Ladies' Column.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 65, 28 November 1891, Page 2

Ladies' Column .

r— - •—————.- r ■•.-.:; ■■■;■.;■:- By Huia. ; I keep his house, I wash, wring, brew, J bake, scour, dress meat, make the beds, and do all myself. ; v ; ; r — Shakespeare. / I/ATFN TENNIS. Last Saturday was the openingday of the Tennis Club, and we all expected to spend ' a very enjoyable afternoon. It was warm and bright when we left home, but by V three o'clock a cold wind sprang up and it looked very over-cast. Those m thin; dresses and no "wraps looked blue i and--, miserable, but knowing how treacherous . - tho weatb.Br is just now most -of .the - v ladies were in summer iweeds or some ofv ! '' the other woollen materials that are fashionable at present. Grey was as usual the prevailing colour. One which: I : thought the prettiest costume there,' was a " ' light grey granite cloth with a faint chock of pale blue in. it,' the skirt was almost plain, the bodice New-market and trhnnedwith grey rgimp. : Anot;hei:lwaa grey cashmere, the bodiceV and skirt cut" : >- --in tabs with larger tabs of dark blue Tel- : yet under the grey, a velvet cbllar and, cuffs completed the costume; : There"were ; several delaines; it is hardly necessarjltbci i describe these, as ; they ;are nearlyftalL- '■;? made alike, with deep : flounces, .one pji^; [4 the skirt, and one on the bottom "ofctha- „t pointed bodice. In playing the ladies did .! not come to the fore, for the first half of ' : ' the afternoon. The courts (ofcwhich there are two) were principally occupied ' by gentlemen, ; but it twaa too jcqld and -V : ; '< windy to sit still long, and a few of them --'■ joined the players, . ...•' ■■'/■■■' ''h--.'-^ THE IXOWEK SHOW. r ;^J .:>•;.:#> I do not know if it -was>pn:ac.cotMt f of ">T the show being a little earlier this year that the quantity of exhibits were not as numerous as hitherto; those exhibited were . very good : the calceolaria being partipu-. larly fine, also the flowering Begonias andO the cactus; the gloxinias specimen plant ; in bloom was exceedingly beautiful and was the only one .exhibited; pansie3 A and-<-r % pelargoniums were' the -finest anjqng^the t< cut flowers. The want .of. decorations . gave a bare appearance i to and ' made the unfilled tables' more apparent. - - There was nothmg' ;striking; amqtfg r >tha'Ss dresses to remark upon; The attendance^ was small in the_afternpon,;bu(i Tras.,yery good in the evening^as the amount taken at the door proves. f ' ; ," FASHION NOTES/ '. ''"' :^' : : : ' ::; ' { ; : . Blue in all shades is to" bY the^plpijrte^ most worn this summer r 5 staichtsblue; morte, Jean d'Arc, and cornflower. HeKb. trope; has more pinkm;it'ttian>ihei6n>?l^ ginal shade ; we knew, i : the:^o>newe6(tf%: being hydrangea and cyclamen.' U % ~S The new greens are cascade and water ; •> in darker shades, tea, cucumber and bb- r nana. ■' ''■• "■■■•■ '';.-/" : '" - :: " ' - ;:: " iT &* Pink is blbo retnrning to fayor, the most popular shade is peony > pink, and = the darker shade is peony red. ,-f-y^ ?. -<;. V -, Among the browns arV coffee, lacbrni ' camel, walnut, a red brown. caUe^Seryian,; v . and cockchafer. ' - ; ■ "■';.. '■", '■'.-.,*-. Both silks and saftlns 1 are to be wo/n _. this summer, and surahs,tpongeesf andi?* soft Oriental silks are "preferred Wprints^ : and zephyfs-^they are generally made'iU' colors mth white designs^ -the ;newest ■;'- ,. being bows of ribbonall over themi-TheboW^-and ribbon design is to be found(inlacail r and ribbon. -.'lt -V-i r /'£-Ts.B -_\J_; ■■; ;;. The foundation shkt fe gradually^beuig - ; dispensed with". Some line the material throughout and many have one. silk ionn^' dation over which they we ar S ■dresses. . • ; - : •:;-'..-. : ..i r .-/i S W : -SS.. I hope we shall soon be able toprocure:% the King's Bat protector, which is somachifey worn m England -now: ..It k a tiny cprkV-V pad, and is inserted be%e^!thecsicle : df^f the hat and the lining to receive the'pomf'/ of the pin and steady it, 1 whicn'ili 36es in l"' iX . a marvellous manners Onepih Avill-hold' °? the hat better than several use'd [without >> f them, and is also aprotectidnifor,theiiat and trimming from the ugly fphx hole, .. which we have so disliked , to see . but C; conld not prevent. .. ' "1 : '^"r The present Greek style of dressing 7 the >:> hau* is so becoming ■'that; there: ;is i Vlitfclo i. likelihood of it changing to atiy^greafc ''*: extent; the finger puffs are) Suitable itp"- : quite old ladies and are very pretty: foe. ,y grey hair. .. - -, .-j- •■';*{£: : v^->i; : The newest veils are the patterned ones v> tied over the hat and worn long -and^-. flowing, They are all wMte atpresen^rf ! .COOKEKT. „, . ,'■ *"/■ "SkW Spring Cream.— Two dozen sticks of " rhubarb; peel of one lemon ;.< two, -cloyes; a piece of cinnamon ; arid as much moist sugar as will sweeten it; two ounces of isinglass. Clean the rhubarbi cut itinto^ pieces, and put into a stewpattiwitti'thß peel of a lemon grated; two cloyes, a piec^ of cinnamon, and as much good moist sugar as will sweetenif. "Set it over the fire, and reduce, tq a marmalade; pass it \ through a hair sieve, and "adii to-ii arpirit of good cream, then : serve it:in^a ;J.eep J dish. ■If -wanted in a shape, dissolve the isinglass in a Uttle hot water,:and Btrai4 , it when nearly cold to ; lthe 3?reain) %rar ii ; into a monld, and when perfecfly Mb ivan \" it out on a dish. This is a most deliciouscream. .>..:■■■■■■ +:•.,. -ri,V-. VJ:S.V Strawberry Soufiiel^—Three "pinjts .'.•; of •*- --ripe strawberries ; peel of h^a lenioii^ ;; a quarter of a pound of loaf sugar; one *■ pint of milk ; four eggs. Simmer three '"' ;< pints of strawberries with a Jittle.loaf sugar, and the peel of half a lemon grated; then place it round .' a dishi'.ftrniirig a wall, leaving the centre hblldny make a custard with the yolks' of [ r ibß eggs well beaten, a pint of milk, and sugar to taste, fill the centre, and cover the whole with the whites of the eggs whisked sufficiently to bear an egg, sift over it powdered Bugati and brown it with a salamander, or.-Berve > white if preferred. ' -^->- ....