EVE’S Vanity Case

Feilding Star, Volume 5, Issue 991, 5 January 1927, Page 2

EVE’S Vanity Case

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The Lady Editor will he pleased to receive for publication .in the Woman’s Realm” items of social or personal news. Such items, should .be fully authenticated, and engagement noticeg must bear signatures. VARIETY IN VEGETABLE^. Every housewife knows that fresh vegetables should be served freely in tbe spring time, but it is not always easy to think of; new ways of preparing them. Here; are some excellent dishes: Eairmen’.s Casserole. —Take two large cupfuls of peas, the < same of young carrots cut into small pieces, twelve asparagus stalks cut into strips, one lettucCl shredded, and a few spring onions. Put these in layers in a casserole with dabs of butter between and sprinkle a little chopped mint, salt, pepper, and castor sugar on each layer, using a teaspoon of sugar in all for the dish, Pour over enough water or chicken or veal stock to cover and cook slowly in the oven for about an "hour. Serve hot as a separate course.

Vegetable Cocktail. —Take one pound tomatoes (boiled in one quart of water), ono green pepper, one stalk of tabic celery, ono shoe of Sjpmish onion® one tablespoon of grated horse radish, two tablespoons of sugar, quarter cup vinegar, ono teaspoon of salt, xcd and black pepper.

Drain the tomatoes and chop them with the; other vegetables very line. Rour in the tomato juice add the seasoning, and allow the mixture t« stand for several hours in a cool place. Serve in sherbet glasses with water biscuits. This will serve; about ten persons. Nettles as Spinach.—Nettles contain far more valuable salts than any other green food, and one can get them for the; gathering in most country places. They are delicious it cooked exactly like spinach, but they go down so much in cooking that a large quantity is needed. • To eoolc them to perfection,, fill a large, deep casserole, holding about four quarts,

with young nettle tops, and then add one breakfast cup of water so that the nettles will cook-almost in. their own juice. Vhc.n cooked rub through, a. sieve and serve like Spinach.

Watercress Puree.—Cut off the stalks an<l let it stew for 15 minutes in covered saucepan jn very little salt waer. Pass through colander or coarse sieve and add butter and pepper. The less, water used the better, because then the natural taste is not lose. This puree may also he used for omelettes. THE LURE OF LIGHT. The first time you were really conscious of light—when was it? When you, wore u scrap of a child, I think, all alone for the first time in a narrow white bed set in a strange room. Tlie .floor and walls were inky dark; the furniture creaked and groaned, and a jiiglitliglit, standing l'or safety in the wash basin, threw a circle of gobl upon the ceiling. The flame flickered, and in the shadows lurked witches and goblins. Waiting for Che clock on the stairs to chime the; ne*l quarter was like waiting for a whole night to pass; you would not call out because for the first time you were a poison of/ importance, with a bedroom of your very own. Then there was the sunlight the next morning! -It poured through tlie window in shafts that looked strong enough to sit on. It was lovely sun- . light, all mixed up with tile smell of coffee; and frizzling bacon and new mown grass in the garden; sunlight that crept in a 'mysterious thread through the attic keyhole—a thread Unit trembled with iwc-e people,, so small that the 3’ seemed to be on]v flecks of-dust.

Looking back you will find that sunlight has gilded the w'orst as well as file best hours; you remember that day of 1 ragedy Allien you; came to one of life’s dead ends, and still the sun uhone, mocking you with its gorgeous gaietj 7 . . . pitiless sunlight. The thought of gaslight takes you again back to childhood . days. Do you not remember, a prim, stuffy sitting room, alt red rep hangings and Landseer prints, ? Over the mantel were two milky white china globes, in which when it grew dark incandescent tongues of light -wavtired drowsily, hissed and sang. Outside tlie window* blue and grey mists gathered under the trees of the square, and peeping under the'blind you Watched balls of light suddenly spurt from the street lamps. To dream of light is to recall a,

'score of unforgettable glints and glimmers. There, are the whirling electric signs that stream in dazzling jewel Hoods, far ouT into the night, till you think that their rvibios, emeralds, sapphires and fire opals must fall. Then there arcr the ,solt-hued electric “limes'” and “spots'’ that bring rainbows into UVe ballroom. Candlelight, streaming from silver sconces and turning the polished floor into a still brown pool to please a. Narcissus" of a woman; moonlight, pale and a loot, and mingling strangely with ’the harsh warred lights; naked najlthiV Mare.s that smoke and fume and seCm to shout “Come, come to the fair; three sides a penny, roll, bowl or pitch!”; the lights of a liner urging her majestic wav across the sea ; the' One lamp on a camping boat that ; on a summer night flings a long rippling ray down stream. ...

Lantern light, starlight,-lamplight —one by one you remember them all. You are dazed by their brilliance—so dazed that, like Jane .Carlyle, you are forced to admit (that you. “love light ardently—a most innocent passion.” HATS AND THE WOMAN. To some women hats are a joy. To others they are; a tragedy. To all women they aro something. Whoever the observant person may have been who declared that though manners may make a man, it is hats that make women, ho spoke truly. Well-chosen headgear will do more for a woman, than a course of treatment by a beauty doctor, though tin's is a< fact to'which scores of women have obviously not yet awakened. , Let your eyes wander over a crowd of hatted women, and you will probably marvel—being a person of exquisite taste—at•‘the number of women who oven regard, a hat as the foundation for. a hideous' erection of trimming. Severe simplicity is becoming only to tjfe chosen few, .hut it is quite unnecessary for a hat Lo masquerade as cither a flower show, A harvest festival, or an aviary in order to be’successful. • To most women the choosing of a hat is a serious business. How often have you seen :i woman pause before a milliner’s window with an estatic murmur; of: “Look f isn’t it me?” I don’t know li;6w a man chooses his hats. I suppose he does choose them ? Or does lie perhaps buy thorn after the manner of the aproned lady L once- saw enter a 'hatter’s accompanied by her shcopiiVg-looking husband and, indicating’this worthy with a jerk of licr thumb, remark to the petrified assistant: “’E wants a cap . . . a Hash ’uni” 1 I don’t know, d Vni’ly know that my frequent journeying,y round town have never yet beenf brightened by tlie sight of a masetilino .nose glued to Mr Smith’s or Mr Brown’s plate glass while its own.grt appealed to High Heaven to witness- that the la test model displayed therein was most indisputably “his!” It is fairly certain, n however, that no man can fully. realise the sufferings of a woman in the,clutches of a black gowntsd, guideii-Juiired goddess who addresses her victim as “Madam” and relentlessly crams hat after hat on her unhappy head. j “The scarlet hat? Oh, hardly suited Madam’s colouring.” Madam wilts. Occasionally the goddess will breathe a sigh of: “Suits Madam to perfection!” This is invariably the most expensive hat in the shop! The wearing of hats is an art in itself, and tlu> "most perfect of models will prove singularly unbecoming if tilted at the wrong angle l . . But no woman’s aptitude for the

wearing of hats should bo criticised on her immediate arrival at W -riven place by means of a tra during the rush hours, in a\ P| ' bability the woman who has ioiee her way past several portly men at her stopping place and emerges wearing her hat at an angle of careless'abandon, left her peaeelul home with that article planted in. the exact centre of her head. THE CONNOISSEUK OF IHE IdN EX STORE, This is'the time when the connoisseur of the linen cupboard adds to her collection. White sales havCt always held a high place- W the esteem of the housewife m her scheme of linOn sale purchases. Now. they are even more important,* lor with due regard to those piles of snowy linen,"sheets, pillow eases, and towel’s;- which always make,, such an appeal to the woman with, joy in her household possessions, there are many excellent opportunities of buy. ing at a nominal cost, some specially coveted piece of embroidered linen m the shape of a very lovely embroidered tea or table cloth, embroidered sheets with pillow slips to match or a set of expensive dinner table mats. Consequently the white sale countois are thronged by groups ol interested shoppers intent on luxury linens ,at bargain prices.

These luxur* linens bail from cvehF part cf the world. A great amount of linen merchandise comes Irom lieland and tin north. From France comes a vaviecy of ornamental hire edged and embroidered linen. Refectory table sets, duehesse covers, live o'clock clothes, pillow eases, and handsome lace bordered coverlids all come under this decorative class.

Embroidered linen and lilet la* o table cloths are among the choice, pieces of fine linen that can often lie bought cheaply at the white "ales. Then there are single hem-stitched hand-embroidered top sheets for the guest room; they may have just a simple scalloped edging in line buttonhole stitchery, or lane a deep border of beautifully open wrought embroidery in an elaborate design. An extra set of dainty live o’clock embroidered serviettes in dilferent colours or an addition to the “best” sOt of dinner Liable- units are among the special purchases that can be made with the greatest success at the white sale. '.Bargains are legion in the way of practical additions to the linen store. Sheets, towels, table cloths, serviettes are marked down to extremely low prices. When buying linen remember that a too line thread is not always tlio best investment, Choose a texture with well-rounded threads. A <1 onblo, damask shows tne patten/ on both, sides.