WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 505, 12 May 1909, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD.

:^: : A:';0: [Specially Jfpr-Tbe Dominion.] .: ■ '&■ ■ "■".'■■'■■■'■ ; ¥ !•:• ■£}'; /: Eoast 'Shoulder:o£ Mutton. ; >: ';:«i;; >Stew^a:Tomatoes..■','.; xS%;i : 'M- ' , ;,>'v''i'Cpcoanut:Pudding. V;' '■:'/// •• ; ' WG - .^^COANIJT^pijDDING/ : ::-' ; ;^': :; 2ozi: castor sugar, , one ■:*,;: vegg.'-one gill of;milk,-:30z.-:grat«d coobannt, 3oz. ■.:.-'-::bre(jdorumbs,:,.:half-teaspoonful of ''■■■'■ baking ;j'- ■%!-powder.v.;Cream the butter, and sugar together, w -vbeat the egg and- add it and the milk to th« ;p:: : butter;; and sugar. .- Stir in . the cocoanut and :-:.■;: breadorumbs.'.'and: lastly.' the baking .powder. X,.. "Half'. fill -some .well-greased moulds,, and bake :'.;;■;'; £80 minutes;. 1 Serve r with;good sweet f sauce. . '■■; ! .-: ; . o;;i■■;-"• One '~and -a halt '.pounds ■ steak, Worcester. V Y, White; Carnation Day; : :\::\ • ■,-'•-■ ■'-.■-■ Y^ : .\ ~}i : ,; -.'■'.-.-''^'-..Aldemonstration has.been held, irn-New : -. ,: ; York. (says ?>/,» Press.-As'sociatioh'message'from,'New , York i -.. : 'bn.May.lO),', consisting-of an' enormous pro- ;■ J •: , cessip£-,of;|eldorjy ■ mothers l and fathers, as :a .. V protest againstjthe, new idea of "progressive I ■ ..womanhood."'.. Sermons;,were/ preached ] on - ■?.;. kptherhood^iiimany/pf'^e,;churches..:' ' " ■ \ •';•-■.-;■ It. is ."extremely-Jitely..that' this, : the inter- :-->-. ■■' pretatipnVputi'pn'i the by; the /■Association corTesppnaent,'is- quite.; incorrect. X' ■'... As, far' 'as' a- casual > New Zealand;reader: ban ■■i.vreniember, it. was 'iri-.the U- : . K Journal , '—the Reading suffragist paper in the .'v','v world, 1 -a. paper.,.that;':devoting itself 'to the interests of : women,.'generally,-' gives -nearly ;'•■'V-'■'■^■ft.ll■■■its•!spa(!β;'Bt..•.thβ,■p^iserit■:to■.suffrage■.■in-/^.'terests- 1 -that we, read: most;, sympathetic .■-.reference to W}iite; Carnation Day::; : , The ldea,- '•;:.: as stated there- ;'waS' v a'-very pretty one, and '~-, ,v quite-'-inp accordance'••:with^:the , ' curious ':'' - -.American''.-love":S for 'giving material form. to .'.'.-. I-; the tenderest sentiments. It was pointed ■ ■ :■ ■■ put ■ thati- while the 1, were - '■■ very •;■--. eager to." honour-',their heroes/of :or of ,-.->-. ipeace, 1 aM : -their ! ,riational.,festal days. were ;"■--.- :"with.; 'great -.enthusiasm, the .;.- :' ; jnothers of-thenation-^the.women' who. had. '-:':'in -very.' many.'cases. had sto. endure.: great •■'.-''■■. privations,', and who had. against .great odds . : -\: (ought the;battle;of:life;ior'themselves and :;".■.'.': Jheir children-T-had; received, no national re- ;■ :.>gnition.of their.greatsexyicee.to the State. ■; -'■ -,ind so -it 'was■ suggested that one day a year. ::.; Jhould be\set.'aside-'as : the "Mothers! Day;" ,:..; and that, as Irish -patriots; display a- bit of, :; ; ; green in honour ; of. St; Patrick on - March -17, ;■.-..;;;,b0' everyone in ; the \ United: States;' should wear :: 'a white,flo.we'r von 10, [ in honour ;ef.the .; v: mothers of tho' State. '.It was a pretty, senti,v . ment,'andj judging from'the cablej there.jwas .•'.', a';'very,"big';:responsOiin', at, least one ' city.- ' -■: : It , was only.^appropriate.'itha't'.; ! .:sermon's..on v motherhood: should. bo preached in many of 'i ] '.■;the;ohurche^'but-it'is.'hardly ; likely'that the; ■ -■■■ demonstration taken 'yas :"a 'protest iV, againstjthe new'idea-of.progres^ive:woman- ' '■: hood.-"-' ! ,-; As' an . : American' paper..^.;recently .'■-',-;■ pointed,otitr. ■' some 'ioi ' i the; :■ most'; 'famous ; -,?:leaderi' of-tfewomeri'sf;movement' v -in ..the. .States ..have been thel mothers of families-^ - :, women 'who vwero anxious to have the opporv ■}■'.' tunity'.of.doing something to improve, social ■•;'.■•■..,'■ condition's in the;>orld, jn.which their chil:tolive.W •■';;.; : . l: -f.- -y\ ';.;■'; ,■•-■'■■..:.-.• V.;,;Tea;at;-Halswell;Street..-;"; }''tf;v -.J - L ;-if' .: : : ; ■ Mrs;'-Wv'H.- Webb and -her two'daughters, ■;,; ; .who 'are; leaving .shortly;Jor;Nelson, where •,, .-. they intend to .live, were the guests, of : hon-- :.; our .'atja'.-yflrj pleasahjt- little..farewfill:;tea :.:; given -yesterday afternoon" by'.'Hrs.''-Kane.' •A : ~): 'i-'lie drawingTroomxwas.,^^^decorated' with' chry-' - : santhemums'and roses, pink'and r<Jdi' which :;.■ .had been Bent in»from Ixiwry Bay, while.the '■/■■■^a-tajbjfe- i w^';pharinmgly-/decoratd--.witb.,yel-- ; .: low : daisy^cen,tred, r ; ■ f hrysanthemums ■. - and' ..-■• ;■-. grasses. /Miss.Hardinge-Maltby-recited -dur- ■ . ing the.afternoon, 1 and Miss Hilda Miles and :■; Miss Mary,, Jones; sang.;; .Mrs. Kane received ,: ■; in a frock of black silk,; with'yoke.of. cream ;'-.,-. lace a;nd.velvet...,Miss Kane wore pink mu3- . .■ --lini,:with:\white>lack,yoke; and Miss -.-Amy Kane, ;frock of pale grey crepedechine. Mrsi • .".IWebb-.wore a-dark.blue. tailor-made'cost ume;' •■arid black: toque with,dark ;red flowers ;.,Miss' ' ■■}. '.' Webb, navy, blue /coat, and \ ; skirt, : and hat , ,-: ; trimmed .with .'Webby dark :-, blue;coat.and skirt, .and blue hat,with.green ■■•';. '..wing's; : -;;'.Ainong:.other.guests .present • were ■'■-■■•■,: Lady Gibbes,.Mrs. , ;Spenc'er;|Mrs: Chapman,'. . ■;■ ■ Miss Cartridge, :Mrs. Butts,' ■[ Miss Coates, .- ■'? Mrs: and Miss Miles, Mrs.. Macarthy, ■• Mrs. ; '; Samuel, Mrs. , "arid' Miss Cecil "Jones', : Mrs. ;; :,.Etheringten,- Mrs.,. Dyei, Mrs.,; Watson; Mrs. jßawson,,and^-'Mrs.',-Wallace:. ,- : ;;■ .'■. ... , .

■"•';.'A.. Letter from. Sydney. '> ; V "\' ; ;.;;';';.-.^Writing.■• to:a : :friend in Wellington, Miss . 'Aniuri Kutherford, who, with '-. her parents •and■ sisters, has beer} in Australia for some •..weeks, says that -they.have been thoroughly enjoying the'trip. They spent a delightful ,: month in Sydney,; where they stayed at', the Australia, and saw/everything that was best -'..worth seeing.; They! had .been rather, disappointed with the smallness' of the theatres, : but very much enjoyed :"Jack and Jill"— the daintiest pantomime they! had. ever seen. "An Englishman's : Home''i.hnd not appealed ; to the Australian-audiences,- but they were inclined to think New Zealand, would appre.••iciato'it.:: At the : , :time'of 'writing,. Mr. and ■;■■■■.Mrs..-Hiithevford 'nnd.,-their.-daughters were , :.at;-KatooinbaViand..oharined -with the beauty:. :; • eppts of -iheAfJluo;Mountairis,-many of which .V-'^thoy. , ' had': Visited.; Vl'alls,/ especially,: ..' .d.elighteil. .'them...: They.;'>were- to: leaveV last vwhere they were to :'sperid/aifortiiight, and then go on to Brisbane, ,'rbwnsville, and as far'north, as Cairns. Toa toMr.; Donne. ; : >:. . . . ; ■ Oh Saturday! afternoon,: the lady officers of the: Departments.of Tourist and, Health .. Resorts, Industries/and -.Commerce and Ad- >.' yertising,- gavo a-farew'ell afternoon' fca to ■■'■■ their doparting chief, '.. Mr.T; E. Donne, and ::■:■. took.advantage ..of. the ■ opportunity >to pre- ■ sent him with a : handsome travelling • dispatch . bag. :Speoohes:were iinade by' Misses ; ilimant, Sommerville, Lambert, and Jenkins, representing the various Departments, the : vJadies cordially expressing their appreciation ■ onlle 's continual kindness and con- /...; sideratiori towards the'members of tho staffs. .' i'hey.also. expressed -regret' at his apprpaciir ~J " g departure, .while , .congratulating .him on : his •appointment'-to an important official reposition in London., V;; ■.-.. .. ,: "t Dr. Barnartlo's Boys. ,W■ : V, ;'.:' : The visit of Bt :Barriardo's boys to Wei-. '■, lington recalls a charming; little ' story; of two and;honoured residents of.Now Zealand's . .••. ; were making, arrangements ..'.to celebrate;, their -golden wedding, , in ..tho •• presence of-/their-.large, family of children •and .when on reckoning" tho •■•:• cost,of'the:enterta.iilnient-they' l wantSl to lve ,}'i c y-'found, it'■'would cost as: much as ■.-•■■ would..be necessary'to send'a bdy'from Eng- ■ land "to'Canada'and start him in life.-:'.' They' i. ,at-once deoided that, instead , of having any ; family..celchrntion,.they. would:-:send the ; moneyto Dr. Barnardo, and'from that tinie on .they; considered, the. boy, who :: by this .■. means., was started on. a new. life, as their -own;youngest: child, Staking t;he greattet in- "■■';. torest. andjby in- his; progress; ' i ' . , .-"'-. A^Farawell'Tea,. :/.'\.. : ';■:: .','•■. ': -.:■■' - .'■' ,f :■ Yesterday afternooh;'at horhomo in Kelburno, Mrs. A. Do Castro, gave a very enjoy;ablo little farewell tea for Mrs. T:E. Donne, •'-. who- loaves"soon for England. During the ■'■:, . afternoon Mrs.Kreeft rocited,:'and Mrs. Kendall 'and Miss Darling contributed musical . items.':; Mrs. Do Castro received her guests jn a graceful:frock of embroidered ecru j n . :,dian muslin, trimmed.with lace, and' Mrs. T. . '. E. Donne wore a navy blue tailor-made, with - smart black ; hat, Mrs. '■■ C. Wilson, who assisted Mrs. ;Do Castro iri entertaining , her ".;"• guests, wore afrockof saxe blue" silk. Among others present were Mrs. D. M. Findlay, , -Mrs.Devine, Mrs. Schloss, Miss Kelly, Mrs. -' Latchman,;Mrs.jLitchneld, Mrs. Muir, Mrs. Barroh. <; :-. ;■■■.-. ~ -;.;

MATTEES OF INTEREST PEOM FAK AND NEAE. (Si Deuaima

.'-.'■/ '■~:■/".. ■'• ... ' .-■■'- ■ •■'..' ■' ' St. John Ambulance Guild. < ■The first of a, series of. lectures to. the St. John Ambulance District Nursing Guild was given last night by Dr. Elizabeth Gunn at St. John's School, when, in spite of/the wet weather,'there was a very good attendance. The subject of the lecture was "Infectious Diseases from the Home Nursing Point of View," and' Dr. Gunn dealt for.some time on special points connected' with fevers,; showing how the spread of disease can, with the use of disinfectants, bo greatly minimised. A hearty vote ofvthanks was accorded Dr. Gunn for her interesting lecture. An apology for'unavoidable absence was received from the president, Mrs. S. A. Rhodes. ■ New Zealand Girls' Successes. . Several New Zealand girls figure in the class lists for the winter examinations of the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, says tho -"British Australasian.". Miss ; Ida Mackenzie wins a first-class certificate in. systematic, anatomy, with 90 per cent., and a second-class certificato and; prize in .medical physics,',with 68 per cent. Miss Jessie Scott wins; a first-class in practical surgery, with 80, per cent,, and a first-class in. syste? matic surgery, ; with 62 per cent. .In midwifery and gynaecology Miss Lorna .D. M'Leanwaa present at only two of the three examinations, and scored 56 per cent. • V- ■•':■■'.'■' '■•■■■"•____ •'■'.•■■•■ : '■ '■• ,: Mr; and .Mrs. Cbas. Holdsworth, of Dunedin,.; are visiting, Auckland. ;.. '■.".-', ■'.; . The Bidwill Street Tennis 'Club is giving a dance on Friday night at. the Town Hall The; members of the Victoria College Girls' Hockey Club are giving a, dance on May: 24. Announcement , is made of the' engagement of Miss Nancy- Malfroy,of flokitika, to Mr. W. Staveloy, only son of the late Colonel Staveley, of Dunedih. ' .-.. .. \ , . ■'■'.. ' Mr. andiJTrs. W. M;M'Geej of New York, 'and.Mr.'and Mrs,,H.:C.,Cornforth, of Melbourne, who have been visiting Rotorua, will' leave ■ Auckland to-day for Wellington,: via the Wanganui River. . v ••.. : , :: ■: ■~ .Miss Margaret H. Davison, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.'H. Davison, of Arhuri, Canterbury, ,, is engaged to be married to Major.Edward ff W. Lascelles/ of : the" 3rd Dragoon Guards. ■ -,'; : '■■..'<:.. '.Miss A. Murphy, who is Madame Melba's .private!secretary, was at one time sub-editor of Melbourne ."Punch," and for years;was London , ; correspondent, for. the "Australasian." : Shehas arranged Melba's memoirs, which :.are ■ to-, appear in 'the .' 'London Magazine" and "the American "Ladies' 'Home ■Journal "shortly. ':'■■■ ■ ■-. ■ ■ .-■'/''■.- I; ST. MARY'S GUILD. / The monthly meeting of. St. Mary's '.Guild was held at Bishopscourt yesterday morning, Mrs. John Durjcan presiding in- the absence of Mrs.; .Wallis.; . Satisfactory reports ; were, received ; from the matrons of the two Homes, at Karon, the at both- of them , being'.fully occupied, and the lieed for.the extension of the , main ' build-* 1 ing, (which has now: been decided upon, ia daily becoming more argent. Details concerning the sale of Work to be held in Auto,raise funds for-this'.-purpose, w<ere discussed,; and additional offers of' help were received. . -Mrs. -.Eussell's'.girls' 'Bible class atiPetone'- forwarded- £l ; Is. as a self-denial gift; .and- the' Rev. M.:- J., Deane, of '■ Matarawa, sent.-61 froin bft'ertorjes.' Theso gifts: were received with thanks,- ...'.■'.

/ ■<-" MEN AND;HOUSEWORK. , [■: ; : . PBO^sl'"■! ; ':'. : 'THE RmioxmOF.IT; " ■■"'" ' Deep intbe heart of every.-married woman is the conviction that her presence; hoiise.is - -absolutely necessary"for' h'er ; lius-' baud's comfortv* 'l'p the womaaly 'woman a'; husband is an admirable.person, wonderfully; capable in his own way, accomplished in the things of men, but quite at sea.when.it comes to .dealing, with' matters .domestic/: To her 'mind he .is.a glorified,infant,.a darling care, , and though she may slave, and worry, and, work .'her .fingers to -the bone' to ■ make his. home, .comfortable and charming,; she .'finds, an ample reward in* knowing that he could not live without her. , . .And he;:kno.ws,,he: can. ...'. '. ; ■■ For, ex6eptho be a man of the book-worm type, or shiftless _in all his. ways, a man ■believes that he;is quite able to' run any house as well fas any woman.. Wives would not for a moment;doubt : that they hold this Btrange'belief very tenaciously, if they could only hear them talk 'among themselves. Every wife must go for a holiday sometimes, and it is then' the husband feels that he can shine." The wife must go to the seaside, or take her children'to visit her parents! She leaves the home with dark misgivings as to what may:happen in her absence, terribly afraid that her husband will starve, that he will break all the cups and .plates, that he will, set the' dining-room chimnoy on fire, for he so loves a roaring fire, and he is so careless about heaping on the coal. She is sure 'that ho will forget to lock ,the doors when ho goes off to Business, that he will not air the sheets, that he'will—as she knows perfectly well,_ in' his. place she herself would do—neglect his meals. He will make tea everlastingly, and ; eat tinned things. This is a shade better than her lonely conduct''Would ■be,; Women by themselves do not take the trouble to open tins. It takes to do that. And so the sad wife goes away, feeling that she'ij3 really a traitor to leave her poor husband so long;alone/ and the, minute he returns from seeing her off he says, "Now we 'shall seel" '...,,'■ . :■

<_ Next .day, if any of his friends condole with him on 'his loneliness, and,ask how. he is getting on, ho says smilingly. that he. can manage perfectly well, and he adds modestly that he always was handy.about the house.. As the days go by his pride increases, and,, asked whether ho is" having 'satisfactory meals, he declares that ho never fared better in his life. Now, what woman in the wide world who had to "batch" ever dreamed of concocting salads, and yet a man will think nothing of the trouble, and if he really be 'deft and wise—as some men are—it is probable that his ualadsi will be '-delicious, though, as he is euro to read all'meal-time,-they profit him "little. '■.". :..:'.'.-'' Tho man . who : knows takes caro not to have his meals in a hugger-mugger ■jay. Hβ prides himself on setting out his meal daintily. None- of your loaf-of-bread-on-the-cbrner-of-the-kitchen-table for him. Hβ'wjjl have -'table cloth and silver, - and if ho be aesthetic, a littlo vase of flowers to beguile his loneliness. He prides himself on making .strange discoveries, and/feels inclined to patent each of them, though they may havo been familiar to housewives for many generations. His success as a chef, and tho fact that time bangs just a little heavily on his hands, tempts him into new: strange paths. Ho comes to the conclusion that the kitchen looks dirty, and decides to scrub it out! Much »'hot water and several cakes of soap may go to this decision, and if ho cannot find the old one quickly, it is possible that a new scrubbing brush will-bo bought, for the occasion. And next day, perhaps, an indiscreet friend will relate how; on going to see how X was getting on all by himself he found him scrubbing the kitchen floor. "And, would you believe it?" ho will say ungenerously, "ho had scrubbed himself into a corner of tho room, and didn't know how to get out, without leaving marks all over the floor.'. . It is an unfair story: to. toll, for it never happens again, and, after:all, one must learn by experience. •■•■ -. ; '■-.•.. " •■ ■ •; . It must be owned that, with all their prido and confidence, many men do not take the troublo to keep their homes in apple-pie order, and the wife, returning, unexpectedly, may find that every singlo cup and saucer and plate in the: henise has been used, and stacked away to await a grand clearing up, that the bed has never been properly mado, but that the husband has been quite content to smooth the bedclothes each day, until gradually they havo.como to hang.all over ono sido, in a comfortless fashion. She will find that every dish towel is soiled, and that

the man has had resource to table napkins to dry tho spoons and forks. Noither need she be surprised if she finds one or two now saucepans, for if it is too much trouble to clean an old saucepan—it is u good idea to' buy a new one, Sor ,tho first fow days after her return, the husband is quick to point out his clover methods of doing things, and ho is so careful to impress onher mind that he ran the houso perfectly during her abseu'ce, that she, perhaps, never learns what a relief it is to have her back. If she bo a wise woman she will encourage him.in his belief in himself, and make frequent demands for his assistance at domestic crises. Then he will tell an occasional friend ruefully that really a good deal of his spare/ time goesvto the house, "since these servants are such a nuisance," and be will vaunt himself afresh concerning his d<>mestic prowess. . ■.'■•. It was an unusually honest man who confessed that, while he could do almost any other thing in tho house, he was not much of a success as a washerman. "I tried it once," he said, "to give my wife a pleasant surpriso, and she was surprised, too, for I had thought I had got hold of such a brilliant idea when I lit the copper fire, and boiled every jolly thing, white, coloured, and black. They were all black when they caino out," he added, a trace of that first rueful surpriso still lingerinc in his tone.