WOMEN'S INTERESTS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 June 1933, Page 2

WOMEN'S INTERESTS

A TOUR ROUND ENGLAND j ORIGIN OF FAMOUS DISHES Part of the enjoyment of travelling is the discovery of new foods, says an English authority on cooking, Mrs liardell. Nearly every county in England boasts some special delicacy which for centuries has been associated with that particular district, but which is seldom seen elsewhere. In Cornwall, for instance, we get the famous Cornish “pasty” which is so popular among Cornish people that visitors have been known to declaie tnat if his Satanic Majesty visited Cornwall lie would be put between two crusts and baked.

These pasties are baked in saucers, with a thick crust at the bottom and a lighter one on top, and inside are all kinds of meat, raw and cooked, intermixed wtih herbs, potatoes, unions and other vegetables, the whole highly seasoned with pepper and salt. In Devohshife we get the fatuous clotted cream j and the “Devonshire junket,”’ Which differs 5 0 curiously from those made in other parts of England. Suffolk, of course, is celebrated all the world over for its dumplings. “I am told that dumplings is uncommon fine down there,” said William, the coachman to David Copperfield, on hearing that he came from East Anglia, aid “uncommon fine” they remain to tliis day.

In tlie adjourning county we can enjoy a Norfolk cygnet, seldom heard of outside the county borders, yet neverthe less a most toothsome delicacy. The bird is stuffed with three pounds of the best rump steak cut into dice, then covered with paste, and roasted like a

goose. Where hut in Yorkshire can we obtain a slice of real Yorkshire pudding, served up in gravy, with •the roast meat on Sunday? Then there is the Yorkshire parkin, a thick, moist form of, gingerbread, made "of ginger, treacle, and fine oatmeal, and considered a very special delicacy. Ph berry pies aic another Yorkshire treat we can enjoy in the autumn and visitors who are invited to a “high-tea” will often bo given a delicious “Yorkshire sandwich,” that is, a hot unsweetened teacake, split and buttered, with a slice of hot. grilled Yorkshire ham slipped in between.

In Westmoreland we find oat. cakes thiny flat concoctions <>f oat flour, which are hung oil a line to dry and then eaten hard with pepper afid salt. Bath bitns first hailed froiii Bath, aild it is said that the Sally Liinn variety Was made falnotis by a baker there, who heard a girl <>f that name crying her wares in tho street, The bakei bought Sally’s business, and composed a popular song about her name, which made the cakes famous and the baker wealthy. Shrewsbury cakes were the invention of a Shrewsbury baker, who kept the recipe a strict secret until the day of his death, and Eccles cakes were first made in the Lancashire town of Eccles, where they took a prominent part in the annual religious festivals. THE TREND OF FASHION THE DISPLAY OF INDIVIDUALITY LONDON, June 19. Tho great efforts of shops, both in London and Paris, at the moment, is turned to providing “trimmings”for simple frocks. By trimmings I mean blouses for skirts, collars, cuffs, bags, scarves, belts and hats for it is all these things which make dress interesting to-day. When one sees a dress or coat or little frock, one visualises them as backgrounds for “trimmings” which will add the touch of individuality. The shops are showing .collars and cuffs of cire silk, organdie, pique—both the cotton and silk variety—and string, with belts to match. All soits of collars and cuffs of pique are fashioned on dark dresses, and the cuff will often be placed at the elbow,- even if the dark sleeve reaches t 0 the wrist. Kiltings of white organdie are sewn into the neckline of cross-over bodices, also into short dark jackets standing up round the face, and the result is dainty and flattering. There are also big white ruffles made cf organdie which are worn in the evening with a gown of black lace or crepe georgette. VARIETY IN BLOUSES There are blouses of every possible kind of hand-knitted wool, striped, checked, and colours as gay as a cainival. Then there are blouses in fine lingerie, white pique, in-flowered, spotted, checked, or tartan linen; bright cotton ginghams, voiles, and tobraloo fabrics are alb found in these gay collections of blouses. Add formal satins, brocades and laces for wear with long black skirts,’ aiul you have a. small idea of tho variety in blouse mode of to-day. Then there are little coats and capos with scarves to match, which will change the personality of a ' well-worn frock.

Let your fancy lead you where you will, you cannot fro astray in brightness and' freshness of trimming, always provided you keep to a definite colour scheme, buying an accessory strictly with an eye to the dress it will he worn with and not just because it is new and pleases your eve. Paris, at the moment, loves best white pique with steel or jet buttons, although the tartans and chocks mvl ckrif'Ps a V, e favoured.

Hints from Home and Hbroad.

String belts fire very new in the natural as well as bright colours. These may be plaited or knitted or crocheted, and are worn with buckles, buttons and tassels.

Tassels by the way, are _ a new trimming for evening belts. Two long silk tassels in colour, on a black or white evening dress, make a good trimming. They depend from the belt at the side one falling lower than the other. .

SLEEVES OF ALL LENGTHS The fancy gloves so popular can be overdone, and should only be worn with special toilettes for smart occasions. Recently in the park I saw a gill wearing red silk gauntlet gloves and a red scarf tied in a large bow under no hat, a flagrant example of bad dressing.

Sleeves continue to be immensely important, although they have diminished in length in the latest model for the summer season. At the moment the short sleeve, the elbow sleeve, the three-quarter sleeve and the long sleeie are all quite right for afternoon frocks. The shoulder line is still kept softly wide and the hips slim, but the home of afternoon frocks are longer > and fuller than the slim tailored skirts seen everywhere for morning and inf ol mat street wear.

At a recent showing of mid-season models one of the loveliest ensemblies consisted of a.dress of duck-egg blue crepe, tied softly at the throat an.d with a black woollen coat, with threequarter sleeves—rather wider at the bottom, edged with bands of siher fox fur. The coat was collarless, showing the blue dress tied at the throat, and onlv fastened with one button at the natural waist and no wrap. A little forage cap of blue to match the dress completed this attractive model.

WOMAN IN THE HOUSE OF KEY'S

Women in the Isle of Man have had the vote from time immemorial, although in the suffrage 'agitation in England we may have 1 forgotten to clap when th. s , the little island was mentioned says an English writer. In the last Parliament there lias been elected the first wom'an to .sit in the House of Keys. It is pleasant to remember that this unique,, body represents the most ancient legislative assembly in the world. Its 24 members are elected by male and female property owners or occupiers. The members need no property qualifications.

WOMEN’S, ‘‘INTUITION. ’’ Women are credited with "intu-r' itinn.” in the matter' of character" reading, hut EVe too often by clothes and iooks. A good suit or n handsome face means a good character, and so on. The world’s geniuses would have had a had time if taken at such a face-value. Beethoven could not afford a dress suit, Poe was a diereput-ahlv-dressed drunkard, Corot was a shabby commercial traveller, Schubert looked like a down and out, Ben Johnson had the gnarled face of a thug. Any woman meeting them “uubcknownist” would damn them immediately..

POINTS ABOUT JEWELLERY

Jewellery, carefully chosen, is a great aid to beauty. A bony elbow can be camouflaged if bracelets are worn above

Salt cellars and angular chin lines, if not obviated, are made less conspicuous, by skilfully selected necklaces. Long ear-rings are becoming t 0 some women with over-thin shoulders.

Women with plump arms and shoulders should wear jewellery sparingly and avoid any elaboration of the shoulder line. Long swinging necklaces, stull ear-rings, and bracelets (if any) at the wrist, will generally be found most becoming.