Women's Realm

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12140, 30 December 1933, Page 10

Women's Realm

By “Marie”

REUNITED AFTER DIVORCE. “OLDER AND WISER NOW’’ A couple at Balhain, London, who were divorced seven years ago after Eve years of. married life,were tp bo remarried last month at the Wandsworth Registrar. Office, fljhey are 'Mr Frederick James Chitty 1 and Mrs Noi'ie Chitty. 7 Mrs Ohikjty iini an interview a few weeks ago said: 1 ‘When wo first' got married rare were -only 22, and although I liad known my husband several years I had not realised, that while I was passionately keen on travelling, he had seen quite enough of foreign, countries and .wanted tostay at home. ■

' “Afltqr four year s I got a job In America, arid ■we decided* to separate. I decided that) it was unfair to keep my husband tied tn me- while I was enjoying mysielf; so when ' I came! home for my holiday I divorced him. “Every year when I came home on holiday he proposed to me, and gradually, I realised that I was- fated to marry him again. This year, when I was, on any seventh holiday,' I decided; I- bad. had enough of r travelling, and Accepted, ihiftn. AVq are ■ both much older nqiv and have- I,earned. a lpt!. Thi-si time the mauriagei is going to he a re.ab success.” ■ ; , Mr . Chilijty,.; equally certain of their future happiness, said : “,I had made up! my mind that rye would, he united again, and, at last my great wish is to become fact. All/ the 't’me Mrs Chitty, was- in America' we did Tnpt cqrrespond, hut I always had, nOws of her from her mother and knew when she wasj coming home.

“At last we decided to make a new start together, and I am sure we shall make a success- of -our venture.”

LONG-DISTANCE- FLYING

In this game you must all -be seated in a circle excepting one player in the centra who is blindfolded. Each player in the circle is* given the n-aime of a place which he or she must remember. Th e , blindfolded play er then calls on, “London to Capetown’-’ or “Paris to New York.” This means that tbe children who represent thoso plao&s mns jump up and chanee seats, the player in the centre endeavouring to catch them as they pass. If anyone is caught, the, captured one is blindfolded instead of his captor and the game goes on. To, vary this game, the one in tho centre of. th e circle can sometimes call out:: ‘ ‘Bad weather. Stay at home!” If anyone jumps up, he o r she must be considered as caught

IMPF.CUNIOUS CURATES

Dr. Wilson, Bishop of Chelmsford, speaking recently at a- meeting . in London of the Diocesan Board of Finance, expressed tbie view that £2OO to £2lO a year for. a curate beginning his ministry, with an increase of £lO a year for tho first three years, should he adequate fp r his need if he was a single main. When he was a curate, the bishop said, he received £l4O, which he considered was equivalent to £2OO a year now. And that was thought to be - a lot in those days. He maintlaiued th-V- a young man should learn his job before plunging into .matrimony or even courtship, because one or the other was going to suffer, and he had a pretty good idea which one it would he.

There was no lack of candidates ait present. The, trouble was to sift them out- and for the applicants afterward to find a curacy. In making an appeal for further funds for churches and schools, - bishop, said that if £IO,OOO was required to send a ping-pong team to the flnited Status, someone would at once come forward w?th the money, b"j»lr when, they asked for such a stun for Church work, they could not got it.

IVIO.EE BOYS BEING BORN. REDUCING DIETS BELIEVED ; FACTOR,.

Boy, babies, horn in greater numbers than girls during recent years-, maty have their m.ot.hers.’ slimness to thank for .. their • sex, according to conclusions, reached by Dp. J. WMunro, Professor of Entomology :ah the Imperial College of Science; London.

Professor Munro argues from analogy. Experiments with diets of fn- ; sects conducted independently at Imperial, College and ip. Australia show. thaf\ the’se.jl ratio among spme; speciess, especially the flour beetles, fs markedly, influenced by partial, starvation while...they are in the larval crag-rub stage of. development.

NOTES, NEWS; md HINT'S

PUDOING RECIPES

■ The reducing diets by women, and also the involuntary fasts ma,ny women had to endure because of wartime food shortage a decade and a half ago, may well have set op- a ;in alo~det,ei;min ipg physiological; condition in many prospective mothers, Professor Muhro suggests. TELEPATHY—AND, TWINS BOND OF SYMPATHY RIDDLE. : . ' •i- - • •. ■> TWIN SISTERS WHO LOVED THE V SAME HANi From time to time the public mind is presented w ] tb a/.fre.sh' mahiifestajtion of tha!t strange . phenomenon ,\vhich, for want of it more lucid, des*' , criptiofi, is called tho “bondl °f sympathy” between twins. , The latest instance is that providj.edl/hy the deaths of llovveeks-old hby and gtrl , twins ait: Leicester.! The' girl had convulsions and; although when (this took place the boy appeared to be in Formal health, d ! ed a few horn’s sifter Ws bister-—for. ’ no- obvious cause.

' Cases' o=l'. this sort have puzzled generations of doctorsi. Fo,r example,' twin sisters 1) ave been known to' fall in love with' one particular maft ladeed! there; is evidence which. seems to indicate that h„ered)ity,. may even pl a .y. a part' hi a double of the same emotion.

In. one case itwinj sisters' nyhpse and dislikes 1 : in respect of all, things were identical, and who wexe ly unhappy whenever they were parted, became. enamoured] of- the same, man, .Lie, seeing in one of them some quality of atitfact/on lacked: by the other, made his choice accordinglySoon after the marragh the r "wife grew conscious of a vague unhappiness, arid" although ‘ she remained ■devoted to he r husband,■: she .'could npt rid, herself of a feeling of having, been disloyal toi -her spinster sister; who never’married. Her first children were twin girls, who, on reaching 21, alsp fefll in'love simultaneously with the same man! In medical circles regret still lingers for the tragic ending o/f the lives of the brilliant young radiologists, Dr Arthur Brown Smith and Dr. Sydney Mackendrick Smith, who committed suicide in. a flat in, St. S.iyt, nearly, fivp years ago. These twins thought and worked, and acted) with unfailing unanimity-

GOLD-SPRAYED. GOWN. 9-CARAT AVF/aR FOR. WOMEN'. An evening gown of satin, sprayed by hand (with 9-carat gold was shown at a fashion parade in London. And, just to show how luxury-minded women will be • this season, shiminefljing eloth-of-silver outfits were presented for cocktail parties. They looktocl rather like items -out of the Queen of Sheba’s wardrobe, and theijr wearers may be. .putting undue temptation in the way of the; smash-and-grab raider. Another surprise at this Peter Russell collection wa, s a 4-inch-high boned net collar on a net and velvet dinner dress which followed the best Edwardian traditions.

B-ut his 'piece de resistance’ was a new bell silhouette, also' for evening. The line was stressed by the feet that every gown was three of four inches shorter than the two muc'ihefrilled petticoats worn with it.

KITCHEN. MAXIMS Clear up as, you go; muddle makes more muddle.. Dirfj may, be. hated, but should) never be bidden- " * * # Not wash plates- and dishes soon after using makes work. Dirty saucepans filled (with hot water begin to clean themselves; .... #. #. Salt brings out other flavours.

When using ketchup •be sparing with the salt.

One egg well beaten is worth two not beaten. . ,

Royal Christmas Pudding (as served «t Court each Christmas since George I. was king).—Take Ifc.lb. finely-shredded beef suet, lib of small raisins, lib of French plums (stoned and cut in half), 4oz- of citron .peel cuf in'thin slices, j teaspoon .qf. infixed spice, £ teaspoon nutmeg, 2. teaspoons salt, 1 lb:, stale breach erumhs," ilb of sifted plain flower, lib of ; eggs''‘(.weighed; -in their shells), I wineglass finest" old brandy, 1 pint pew milk. Whip the -eggs to a light froth, find a dd the milk; add ■ the rest of the ingredients by de.-

gross, miking/ the . whole : very thoroughly j . allow ; the ■’ niikture.. to stand) in)sf cool place, for 2-hours .to -ripen; pbur into weli-greaSed''; 'basins" band boil fot eight ..hours. This , wifi malm three ' ordinary-piped puddings. Brandy Sauce for the "'.Budding: Cream 1 cup' of ; sugar, with" i cup of butter, adding slowly 2 ■ tablespoons of brandy, blend in } cup of -fresh creamy stirring The ■whole over hot water to. thicken, and finally, beat in 2. stiffly-w.hipped.. egg. yolks. Hard sauce consists of sugar blended! with 1 to 3 butter, a few drops of,; almond flavouring,' a proportion of sherry equal to that- of butter.

j An Excellent Plum Pudding.—Take lib of seeded raisins. slb of currants,’ ili>7oiF~swisefc ? almonds, lib’of brown of plain flour’, -jib oil breadcrumbs, 1 orange, 1 lemon, 1 glass of sherry, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, "} teaspoon’ ginger, half a nutmeg (grated), 2 tablespoons treacle, 6 eggs, 1 or 2 glasses riim. ; Prepare the f^nit ; And put raisins; .p,o<jjl through 'the printer, by, ; apples, pooled ,andr. co-rgdi., Blai\ch apd shred almonds coarsely; ’ siCjVp . ffour, spices, apd salt, .crumble thp breadprpmbg finely; rcxnoy c skin frop^ ; suet (which should be dry)., . gratp.• it ; oh i the coarse part of a grater, then , qliop if unti| fine as brpadcrunibk, sprinkling with flour if sticl^y; .mix : alf dry ingredients -ip a large basjn, add grated rind, of. lemon and. Or- , apge; mix well, then add' treacle, - weil-be.atep eggs, jyice of lepipn .orange, (strained); pour in the wine, •and) rum.; cover the. bas.in and. set aside in a cool, place'for, 24 hours ■Put ini# well-greased, moulds, basins, or well-scalded and floured cloths, • plunge in rapidly, boiling wated'Tor six or eight hpu.rs. Serve with, bran,dv sauce or cus^ard : \* •

Plum Pudding without I\lilk or Fggs.—-'Takft slb . of., plain %ih of c.uTranfs,; Jib of raisins, Jlh of suet, lib, of sugar, Ipz .of candied lemon p.oel> lib of. boiled, 1 - potatoes, Well mashed with- a little salt Added, ib carrots,, boilpd pnough; to pulp through ' a colander, apd a little apd. according: * 5 to taste ; ' tbo weight of carrots, means, pft.er rpashing.; ipix all- wejl together. overnigb-t, Commencing, with, cprrpts, and sugar; scald and A,our a clptp apd tie the pudding in lodsely, as it wip swell; no pther liquid-must;, be added when mixing, or .it will be. spoiled. B.oij -four, hours, having-the water boiling first, of-course. Lift out anff l,Ct the pudding remain •a. few minutes in the. cloth before'.being turned out. This is mgeh more easily, digested than any lither. plum pudding so, dyspeptics need npt spy at it. A., ... .■ /

TRIAL HONHSATOON WITH A CHAPERONE! v: L NEW YORK, Dec. 6Under strict chaperonagq, a woman and a man have had a trial honeymoon. Fifi Dorsay, the cinema aetrejss, told! Maurice Hill, son of A wealthy nianufactuirer, that she could not say for sure whether she con id marry, him until she knew what he would be like in a joint home. “I’m sure now that we can maiie a- go of domesticity,’’ she said to-tfay, after a three weeks’, tost, and announced. that the marriage would Wake place to-morrow.

GOOSEBERRY- DISHES. Gooseberry Charlotte. —Top and tail 21b of gooseberries, place in a saucepan with -jib of sugar, and cook to,a-pulp, stirring frequently. Pass through a sieve, then dissolve/ lot of gelatine in 1 cupful of hot water and > stir into the gooseberry puree. Tune a mould with some sponge cake cut into slices leaving a well in the centre,: and pour the puree into this. Cover with, a- cloth, remove to- a cod place, and when cold serve on a glass dish with whipped cream. Gooseberry Fool. —Place, the gooseberries in a stone jar. with a little brown sugar, then place the jar in saucepan containing sufficient . water, to reach up to the neck of the jar ' Boil the water until' the gooseberries - are cooked to a pulp, then press the ■ fruit through a colander. Beat- an egg to a froth, adding' a tiny'pin'cb of salt to make it' beat stiffer, 'then bring 1 cupful of milk to boiling point and- stir the egg into it, to* •gether • "with 'sugar to taste. Mh> ' slowly with the gooseberry puree, and serve as cold as possible. Gooseberry Trifle.—Scald lib of ‘ gooseberries- with boiling water, pass : through a coarsie, sieve, and sipread on the bottom of a shallow dish'. Grate the rind of half lemon, add a generous amount of sugar, then pour into a Saucepan j pint each of milk and cream and the yolk of an egg. Stir over the fire until , the mixture Incomes'thick,, allow to cool, then spread over the gooseberries. Spread whipped cream on, top.

YULETIDE SENTINELS. ; (By Hugh S. Gi'osvenor.) Probably , no* man h a s ever'Bad a greater experience' of lonely Yule-

tides than St. Simeon StfHteS,. who savt ; 30, Christinas', days catn& ato j gP» perched on the sUmput of a Pph-f •feet Antioch, -vrith ties ; arid for his feasting, an Ida staff' to’ support him as ha siep - ■ Jn much later years Vnlfdaic ; Lombard tried to emulate St- l 1 *” eon by making his home on a P* hear. Triers; but, unhappily for ambition the climate of the wes provedl so. discouraging that, after o freezina he was gladl>o obe Y his Bishop’s orders to “come down. In our own day there are thousands who spend Christmas in while the rest of the world is feasting and making merry. In lighthouses and' lightships wluen keep watch around the coasts ar ° soma 7000 men whose Yuletide 13 spent in ceaseless, vigil and weary, round of duty— with the roar or wash of < the sea for company—pnd, « with, only an occasional ghpjpfffi. distant ship to break the monotony of the day. ! On the stony solitude ' of rogks, in the isolation ■ of lightships rocking at. their anchorage far out at sea, or on -remote headland! heights .fan.from the. haunts of men. these small , groups ..of sentinels have little to .attune them to the iestivit.v ef the season of peace and goodwill- • But, at least, these “sentinels o.t Bolfflude,”* have., as a rule, no lack of-good fare. Their larders »re, well stocked with seasonable delicacies n\ovided by friends and they bring with them, the spirit of rejoicing. ■ -

‘‘After all,” As a lightship man said to the writer, “Christmas Dav is mot 'so had. Of course, we have our regular duties, ■which are oot heavy,' -to perform; hut we eat our goose and pudding, with as much, relish ais.those ori shore. Then we do a. little fishing, and 'in the evening wf have games or listen to the. gramophones and. wireless.” In. the heart of London are many men whose ~Yuld®de is ioheiier even than any spent on an island rock. There are watchmen by the hundred i who spend the day in solitude with no glimpse of the revelry, that reigns afqund them. At, the Smithfield cold storage the keeper passes, his Christmas Day keeping a ceaseless eye on ’ the thermometers to see that they do, not rise above 32 degreesi or. fall be- . low twenty-

And -scattered over the waters of the North Sea there are hundreds of steam; trawlers to whose, crews’ Yule-: tide brings little cheer or, jovial company. ■.

' The men who keep London alight spend the day listening to the hum of; dynamos Most of them work twelve hours, for. London must have light, all day and every day. Solitary, too. is the Y-uletide o£ many of London’s policemen. There are constables who pace their dreary beat up and down Between the vast alleys,of empty . stalls at Smithfield without even so much as ai dead turkey to ‘ ‘keep a fellow company,” as one of theni expressed it; and those who keep watch at the British Museum, with mummies at thei r only 'companions.

ANIMAL RIDDLES. Why did the porcupine? Becaus.e it wanted the lion’s share! Why did the lion’ lie ? On his bear skin. What did the Rhino ? Money lie tried to hide! ; Who opened the dormouse ? The monkey of course. Why does the; hippo lack? Hare! ‘ ■ What did the South American animal' say?’,' Armadillo I am! What did the sick pony say? I’m a little horseT £ When, jungle ? When the tiger his friend of being a cheetah.

THE RICE RAGE. Get a number of egg cups and fill them with rice. Then spill the rice in little heaps (as many'heaps as there ar« players), and place a hairpin by each cup. At a given signal the players have to pick up the rice, grain by gram, and so fill the egg cups.' When this hate been- done the player must run fir “home” "as in a “thread-the-nee die” race. The game can still be played in a drawingroom if the chairs and tab!eg are pushed aside. FRINGE GINGERS LAGGARD ■ SWAIN. - LONDON, Dec. 6. will hgye to get a move on or the girl will be tired waiting,” .said, the. Prince of. Wales recently, wiien he saw . a 20 r year-bld houso in the. Somerset village of Curry Malet, and heard that the owner, Edward Pile, had been a sweetheart' of Lillian Pc'fry - for 4.9 years. . ‘ . Vile,, who is a farmer on th£ Erince’s- estate, took the hint and &o£ married immediately.