MISS CASSEY'S ENGLISH MAIL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13662, 28 March 1908, Page 2

MISS CASSEY'S ENGLISH MAIL.

LONDON. Feb

LONDON', February 14. I , My, dearest Eina,— r lt seems^the, hard-! test luck' that I am only writifcg,to you on St.* Valentine's Day, instead . of feeting you gracefully, in pergbn ! arder still that I cannot share with ydu 1 the"gl6rl6us 'fiow'efs wKictf are fillmg up my table; but I have' at least this' consolation, that while you are at this moment most probably ravelling in sunshine and the warmth of midsummer, I am shivering by a fire, while a bitter frost has whitened all the roofs and blackened all the grass in view. We always say that a fin« February augurs ill for the succeeding- months, and if that is really the case I am afraid some bad weather is in store, for until to-day the month has been really perfect — quite spring-like, in fact, and without either rain 'or fog. The groat von Veltheim case has at last been decided, and the wretch has been sentenced to twenty yea/rs' penal servitude. It is noir nearly a severe enough sentence. < That he blackmailed Mr Joel wa& a small crime in comparison to hia evil influence with women; and it is a pity that each of the 'dozen or so- wjhose whale- /lives 5 are. ruined by him cannot be made avengers, with someone to see tha* no leniency or compunction is permitted.* One' poor creature committed suicide on finding out his character, . and several are penniless, if not outcast, through the coldblooded behaviour of this scoundrel. I was privileged to see the proof sheets of the schedule of his career. - ( It wag a revelation, and really most uncanny, to see how exactly and perfectly every step had been .traced from hip earliest youth to the present day, for he has kept the secret' of his real name and parentage most carefully and religiously*. The record, is truly a most amazing huin^n' document, and a quite extraordinary tribute tb'.thp police and detective forces who Have so largely, aifted the lawyers in the collection of this wonderful' niass of evidence. j How strange it must seem to you to hear about our poor' Suffragettes and their troubles 1 A great host. of them, fifty, are in' prison toi-tiight, having preferred the martyrdom of six weeks^ imprisonment in the second division — which means that they must wear horrible prison, clothes, live on prison fpod, and be denied books and papers and all intercourse with their friends, to the alternative of, giving sureties for their good Tiehaviour for' twelve months, which would, of course, have meant taking no p'ffrt in tHe 'campaign for tnat time. JPhat they are acting unlawfully is undeniable, but their defence, that the peaceful tactics: employed fof fifteen or twenty years have been absolutely 'ignored, >.Isp a good reason for doing so. Many of the Suffragettes are members of my- club, and- 1 near a good deal about both sides of the question. But even if I had not 'been in sympathy with the Movement,. I should have been converted by yesterday's , proceedings.- The present Government wUUnot yi«ld> though, un'bgs the women gp to prison in hundreds; and there ape not enough of -|hem abip to spare the time, howev*! 4 much,. they '.may 'wish to prove their sympathy with the cause, for most of the thinking women nowadays are' too ij busily engaged in earning their daily] bread, andi too .of ten that \oi. their -husbands a jad., children, top, to* be .able to give up Weeks for thei^ psrasples« # ': It proves, iihpujfeh, that', thf State is radically in needM nW blooa in legislation, wheri it., can send , delicatelynurtured women to prison .for six weeks merely for" endeavouring* to oarry out the resolutions of an organisation created by her fdtlow r women fbr Ahe purpose* of impronng the conditious of the State and of its citizens. The sezitence'may not sound very 'severe, until one remembers that' it is passed cri ladies, and by those who pajps a sentence of almost exactly the same wording, but proportionately far less severe, on a man of the labouring class cohyicted of cruelly ill-treating ,his wife and children! Yet in the very^same, paper' that records the examination of the Suflragists and their sentence i^ tho report Of the other case ! You havo proved in New Zealand woman suffrage has put a stop to most of fcha|; kind of thing: I hope that the day will soon come when we can provo it in "Happy England!" By the way, New Zealand's reputation as the most prolific country is in dangerj is it not] since ih« publication of the Antwerp case? Did yon hear of it? A woman had six chiiiren in one — triplets in January, and triplets again in December ! Whit a dc-» fining row there must htfve been in that house when all the ' six were aw&ko and hungry! ■ ■ r v I went to see Jeanne' A Hen at the ladies' Automobile :01ub to-day, and fell in love with thecllb on the ppot. It is the prettiest and cosiest in London, all red and white; tbo^Berv&nts wearing a claret-coloured livery en suite.. I. gfeajbly admire J the fashion of draping the curtains there — high up, the ends of ?the curtains' <\«ly reaching to .the window-sills, and so gracefully looped. There are simply doaens of ladies who drive their own $»rs nbw; some of ttomvAot toven taking ft chauffeur, in attendance. Thafe is all very well in town,. but I should not ctire to g«> into the country, miles jut rtf reach of telephone or garage, probably, without a man to crawl under the enr m case .of, need J, The number of- women's K^ubs :w increasing rapidl" ; a big now ''cock and h.en M one is to ha ojwunJ in , the Baroness Burdeit Goutts' old house ; very short^.r ../, :-,.,, | You asked me to send you some new recipes, Eina dear L and I am collecting them, most, religiously. Here are a few given" to me ofcr -*„girl who writes books on cookery; she assures me that they are original, and I hope that you will find them both good and economical : — . . „ > , ~ Stuffed Onions. — Boil as many large Spanish onions as. you, .require, for, about three hours, until, tender enough to core without .breaking them. Take the centres out/ and taix in a, chopping bowl wij^h. some bread or,umbs, a beaten egg, tomato sauce, salt and pepper to taste. Replace this, mixture in the cored onion's, put them into a baking dish, pour over them a little good stock, and place in the oven for about a quarter of an hoftr. Lightning Pudding. — Grate six ounces of bread crumbs v (or crumble the inside of a stale loaf); and pbu'r over it a pint of boiling' riiflk. Allow it to I cool, and then add two ounces of whitd sugat.'*' Beat 5 tbfeefcher two bances *>f buttei* and two eggs: butter, a Spudding dish, and at the bottom a layer of any krnd^.of jam.' 'Add the 'eggs and butter to the brefrd.'and^niilk, beat together, and pour into the pie^dish .on to the jam. Bake in a quick oven. This maltes enough "-for siic, persdns, and . is nice either not or oold.< . . -v/ Bazaar Oake.— Mix well together a quarter of a pound of*, white sugar and quarter of a pound.of butter creamed. Add a pinch <if s&lt.ahd a teaspoonful of baking, powder,- the yolks .of two eggs {stirring, not beating them), then the whites ; add &.* cupful! of, flour and

' — ' ". ~ currants, peel, and flavouring to taste. Bake in a moderate oven. - v , Hot Water Sponge Cake.— A breakfast cup fuH'df .White sugar, one and a half pounds 6t. flour, two eggs, yolks and whites niixed -separately, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and essence to taste. Mix well, then add a smalhteacup full of .boiling water and bake immediately in a tin lined with outtered paper, y ' . Be sure to tell' me if you like these, %nd in return you can send me_yow> own recipe for that delicious pudding made of brown bread and black curtftf sa^your friend Captain Sutcliffe at "dinngr^ at the -"Dieudonfte'; i*e other nighf, and* then, ■ curiously enough, rlfi'into tihn in the v|jtibulei »6f t£e theatre we went to. He has had It nasty attack of .influenza, but he wasfnot showin^^y ill-effects, and probjably did not feet JaU sympathy £c deserved. T«£ Tongariro had a very good' run Home, and took a b . e , r^ aice people on board at Monte Video ; and of course you know that Bishop and Mrs NeligajMatne Home in her. • Do you remembje*sms Jelling, jfou that' there was to^be Pageant herein June? It is postponed until next year, chiefly on account of the Anglo-French Exhibition, which opens in :Hne, as there seemed to be a Reeling that the Pageant would keep people away from the- E^bjUon- ..J Son"* think the two would^av^Sjashftd^ in tKo least, and am very miich disappointed at the postponement. Now, good-byejor this week at least. Ydo*s aftectionatelq,

p.S.—That hoary, old perjurer* Miss Robinson, has again been, remanded. Youilo things thorough^ m the > colonies. 'even to the creation of liars, eh.-'