For Women Folk

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11578, 23 December 1915, Page 7

For Women Folk

By "CHRYSSA."

' "ohrys3a w will be glad to hear from all interested in Women's Work and Life, and to receive Items of interest and value to Women for publication, or reference In this column.

Mr and Mrs Peter Wood are visiting Vy* , Mrs Duncan Macfarlanje, accomi panied by Miss Newton, returned to i Lyndon yesterday, • » ■ * * Mr and Mrs George Merton left for ! Waiiganui yesterday evening. The marriage of Nancy Jacobs, 1 youngest daughter of the lato Dean j Jacobs, of Christchurch, and Mr lCoates, of Auckland, was held yesterday morning in St Luke's Church. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev .T. R. Hewland (vicar of Holy Lyttelton), brother-in-law of i tho bride, assisted by the Rev F. Nt Taylor (vidax of St Luke's). Miss ' Katherino sister of the bride, ' was bridesmaid. After the ceremony 'Mm Todhunter entertained, tile wed- | ding party at her residence, Naseby 1 Street. » « * * • Miss Eleanor Myers, Fitzherbert Terrace,, Wellington, spent two days in Chnstdhurch en route to Alcaroa, Avhither she went this morning. After (Spending two "weeks there she will visit I Timara and Hanmer beforo returning \ to the north, \ MTs Duncan Bauehop, of Christchurch, left this morning for a couple lof weeks' holiday at ATLaroa. L* » • » atlas G. Webster, ojff Dunedin, is ending a holiday of some weeks with her sister, Mrs Chaffey, at Keinton X3ombe, North Canterbury. i•* * * [ Mass Darigar, of Sydney/ accompanied by Miss Bessie M acker ras, is tit present staying at Onslow House, Dunedin, before going on to the Lakes at Queenstown. • * * • • 2\lr3 G. Buchanan and Mrs Dti Croz, 'of Ashburton, are spending some weeks nt Waihola, south of Dunedin. • • * * * Miss Noel Dowling, of Wellington, Tpassed through Chrißt church en route to Dunedin, where she will spend the Christmas holidays with friends. '•# » « •

craze that she happens to take tip. except that of going "in for double harness." Then, perhaps, at forty the idea seems to strike a modem womain that she may as well " resign " herself, amd far from finding that the tinu- lor suitors is past, this now just the age. when such make their apptaranco. And what is more "wonderful still, those very mature marriages seem to turn out so remarkably well. There seems to arise a, spirit of camaraderie" which effectually stops all family jars. The apotheosis of the woman of forty lias certainly arrived. It is among the most curious features of modern social life, and one feels quite bewildered as to what can possibly come next. " Apros?" with a. very big note oi interrogation, is the expressive French word that occurs to the social lookeron when considering how things have moved during the past decade or two. * * » # * THE ST JOHN AUXILIARY NURSES. In a letter written from Alexandria, by Major G. Barclay, V.D., of the New Zealand Engineers, reference is made to the auxiliary nurses who have been sent out from England by the Order of St John. The writer says: "The colours of the Order of St John (black and white) and the badge of the St John Ambulance Brigade have now become fairly familiar in the city of Alexandria, and I have had the opportunity of meeting quite a number of the nursing sisters who have been .sent out ■by the Order as voluntary aids for tho military hospitals in the Near East. They are all very keen m their self-appointed tasks, and .speak with enthusiasm of the work upon which they aro engaged. They havo already earned excellent opinions from those "members of the military service who havo been under their care."

( Mrs Shand, of Dunedin, has gone to /stay with her daughter at Craighead \gchool. **♦ ♦ . *

1 Mrs and Miss Macassey, of Dunedin, passed!. through Ohristchurch thia week en routs to Waipukumt (H. 8.), to visit Mrs Ernest Macassey.

j « » ♦ • * | Mr and Mrs A, 'Roberts and family, 3>f Wellington, motored from Christ(church to Dunedin, and are staying at Littlebourne House with Mr and 4ilrs John Hoberts. • » • » t

Mrs George Roberts and Miss EulaK«f, Rd&erta, of Tiirfcv'ru, am also guests at Littlebcurne House, Dtm«edin. • • * * • Mrs Stewart and Miss Kitty Stewart, of Dunedin, passed through C'h ristchurch this week en route for Wellington. There were a large num}>er of friends at the Dunedin station to hid the bride-elect "adieu, who was i t>elit off with "beautiful flowers and heaps of good "wishes. !«»*#* \ Miss MiTlicent Jennings has returned on a flying visit from Sydney to impend Christmas with her family. She : returns to Australia shortly after the New Yeai, when she has a number \ 'of singing engagements. ' • * * *, • Mjsg P. r\elluim, recently from Queensland, was one of the art designers who contributed to the River Bank Cannibal. A\ Oriental table, some hand-painted cushions and pin-cushions auctioned realised £lO 10s and was presented to the fund. • • * « * Mrs R- Trist Searell and Miss G Siwell (Invercargill) are spending a holiday with friends in Christchurch. '*» j ■ * * * * . Mils and her daughter, Miss M. Lavio (Geraldme) have been staying in town for a few days.

PALMER—HILL. The wedding of .Miss Agnes Maud Hill, of England, to Trooper AV. H. l'almer, of the Oth Reinforcements, was . quifitly solemnised last week at High Street Church. The ceremony wap performed by tho Rev J. Cocker. The bride was given away by the choirmaster,- Mr Bailey, and' wore a handsome dress of cream serge and an artistically embroidered cream silk blouse, a largo picture hat trimmed with silk flowers, with a lace veil. She carried a bouquet of orange blossoms. Miss Newman attended as bridesmaid, wearing a becoming gown of Shantung silk and smart black hat with hanging veil. Mr'Hancock acted'as best man. After tho ceremony, the bridal party and a number of relatives and guests were entertained: at a dainty wedding breakfast, which was hold in the adjoining hall. -Among those present were the lu-iclegroom's mother, sisters and brother, also his aunt, Mrs John Otley, and Miss (Kiev, of New Brighton, Rev and Mis Cocker. Misses Cocker, Air and' Airs Bailey. Subsequently Mr and Airs- Palmer left i'or TimaVu on a short wedding tour. * *" * » » AVAR AND MATRIMONY. Even in war time the question of marriage. and marriageable age, conies up for discussion. The other" iViph t at a dinner party in London, a gentleman of high social standing and wide experience of the opposite .sex, gave it' as his firm opinion that. wonnTU is at the present day in her .most attractive stage at forty. This statement, seems rather startling to those who were brought up with the idea, that unless a girl married before iive;i lid _tw enty she stood ;i good chance of being permanently an ohl maid. But ivi- have travelled' very far since vhat, and ii good Queen. Victoria could < t'liio bade once more among us, her Majesty would be astoundedrnot- only ; .t the modern clothes of the modem woman., hut also at the whole trend of though), and point of vivw. .Men oi fivirf-and-thii t*\ marry women o* forty; women of forty marry men of fifty, or six by, or seventy; while in many cases the girl of what us*>d to lv> considered the right ago r 0) ; matrirnonv remains perfectly fancy free, occupied with golf, or hunting, or any

#»*» # 1 j HONOURS FOR, WOMEN. j One of the little items of news tuck- i ed away in a remote corner of the daily Home newspapers, several weeks ago. announced the death at the front of ( several British nurses who had fallen . victims of the Huns wliile in the oxecu- ] tion of their duties. These brave wo- ( men stuck nobly to their posts while the German shells were whistling and whirring round their hospitals, and. , their only thoughts were for those unfortunate wounded ''Tommies" who were consigned to their charge. Such deeds are worthy of reward, if only to perpetuate their memory, and to i set. a shining examplo.to others, who will he called upon to make sacrifices, equally as. great in the future. In the days of the Crimea, when the " Lady of the Lamp " went out on her merciful errand, the world magnified tbo heroism of that brave woman and those who assisted hqr in her .humane task; and to-day we can name another comparatively small band of '' Ladies of the Lamp" who are deserving of official recognition and public honour. Both at homo and on the field of battle the women of the Empire aa'O giving their services ungrudgingly for the benefit of the State. They are working with. one aim toward a common) object, and when that has been achieved the nation will be the prouder of its women. They deserve all the honours that both the State and the public can confor upon them, so that the deeds they do to-day will live iu the minds of the generations of to-morrow. * » » * « THRIFT FOR, TROUBLED TIKES. Batter (without egge)—4oz of flour, half pint oi milk, half teaspoonful of carbonate of soda (level), two teaspoonfuls of vinegar. Put the flour and soda in a basin, and mix with the milk gradually until smooth, beat as usual, and allowed: to stand. , Add the vinegar just before cooking. Treat exactly its for ordinary batter for Yorkshire pudding or panenkes. Crust for Raised Pies-—Take lib of flour to 2oa butter; put the butter into a .stevvpan with a teacupful of water to boil, and mix it with he flour while it is boiling hot, first with a spoon and then wiih the hand; roll it out to the proper thickness, and uso it as desired.

Oxford Dumplings— 2pz of grated, bread, currants and shred suet, <foz each, two large spoonfuls of Hour., a tablespootiful of grated lemon peel, a piece of sugar. Mis these with two eggs and a little milk into five dumplings, and fry them a yellow brown. Serve sweet sauce with them. * • » • • A SAFE AND SANE RECIPE. It is not often that a great Government so far condescends as to offer "a safe and sane " recipe for a digestible "Welsh rarebit. This is tho case, however, with the Government of the United States, which, by the medium of the Department ot Agriculture, offers its own recipe, prepared, by its own experts, for the savoury dish* Uncle Sam's recipe for the Government rarebit is as follows One tablespoonful of butter, one. tablespoonful of cornflour, one-half cupful of milk, one half-pound of cheese, cut into small pieces, one half-toaspoonful each of salt and mustard, and' a speck of cayenne pepper. Cook the cornflour and the butter, thou add the milk gradually and cook for two minutes, and after that add tho cheese and stir until it is melted'. Season and: serve on biscuits or broad, toasted on one side, the rarebit being poured over the untoasted side. The total cost of the digestible rarebit, according to American prices, is about Old, while its food value is laid down as equ.il to three-quarters of a pound of hoof. Tho Government's d'nal reason for research into tho proper constituents and composition of this dish is attributable to its wish to popularise cheese as a substitute for meat- and to exorcise the " indigestibilit.v bogey.