TO-DAY'S DINNER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 170, 11 April 1908, Page 11

TO-DAY'S DINNER.

(Specially Written for The Dominion.) PEACTICAL SUGGESTIONS BY AN EXPERT. . SATURDAY. ' = - •;. Stowed Steak'and Oysters. -..., Five Minutes' Pudding. , . Stewed Steak and . Oysters', When stewing i steak it .' should 'not be cut very, [small pieces,' which .would give it llio appoaranco of a hash.' "THe slower [it is oopkeu the more likely'it is that it will be Glider.' If the steak-, bought- is tough, beat , It-, well with'-'a' spoon 'that-has been: dipped in 'water, and use a littlei-vinegar'in the gravy in which it is stewed.:: It is very possible that the steak may bo either - tough or, flavourless, for: it' is the success, of this kind of.-.stew'so to: utilise ; tlid . cheaper, parts of the meat that they will, make a tasty, nourishing dish. • Vegetables .aro' used: in order to. flavour -it, and sometimes . lriace .or lemon. '. If. adding oysters to.tlio-stewed!steak,' they: should not be added until .the steak ,is about cooked, as. oysters are - not made, more, digestible'by cooking, but less.so. .- As'"'oysters 'have, a delicate . flavour "it would ibo-; a great mistake to. highly: •flavour a etew. to which they are- added.::, "Five .Minutes'. "Pudding. Put:,2oz. of flour, ljoz. of-sugar,'and'a little' salt and - baking' powder.: into a basin.,, Make a, hole in the. mixture,: and: break two .eggs into it. . Then .carefully beat, them- all together, avoiding .lumps, or it will take a long time to beat the lumps-out of the mixture. Add some . flavouring; ' and pour the mixture into ,a tin. lined*.with aigroused paper. Bake it for about five riiiriutes,' and then turn it out on to a sugared paper. Spread jam'on: it, and quickly roll it up at once, and servo as soon •as possible: • : .. • • , ■ :... - ■ . • /SUNDAY. .-■■■-BoastiChicken. Bacon.- Bread Sauce. -Potatoes. ...Colery- (boiled). Junket. • ; Baked Apples. Fruit Jelly. . ' ■ ■■','• r:' ■ Supper. Brawn, -Tomato' Salad. Custard Tartlets. • A: FATHER'S LESSON. When ho came home at night tho birds wero • still;: , But ho cared naught yvho walked across tho hill. Tho laughter of his baby through tho dark Made glad his silenco'liko a singing laTk.. His was tho soul of earthly toil and care That sees but shadows round tho heavens so .. .fair; Yet after: snpper,, in .his baby's oyos, Smiling,.ho saw. tho stars of paradise.'Tw.is thus that Nature taught him beauty— ; now, .-.■..' 1 ■ • i . Beside tho little'grave beneath tho bough, • ' " eoj)ing o'er- violets in. tho grass, ho hears ■ Tho music of tho silonco and tho spheres! ■■ —Edward Wilbur Mason in tho "Ifunsey.", CHILDREN'S FROCKS. Long„liya tho pinaforo dress, an absoluto boon to ; motners !■ I. havo noticed (says a Titer, in,: tho, - - London . "Graphic"). several \fays of late, at tho many, juvenile, entertain-' merits,that have.been'taking:place,- in which this homely and simple: design has- been niade to. play; a highly. decorative part.' . ' V •: ■. •' One small damsel at; a- recent party frisked ftbout in a .pinaforo dress: 'of crcanr'Vsatin fihoet-ing,fine 'eriihrbidery. round ■ the; edgo; wrought in white floss with a 'fino' sprinkling or silver upon it. ■ ■ Her Dutchcnemisette, and full- sleeves wero made of white gauze. Jnterwoven with' a very narrow silverime,;and.tho:- woro araivn into bands of embroidered satin. - ; , For school Wear this practical and picturesque costume is invaluable,, sinco' it att'ords an ?asy opportunity of washing-those parts of tho gown- that' quickly soil 'with the greatest ease. Moreover, tho cheminotte and undereleevos can bo mado of light-weight'flaniiol or delaino. °f a colour from' tho gown,■ and thus add brightness to a bluo serge frock Or a cloth 0110 of sorobro huo.' \ ,li^?t^ S P nrti «iPate'■- with their ™ 'f^ mo of ', tl ! e ncVf -fashions that so oon 'WiH ■ be: revealed, for early -spring - wear 9 ,1 w«l ij^™ c ls a ! 1 mstitution.that Jam sure, »ill bo very, universally admired, that'can bo shared by mother and daughter alike. ,:-t will positive relief to tho girl of fli K h| V + has a ' kccl j eyo for tho beautiful to be able to abandon her pleated and tuckctl . SKirts,. and even those jvith a deep border of' eatui or .velvet at the hem, and. plis rehgieuse above, 111 favour of the tunic model' eo arranged as to givo-her height if sho bo °, nd ,fi ra cO if sho bo of damsel U 7 bu,ld of tlie British WOMEN IN THE TRANSVAAL. SHE LIVES A BUSY LIFE/. , ' ißntah woman married in '-a'., country district of fcho Transvaal must bo an allround v good worker if she means to bo a iuccess. In . the .first place, she -inust bo adaptable before all things; : Silo must bo [a good cook,: for even supposine.'dio js.lucisy.'enough-. to'htivo'a'.'Kafliri chef, he wU!/work : for pnly sis months, and it there should happen to be illness in the house ; th© chances aro' ten to oho ho v/ill decamp 'at : once. • To bo, a nurso knowing. everything of, children's sicknesses is an imPorativo necessity,. forsho.- may. bo £ . many. 1 miles; from' a doctor—twoiity. to - forty 'being 80-uncommon distance.-. '•. , _ A knowledge' of .laundry; work* is most use- : ful, for 111 a hot country waihing : dresses a'nd : blouses ;ar©, a heavy ..item in* a ' washing -bill, 'snd.iiatiyes .way,of[haiiging'a'niuslin skirt"or silk'frock to 'dry . oh. 'a barhed .wifo. fenpo, or 'a.. prickly pear: .bush, :as. a' 'really.: Bccuro motadd of preventing its' being carried' oil' by tho wind. \ V : -M 1 For tho. samo; reason of oxcessivo rough Jsago in washing • nearly every woman in south Africa- is a dressmaker,.. Pretty prints uid muslins ;may'bo; had . for very little, but tho.makmg of tho articles c6ste'a'gfeat deal. : Therefore, m a country where a girl must havo a'good stock of .clothes sho'makes them berself.r To bo a good carpenter, gardener, stand a woman in exceHent 'stead, and the social'graces ioilow aftor. . . -. . Life.-is Very, expensivo,. and women often : pavo to . help, thoir husbands: to . earn a liv-. /ing.. In Johannesburg,'where ovorythiug .is' - itill extremely expensive; a man 'other than' . «n artisan cannot marry' on £400 a year unless liis wifo has nionoy or works for herself. Henco" a . great - number.' of women - retain' jheir occupation when they, marry. Throughout, the Transvaal the occupations .for women aro much' the same as in this country. Thero aro a..fow ,doctors.and 'jour-. .rialists, many,hundreds of. teachers, typists," Post Office assistants, arid nurses,'besides a great number engaged in-business; -Tho salaries aro much higher than in" the Homo is-, lands,. arid although expenses aro very .hfeavy" • girl a -better cbanceyof:saving 'money if .she chooses;. ; '7 The women, in ,the Transvaal-have been're-, proached with their -lack "of interest in litera--tu'ro, -with tho', fact ' that th'ev havo riover' heard of Bernard Shaw, -and that,- although they, aro to- a : 'great extent musical, they - cannot paint. Such a - reproach recoils *on . tho: .head; of tho reproacher. . TJntil tho" country is in a fair way of : being settled and prosperous, a woman-is of-moro.uso at other things .than'les beaux arts'. '■- There : aro hor household duties first, - hor municipal, or rural duties, and hor political duties to .bo attended to, and 'it is of greater uso.to her. to bo a fearless horse-woman and good , shot, a woman "of '. strong noires and great 'common-sense/ than tobo a dabblor'in nrt or literature. . ' To havo your name in the Poets' Corner of tlio local palpor does liot 'savo you \vhon you havo to flee by night with your children from a Kaffir rising.—l rom "Tho Now Transvaal," by M. C. Broco. : '