WOMEN'S CORNER.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16430, 25 January 1919, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER.

The Lady Editor will be pleased to receive for publication in tho "Women's Corner" items of social or personal news. Such items should be fully authenticated, and engagement notices must bear the signatures of both parties. Correspondence is invited- on any matters affecting, or of interest to, women. Miss Hawley and Miss Kiver left last night for Wellington, en route to Sydney, on a visit of a few weeks. Miss Sbirtcliffo (Addington) and Miss C. Shirtcliffe (Timaru) returned ~to Christchurch yesterday. Miss E. Neave, Nurso Wyndeer (Christchurch), and. Miss Barton (Featlierston), are the guests of Mrs R. Neavo at Trentham. Lieutenant-Colonel Xeavo and Mrs Neavo leave for England early in February. The Very Rev. Dean Harper and Mrs Harper are staying at tho Marine Hotel, Sumner. Mrs Claude Sawtoll and Miss Budden returned yesterday from a visit to the North Island. Miss I/. Bing has returned from tho North Island. < Miss Muriel Moore left for Port Levy yesterday, after a short stay in town. Mr and Mrs A. M. Cowan and daugh- ' tor, of Christchurch, who have been residing at the island of Niue, and Miss V F*arrar of Nelson, who has been visitiug the United States, returned to Wellington by the Moana this week. Mies Malcolm (Opawa) has returned from an extended holiday in Blenheim, Picton, and Kaikoura. Mr and Mrs Robert Malcolm and Miss Malcolm will shortly leave for England, spending a few weeks m West Australia en routo. Mrs G. L. Rutherford has returned to MacdonaW Downs. • Mrs Peter Clinton (Darfield) and Mis s Madge Cogan (Waddington) are staying at tho Clarendon. Mrs J. A. Hanan, wife of the Minister of Education, is making steady progress after her breakdown in health, as the result of vwy hard work during tho epidemic. Sho was able to go to \v anganui a few days ago for convalescence. A correspondent writes: Here is an echo of the influenza epidemic. A mother and children were watching some geese on a pond at a holiday spot. One old gander would poke his head in the mud and water and emit a weird noise as he throw up his head. The brightest boy asked: "Mother, is ho gargling?" That the' knowledge of how to make good boaf-steak pudding would be more useful to girls than learning about William the Conqueror, or the date of the Battle of Hastings, was a suggestion made by Mr Kennedy Jones in opening a National Kitchen at Hornsey, England, recently. He would like, h© said, to see establishments of that kind utilised to teach cookery. A good deal of tho industrial trouble~with which the country had been faced might have been due, he suggested, to the indigestion of the workpeople, caused by inefficient cooking. It is not generally known that Queen Alexandra has found time in the course of- her busy life to Keep a diary. As tho records go back to her early woman-, hood, and tho Queen-Mother has assisted at almost every historic scene during the past half-century, a selection from the diary, if published—as it probably will bo some day—should be of surpassing interest. An old colonist, in the person of Mrs E. M. Coldicutt, died at Auckland this week. Born at Ely, Cambridge, Eng- - land, on July 19th, 1843, the deceased arrived in Auckland by the ship Cress- ■ well, on September 13th. 1853. She « was educated at St. Mary's Convent, : and in February, iB6O, was married to the late Mr J. Coldicutt. The deceased , is survived by four sons —;Dr. C. Coldi- \ cutt, Mr P. Coldicutt, chief clerk. Railway Department, Invercargill, Mr T. Coldicutt, manager of the English and Foreign Piano Company, and Lieutenant N. K. Coldicutt, N.Z.E.F., who is at present on active service—four daughters, and six grandchildren. ( Mrs- Gladys Henning, of Auckland, ] who has been in charge of the New « Zealand Motor Transport Department ] at Hurnchurch for the past twenty J months, returned by the transport ( hine. Mrs Henning left New Zealand c at the .same time as the 11th Rein- 1 forcement, and worked in the British z Red Cross hospitals at Suez and Cairo. < Sho went to England in April, 191/, v and took up motor-drivmg at Horn- ji church, where she was placed m charge x of tho depot, with a rank equivalent to c that of second-lieutenant. Mrs Hen- v nine's husband, Lieutenant \V • _ H(inning, M.C., died of wounds received at _ Bapautne in September last. Miss Vera Pearce, who was for years the queen of the Tivoli Follies, is returning to Australia in musical comedy. -My Lady Frayle" will be produced at the' Sydney Tivoli on February Ist. Excluding a one-act comedy performed at the Tivoli, this will be Miss Pearoe s debut in this kind of entertainment. While she was in New York she receded a tempting offer from Mr J. L. bach, a . leading London West-End manager to play the lead in a new production; but, as at that time neither the war nor the Spanish influenza was ended, she refused the offer. Now that the' process of disbanding the temporary employees in the Government offices has begun, one hears strange stories of former opulence and prospective poverty (says a London paper of December 4th). One of the women clerks, for instance, has tola head of her department that if he dismisses her she will have to part with her fur coat, for which she paid forty guineas last winter. Another, who has been known to pay 7s and 8s a pound for grapes every Saturday, says she will not be able to buy even oranges in future. The wife of President Wilson, _ who accompanied him to is said to be a direct descendant of Princess Pocahontas, daughter of the Indian Chief Powhatan,' who, after saving tho life of Captain John Smith, married another Englishman, John Rolfe, to whom sho bore a son before dying and being'accorded burial at Gravesend. She was

"La Bello Sauvage," whoso memory still survives in Ludgate hill. If this genealogy be correct, Mrs Wilson can thus claim cousinry with the famous "8.-P.," who, through this Rolfe ancestry, can also claim direct descent from Pocahontas, and his physiognomy is a striking confirmation of this pedigreo.

CATCH THAT FLY! A French resident at Sydney has bee i giving some attention to th© destructio of flies, and has a practical suggestio: to mate regarding the pest. He point out tnat the chief breedinc-places o flies are in and around stables, and ii places whore stock gather, also nmoiij kitcnen refuse. "To prevent the development of ta larvae in these places is important,' In says. "but the simplest way for thi people to attack flies is to catch tin winged creatures. In the winter, tin sheltering places are under the roofs o verandahs, houses, and stables, and tlicv stav there until the warm spring day; arrive. In the hot days of tho sum mcr tliev come in swarms to the killing places where food _ is • prepared, anc afterwards shelter in the shade of tree: near waterholes. It is at that timt that the stock is spoiled by the othei big flies, the metallic green blowflies and every carcaso that results fro 11 their wrong-doing becomes a breedingplace. where they can complete theii evolution." - "House flies are very easy to catch lr the winter and beginning of the spring, and every one caught then means hundreds of thousands less in tho summer, The way to catch them is with an inverted glass vessel containing a curved underpart, in which soapy water is kept. This vessel has glass feet, to keep it off a table or the ground, and under tho centre is placed a 9aucer of sugar, or honey and water, to attract the flies." Ho was reminded "fcliat something similar had been in us© in Australia years ago, but that the glass bowls were now scarce, owine to breakages, and 110 replacements. He said he had seen the same idea 111 wire, but not in glass. The benefit of the glass vessel was that the flies were drowned. "I tell you of this,*' hp said, "in gratitude 'for what Australia has done for my country. This is beautiful country, wortli saving from flies and other pests." THE RECENT EPIDEMIC. * HAIR FALLING. Tie alarming aftereffects ci Influenza upon the Hair are causing a great deal of. anxiety to many people throughout New Zealand, especially as most of the usually accepted .methods of treatment absolutely fail to check the falling of hair. The trouble, which 1103 at the hair-roots, is somewhat similar to that usually following on a condition of fever, but in this cmo it appears in a greatly exaggerated form. To cope with the problem, Mis Rolleston has succeeded in procuring from. London, at considerable cost, the formula of a specific which is being used with most successful results in England by numbers who have suffered from Influenza. Indeed, so effective has it been found that it has become acceptcd.in the Old Country as the universal remedy for falling hair. <■ A most important feature is th© method of using, and certain instructions accompany each bottle, which it is essential to observe carefully to secure immediate results. Tho preparation is distributed to all parts of the North Island on application to Mrs Rolleston, Lambton quay, Wellington, and in the South Island from her branch establishment at Cathedral square, Christchurch, on receipt of 7s Gd, postage free. Mrs Rolleston, -yho i 3 one of New Zealand's leading Hair Specialists, qualified in London, Paris, and America,' and has made a special study in diseases of the hair and scalp. Already the results obtained by .the use of this prepare tion at Mrs Rolleston's rooms prove its efficacy, and it is with difficulty eke is p.ble to cope with the demand. 11 WEDDINGS. SHELLOCK —McCOY. A pretty military wedding took place on loth inst., at St. Mark's Church, Rakaia, when Miss Kathleen McCoy, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs John McCoy, of the Mead, was married to Mr Fred Shellock, youngest son of Mr Geo. Shellock,. also of the Mead. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev. E. N. Blakiston, with Mis 6 A.. Hardy at the organ. There was a very large gathering at the church. The bride was given away by her father, and wore a pretty gown of white silk and lace, with tulle veil and orange blossoms, and carried a shower bouquet of whito roses, white carnations, ana gypsophola. Miss Dorothy McCoy, 6ister of the bride, .

attended as bridesmaid, and wore a n pretty frock of pale pink voile, emn broidered in pink and mauvo, with a a pink and mauve hat, and carried a s shower bouquet of pink and white car,f nations and gypsophola, with mauve a streamers. Miss Nellie McCoy, youngg est sister of the bride, was flower girl, and lookud very nico in a whito eme broidered voilo dress and a pink mop o> cap. She carried a basket of pink and e white flowers. The groomsman was Mr d C. Kellic. of C'hcrtsey. Both bride--3 groom aiul groomsman wore returned f soldiers, of the Main Expeditionary r Force, and served together in Franco. s After the ceremony a recoptjon was _ held at the bride's parents' house, at _ Willow Farm, Mead. Mr E. B abba go 1 proposed the toast of the bride and s bridegroom, to which Mr Shellock re- > spondee!. The bridesmaid's health was p proposed by Mr W. Breading, and responded to bv Mr C. Kellic. \ TO ALL LOVERS OF FURS. • pOLWILL, THE FURRIER, has a, L»rge Stock of FURS and FUR COATS, f Latest Styles for tho coming eeaeon eellin:? i at pre-war prices. CALL AXD IX£VECT MY STOCK. ' Skins of all descriptions Tan nod g.nd Drewcd. ( 238 205 HIGH STREET. ; TOMATO DISHES. Cooked or raw, the tomato can bo ; used as no other vegetable can. Very appetising and nutritious sandwiches can be made of slices of tomato with a little mustard, pepper, sind salt. l?akc<l tomatoes —a l'Anglaise, as they wo termed—are most inviting. Cut into halves six tomatoes, season with pepper and salt, and place m j l buttorod baking tin. Sprinkle well breadcrumbs, and put m scraps of butter here and there on top. Bake tor 20 minutes in a hot oven. A capital addition is a few hard-boiled eggs broken up, and a chopped onion. Here is a rocipo with stowed chicken. Tho latt?r should be ' cut into neat pieces. .Take a. good sized saucepan and molt a good slice of sweet butter in it. Throw in a finely mincod onion and the red part of a carrot scraped, and stir over the firo for tlireo minutes. Put in the pieces of chicken, season with salt avl popper, and fry in the butter, moving them occasionally that thev shall not stick to the pan. When lightly brown pour upon them a pint and a-half of stock, add four moderate-sized tomatoes, cut into halves, and a tablespoonful of cornflour mixed to a smooth pa<st© with a little cold water. Stir the sauce till it boils, draw it back, and let it simmer gently for half an hour. Add a tablespoonful of coarsely chopped parsley, and simmer a for a quarter of an hour. Put the piecos ■ of chicken on a hot dish, pour the sauce over. Garnish With., tried bread. . The richness of bacon assimilates well with tomato. Cut the stalks from the tomatoes and cut into thick slices or leave whole. Fry the bacon very gently over a slow fire till done. Lift it upon a liot dish, and fry the tomatoes till tender in the fat that has run from the bacon. They will be done enough in a few minutes. Serve immediately. .Mutton collops with tomatoes have a deservedly good reputation. Break an egg into a plate and beat it lightly. Draw some half-dozen dices cut from cold mutton through it, and toss them in the breadcrumbs, which liavo been mixed with a- teaspoonful of flour and a. little popper and salt. Melt a slice of butter in a frying pan, put m the collops, and cook them very gently. When they aro brown upon one side turn over. Cut tho tomatoes into slices about half an inch thick. Take lip tho collops, put tliem on a hot dish, and fry the tomatoes in tho same fat. In three or four minutes they will bo done. Put them round the collops, sprinkle a ,few breadcrumbs over, and serve. TO-DAY'TIIECIPE. Sago and Gooseberries.—Put 2or 3 ounces of fine sago, 1 pint of gooseberries, sugar to taste, and about hair a pint of water, into a covered jar. Cook ; slowly in tho oven till firm and servo hot or cold. Or, having cooked 3or 4 ounces of sago in 1 & pints of cold water, mingle with 1 pint of gooseberries sweetened as above; bake slowly in a pie-dish for aji hour, and serve hot or cold. -Any other seasonable fruit may be used instead of tho gooseberries. . . ( The Ilev George Smith, one of the ' herotes of Rorke's Drift, died'at the end of November at his residence at rulwood Preston. As an Army chaplain he was one of the small garrison whose gallant fight, made one of the most stir- , ring stories in the history of the Zulu .J War. 'j