Ladies' Column

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 106, 5 March 1892, Page 2

Ladies' Column

♦ ." -i By Huia. I keep his house, I wasb, wring, brew, bake, scour, dress meat, make the beds, and do all myself. — SHAKKHPKARK. I went early to the Show on Wednesday night, hoping to be able to soo tho exhibits, and criticise some of tho drossen before tho crush began, and tho room got , unbearably hot; but though only a bttlo , past seven when I arrivod the hall was , already pretty well full, and I wan very disappointed to find only a few dresses worthy of noto. Ono of theso was a cream coloured soft silky material (I could not tell you tho namo of it, for just as I was trjing to got a better view, I felt a " thump " on my back, and being pushed along I lost sight of the owner of it.) It was trimmed with buttercup coloured satin, the «kirt being slightly draped ou one side showing a panel of satin, the full bodice had cuffs, collar, and a frill down the front of satin, and the hat was trimmed with a little of the same. Another one, equally pretty, was a white muslin and embroidery, showing us quito a new style of trimming the back of tbe skirt. The front of the skirt round to the seam which joins the back breadths to the front was one mass of embroidery ; the back was plain muslin, aud finely corded for about a foot in depth at the bottom of the skirt. The bodice was a full one witb pointed yoke back and front of embroidery ; a deep cuff of the same with full sleeves of plain muslin completed the costume. A striking but not very pretty costume was a white lawn, with braided front sleeves and collar in black. There were a good many mousseline and woollen delaines, the latter being mostly made with the Newmarket bodice. A great number of tailor-made tweeds were, as usual, to be seen, and I expect as the autumn advances these will come to the fore again. One of the novelties of the winter will be the application of kid on velvet or cloth, worked with tinsel and silk. Another is the magpie stocking, the feet and the tops are white and the rest black. I think it will require a good deal of courage to to wear these. The feather trimmings this winter will be very numerous. There -are combinations of hackle feathers, hands of fowls' body feathers, white, or in pale or dark colors. Passementeries of metal, wrought in scrolls shining with ably placed jewels and finished with soft gleaming fringes, gold tinsel and small pearl beads combined, is being used as a trimming for ivory satin gowns. COOKERY. Italian Croquettes. — One pound of lean beef, 4 ounces bread crumbs, 2 ounces of butter, pepper and salt, nearly 1 ounce of grated cheese, a very little grated nutmeg, two eggs, and tomato sauce. Pound the beef in a mortar, add the bread crumbs that have been soaked in water and squeezed dry in., a cloth, add the butter and mix well ; then add the grated cheese, nutmeg, and seasoning, aud make into a paste with the eggs; make the paste into small balls, flour them, and fry in boiling lard for ten minutes; serve with tomato sauce. A very good one is made by heating some tomato ketsup in a saucepan ; add one ounce of butter, and thicken with a little flour.