LEARN MUSIC BY MAIL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3523, 20 September 1921, Page 50

LEARN MUSIC BY MAIL.

Under MeH er Teachers. Drudgery banished. Courses in Piano and Organ Playing, Practical Composition, Sight Singing, Public School Music, Cornet, Art of Teaching, Accompaniment, etc. If interested in any of the above write to-day for free booklet “A,” mentioning course requires. Dominion Correspondence School of Music, J; nres Hodger, Rcgittrar, 153 Manchester street, Christchurch.

present season, and the fuller one later—organdies that serve so well for frocks and again for blouses, and organdies that feature 6o many shades that one feels inclined toput them into something like alphabetical form. Suffice it, perhaps, to mention amethyst, nattier, lemon, grey, old rose, cherry, sea-green, brown, rose da green, jade, henna, the ever popular navy. And so this selection to show the finished article —one style. It is patterned of course, the selection what yo-u will, but as a design one of the best you could have. The “blouse’’ front-, the sleeve, the side

tunic with Hie circled hem, what could be better? and to complete there is the sash of the same, and just as generous a one as fashion could desire. Tho veil this season will be to decorate the hat as a linal touch, arid to form a .kind of poetical relation between it and. the frock. Jt is another way of saying that the fashionable veil is the large one, the filmy one, tho misty-looking one, the kind which artists always have in mind when they paint your j>ortraifc, always assuming that they are able enough for the task. Lovely are these veils wherever they emanated, veils which you get by the yard, plain nets, cha-nfilly styles chenilled veils, me ■ ninrr as regards the pattern, and again veils with embossed borders. What the scarf was in winter the veil is with spring, tlie linal touch and the crowning one. The blou>‘ that is hall-marked by the last word lias several features to distinguish it tho most noteworthy, peril a p.-. being tne length. f J here are some beautiful georgette blouses in the present showing trimmed wifti pin tucks and hand

embroidery, tins being on the fronts and again on the sleeve, the shades practically "all in sight,” meaning your mental one. And again there are some exquisite crepe de chines with the fronts and backs worked in self colours and into very pretty designs; and others once more that are embroidered and additionally fancy stitched There are the silk blouses, ordinary ‘‘Japs ' fujis, and taffeta, out in the smartest of styles with very striking collars, with pintucks, and with hemstitching, and many of them embroidered. But returning to organdi there is this to say: fashion has declared it among the very first choices for the spring and summer blouse. And now for the little coats, or if you hie“ coatee, an ideal choice for the girl xn her teens from the first one to the final. Here is one of the models and a very dainty little garment it is—a coatee that

features the scalloped finish on both body and sleeves, with the outline punctuated with a narrow braid. If the model seems a bit youthful as to “line” it is because the original was so—a coatee for a girl of no more than fourteen. With blouses we must consider skirts, and so just- a mention of the crepe de chines wdh their wide tucks surrounding and heid with folded belts, and the same with their insetted fronts and pieces at back daintily and sometimes exquisitely embroidered Even as with blouses so with skirts —they ail have a distinctive note this time, something or other that proclaims their relation to the present spring. As showing what was thought of this spring the other side of the world many great houses opened their show with a disphv of blooms culled from all the gardens within their reach. Not a bad idea when yon come to think of it to '‘dross window” in this way, and to display the first models hero and ' here, or perhaps I should say in and between And the rigure, too, the counterfeit of course, a charming creature in one of the model frocks that suit or fail to, this being unimportant—a “counterfeit” that might- be wearing a dress like this, for instance, all not shown being easily supplied. For

with all the newer fancies that charming swathed cross-over front that resolves itself into a counterfeit sash, a bow and ends is still ideal, arid the more so since the word is foi deep ofiect and yet disguised And as for the sleeve, we can’t all have the hared one, and so tho close if only by wav of a contrast.

LAUiES’ GObSiP. LONGER SKIRTS COMING IN. It seems plain tnat tlie day of the very short skirt is waning. Fashion cannot hold to one mode for long, and the fear is that skirts once having taken to lengthening may exceed the desirable medium and become unhygienic and hampering as these of 15 years ago. One would nope women will not be ready to surrender tue freedom accorded by the short skirt, but there is no telling. Meanwhile a little extra length is all to the good, particularly for those for whom on aesthetic grounds a liberal display of ankles and a little more is not desirable. CLOCKS AND WATCHES. Watches on tile average have been growing bigger the last few years and clocks smaller. It is quite possible to mistaKe a watch for a clock and vice versa. But very tiny watches are also favoured by fasfiionanle women. An attempt has been made to popularise thumb-watches, minute ones set in a ring to be worn on tne thumb. But this is a freak which i. not likely to catch on, any more than the proposed revival of watches in parasol handles. THE YOUNGEST TOWN CLERK. For a woman to be a town clerk is something of a novelty, and tnat a gin of la snould hold such a position is additionally striking, isut tile little town oi Feed, isle of mail, has chosen tor us town clerk Mas Lillian Cringle, a young iauy of 19, and slie is stated to* have jusaiieu lier election showing remarkable ability and initiative, particularly during a recent Local Government lioaru inquiry into alleged maladministration or municipal affairs by tlie town commissioners. LUXURY OF MODERN BEA-GOSNG. The floating palaces of pre-war days on the Atlantic are to be quite eclipsed, by the new Oty of Fans. A Paris correspondent says she has the vestibules oi tne Brand Hotel in triplicate, a dance hah wnere 1500 people are not crowned, an a a- number of beautiful self-contained fiats, to be let for the modest rental of £,500 for the ween s trip. There is also a, branch of tile Lou vie shop, at which works of art are displayed ror sale. For the religiously inclined there is a chapel, de scribed as tiny in contrast with tne. huge dance hail. Probably tins luxurious palace will be no more immune from disaster than was the ill-fated Titanic, in which safety had been sacrificed to luxury. COSTLY CIGARETTE SMOKING. A lme oi £5 is proposed as a punishment for the women smokers m a bill introduced into the United States House oi llepresentatives. For subsequent ohencec a hue oi £sas for each cigarette consumed is proposed, and, if the "outrage” is committed m a public resort, the proprietor would be made liable to the same penalty. THE BRITISH PREMIER’S SON WEDS. The Prime Minister’s younger son, Major Gwilym Lloyd George, was at Carnarvon recently married to Miss Edna Jones, daughter of Mr David Jones, of Denbigh, and sister of the Mayoress of Carnarvon. Mr and Mrs Lloyd George were present, and were loudly- cheered both on their arrival and departure by a large crowd oi people who had assembled outside the Wesleyan chapel. REVEALING YOUR IGNORANCE. Says a writer in a Home paper :—biie of my guests at dinner the other nig:, told me a priceless story of a uewly-ricli Mrs Profiteer who was dining in a Parisian restaurant. Unable to speak the language, and, unwilling to admit he. ignorance, she beckoned to the waiter and indicated three of the printed items on the menu, which, however, happened to be (when translated) —“February the 23rd. baked potatoes, and ‘Please pay at tii. desk.’ ” HINTS c, jTION9. To freshen stale vegetables soak them for an hour in cold water to which the juice of a lemon has been added. To test the heat of an oven for cakes put in a piece of white paper. If at the end of five minutes the paper is quite yellow the oven is at the right temperature. To soften a paint brush on which paint has been allowed to dry, heat some vinegar to boiling point, and allow the brush to simmer in it for a few minutes. Then wash well in strong soapsuds, and the brush will be like new. Turpentine is useful for removing paint stains. Apply tlie turpentine with a piece of rag, and if the stain is obstinate use a small quantity of ammonia as well. Soak rusty steel iireirons in paraffin for a day before you start cleaning. Then rub well with a damp rag dipped in fine ashes, and finish off with emerypaper. Washing tiled hearths with strong soap and water tends to split the glaze and enamel. Instead saturate a piece of linen with turpentine, and rub it over the tiles until they are clean. To prevent the soles of voiir shoes from wearing out quickly varnish them with the best opal varnish. This should be repeated every few weeks: but the first time they should have two coatings, as tiie leather when new absorbs varnish quickly. To remove mildew from linen make a paste of one teaspoonful each of soft soap and powdered starch, two teaspoon fills of table salt, and enough lemon juice to mix. Spread the paste on the mildewed spots, and expose to the fresh air for a short time. Then wash tho linen.

HOME INTERESTS. DATE "FRITTERS. Flour, Jib; dates, 4oz ; baking powder, one heaped teaspoonful; milk, about a gill; and frying fat. Stone and chop the dates coarsely. Mix the flour and baking-powder. Add the dates. Make a well in the centre, and stir in sufficient milk to make a batter that will coat the spoon thickly. Put about loz of dripping in a shallow frying-pan. Heat it until a faint smoke is just rising. Then put in a small tablcspoonful of the batter and fry, not too quickly. When one side is browned, turn, the round cake over and fry the other side. When cooked, raise and drain from the fat. and dust with white sugar. This should be eaten as soon as possible after being fried.

MARMALADE SEMOLINA PUDDING. Required: Milk, one pint; semolina, l 2oz; egg, one; marmalade, two tablespconfuts. Put the milk into a saucepan, heat it till boiling. Put the semolina into a p'ece of paper and shake it gradually into the hot milk, stirring all th» time. Cook and s! 1 r gently till the mixture is thick. Add the marmodo !e. and when it is slightly cooled, the beaten egg. Mix well, turn into a tbicklv-greascd basin, or plain mould, and bake in a moderately hot oven till the top is nicely browned. Then let it stand for a minute, and next turn it, out carefully on to a hot dish. Pour round any nice sweet cnuc.e, or serve it with jam or stewed fruit. ! o sago, ii liked, and if you do not want to turn it cut, use an ordinary piedish.) MEAT TART. Make some nice short pastry, and line with it a large enamel soup plate or open tart plate, sn-nping tlv* edges fust as for a jam tart, Fill it with any mince mixture Biot you like best, taking' care that it is made with plenty of good gravy and a Pula fad of some k ; nd. On top of the mince spread a thin layer of nice mashed potato, with, a good lump of dripping mashed into the potato, to smor-th-sn and riohen it. The uedato should stand up well at the centre of the d’sli, so that the whole tiling- lies the appearance of a nicoly-riewi cheem akc. iemrotb the potato with a knife, mark it into patterns with -a fork, brush it over with melted dripping, and put the tart into a hot oven tdt it. is browned. It ou-dit to brown beautifully and look most attractive. This is a very economreal d-’sh. which can be made with a scrap of cold fish when you have no meat. CHOCOLATE SPONGE. One pint cf milk, half n pint of water, two tablosnconfuls of cornflour, three ta-b’e- ? noon fills of best cocoa, six talilesnoonfuls of sugar, tile whites of fw> eggs Roil tins nidk, smooth the chocolate, cornflour, and ruga- in the water, an-I stir them in. Stir ca.l'o.fp' 1 y o'er tlie fire tdl the whole thickens. Del it ran] a htt’e hat don’t let it net on te odd, or it v-iH get. Take away the skip which hos formed on ton and stir in the whites cf the eggs whipped to a very stiff froth. Turn the mixture infe a wetted mould, and when it is set tilt i* out into a glass dish. It is very lie-lit and nice. PEARS IN JELLY. Put the jelly square info a jug. pour the svru i from the tin over it, and the amniut of hot wafer. Stand the jug on the range until the ; a 11 v is melted. Ai-Tanv? the pears in a glass dish or mould, and pour the liquid over. If preferred, put each near in‘o a wetted cup end pour jelh- round. Turn out when firm, and serve v. ifh whipped cream. Should be made the day before it is used. MADE.AS CROQUETTES Required: Curried meat, ab-ut T*L>; boiled rice, 327.; curry sauce, a gill; chutney, chopped, two tahlesnci-*ifiiis ; c-’-gs, crumbs and fa 4 - for frying. Chop the meat finely. Heat, tlie same. Stir in the rice, meat, anil chn+ney. Mix and season well. Turn on to a plate, spread to an even thickness and h ave tdl stiff _ enough to handle. Div'de ir.t o equal portions. Form into round balls, using as little flour on die hands as possible, or they are apt to burst in the frying. Brush over with heater, egg roll in the crumbs, and fry a bright golden brawn in smoking-hot fqt. Drain well and serve on a hot dish with a garnish of fried parsley and quarters cf lemon.