WOMEN’S NOTES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 293, 8 November 1934, Page 11

WOMEN’S NOTES.

GENERAL. (By Miss Mary Tallis). Eating in Public. —If invited to a public banquet, or to a formal dinner in a borne or exclusive restaurant, you may have surmounted the difficulties of soup and fish, but when caviare, which, though it ranks as a fish, and often starts a meal, is not tu-ated as such. Delicious hot toast is handed with it, and on this butter is extravagantly spread, and just enough caviare for only one bite at a time. Certainly an acquired taste, this much-vaunted delicacy, and some benighted people have been heard to murmer that it tastes a wee bit like cod-liver oil. But who is there who does not like pate de fois gras, that richest of all dishes, whether it likes them or notp Just because it is so rich very small portions are usually taken, and spread on toast in exactly the same fashion as the caviare. Spaghetti is difficult, and there are two schools of thought about it. One, to eat it the Italian way, twisting the long ends round the fork and so transferring it to one’s mouth, not minding that a strand or two may hang a little untidily during the process. The other way, if you do mind hanging ends, is to cut it up with a fork. The first way is really the best, as the latter is a sign that you are defeated by this troublesome dish. If your dinner is a very long affair, there will be an entree next. This may take the form of a tiny chicken pate, or a mousse of ham, and should be tackled with fork only. Lots of things are “fork only” nowa®ays - ■ by the way, including Russian salad, corn-on-the-cob, egg dishes (except the very runny kind), and so on. Most sweets are eaten this way, too, as the modern idea seems to be to dispense with the spoon whenever possible. I have seen a lot of friends eating strawberries and cream with a bhough it wouldn’t do to ask a schoolboy to forgo spooning up the reddened cream, would it? INVITATIONS TO PARTIES. "When you have a children’s party state a definite time on the invitation cards when your party is to begin. It is troublesome to have the arrival of your little guests stretching over a long period. Have one person detailed to receive the little guests. Make the first game a jolly one, so that the chil- I dren can easily get to know one an- I other. And make it a game that can be played by any number, so that as each child arrives, he or she can join in at once. Let every other game be a quiet one, so that the children do not get over-heated and over-tired. Have a waste-paper backet at hand for wrappers from crackers, etc. ; it saves so much work afterwards. Keep the tea menu fairly plain, and never make the mistake of giving a too elaborate tea. It is easy to make simple dishes attractive by serving them in an un-

Miss M. Warren (hon. secretary). It was reported by the commissioner that February 9 had been the date fixed for the Brownie revels and that the second Saturday in April would be the permanent date for the shield competitions. Tentative. arrangements were made for the swimming sports to be held in February. Mrs Eliott further reported that special railway fares would be available for Guides to visit the Trentham camp for the week-end visit of the Chief Scout and Guider, Lord and Lady Baden-Powell, adding that preparations were being made for elaborate displays, while every effort was being made to induce a record number of Guides, to go into camp. Permission was given the Second Palmerston North Company to substitute a garden party for the proposed concert, Mrs Bagnall having kindly placed her grounds at their disposal.