A Section For Women
pp. 63-64 · Read in the full issue
By "Therese"
The Kitchen
Who talks about the kitchen’s narrow scope, Its menial tasks, has never stopped to think What wonder-roads are worn from stove to sink, What loveliness may emanate from soap.
He has forgotten—if he ever knew— Romance in tea, the history of rice, Geography in sugar, salt and spice, The priceless perfume in a simple stew.
And more—that kitchens are the origin Of poesy, of laughter, strength of men, Of women’s grace; that pots and pans and rolling pin Have motivated nations. Say not then A kitchen’s scope is limited, but sing: Its glory transcends power of any king.
Food For The Master
OUR food, like our clothes, needs con stant revision. The way w° served a dish last month becomes dull, if we repeat it too often, so it behoves all women to plank hard for something new to present to the hungry male of the house. His appetite becomes jaded too often, because there is little or no im agination used in making something different with the same old ingredients.
Try the following recipes: Salmon Mould 1 large tin salmon, \ oz. gelatine, 3 tablespoons water, 2 hard-boiled eggs, 2 tablespoons vinegar, salt and pepper, capers and cooked beetroot. Salad.
Dissolve the gelatine in 3 tablespoons of boiling water. White of egg, beetroot, cut into fancy shape, decorate the
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bottom of the mould. Set the decoration in a little of the gelatine. Remove any skin and bone from the salmon, and add it to the rest of the jelly and the sea soning. Mix well. Leave until it is be ginning to set, then pour into the mould.
Stand in a cool pla’ce. Turn out, when set, and serve with salad and sliced hard boiled egg.
Corn Beef Hash 1 tin corned beef, 1 lb. cold cooked potatoes, \ pt. stock or milk, salt and pepper.
Turn the corned beef into a frying pan. Mash with a fork. Keep the heat low for the first few minutes. Moisten the cooked potatoes with stock, or milk, and season well. Add half the quantity to the beef, and smooth over with a knife.
Cook until the underside is beginning to brown. Turn out on to a hot dish, smooth ing into shape. Serve at once with tin ned vegetables, and the rest of the mashed potatoes.
Banana Custard One cup of stale breadcrumbs, half a pint of milk, 1 egg, grated rind of half a lemon, 2 bananas, 1 oz. sugar.
Butter a pie dish, and line it with breadcrumbs. Arrange thin slices of banana on top, and sprinkle with a little
grated lemon rind. Cover with another layer of crumbs, banana and rind, then top with crumbs and sliced banana. Make custard with the egg, milk and sugar, and pour over the bananas, etc., and sprinkle with a little grated nutmeg and bake for 45 minutes in a moderate oven.
Marmalade Pancakes Mix into a smooth paste one large egg, 2 tablespoons flour and a pinch of salt.
Add by degrees % pt. milk and then beat well for ten minutes. Allow the mixture to stand for 1 hour. When required for use beat again for a minute or two. Pour a little at a time in a frying pan contain ing a little lard, smoking hot, and brown on both sides. Spread with heated mar malade, roll up, sprinkle with castor sugar and put into a fierce oven for a few minutes. Serve immediately.
Household Hints
TO clean baths use a mixture of half kerosene and half vinegar. The smell is not so Unpleasant, \yhile the result is as good as when all kero sene is used.
Meringue will stand up higher if a generous pinch of baking soda is added to the beaten egg whites.
Raisins, dates, currants and figs,
soaked in a little boiling water for five minutes, will blend better with other in gredients in a recipe.
Small cakes need a fairly hot oven at first, and then a cooler one later on, so that they do not brown too much.
Obstinate stains can be removed from the fingers or nails with a mixture of salt and lemon juice. Strain the juice of a lemon into a saucer and stir into it sufficient common salt to make a paste. Rub this over the stain and then wash off with warm water.
Fashions Reflect Events
FASHIONS are a reflecting glass of what is happening in the world. It would seem that we are steadying down to something new—clothes that have the brave beauty of a newly-born spirit.
The tendencv is towards simplicity for all occasions. I was looking at party dresses the other day, and it struck me that they were quite seemly and right.
The long full skirts have grace and dignity, and the long slim ones are not exaggerated in their slenderness.
Day-time clothes are all more or less tailored and, though here and there ultra fashions are to be seen, women in the main bank on the simple styles. This is true also of hats, which show a de finite trend to the tailored type.
This does not mean that clothes are dull. On the contrary. They are gayed up with scarves, contrasting jackets, and bright cummerbunds and flower posies are pinned in the lapels of the tailleur to give it a feminine touch.
Colours do their best to put us in fine spirit. It is difficult to say that one colour prevails, but there is certainly a lot of blue in all shades, a good many dahlia reds and not a little green, light and dark.
Skirts show a tendency to shortness and have a little extra fulness because of it.
Jacket suits are extremely popular— either in one colour, or a combination of check coat and plain skirt, or vice-versa.
Stripes are used in the same way, and have a very slimming effect.
Coats come in varied styles. Very little fur is used, except as a trimming— epaulettes, pieces running up the sleeves or at the cuffs. The tailored coat carries a cravat at the neckline, mostly of velvet, which has a very softening influence. The swagger coat is mostly three-quarters length, and the full length coat is one of three things—fitting, belted or en veloping.
Bags and gloves are particularly at tractive. Bags are of soft leather with a definitely femine look about them.
Gloves are of suede, kid, leather or hogskin, and rather plainer than those of last season.
Hats modify their absurdity somewhat, and become more utilitarian, though still somewhat crazy in the eyes of the male.
Those Vital Ten Minutes
BEDTIME . . . and eight hours’ good sleep before dawn. That was what our grandmothers called our beauty sleep, and considered it necessary for every young girl. They were right, too.
But the tension at which we live now makes it necessary to call upon aids to beauty that will work while we sleep.
Ten minutes of will power, before dart ing into bed, and beauty will be yours.
Face: Two minutes to cleanse the skin with a good cleansing milk. It seeps deep and takes away all blemish-making grime, it bleaches, soothes and leaves the skin cleansed, fresh and healthy. What ever your skin problem, dry skin or greasy, this solves most of it, for both of
them are due partially to imperfect cleansing. Two minutes to put on and wipe off a skin food, leaving only what has been absorbed.
One minute, on alternate nights to slan your face with a two-finger pad of cotton wool soaked in a tonic milk. This is to close the pores, big or little.
Eyes: One minute for each eye, to soothe, refresh and cleanse with a lotion.
Bathe your eyes at least every other night.
One minute for each eye to pat in a little finger tip astringent cream around and about. This is almost magic and you feel puffiness and lines flee. One minute to sweep eyelashes with a tiny brush dipped in castor oil. Watch the lashes lengthen.
Hair; Two minutes . . . three minutes . . . but even one minute is better than none, and this time your finger tips will give the care. Start from the base of the scalp and knead firmly upward to the crown with the thumbs and fingers. It sounds dull, but it will give new life to your hair roots. For pre-shampoo nights a palmful of olive oil. rubbed into the scalp, is better than a week’s sunshine for bringing new lights into the hair.
Hands: One minute to work a smear of nail-perfecting cream under the cuticles. It keeps them supple and self effacing, and the nails strong and healthy.
It is reported from Canberra that negotiations have been in progress be tween the Governments of Great Brit ain, New Zealand and Australia who hold a joint mandate over the prosphate island of Nauru, in regard to the pro posal for manning the phosphate ves sels with white crews instead of with coloured crews as at present.