TO-DAY'S DINNER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 415, 26 January 1909, Page 3

TO-DAY'S DINNER.

~ (Specially written for Thk Dominion.] -Trasi>Ajsv i ■ v"'. ■..."■ r-'iDevilled Kidneys. ■:'■ . , Potatoes.. . Stewed. Cucumber. /. j \ . ' Arrowroot Pudding. ;-:■ DEVTLIJLD KIDNEYS. . Twelve; kidiieys, lJoz.. butter,; 2 'teaspbonfuls . ' of xbade.'mustardi'.lj -dessertspoonfuls of vinegar,; a- littletarragon vinegar,' and-. 3'. dessert-1 . spoonfuls Jof ■' cream.. Cut _ the kindneys open,. . leaving the two' halves joined by the' cord in v ;/. the middle. Grill .and moisten .the ; kidneys. ; whil«. • grilling with a little dripping or butter;-When ! ;; ; oooked;.they 'should : be.;red-'and:'jinoy; in the middle. -Melt ■ the butter on 'a; plate ' over, a : ; basin of ; : boiling water,' add themustard/then : - then -crcani. - Put the kidneys on fa tot dish, and pour tho devilling mixture over. FOB TO-MORROW. Ono loin of :pork, lib.i apples, ingredients for forcemeat, 31b. broad beans, 7 rhubarb, bread. ' social; and personal. • PJoticeg of Engagements and Weddings.- - - When reports -of; w'eddings and announcejents• of • engagements aro sent 'to : Dominica" for publication, the name and address, of tbp .sender should be enclosed,-;-.'/ ; - not for butas an evidenco of good faith.' Othorwiso the announcements cannot be published. | . "Sappho" Songs. i During' his stay in New Zealand, Mr. Mal- -« linson has -set to music several of the' songs of Sappho, and those will be sung at the forthcoming recitals in - Wellington. ■■'It' is- to be feared that. to; "burning v covers nearly most people .... know, about.her, and Mr. Mallinson's songs will be the introduction to a strange acquaint- : ance.. "Sappho," -says a littlq note prefaced to his songßj "has for about two> thousand .< five hundred years held her. place not only as .supreme poet - of \ her! sex, but 'the chief - . .-gTis,t. xof - all - lyrists. l : . : The vLost Poems of . Sappho; we know- to*liii vg been of ,a. radiance .... bo imperishable that the.-Broken gleams of them still: dazzle men's eyes, whetnorshin- x ™g _jfrom the. twosmall brilliants- and the handful of, star-dust which alone j remain to i? T lc " cc t-ed .merely from theadoration ■;.■. of .those, poets of .old time, who were so'fortunate as to ivitnces': their frill glory." : - . Nelson Visitors. i A number of Nelson people - have been in : , town lately, many of them on their way homo from holidays in other parts of the' Dominion; . Miss N. Sealey, who has been- with a camping : party; at Rotorua,-passed through' Wellington yest-crday.'on. her. way .homo: Miss .Vera . leggatt and Her' brother are staying in town. Miss left, yesterday for Nelson, where .■-■.. ; she - will . take ■, up the : position of matron 'of the Nelson Boys 1 College. Miss Forbes, who was formerly matron of that institution, has for the past few years been matron of King's iyy/,. College,'.'' Auckland.' .".'Mr.; Fowler,- Principal of • • ••• tho Nelson-College, leaves with-Mrs. Fowler in March for several months'm- England. ■ ; A Letter from Madamo Crossley. > . Miss. Dimant, secretary, of the Girls' Realm . ' Guild, has received from Madame Crossley a ..''./cordiallittleletter.thanking.'horandtho' girls . of ,tho ■ GuilcL for tho "real happy afternoon" .- she spent with them. ''I did -so enjoy-it,"' . .- she writes, " and so: warmly appreciate the . kindness shown m ..arranging everything so delightfully, and for grringniG'thoopportu-' • 5, lt 7 l meeting .so many •,members of the Guild .''-v Give 'them alliny love, and tell them I shall hold '.the: afternoon of..last! Monday : .in-'very lmppy remembrance.'^ .- ~ .-Xady; Stout returned-"last: week from her . Visit'_to .Southland-and Otago.' . ' ■ : Tho'cngagemenfc is announced of Miss Mary : Drewitt,.. of Rosedale,- to Mr.; Brandt, of - the .Railway Department, ■ .Miss., C.' Thorpe and -Miss .May Kissling, S : from Aucklaiid, passed" through Wellington yesterday on their way to Queenstown. .....'■ ■/Mrs. and .Miss Allen, from IPicton, who have . been. spending a few days in Wolling- *.. ton, 'returned "to their/home-yesterday." ; r Mrs. Jamieson and; her family, returned to •: : town yesterday after .'.'threo weeks spent; at Day's Bay, •■■■: Miss Putnam returned last week from a visit to tho Sounds. . .' yf,-:y : yy v :; ;. :■■■■ i, Mr. :and;Mrs. Mills!;of Karori, lent,their' beautiful, grounds on Anniversary Day for the children of-the Karori Methodist Church ; j' to picnic in. The' guests rspont a delightful y;■;;_■ day, and at the .end. of tho' afternoon three ■' . cheers were given by thorn for those who had so kindly lent their grounds, a mark of | appreciation to which Dr. Flatts-Mills rephed in a charming littl^.speech/- .<-".■•■":