TO-DAY'S DINNER.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 847, 20 June 1910, Page 3

TO-DAY'S DINNER.

IBpwially written for Thb Dominion.) MONDAY., : Minced veal. Mashed potatoes. {Turnips. Rice pudding. Stewed apricots. MINCED VEAL. Cold veal. 31b.' butter, Joz. flour, a tiny*pinch' of mace; pepper and salt to taste; a few-drops of lemon juice, 3 or I ' tablespoonsful of cream, 3 pint of .white stock. Melt the butter in stirin the flour and stock, boil well, add tlio mace, pepper and salt. Simmer a few minutes.' Put in the veal, let it get quite hot; add the crcam and lemon ■ juice just before serving. Garnish .with slices of .lemon, rolls of bacon and sippets- of toast. FOR TO-MORROW. One pound and a lialf artichokes, li pints of milk', 2 rabbits, veal forcemeat, iauliflower, apples, batter for fritters. MDLLE; DOLORES. 'A SINGING BIRD OP PASSAGE. She is • just as charming as ever, this dear Mdlle. Dolores, and in spite of the jwretclied voyage from Vancouver via the Islands, which she has just ended, she looks even younger than she did when last in Wellington three years ago. And Dolores is young indeed. On the concert platform she has a mature dignity and a sweet serenity that give her quite a matronly appearance, but near at hand Diie discovers that she is quite young, with a simplicity and gaiety of manner that axe fascinating. One of Jenny Lind's greatest admirers used to declare she would rather hear the great artiste talk than sing, and one could almost say the eame of Dolores. On Saturday afternoon a representative Df Tub Dominion found herself in Mrs. Prouse's pretty dining-room having tea with Mdlle. Dolores, her friend and companion, MddT"e. Vaudorir, and their host and hostess, the experience proving such a pleasant one that'at the end of a delightful hour.she,could hartlly tear herself away. Mdlle. Dolores was all sparkle and charm and Mdlle. Vandour, a most interesting woman evidently shared her delight at being safe on shore, and in a home wliero they have in former years spent many delightful hours.. It was disappointing to find that Dolores had no idea, of giving a concert here jutt now, though since the Mokoia failed to connect with Friday's Sydney boat, she has decided to remain hero till next Fridayplenty of time to give a concert. "But whv should I?" says Dolores with a' gay little laugh. "I want a holiday; to enjoy luysulf and have a good time. When you are : giving a concert, there are -60 many things you must not do.' Oh, you don't know; it is dreadful." Mdlle. Vaudour, v.'ho shepherds the singer, remarks that it is well for her to havii a.few days rest; so says' Mr. l'rousei but there is a regretful look in liis eyes; one; wonders whether,' perhaps, in sjpite of Dolores' plea for a rest there might not, after all, he' some liopo for "Wellington of hearing, her this week. Dolores is probably ' more ' travelled than any other great singer. She flics from country. to country, frcm continent to continent like a sweet-voiced bird of ..passage, charming. and delighting . wherever Ehe goes, and never tiring of the journey. This is her fourth visit to New Zealand. Her last visit was three years ago., Since then she lias been each year in England, Scotland, and. Ireland; she has sung in Poland and'Gerjriany—"Oh, yes, many times in Germany" —in Austria' and. Hungary, South Africa' and America,'and now she is.on her way to Australia, spending the' winter months in' Queensland, , as far north as Charters Towers, and then back to Sydney, to Melbourne, and Adelaide, returning to New Zealand with the warm' weather, for she dislikes the cold.

Her last visit to Australia was a greut triumph. Melba had just been there, and close after this finest voice of nil, eume Dolores. It was impossible not-to make comparisons, and for the first time Australia realised how great an artiste Dolores really is.

Her tfisit to South Africa was another triumph. She went for three months and was persuaded to remain for soven, having and giving a glorious time. She went as far north as the Zambesi, and the Victoria Falls, and gave concerts as 'far north as .Salisbury in Rhodesia. Tho programmes were the same as those she submitted to English audiences, and her. African audiences showed a very keen appreciation of the classical music, for in those outlying towns one finds the finest men in the Empire, cultured, keenly appreciative, and intelligent. One of Dolores' most interesting audiences was at—not Cetewayo, but a place that sounded like that—a large mission station beyond the Rhodesiau railway. They had to ride there, and thought it well worth while to see the interesting work carried on by the faihers\and sisters of the mission. After the native pupils, who are passionately fond of music, had done their part in entertaining tho visitors, Dolores sang .to them. Mdlle. Vaudour tells that the superintendent to make them understand how great was this privilege explained to his pupils that Dolores' voice . was a ■ golden one. Wealth in that country/ is reckoned in ,mves and' cattle.

- The natives opened iheir mouths, and their eyes nearly dropped out in their astonishment when he told them that every time Dolores sang she was paid live wives. He reckoned it in bullocks too—a. great number—but I forget what they came to."

' Ifddle. Dolores and her friend enjoy thciT travels immensely. "Dolores is interested in everything sLo .sees; she misses nothing, and she .talks of her travels vividly, becoming enthusiastic as she describes the wonders of the Victoria Falla.

The conversation, branched off on an interesting line, when Jldlle. Vaudour, who has always travelled with Dolores, explained in answer to a question why it was necessary that a singer should have eomtono with her during a concert to , secure her from interruption. "Peoplo think it so nice to run round to see a singer in between her songs, when she really ought to be think-in* entirely of ner . work—to receive .telegrams and messages and decide which shall be delivered,'and so forth," and this brought up the question of encores.

It seems it is not all pure joy for,a mnger to have her encores suggested for her. Of course, she likes to know that in singing a certain song she is giving special pleasure to some eager musiclover, but at the same time she often knows that another song would fit in much better with the one iust sung and with the mood it has induced' "Home, Sweet Homo" is, of course votv often asked for, and those who have heard Dolores sing it know ■ that she gives an ideal rendering. Oct, ' fouth African critic, however, ; was by no moans pleased with it, and after the concert he expressed his discontent to a number of his friends. "I thought sho would come on with a rush and a whoop, and end up on a high note," ho grumbled. "That's how I feel at tho thdnght of home, hut sho made it quite different from what I expected—so sad." Dolores loves that criticism.

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