TO-DAY'S DINNER.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1745, 9 May 1913, Page 2

TO-DAY'S DINNER.

LSpeoially Written for Ths Dominion.] FRIDAY. Pea Soup. Scalloped Outers. Potatoes. Cauliflower. Stowed Fruit. Rice Pudding, ' SCALLOPED OYSTERS. Two dozen oysters, a small pieco of lemon rind, loz. butter, loz. flour, some lino breadcrumbs, a good sflueezo lemon juice. Bennl tho oysters, put tho oysters into tho milk with a pieco of lemon rind and a pinch of salt; brinjj to tho boil, and simmer gently ten minutes; strain and let cool; melt butter, add Hour off the fire, stir till smooth, cook two minutes; add the milk and a little oyster liquor; stir till it boils and thickens; thickly grease some scallop shells with butter, sprinkle with breadcrumbs, then add oyster mixture, to which has been addod lemon juice, salt, and cayenne; sprinkle crumbs on each, and put a piece of butter on top; brown in the oven; servo hot, garnished with parsley and lemon. FOR TO-MORROW. Stock. Macaroni. One Rabbit. Bacon. FOR SUNDAY. Stock. Joint of Beef. Apples. Pastry. Chocolate Beetroot. Cape Gooseberries. Stalo Sponge Cake. befianoe Butter. All Grooers.' SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Wanganui Wedd.iiio. On Wednesday afternoon, in St. Paul's Church, Wanganui, the marriago took placo of Miss Thy re (Dolly) Buckrcll, eldest daughter of Mr. J. J. Buckrell, of Wanganui East, and Mr. Norman F. Wobloy, of Nelson. The Rev. J, D. M'lCenzio performed tho coromony. Tho church had been prettily decorated with flowers ard foliage by members of St. Puul'a Choir, to Which Miss Buckrell had belonged for some years. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a town of real lace, with veil and orange lossoms. Miss Iris Buckrell was bridesmaid, and wore a gown of white spotted muslin, trimmed with lace, and a small black hat. Mrs. Buckrell -wore a navy tailored costume and black hat. A reception was afterwards held at the Burlington tea-rooms, and later the bride and bridegroom left for Napier and the north, tho former travelling in a navy costume and black hat. A Golden Wedding. . Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Collison, of Hastings, celebrated their golden wedding on Mon<lay at their residence, "Claremont," when a gathering of- their children, grand-children, .rolations, and friends to the number of about 100, assembled to do them honour. The Late Lady Dorothy Nevill. An interesting character sketch is given of tho lato Lady Dorothy'Nevill in The Queen" of Maroh 29.- ' If she had lived at any period whatever of the world's history, states the writer, Lady Dorothy Nevill, who died at tho age of eighty-six, must havo mado her mark in any position in which she had been placed. Small of stature and very good-looking, ■ witty without being cruel, lively and versatile, a good listener as well as a good talker, and, above all, sympathetic, sho mado friends wherever she went, and, what is of infinitely more importance, never turned her friends into enemies. It was her good fortune to be able to ( entertain largely, to choose her society, and) to travel as much as sho wished. Brought into contact with most of the greatest men and women of her time, she so soon arrested their interest and gained their respect and admiration that when in her presence they seemed always to show their best side; indeed, it may be doubted whether any of her friends ever showed her their worst side. An ardent Conservative and one of tho founders of tho Primrose League, sho never .allowed politics to interfere with her friendships, although shp permittee! herself to tease her political enomies in tho gentlo way which all men who aro men so thoroughly appreciate. To her Gladstone unbended fiver when ho was passing through one of his fiercest periods of storm ana stress; Lord Beaconsfield, often silent in the company of other ladies, was natnral and good-humoured when in her society; Cobdon, boycotted in tho neighbourhood of his Sussex home because he was a reformer and a revolutionary and what not, was n welcome guest at iier house close at hand, and discusscd gardens and gardening with her to his heart's content. But Lady Dorothy was never afraid of revolutionaries and reformers, and in her remarkable volumes of reminiscence.? published a. few years ago many of them appear in a very favourable light. For, as Lady Dorothy said, "I have known a good many of such revolutionaries, who are personal acquaintances, turn out to be tho most delightful of men," and in Mr. John Bums sho found "ono of the most agreeable men she had mot for many years." Among her other friends were Thackeray, Dickens, G. P. Watts (whoso excellent portrait of her is well known), Lord Randolph Churchill, tho Emperor Napoleon 111, Lord Wolseley, Sir William Harcourt, the late Lord Salisbury, Samuel Wilberforce, Lord Justice Cockburn, John Bright, Justin M'Carthy, Dnrwin, Bulwer Lvtton, Mr. Balfour, Mr. Winston Churcliill, Mr. Chamberlain, and Professor Fawcctt, to say nothing of many of the great ladies of her time, who one and all recognised in her an example of the true womanly woman. To the last sho kept her good looks, and her dainty appearance a 9 of a ladv who had just stepped out of a canv.xs by Sir Joshua or Gainsborough. Arranging her life on a simple plan, she was never ill, and nover even allowed herself to be considered for a moment as an invalid. To those who were in trouble her sympathy was never failing, and although her charities were known to bo numerous, it is most probable that of tha half of them tho history was never told. Sho was extremely fond of gardens and flowers, and was ail her life a collector of curiosities. In 1847 sho married her cousin, Mr. Reginald Nev.iU, and leaves three sons and a daughter, Miss Mercsift Nevill.

Girls' Branch of the Victoria League, A meeting of the Girls' Branch of the Victoria League was hold this week, and Miss Mary Scaton read an interesting paper upon Charlotte Bronte. Prizes for holiday letters, offered for competition by Miss King, were awarded, tho winners being Miss Valerie Corliss and Miss Ella Cooper (1), Miss Pearl Hamilton (2), and Miss May Turner, and "AB.C." (3). Tho prizo offered by Mrs. Corliss for the best-planned syllabus of work of tho Girls' Branch for tho next threo months was won by Miss Pearl Hamilton (1) and Miss Ryda Thornton (2). The next meeting of tlio, branch will bo held on Monday, May 19, and the evening will be devoted to short papers aiul stories dealing with old New Zealand and its pioneering days.

Sale of Work. Tlio salo of ivorlc promoted Ijy the Ladies' Guild of St. Anno's Church, Northland, was opened on Wednesday afternoon by the Mayoress. The hnll was gaily decorated and tho stalls well supplied with a varied collection of articles of all descriptions. Fairly brisk business was dono during tlio afternoon and oven,ng, and the nnm&emcnts, competitions, art gallery, and fairy well wero largely patronised. It was again open yesterday afternoon and evening. Mrs. M'Laren and tho Misses M'Laren, who h'avo been staying at tho Empire Hotel for some days, returned to Masterton yesterday. Too Anglican Bishop of Waiapu (Dr. Averill) and Mrs. Averill arrived in Wellington yesterday oil their homoward way from a visit to tho south. Dr. Scott (Otngo University), tho Hisses Scott, and Mr. R. Scott, have just returned from England. Passengers leaving by tlio Willochra this nfternoon for Sydney include Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Skinner, of To Tcnoa,Mr. H. J. Blow, and Miss Blow. The Rev. H. G. Rosher and Mrs. Rosher, of Palmerston North, are leaving shortly for I'aekakariki, whero they intend spending a fortnight's holiday. Mr. and Mrs. C. White, of Oriental Bay, aro visiting Auckland and Rotorua. Tho engagement is announced of Miss Gladys Roy, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Roy, of Ivew Plymouth, to Mr. G. S. Millar, of Paisley, Scotland. Mi?J.3 Muriel Bennett, of Wellington, known in musical circles, has accepted a position in tho Wanganui Education Board's servico. She is in chargo of the Mount Curl School, near Marton, and commenced her duties this week. Mrs. F. Fitchett has returned to Wellington from her visit to Auckland. The laying of tho foundation-stono of tho R. S. Reynolds Free Kindergarten, situated in Cargill Road, South Dunedin, took placo recently, Mrs. W. H. Reynolds performing tho ceremony. Mr. T. K. Sidey, M.P., was tho principal speaker. Mrs, Reynolds wag presented by Mr." H. Mandeno, tho archtiect of tho building, with a mallet, bearing a diver, plate with a suitable inscription engraved thereon, as a memento of the occasion.