Ladies' Column

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 118, 2 April 1892, Page 2

Ladies' Column

♦ By Huia. I keep his house, I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour, dress meat, make the beds, and do all myself. — Shakespeare. The difference between an English and an American girl. — "Take an English girl, and put her beside an American girl whose ancestry is pure English, and there is a remarkable difference in shape, nature, and colour. The American, as a rule, is slenderer, fairer, and slighter limbed, thinner featured and more vivacious and excited in talk. The English girl is fuller, rosier in colour, heavier in build, and palmer. The voice of the American is thin and high — that of the English girl is rich and low." COOKERY. Although potatoes are so much used, it is nearly always as an accompanyment to other dishes, but very seldom as a dish by itself. In many families when meat is not eaten at eyery meal the foHowing recipes may be useful for breakfast dishes. Potatoes ala crime is a very popular French dish. The potatoes are boiled till they are tender, and then put into a stew pan with a little 'cream, butter, nutmeg, pepper and salt, and the juice of half a lemon, if you have not cream, thicken a little milk with butter and flour. In England this dish is usually surrounded by sippets of toast. In France with fried croutons. Another way of serving them is called "an gratin." This is made by making a mixture of thickened milk and cheese. A little stock would be a great improvement, so would the yolk of an egg, but this' is not necessary ; thicken some milk till it is almost like a hasty pudding, add to this some pepper, salt, and two tablespoonfuls of grated cheese, and the juice of half a lemon. This quantity is sufficient for an ordinary sized vegetable dish. Boil the potatoes till they are tender, and drain them ; put a layer in the dish, and then a layer of the mixture, until the dish is full, the last being the mixture, then the cheese and some grated bread crumbs ; bake for twenty minutes. FASHION NOTES. One of the new mantles is called the " seamless back mantle," and is like a cape with sleeves ; the backs and fronts being baggy and shapeless. The backs of some of the " covert coats " are strapped across like a man's ulster. Ruffs are more worn than boas. The newest thing in furicollars is a flat collarette — a stand up collar with long ends reaching below the knee. The last thing in colour is a decided orange ; it is constantly seen in millinery, in small flecks in gown materials. Copper colour and flame colour are also seen. Black and white is a fashionable mixture for hats, and brown and black for dresses ; this is not a pretty mixture, but extremely fashionable. Large buttons will be much worn during the winter.