THE FRIENDLY EXCHANGE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 859, 17 August 1888, Page 4

THE FRIENDLY EXCHANGE.

In this column we propose to have pleasant chats and interchange of ideas with our readers upon passing matters of domestic and social interest; and that it may be made an instructive and profitable feature we invite correspondence of inquiry and information on all subjects that can possibly be of service to the home and our common humanity, and the Editress hopes that her appeal will meet with a hearty and generous response. Letters must be written on one side of the paper only, and addressed to ‘ ‘ Elise, ’ New Zealand Mail.

Correspondents will please give real name and address in addition to their nom-de-plume, not for publication but editorial introduction.

For the present the Exchange will be published fortnightly, but we hope that sufficient pabulum will soon come in to enable us to make it a weekly issue.

My Dear Elise. —I think the ‘ Ladies’ Exchange’ i 3 becoming more popular every time it appears, and I hope you will soon have sufficient matter to publish it every week.

Can you get mo a recipe for ‘ Spanish creams,’ which I hear are very nice ? I copy every new receipt into my own book, and most of them are very much relished when I put them to the practical test. We all know that ‘ the proof of the pudding is in the eating.’ I have not got anything new in cooking receipts this time, but encloßo a few hints for some of our married ladies, which you may find amusing, and which may prove useful to some, as they may find which cap fits themselves. Yours sinoerely, M. SOME KINDS OF MARRIED LADIES. Anyone who is a keen observer of human nature will no doubt derive a large fund of amusement from following out one line of thought and noticing how the same people are affected by the different circumstances and surroundings in which they may happen to be. My attention has been drawn lately to the great contrasts between some of the married ladies that I have met with, and I will try and point out, for your amusement, some of the varieties which have come under my owu notice.

First, there is the gushing wife, who calls her husband pet names in public, and is never satisfied unless she can sit close to him and hold his hand, and give him a little childish pat when she is pretending to be offended with him; and because she happens to rejoice in the possession of a plain gold ring thinks herself justified in making the unlucky donor look as foolish and feel as small as anyone of his inches can possibly do. Some, times I feel tempted to wonder whether, if the curtain was ever suddenly raised, the same or a vastly different scene would meet our view. I have heard whispers that ‘Duckey darling,’ and ‘Dear love,’ are changed to ‘ Unfeeling wretch ’ and ‘ Careless brute,’ when no one is supposed to be listening. Is this truth or slander, Elise 2 Secondly,who haanot had the misfortune to meet with a jealous wife, and surely no more objectionable person was ever met with. They have no belief in mankind; in their eyes, every man is a rogue, and every woman

a Becky Sharp. You can easily detect the jealous wife by the sort of look of watchful suspicion and scarcely concealed irritation, which as surely arises from jealousy as red noses do from tight lacing. Some ladies will not engage a good-looking girl as a servant, and if their unhappy husbands were to venture to suggest that any other woman is even passable, they may look out for squalls, and the domestic atmosphere will be decidedly clouded for some time to come. I have always noticed that it is invariably tho wife who has the least possible cause for this feeling who indulges most frequently in it. I wonder if they ever think how disgusted and offended they would be if their husbands were to turn tho tables on them, and begin to doubt and distrust them, if evor they were only decently polite to the gentlemen of their acquaintance. Surely, if there in to be any peace and happiness in the home at all, it must be based on the most perfect trust and confidence in each other, which nothing con shake or disturb. If you care for anything further about some other sorts of married ladies I will send it next time. Yours sincerely,

Dear Madam Elise, —The reason Marton oould make nothing of the rosebud lace was because it was not the same in the Exchange as I sent it to you. Tho word Miss was put instead of simply the letter M, which means make, not miss. I will send you the pattern agaiu. Please try it yourself. It is very pretty and simple, I know it is right. I have done yards of it myself. I will tend you the Rose-leaf pattern as well :

Rosebud Pattern. —Cast on 15 stitches. Ist. k 4, m 1, k 1, m 1, k 2, k 3 together, k 1, m 1, k 2 together, m2, k 2 together, 2nd. —m 1, k 2, p 1, lc 1, p 8, k 4. 3rd.—k 4, m 1, k 3, m 1, k 3 together, k 1, ml, k2 together, m 2, k 2, together twice. 4th.—m 1, k2,pl, kl, pi, kl,p9, k 4. sth. —lc 4, m 1, k 5, m 1, k 3 together, m 1, k 2 together, kG. 6th.—Cast off 5 stitches, k 1, p 9, k 4. Rose Leaf Pattern. Cast on 11 stitches. Ist.—k 4, m 1, k 2 together, m 2, k 2 together, m2, k 2 together, k 1. 2nd. —k 3, p1,k2,p1,k1, pl,k 4. 3rd. —k 4, ml, k 2 together, k 2, m 2, k 2 together, m 2, k 2 together, k 1. 4th.—k 3, pl,k 2, pi, k3,pl, k 4, sth. k4,ml, k 2 together, k 4, m2, k 2 together, m 2, k 2 together, kl. 6th.—k 3, pl,k2,p 1, k 5, pl,k 4. 7th. —k 4, ml, k 2 together, k 6, m 2, k 2 together, m 2, k 2 together, k 1. Bth—k 3, p 1, k2, pi, k 7, pl, k 4. 9th.—k 4, ml, k 2 together, k 13. 10th.— Cast off 8 stitches, k 5, p 1, k 4 ; you have onco more 11 on the needle, commence again at first row.

Perhaps you would like the receipt for Carrot Pudding. It is excellent. Jib flour, Jib broad crumbs, -Jib suet, Jib raisins, stoned and chopped, Jib currants, Jib raw scraped carrots, Jib of brown sugar, a ring of orange peel, half teaspoonful salt, half a grated nutmeg, a little milk to make it up pretty stiff, and boil in a cloth four hours.

Margery. We have tried Margery’s patterns and find them quite correct; no doubtthe mistake arose from misprint. The rose-leaf edging is very pretty. Elise. No lace is given by ‘Dorcas’ with her spider pattern, and as the border is an essential part of a shawl I send a very pretty and effective one. Cockle Shell Pattern. —Cast on 13 stitches. Ist row—knit plain,' 2nd row —o, t, p, o, p7,0,t, p. 3rd row—p 2, o, fc, p 9, b.—4th row—o, t, p, o, t, o, p 6,0, t, p. sth row—p 2, o, t, p 10, b. 6th row o, t, p, o, t, o, t, o, p 5, o, t, p.—7th row —p 2, o, t, p 11, b. Bth row—o, t, p, o, t, o, t, o, t, o, p4,0,t, p. 9fch row—p 2, o, t, p 12, b. 10 th row—o, t, p, o, t, o, t, o, t, o, t, o, p 3, o, t, p. 11th row—p 2,0,. ; t, p 13, b. 12th row—o, t, t, o, t, o, t, o, t,o, t, p3,0,t, p, 13th row—p 2, o, t, p 12, b. 14th row o, t, t, o, t, o, t, o, t, p 4,0, t, p. 15th row—p 2, o, t, p 11, b. 16th row o, t, t, o, t, o, t, p5,0,t, p. 17th row —p2, o, t, p 10, b. ISth row— o, t, t, o, t, p6,0,t, p. 19th row—p 2, o, t, p 9, b. 20th row _o, t, t, p7,0,t, p. 21st row—p 2, o, t, pB, b. Repeat from 2nd row Meaning of the letters.—P, plain : O, over the thread or make one; T, take two together ; B, pearl. Let me recommend the following recipe, a favourite in my home : German Butter Biscuits.— Jib butter, 21b sugar, 2 eggs. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream ; break in the eggs without beating, but mix well, adding a little milk and as much flour as will make a light I dough. Roll out very thin, out with a wine glass, and bake in a quick oven. Martha, Dunedin.

Madame Elise, —Again permit the Old Bachelor to record in your valuable column another tasty tid-bit, which in times when the appetite is jaded, and one feels hardly up to tho mark in making a good dinner, this trifling bon bouche ia very acceptable, <* Take a large-sized sardine, wrap it in blotting-paper to absorb the oil, then with a fine pointed and sharp small blade of a penknife, make an insertion in the centre. Into this opening put a small quantity of Cross & Blackwell’s mulligatawney paste, or some of

the thick deposit of Lea & Perrin’s sauce. Then lay tho sardine on a wire grid, and hold it over a clear lire until it is crisp and dark coloured. Have ready a couple of fingers of nicely browned toast, slightly buttered. Place the hot sardine between the pieces of toast, and eat at onoo a la sandwich. This is one of the most delioious breakfasts ever invented. Old Bachelor.