of fruit, one pint of milk, one egg, one ounce of cornflour, sugar, or other sweetener. Heat tho milk till boiling, pour in the conflour, mixed smoothly and thinlv with cold water or milk. Stir, and cook this for five minutes. Take tho pan off the fire, add the fruit, sweetening and beaten yolk of egg. Lastly, the white, whipped to a stiff froth. Stir all this La verv lightly. Pour all into a greased pie dish, and bake in a quick oven until delicatelv browned. Serve at once while it is still puffed np. Jellied Custard.—To bo made either with real egg or with some made custard powder. Add fruit according to season. Required t One pint of custard (warm), three ounces of ripe or cooked fruit, threequarters of an onneo of gelatine, golden syrup or red jam to sweeten. Dissolve the gelatine in three tableapoonfuls of hot water. Add it to the custard. Mix in the fruit, and sweeten to taste. Pour all into a deep glass dish, and put aside to cool and set, ox you can mould it, if you would rather. Gooseberry and Sago Mould.—Required : Four ounces of small sago, on© pound of gooseberries, one pint of water, syrup or honey, sugar to taste. Pul the sago overnight to soak in the water. (Next day simmer it till soft, clear, and jelly-like in the same water. Then add the prepared gooseberries, and cook again till these are soft. Sweeten to taste, color if liked, and turn into a wet mould. When set turn out carefully. If you prefer to use other fruits, do so, or substitute tapioca for sago. Oatmeal and Jam Pudding.—Required : One ounce of oatmeal, one ounce wholemeal flour, three tablespoonfuls red jam, one pint milk, sugar to taste, grate of nutmeg. Mix together the oatmeal and flour with a little of the milk. Boil the rest of the milk, and stir into it the blended flour and milk. Add sugar to teste and a grate of nutmeg, and simmer for a few minutes. Turn half of it into a greased pie dish, spread the jam on top, and add the remainder of the batter. Bake iu a moderate oven for about 45 minutes. , HINTS. You might toy: Throwing any apple peelings you may have into any saucepan that is so badly burned that it seems beyond hope. Leave for a week or two, and then trv again to clean the pan. Quite possibly the peelings will have loosened the burnt part, and it will come clean easily. Washing dark stockings in this way:— Put them into a bowl oi cold water, leave till wart, day, and then wash well. Rinse la dear warm water, and when dry they Vrfll be beautifully soft. Ho soap is respired.

[BY VIVA.] “ Viva ” i cM in this column answer all reasonable questions relating to the home, cookery, domestic econo .-.y, and any topic of interest to her sex. But each letter must bear the writer’s hona fide name and address. No notice whatever will be taken (V anonymous correspondence. Questions should be concisely put, and the -writer’s nom de -plume clearly written.

Adding just a little tincture of myrrh and borax to the water iu which you rinse your teeth alter cleaning them. It helps to keep the gums healthy. You can get it at any chemist’s. Scrubbing your hands very thoroughly after vou have been doing any washing up. When they are really clean, nib iu, wjiilc still wot, a little of whatever skinsoftener you are in the habit of using. Then rub iu just a little vinegar, and, lastly, well dry. Using a loofah mop for washing up, if you dislike anything that holds the grease. These loofah mops are nice for scrubbing vegetables, too. It is far nicer to use than a brush. That old-fashioned remedy, the bluebag, for bee-stings or any sort of insect bite; or, failing the blue-bag, a strong solution of ordinary washing soda. THE DRESSMAKER. A SMART JUMPER. Jumpers are as popular ns ever, and this is hardly to bo wondered at, for they are most useful garments. The pretty one shown iu this sketch, vou will notice, does up at the back, which is what most of tho smart clothes do this season. This is a particularly pretty sketch, because of the round neck, which is always becoming, and tho plain facings add a touch of trimming which is at once simple and attractive. . You will want 2-|yds of 44in material for the main part of the jumper, and |yd of 44in stuff for the facings. Casement cloth, zephyr, gingham are all suitable. A check gingham with white facings would look very nice, or, again, a patterned voile, crepo-de-chine, or georgette. Fold the material, and lay the pattern on it as shown in the diagram. Cut tne belt, cuff, yoke, and shoulder yoke twice from material

Join up the under-arm scams by French' sowing, and gather the shoulder edges of the jumper back and front. Tack or pin the double pieces of tho shoulder yoke together, turning in single hems at the inside edges, then sandwich the gathered shoulder edges in between the two shoulder yoke edges, and stitch together. If you E refer, you can join the two together by eading, or with valuing stitch. In this case you will only need- a single shoulder piece. T’ho other way, however, is much neater when there are. gathers, and you can stitch beading over the join to get the effect. Out open a placket in the centre back of the jumper for about 10 or 12 inches. Face the raw edges with narrow strips of material, making the left a wrap facing and the right a flat facing. Put the top of tho sleeves into tho armhole, binding the raw edges at the inside with a strip of crossway material. Gather the bottom of the sleeve. Stitch the cuff and its lining together wrong side out along the unnotched edges, turn to the right side, and run and fell the notched edge to the sleeve gathers. You can face tho top’ of tho cuff with a strip of the contrasting facing to bo in keeping with the rest of the ’jumper. Gather the neck edge. Stitch tho two pieces of the round yoke together on the wrong side along unnotched edges. Turn to the right side, and run and fell it to the neck with tho notches matching, slightly easing in tho fulness all round._ Tack narrow single hems all round the pockets, except the top edge, which you must face with a strip of the contrasting material to the depth of the dotted line shown on the pocket. Then stitch tho pocket to thq jumper, getting the perforation ; marks to correspond. Turn up a narrow single hem on tho right side of the bottom of tho jumper, then stitch on a band of the contrasting material, making it about 4in deep. Stitch tho belt and its lining together, and catch it to the waist of the jumper at each side, and fasten it at the back. Fasten the back of the jumper with buttons and button-holes. HOW TO OBTAIN PATTERN No. 123. Send this order form, together with 7d in stamps, to the Paper Pattern Department ot this paper. Address (in full) Date of this paper - " PLACE AUX DAMES.” I hear that Mrs W. T. Macfarlane has decided to offer her services on the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, in the place of her deceased husband, who was for so many years closely identified with the welfare of St. Kilda and The Flat. This is a most commendable step, as indicating that the lady is determined that her widowhood shall not be a .period of enforced idleness, but that all her spare time and Tier best energies shall be given to public service. That she is eminently fitted for the post she seeks to occupy is evidenced by the fact that she is a certificated nurse, therefore E'er .presence at the board’s table should be welcomed. Moreover, she always taken a keen interest in tihe affairs of the returned soldiers, and was willing at all times to assist her husband (who from the first was an active member of the Soldiers’ Relief and Employment Committees) in advancing their material interests. Then, again, her experience should stand her in good stead. As the late Mr Macfarlano’s term had only some six months to run, it would be a graceful act on. the part of would-be candidates of the sterner sex to give Mrs Macfarlane the honor of a walk-over, and allow her between now and the next biennial election in _ April, 1919, an opportunity of demonstrating the mettle she rs made of. She is quite willing, I understand, to submit to that teat, and I hope to hear next week that her laudable ambition has been gratified. Four women out of the 12 members who comprise the board—or one-third of the total—are not. Sifter all, an unreasonable proportion, having repaid to the large matter of administration relating to the weaker sex that engages the board’s attention. The election rests in the hands of the St. Kilda Borough Council, the Green Island Borough, and the Peninsula Road Board,

i the D.I.C. GIRLS’ PATRIOTIC CLUB. Tho D.1.0. Girls’ Patriotic Club held its monthly meeting in tihe Savoy Lounge on Wednesday evening, September 11. and commenced proceedings with the uul singing of 1 The Soldiers’ Hymn. Miss Lawrence, in welcoming tho girls, said that she was delighted to see so many members present, and hoped that that would continue to “keep on keeping on ” in the work they had undertaken until glorious days of peace came. Quite a number of 'parcels for past and present members of tho firm were in readiness for sewing in canvas covers, and all set to work, and those not sewing knitting comforts to enclose in these parcels at some future date. During the evening a musical programme, arranged by Mrs M’Leod and Miss Guy, was greatly enjoyed. Missoa George and Daniels were called upon to draw the “Lucky Soldiers’ ’’ prizes, tho allotting of which caused much interest and excitement. Mr Carroll’s donation of a box containing 400 cigarettes went to Miss Smith, while Mr Colwell's gift (a Loo we pipe) was won by Miss Morrison, tho prize in each case going to tho recipient’s brother. Several letters from the boys were read, thanking the club for the tins of biscuits, and one writer added : “It is not so much the gifts as the thought that they were remembered so often that helped them to buck up. for the good people at homo are worth fighting for.” At tho dose of the mooting Miss Lawrence expressed the hope that this might bo the Last Christmas parcels they need send to the front; that tho next would sea them home again, enjoying the good times of piping peace they so richly deserved. A number of magazines had been handed in, and the collection for the evening amounted to 28s 6d. A letter of thanks had been received from the matron of the Pleasant Valley Sanatorium, acknowledging over 100 books sent by .the girls. Three cheers were given for the absent boys, and tho singing of tho National Anthem brought another happy evening to a close. "THE HOUSEHOLD ORDERLY." WILL SHE REPLACE THE DOMESTIC? In England domestic servants aro in future to bo known as “ household orderlies,” if tho plan of tho Women’s Industrial Council works out all right. The promoters of the reform believe that the term “servant” is objectionable to women workers, therefore it is proposed to establish “household orderly corps” in the populous centres of Great Britain. Young women are to be oiganiscd and trained for household duties, and under existing war conditions it has been decided that a wage scale of 30a for a working week of 48 hours shall obtain. From tho district “centres” skilled “domestic orderlies ” arc to be supplied to tho heads of households for a desired number of hours each day. Attached to these various “centres” will be a training school, a restaurant, and sleeping quarters, in charge of a cgmpetent matron. A board of management, composed of representatives of employers and workers, will decide the charges to bo made to employers, tho hours that the individual “orderly” shall work, the number of holidays, and the stylo of uniform to be worn. Tho promoters say that their scheme promises to supply a solution of the household workers’ problem, and suggests a “career” for hundreds, nay, thousands, of girls who will bo obliged to lay down war work with the coming of peace, and who will iind no attraction in domestic service under present working conditions. FIENDISH TREATMENT OF NURSES. _____ MORE HUN KISH FRIGHTFULNESS. Still another gruesome tale of tho excesses to which the Hun has gone in Ins brutality and despicable cowardice is recounted by a French nursing sister, Mine. Cecil© Gillot, rco iitly enjoying a furlough iu the United States. Because she steadfastly refused to divulge information of military importance, she was beaten, according to her personal statement, by the Bodies with the butt end of their rifles. The Cro.x de Guerre is worn by this courageous French nurse, with which she was personally decorated by Marshal Joffro, and the tale she tells is almost, incredible, so utterly cm cl is it, and so barbaric iu its mthlcsenes. In tolling the story of her harrowing experience. Mine. Gillot states that she, iu company with several other nursing sisters, was engaged in searching the field for wounded after on© of tho battle. Although orders had been issued by the French military authorities, prohibiting nurses from approaching too near the enemy lines, this military mandate was disregarded. for, as tho brave nurse slates, “it was night, and many of tho poor soldiers had been lying in tho open for 48 hours, suffering untold agonies from their wounds and thirst and hunger.” Tho consequence of this heroic enterprise was that some fell into tho hands of the Germans, who fondly hoped to extract, from these nurses military information which would be of incalculable value to them. When their insistent interrogation proved fruitless they determined —true Huns as they were —to try the efficacy of force, and flogged tho nurses with the butt end of their rifles. But they had yet to learn of . what indomitable stuff these nurses were made, for once again their attempts were unavailing, and, failing to gain tho desired information, the women were accorded their freedom. And yet—despite the fact that her husband and oix of her brothers bad boon lulled by_ the Roches, while b seventh lest both his limbs in battle: despite, too, tho horrible exnoricnoe she has undergone, harrowing enough to breed bate and vengeance in the heart of anv woman—despite all this, with that womanly tenderness that no Hun ran ever avail’ to crush, and that invincible couarge which characterises all her race. Mme. Gillot states that she would still risk her life to save a wounded c-ntemy on the field of battle. Heroic is indeed a feeble term for so lofty a spirit, which is, of course, but a counterpart ’of that of all the nurses of tho allied armies. Madame Gillot’s mission to America was to realise her husband’s property there, ha having resided in tho United Stales for some years. Immediately her business was closed up, she returned to France for tho purpose of’resuming hear nursing duties at the military hospitals. WILL MRS BILLING BE INTERNED? When the ‘Daily Mail’ published the fact that tho wife of Mr Pemberton Billing, M.P., was of German origin, that lady wrote to the Homo Secretary, repudiating the statement, earing that her father was iSwiss aiul her irn.oth.er Irish. She also stated "that if it is found that there is a drop of enemy blood iu my veins I demand that I be interned at once.” This is tho paper’s answer:— “ We fear that this estimable lady will have to got ready for her self-internment. According to the Billing party, anyone of German origin or association, or anyone who is married to a German, is suspect, and, so that there may be no mistake, all should bo interned. It is therefore rather amusing to find that tho leader of the campaign himself has enemy alien associations. Mrs Billing, in her letter to tho Homo Secretary, said : I am tho daughter of Theodore Henry Schweitzer, of Swansea, who, to tho best of my knowledge and belief, was a British subject. His familywhich was of Swiss origin, came to this country three generations ago. My mother was Sarah Louise Montague, who was born in County Cork, and she, to the best of my knowledge and belief, never left tho British islands to the day of her death. “ The certificate of the marriage of Mrs Billing’s parents, which took place a r < Swansea on November 16, 1855, states that her father was Theodore ship chandler, of Newport, and that his fatner was Richard Schweitzer, manager of the pest office at Dantzig, Prussia. Her mother is given as Sarah Louise Montague, whose father, Francisco Montague, is described as a master mariner. Mrs Billing’s mother was born in Germany. Her mother (Mrs Billing’s grandmother), was Frau Schmidt, a German subject, who kept the Telegraph Hotel, in Bute street, Cardiff. Frau Schmidt removed to Ireland after her daughter’s marriage to Schweitzer, Theodore Schweitzer, Mrs Billing’s father, was married in Cardiff in 1866. We stated that he was naturalised, but the official record we now find referred to another German of the same name. _ There is no record to show that Mrs Billing's father was eyer naturalised. He was bora a Prussian, and remained a Prussian.,"

PRINCESS AS NURSE. Princess' Mary has taken up nursing work, and is displaying keen interest in it. ijhe is taking her course at the Hospital for Sick 'Children, Great Ormond street, London. She attends regularly two mornings a week, and goes through the ordinary duties under the guidance of the matron and sisters. It is intended that she shall qualify as a fully-trained nurse in the same way Hint Princess Arthur or Connaught is doing at St. Mary's, Paddington. Her work up to the present has consisted of washing and dressing the younger babies, and assisting in Hie care of the older children. An interesting coincidence connected with her work at the hospital is that one of the eleven cobs en-, dowod by the members of tho Children’s Salon was named after Princess Mary, and her portrait appears over the bed. It is in the Alexandra Ward, where tho cot is situated, that the Princess carries out her duties. PERSONALIA. In New York city several women have taken up .paperhanging as a means of livelihood. Outside of the fact that she lost one of her garters and her “stockings kept cornin’ down,” six-year-old Mary Blondoll’s transcontinental trip from Los Angeles to Newark, 'unaccompanied, was a complete success. So she sab 3 when she arrived at her homo, 196 As tor street, and began to entertain her family with tho details of her trip. Mary, who had been staying with a cousin in Los Angeles, became suddenly afflicted with homesickness, and announced that she was going homo. She left California on a Saturday via the Santa Fo Railroad. Tho 41dol which she had with her to purchase meals was still intact when she reached Her homo. “ Everybody wanted to buy me food,” she said, complacently, “ so I let ’em.” It never rains but it pours. .Miss Muriel Thompson, a well-known London society woman, has just been awarded tho Croix de Guerre by the French Government for rescuing wounded French soldiers. It is only the other day that she, together with other 15 member’s of a motor ambulance driving corps, received the Military .Meua! from the British War Office, and she lias also been awarded tho Order of Leopold 11.. conferred on her by King Albert- for rescuing wounded Belgian soldiers. Enterprising dressmakers in Loudon have hit on tho novel idea of engaging discharged invalided soldiers to help them with their work, aml the head of one establishment, who employs three wounded men says it is astonishing how well they perform their duties. Hero is a hint for the management of our lending drapery establishments. It is acknowledged that tho finest beadwork on the London market at the present time is turned out by wounded soldiers. Lady Constance Hawkins is an eccentric personage of tho first water. The other day she” created a sensation by disappearing from her home on the morning she was to have, been married, but returned to gladden the heart of the bridegroom. For the present she is playing the role oi a sedate vicaress somewhere in Yorkshire, Before her marriage she appeared successfully in the role of a steeplejack.