WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 313, 29 May 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen.") WEDDING AT RAIIOTU. On Thursday a wedding was celebrated at the Rahotu Wesleyan Church, in which much interest wag taken by residents of the district. The church, which had been very tastefully decorated by friends of the bride, was crowded. The contracting parties were Archie Wallace Phillips, youngest son of Mr. Jesse Phillips, of Rahotu, and Elizabeth Helen, second daughter of Mr. George Mackie, of Oamaru. The bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr. Joe Mackie, was attired in a handsome dress of ivory Japanese satin, with the orthodox veil and orange blossoms. She was attended by two bridesmaids—Miss Mabel Phillips (sister of the bridegroom) in cream delaine, and Mabel Phillips (niece) in cream eolienne frock. .Mr. H. S. Taylor attended the bridegroom as best man. Rev. Palk was the officiating minister. The bridegroom's gift to the bride was a handsome gold chain, and to the bridesmaids brooches. After the ceremony the wedding party assembled at the Rahotu Hall to a recherche breakfast, and the usual felicitous toasts were duly honored. In the afternoon the happy couple left for New Plymouth en route to Auckland and Rotorua, where the honeymoon will be spent. The bride's travelling dress was a navy blue costume with hat to match. The young couple, who were highly esteemed in the Rahotu district, were the recipients of numerous presents. In the evening a social was held in the hall to celebrate the event.

TERRIFIC CORONATION PRICES, "Lady Kitty," in the Adelaide Observer, speaks of the terrific prices at Coronation time in London. The writer says: "England, and .London in particular, is getting more difficult to live in every day. What with the growing tendency towards extravagant luxury, the middle class, tbe backbone of England's greatness, is being squeezed out of existence. Prices for most of the necessities of life are high enough at any time, but when one contemplates the preparations which are being made by tradespeople, if not to make their fortunes during this Coronation year, at least to, add considerably to their banking account, the ordinary householder is filled with dismay. But the visitors to England at this time will have to bear the brunt of the terrific prices charged for everything, for they have no standard to go by and will not know whether they are being "rooked" or not. They will be amazed, for instance, by the sum total of ''extras" dotted down on their hotel bill. Baths, no doubt, will rise from 2s each dip to 3s; coffee after dinner will he 1s instead of (6d for each cup the size of a thimble, and everything in proportion. Hotel and restaurant prices will be millionaireish. At one large hotel, which is by no means one of the best, or in a very good part, three guineas for bed and breakfast only is to be charged for Coronation week, and in every boarding-house in that vast army of boarding-houses that exist in London prices will be exactly double for that particular week, and in some of the better-class ones these rates will rule for the whole month of June. Proprietors are so sure of being able to fill their rooms that they are extremely independent and immovable on the subject of terms. I am getting to simply dread the thought of this CoronationLondon will be absolutely impossible. Everywhere will be crowded and crushed and full of discomfort."

CAKE OF THE NERVOUS. At a meeting of the Nursing and Midwifery Conference in London, Dr. Edwin Ash dealt with the subject of the care of the nervous. He remarked that unhealthy nervous irritability was responsible for many of the squabbles which disturbed domestic peace, and ended so frequently in the police courts for a certain class, and in the divorce courts for some other folk . There were thousands of cases of this kind, the proper place for which was the consulting-room of the nerve specialist rather than the public courts. In many instances "bad temper" is really a disease, as also were such conditions as sulkiness, sudden rudeness, abruptness of manner, and so forth. If this were more generally understood people would be more inclined to settle their differences amicably than they often were. If a husband were persistently unreasonable, or a wife irritable beyond endurance, the aggrieved party might certainly advise the offending one to see some one about his or her "nerves" before resorting to more drastic measures. Owing to this prevalence of nervous disorder the speakers urged that nurses should thoroughly understant nerve-cases. The constant cry of patients was, "Send me a nurse who will understand me." That meant understand not merely the technical duties of nursing, but the patient's temperament and inmost feelings at the time of illness. The nurse must not attempt to overawe the patient; her duty was to combine the right amount of authority with the right amount of sympathy. Of all the eight hundred or more drugs and preparations in the British Pharmacopoeia, not one was really a "cure" for a disordered nervous system, and so they had to rely upon a series of measures in which the nurse could play a very important part—rest, suggestion, electricity and massage.

ACTRESS AND EGYPTIAN PRINCE.

The English paper which arrived at Fremantle on 17th inst. contain long notices of (the marriage of Miss Ola Humphrey to Prince Brabim Hassan, a son of Hasan Pasha and a brother of the Khedive of Egypt. The wedding took place at a Strand registry office. The bride, whose age was given as 27 years, wore a great many diamonds, and her dress was fittingly decorated with Oriental trimmings. The bridegroom is a man with a remarkable presence. He is a very fine linguist, speaking ten languages fluently, and is described as a bachelor. 32 years of age, and Prince of the Ottoman Empire. Every effort was made to keep the wedding from being announced beforehand, the brief ceremony being performed without any out-

siders having heard of it. Afterwards the Prince and his bride drove to the Charing Cross Hotel for lunch. Then they left for the Continent.

A CULINARY REFORM. Early in March M. Soyer, chef of a West End of London club famous for its cuisine, introduced to the public what he described as a culinary reform, which would reduce the labor of preparing an ordinary dinner by at least half, and at the same time give greater value to the food by increasing its tenderness and palatableness. The much-vaunted method is nothing more than enveloping the meat or vegetables to be cooked in a wrapping of well-greased paper, and for preference paper bags are used. Then the food so prepared is placed in a moderate oven, kept at an even temperature. A week or so later, after M. Soyer (who is a descendant of the famous chef who died fifty years ago) had put into print his method of paper-bag cookery, he was challenged by Herr Lampert, a Frankfort (Germany) chef, who declared that while there was nothing new in the process recommended it could not be used successfully except in the hot-air ovens such as he (Herr Lampert) had invented. M. Soyer simply laughed at this statement, and invited his critic to come to London, where both of them would give a simultaneous demonstration before experts. Herr Lampert accepted the challenge, and on 24th March the battle royal took place. The two rival chefs prepared separate menus, but each included fish, meat, fowl, vegetables, and apples. Herr Lampert brought his own oven, and M. Soyer used indifferently a gas-stove, a coal-heated oven, and a hotair Dutch one. Herr Lampert slipped his food into paper bags, while M. Soyer

wrapped his in two thicknesses of crisp white paper. At the end of two hours the verdict of the judges was neutral, but it was thought that the results of the bag method were better than the wrapping up. The fact that a special oven was necessary for Herr Lampert's process went against him, although he proved that when it was used there was no danger of food being burnt or overcooked. M. Sover at all events proved that anyone can cook food "in papilotte" and the result is equivalent to braising. He prepares the paper by greasing it well with butter or dripping, oil being, only used for fish. To cook a loin chop to perfection it should be wrapped in a double thickness of foolscap paper that has been well brushed with butter or dripping. Place on a dish, and cook for' fifteen minutes in a moderate oven. No seasoning. A whiting that has been rolled in egg and bread-crumb, mixed with a little grated cheese and chopped ham, together with a squeeze of lemon and a tiny nut of butter as a final touch, should lie wrapped closely in welloiled paper, and cooked in a shallow dish in a moderate oven for ten minutes. "Result," says M. Soyer, "Rapture!"

GENERAL. Simple but very effective dresses will be worn by the Queen's six train-bearers at the Coronation. Her Majesty has taken the- greatest interest in this matter, and has chosen long-trained gowns of white satin, which are to be embroidered in pearls. On their heads they are to wear veils surmounted with wreaths of roses. The reversible theatre cloak is quite an accepted thing at Home, and is not out of tile question for even an amateur needlewoman with a good pattern and neat fingers, it is usually black on one side, and lined with a vivid tint, and the whole garment is cut in the two materials, and the seams, very carefully pressed, laid together. The item is slip-stitch-ed by hand. If revers are liked, they may appear on the black coat, and either be turned in when the wrap is reversed or turned over, showing some embroidery or decoration. Of course the wrap without sleeves which is so fashionable now would be the easier to manage.