WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 982, 24 November 1910, Page 9

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FKOM FAB AND NEAE, (Bi Ijjosbh.)

rO-DAV'S DINNER. ' (Specially written for'. The Dominion-.) • ..THUBSDAI .. Grilled chops and' tomatoes. New potatoes. Turnips. Steamed date' pudding. ~ Sweet Melted Butter. STEAMED DATE PUDDING. . Two teacupfuls of flour, 1 teacupful of suet; 1' teacupful of sugar, 1 teacup- . ful of milk, I egg, 1 level teaspconful . of carbonate of soda,.2 level, teaspoonfuls of cream- of tartar, I teacupful of stoned dates, grated rind of : i, lemon. Shred and chop, jthe suet finely. Dissolve the soda mi':a. little warm milk. Mix all the dry ingredients well. Add the egg-beaten and: the milk and soda. .Pour into a well-greased basin, and steam for two hours. Servo with sweet melted butter. ' : , FOR TO-MORROW. One schnapper,' veal' forcemeat, cauliflower, fruit for stewing. • i -' .' SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. A Wedding. . Oh Tuesday, November 22, a very pretty and: interesfing wedding was celebrated at St. Mary's Church, Waipukurau, when Miss May itood, of Hatuma, .Waipukurau, was married to Mr. Bernard Edward Murphy, formerly of Messrs. Bell, Gully, Bell, and Mverv but now of Feilding. The bride were a frock -of white taffeta silk, with wreath, arid jreil, and carried a pretty shower bouquet. ' She was at■tended by: her two sisters, Miss Laura Rood, and Miss Bertha Rood, who wore white. muslin, .dresses, - with ..large • straw hats trimmed with marguerites. Mr. Murphy, was supported by Mr. \B. J. Jacobs, and Mr. J. M. A. Ilott, both of Wellington. The church, was ' decorated with .clusters of white. flowers, and tho service,'with the Rev. Mr. Martin officiating, was a choral one. Mrs. Rood, the mother of the bride, woro a dress of brow ; n taffeta, with hat to match. Mrs. Johnston, the mother of the bridegroom, wore a princess dress- of molo cashmere, with a smart-black toque and cream scarf. Mrs. Bailey,' aunt of tho' bride, wore. ~a dress of rhole silk taffetas, trimmed' with- oriental embroidery, and mole hat with bunches of clover. After a reception home of the bride's parents, Mr., and Mrs. Murphy left for a. trip, the bride wearing a travelling costume of fawn tweed, and burnt mushroom hat trimmed witli brown velvet and buttercups! ' •• Wedding at .Greytown... A ■ pretty . wedding- was held at St. Luke's Church,.'Greytown, recently, when Miss Constapce,-; Ethel Keedwell, sccond daughter Keedwell, of Greytown, v,'as married ■ to. Mr. William Lancelot Humphries, eldest eon of Mr; H. Humphries, also of Greytown. The church was very prettily decorated with flowers. The bride, ■ who was given away by her father, wore a white embroidered robe, and/the. customary wreath and veil. She carried a, beautiful shower bouquet. Miss Phyllis Keedwell, sister of tho bride, and Miss Zella Humphries, sister of. the bridegroom,- attended her as bridesmaids. Mr. K. Humphries acted as best man, and Mr. C. Bicknell as groomsmaii. A reception was afterwards held at the home of the bride's parents and the usual toasts honoured. A Cooking Demonstration. A gas : cooking demonstration' was . given by Mrs; Miller in the Bowling Club. Pavilion at Hataitai yesterday afternoon/ Mr. Barratt, on behalf of the Gas Company, explained the m.erits of the stoves .whiqh;' they were selling, and-: which pfor of tho : month were're-' 'Sliced-from ~£Z io.-'M. A great .many, useful hints wero given by Mrs;;' Miller during tho course of her demonstration, and several among her A !tudience learnt, for , the first timo how much gas they needlessly wasted. Cleanliness was of. coutsb essential to the success of cooking, and here Mrs.-Miller explained'that if the gas; were not turned too high the oven would not get so splashed with fat. Tho browning 6helf should always bo pushed. right to the back, of the oven, so that -, not 'even a quarter of- an inch' 'of- space is left 'between it and the stove. It was a perfectly easy thing while cooking meat to bake scones, a pie, and light cakes (spongo cakes,, for instance), as well. The meat • should, be put upon the top shelf/ so that the gases can escape; by the ventilator of the stove. Underneath it is placed tho browning shelf, and directly underneaith it are placed tho scones, cake, or pie,'] which'.are'baked in succession while the meat is fussily cooking. Before placing ' the : meat in" the oven, the' gas should ,be, lighted, for flvo minutes—in the case of cakes or scones,'for ten—before placing, them in,the oven... .Water placed in the bottom of the stove, absorbs the cooking odours. When cooking fruit : cakes—Christmas cakes, for instanceMrs. Miller impressed the fact upon those present that all-that.was neoessary, after the stove had been heated, was to turn the gas low, so that, it looked like rows of. beads, and leave the cakes to slowly cook for four or five hours. There was no need to worrv over them. ■ It was wonderful to learn tho.'nuinber of things that could be cooked practically all at once. To say nothing of tho meat, scones, cutlets, pie, and sponge cake, it was possible to make toast,, to cook at least-two vegetables, placcd in steamers ono on top of another, over a saucepan, and to boil a kettle. . - '■ After that, -one is riot surprised, to healher -say_ that : housekeeping is a joy, and life perfect bliss with a gas stove in tlie house. Mother Mary Aubert's Jubilee, . A meeting.in connection.with.tha celebration of . the Golden' Jubilee of the Rev. Mother Mary Aubert was held in the .Mayor s room, of the . 'j'own Hall last evenipg. There was a good attendance, and- very satisfactory business was trans- ?? 4r"^ n tlle unavoidable absenco of Mr. Van Staveren, the ! chair was taken by Dr. Izard. ■ Letters of apology were received from Sir Joseph and Ladv Ward the Mayor (Mr. Wjlford), Mrs. 'Rhodes, and-Mr. Turnbull. A letter was road from tho co-treasurer, Mr. M'Donald, ■stating that he had been ordered away from Wellington, and he would therefore have to resign the position-of co-treasurcr. Mrs. Macarthy read a statement of finances,'and it is confidently expected that the sum to be handed over, to the Rev. Mother Aubert would run into four figures. A letter was received from his Excellency stating that he would bo pleased to make the presentation on December 3. Word was also received from the Rev. Mother saying that the date fixed was entirely convenient to her. Street collections will be made during the day. of December 3, and a committee of ladies was appointed to arrange the details in connection with it. In the evening a' concert will bo held in the Town Hall, when the presentation will bo made. Dance at Awarua House. It was a .very cnjoyablo dance that was given at Awarua House on Tuesday evening. The drawing-room, in which dancing took»place, was prettily decorated with lycopodium, roses, and hydrangeas. Supper was laid in tho dining-room,'' the table being arranged with sweet pea; and ferns. Lady Ward wore a dress ol whito satin with an overdress of black chifTon, the bodice being edged witli folds of white chiffon. Miss Ward wore a white satin frock with an overdress ol -tulle. Mrs. Cyril Ward had on a drcs; of black ninon over silk, trimmed witli jet. Others present wore; 3lrs. Bell, th< Misses Skcrrett, Nancarrow, Miles, Fitz gerald, Buddo, Ewen, Brandon, Nathan Jones, M'Kenzie, Watson, Burnes, Fulton and many others. There were a numhei of officers present from the warships King's Band supplied excellent music.

Floral Art in its perfection is seen at MISS MURRAY'S, Vice-Regal Florist, Willis Street. Exquisite Baskets, I'osies, Bouquets. Floral Designs made of Choicest Flowers. A special feature of the firm also is made of decorating for Dinners, At Homes, Weddings, etc.—Advt,

Wedding at' St. Thomas's. A wedding of considerable interest took place-in St. Thomas's Church,'Newto~n, yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Henry Featherston Toogood, .Resident Engineer of the Hokitika Harbour Board, and kite of Singapore, son of the late Mr. William Tpogood, of Featherston, Wnirarapa, was married to Miss Noonie Butler, daughter of Mr. G. H. Butler, of Owen Street, Wellington. The ceremony was performed by tlis Eev. W. Bond, the service being fully choral. A large number of friends of both the bride and bridegroom were present, and the church was prettily decorated for the occasion by the. girl friends of the bride. The brido woro a frock of cream duchesse satin and a wreath of orange blossom and a Limerick laco veil, and carrid a beautiful American bouquet of white roses. The bridesmaids, Miss Howell and Miss Alice Toogood (sister of the bridegroom), woro frocks of cream satin striped silk chiffon trimmed with satin bands, and largo black picture hats wreathed with pink roses and forget-me-nots., Both carried Jjoiiquets of pink and red roses and maidenhair fern. Mr. Sydney Taj'lor, -of Christchurcli, was best man, anil Mr. George Toogood acted as" groomsman. After the ceremony a reception was held at the Hotel Windsor, a large number of friends being present. The usual toasts were honoured, and speeches made by Mr. Thompson, M.P., Mr. T. Y. Scddon, M.P., Mr. Sydney Taylor, Mr. G. Toogood, Mr. BallingOT, and Mr. Alex. Toogood.' Numerous congratulatory telegrams were received. Sirs. Butler, the mother of the bride, wore a navy blue costume, saxe blue hat, blue scarf;. Mrs.. AV. Toogood, the mother of tho. bridegroom, wore black crepo de oliiue, and black hat with ostrich plumes; Mrs. Ales. Toogood' Was in. a heliotrope costume and pink hat; Miss Taylor, a blue dress and hat to match; Mrs. Thurmaji, a heliotrope costiuno; Mrs. Howell, ,wlute linen: trimed with Irish crochet lace,-black and white hat; Mrs. Hodgkinson, cream shantung costume; Mrs.. J. C-Thomson, black,and white silk, black hat;; Miss Thomson, a cream costume; Mrs. Suckling, amethyst . Shantung. silk banded with black, and an amethyst toque and plumes;' Miss Suckling, blue princess frck of Shantung, and black hat; Mss Connell, saxe blue Shantung costume and black hat; Mrs. Thos. Ballinger, black and white silk dress and white hat; Miss M'Canl, grey silk dress and hat to match; Mrs.. Salmon, navy blue costume; Miss West, reseda green costume, Tuscan hat with pink rose?. There were also prosent Messrs.. A. J. Toogood, T. J. Thurman, T. Ballinger, Butler;' Salmon, How-' ell, Suckling, Taylor, Patterson, and Millier.. ■ ■ The bride's ' travelling. costume was of pale blue', cloth, bluo hat wreathed with pink, roses, lilack, and blue sillc, scarf. Miss Murray supplied the bouquets. For the Convalescents. An ontertainment was given on Tuesday evening to tlio inmates of the Convalescent Homo by members of the Lady Plunket Centre of: the Girls' Realm Guild. Thoso who took part were;— Miss V. Mueller, Miss Edwards, Miss Malcolm, Miss Hamilton, Miss D. Hurley,, and Miss E. Hurley.. Refreshments were provided by the visitors,, and a very pleasant evening was brought to a close.

Mrs. and Miss Kennedy were passengers by the Sydney boat yesterday. The-, engagement is announced of Miss Eva V.J Fletcher, daughter of Mr. H. Fletcher, of Carrickville, Sydney, to Mr. H.. J:: S. Johnson, son of Captain H. Johnson, harbourmaster o£ AVellington. ' Mrs.-and Miss.Monckton (Featherston) are visiting Wellington. . Mrs. ; Wolters ■ (Carterton) has been spending a short iu Wellington. Mrs. Drummond (ICilbirnie) and Miss F.. Anderson intend leaving Wellington for a visit .to. Masterton .on Saturday. ! Mis 9 L. Morton, 8.A., has resigned her position on the teaching staff ,of tho Carterton High School, and leaves at the' end of the yean ■Mr. and 'Mrs. W. L; Fitzherbert left Palmersto'n on Tuesday for Auckland, where they join the Mongolia for Australia. ■ • Mr. and : Mrs. A. E. Russell and th«ir family are leaving- Pahnerstou for a two years' .visit to England. Madame ,5. . Boeufve (wife' of tho French . Consul at Auckland), who has been- in town for' the' past fortnight, returns to' the'northern city by. tho Main Trunk train to-day. Yesterday'madamo received the sad nows .of tho death of Monsieur A. ; Lelievro (Chancellor to the Consulate). '' Miss Moiitcfiore ! was a passenger by tho Sydney boat yesterday. Mrs. S. Kirkcaldie returned' yesterday from a visit to Australia. . Mrs. (Dr.) Deck, and Miss Deck, of Sydney, arrived yesterday on a visit to friends in New Zealand. " Mrs. Toogood (senior) of Featherston, Miss Toogood, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Toogood, are staying at the Hotel Windsor.