SUPERINTENDENTS’ LETTERS.

White Ribbon, Volume 37, Issue 435, 18 October 1931, Page 2

SUPERINTENDENTS’ LETTERS.

MKDII’AL AND SU . NT I Fit* TEMPERANCE I >KI T. Hear Sisters, — 1 arn sending out a questionnaire this year, and am hoping to hear that you have made good use of the literature of this department. Please keep on circulating it, and do not forget to report which leaflets you have found most helpful. In the February “White Ribbon ’ you will And Professor Dixon’s reply to Horsley, our World’s Superintendent, as to what provision climbers can make against exposure to extreme cold. He said: The most important food is carbohydrate, that is to say, they must have an ample supply of starchy food. . . . The Iwst form of carbohydrate is, of course, ordinary brown sugar. 1 am not suggesting that they should carry this w’ith them, but it is prepared in u palatable form, which they could easily carry.” I have enquired of several chemists, and am told they know of nothing on sale in New Zealand wh.eh answers to this description. A brown sugar toffee is the next best thing. Make it for the young people the next time they go tramping. One breakfast cup brown sugar; two table spoons vinegar; two ounces butter. Put sugar and vinegar in saucepan; when sugar Is dissolved, add butter, bring to a l>oil. allow to simmer till a small quantity placed lr cold water !*•- comes brittle; pour on a buttered plate, roll into balls or sticks l»efore quite cold. Coat with paraffn wax to prevent its being affected by atmospheric changes. Yours in White Ribbon bonds, CLARA M. NEAL. Dominion Bupt. Medical and Scientific Temperance Dept. Park Crescent, Parnell, Auckland. PRESS DEPARTMENT. Dear Fellow-Workers. — The present year is swiftly passing by, with all its hopes and fears, and the duties of each day have to be faced as they present themselves, as usual. So once again would appeal to our Press Reporters and Secretaries of Unions for brief reports of the work done during the year The activities of the Unions are many and varied, and well worth recording. ft may not be possible this year, ow ing to Increased postage, etc., to get into touch with each Union, but I would earnestly appeal, through the columns of the “White Ribbon, ’ for h report to be forwarded me before IVcetnher 31st. In the past the reports generally have »>een very gratifying, for which I am very grateful, and I feel sure that the claims of Convention this difficult and memorable year will not be overlooked

by the busy sisters of our beloved organisation. Thanking you in anticipation. Believe me. with loving greetings, yours, for God, Home and Humanity, EMMA TRE\ IRZA, Dominion Press Re pom r. HOSTELS, REST AND REFRESHM ENT I >EPA RTM ENT. Will all Unions who have done t-n.. work this year in this Department kindly send a report to me not later than December list? MRS U 1 TON, 215 Guyton Street, Wanganui.