FOR WOMEN FOLK.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 237, 16 March 1915, Page 6

FOR WOMEN FOLK.

" BY EILEEN."

" Eileen " will be glad to receive items of interest and j value to women for publication or reference in tliis column, 1

FKEI'iCH WOHIiN IN TRENCHES. w-u; «»rr miktt sacpi K;r;;. (Written l.y C.irolvn V.'il-on. Paris cori'rs] if; ii'lcri 1 of II:.- Chicago 'livbunol. The worn n of France. But they :ut In':->.-<■. these women! The soldi, rs in (he trenches. tin- cavalry edvai'cii.e' under the tiaming fire of fiic onomv. the ir.eu 1 >-'> face eiVtain d.e.'h In gain 11 coveted hillock —not i he.-e i> !<>«<• have cwrap' and determinntinn. 'l'll.. «.;i(ir.> French nation has i!:'\v!<>r<'l >»•«• «'»l unsuspected traits, and firs: 1 !;■ ]:: ii endurance ami sfiL-ism. V. lie, hofoiv this war, would have thought cf :s]n>lvn-!r any (if Hie l"ire . vt.r.!• tu tlir volatile iray. care-fr.e French t::u !■ :i V. And co who iTint licT-I*. who he--- lilt them sinrc tile beginning of the war. can proji;■ rl y ;i; >j 11 ■ hit.l underspend this change. i

CHOCOLATE DATES. Cbec.dn!e d.tos are good. To is,:! 1 then'., lake Do;'. < f geamihC. :■,! sugar, a t!:i"d of a pie'- of ini'k, i!o : of plsi" i-'e'-date. i :' alnends other i-r:a -' or chopped nil's, and sonic 1:?t;^. r da!.' - I'oil together the sugar and milk, the! 1 stir in she grated clioeolaie. Chop t almonds or oiler mils, am! add then also to tie- mixture. Carefully cut dor ' one side of each date and remove il.r stone, then (ill up the date with I In 1 chocolate mixture, and press together i.'.to shape. lemon baulky suoar. To make barley sugar. take 11!) b"! hvf «:i;/ar broken no sum!!, half i.int r' vater, the white of an ego, and th juice of ;i lemon. Put the sugar and the water into a sam-opan. am! let, it dissolve over a r.io! <-vt» i:r.-. Add tile beaten white of in when the synip i, 'i'.'S r!:!. siir \.ell, r.'iti'ivo the SCHi'l. aa'l boil a.L'ain until ekar. Add the lemon hike, >;r.rn thn-Hcli mn-din. and boil up o':e ■ raore. When d'aic. :i litf h' d'- sv ;>(■(' into cold water ■hi 1 bovine" br : f !'o. I'i't is (a n s'ab, and r.:l it in'strips. IVi the hand ; ialo coki rad roil and lw : -' the slrips, ai; ! v,e ' cohl a little sift.il sii.ear m„y be d>)<:>>l on. Vanilla i;s\oriip; may be u-ei[ ii;-i-toad of lemon. COCOA ACT CANDY. Take eaual miris of prate-! fvo,!i ciroannt. (:wii:-t iha de-ac.-ated if fre li is rnebiuinabie) and -ii'.:ir. sia-v-o!I loe-eflior in an emnnelled pot. ai"! brin-i- to tie' Tiil't* niixtnn' <}(" s iMjrn wJtilc y<»u s-f ijv ;ir it is ;i;t in do fm. Turn it nut intn ii J*rr:»-Til W\), p;; ( ] U'li.'li cdM. cut it i;i1o or «nnum; and put It Mji in tin 11. i:s v.'fll -u>l\ i• t}\r STiir:n* pi' f: in is it iii (li.' jKiu. ii:-; i]i is I'.'.-'-cm l -' (;•(• cl'.ii'K.-' ii, Vairn'n:^.

! It ;']i,f-i tin' :i (, i\w froi.t i Mild ■(<' fi!" v,-,:-!)'.'!! I.ft ])('!iill'l ! Tli« i\' i.i i;i ii -oinr of f!): 1 triiditionul of 1 iri T ncur'!, h-^w-V.,:. 1 •'r l-uvn of U ?•; od-l hf-w I c«!in.o Imric piraln iv.mX t;/rrslll (o tii ■ - vovd "-pirit Ui'.i." I■.• -t-j . - 11n* Vri-Pin 1 • 11 . It i'.;'- of t!'<' I "iM : i^iis and it jf- •- i'- r.dijri'vi's i:\c--i divir:ouj'li! !t!-. Tlwv al' ;i 1!M iikr itiv- i t'» ii!". fi'oin t''!• ::ri->iocrnt!;'. flor.d'. r (ViUl!'.-' llnwi! < a (O'rridor, to t'i" */.r) of ilm- > < «' ho ]\.\< ?"ft. i>r.d •••->':- ]v for !iii' of -b:;»ji'md \y*i 1 > tor.d • til:* c-rpliasis of I'roiv'li soldii i'--. f'.r i d'i' li-'m;* i'i and lr nr c'.u. v.!:dv waddles tai play. TAKK TIT'IKK LK>SC.vs A Wi^KK. Tiu-i Hi- 'itlb' D'idinetie ; Worki",L' Lfi]-;. v. ho formally ne\'er had an idea in th -ir sillv, eaap'y h ad- Ir't !•> read the serial in the mornlne; ::re training them-oh.-; for ih" fronf. Th-'v take h'-'on- Mile - I'.er.io-.- a \' s-k and all dav Sum:"'". At the ifospiial Ijouis-(-a!i!!. under the direction of t'ri\; ■ ■ r l-'dulh-. 1 siv Ciem en'.'a:;"i! in aetiia! ho-o it:il vor!.:. dr.'--- 'd in, 'li-ir nea! lit'!., uniform-i. v.l.ich tli'-y ma.'c tliem- | selves. They avo 'earnir:,' to be niir-"-' with no other object than t■> lu-lp the'r | ci-unirv in it - hour of nc d. Vol! Ii llove already i lie ania-dn'r lisl, of women of ruble birth and y. (ineavai who are iloinfj, the mo?t menial ta.-k--at, the various lios'iitals and refiure". They camo, oH'oriiiLr < i vorytliintf tlicv { pn<~(ssi'd in the way of money and I elotliiirj", and said simply and franklw j' 4 \Yp kniiw imfortunutidy. Wo. [ liavc iicvor bci n l;in<rlit. Wo cannnt | j hope to do anything but we | \ in--;-' on taking itfir ]dar. -; by tlio si j of onr T-.inr.-' c'xprrioncod : i-i"r-. and wo ' wiil do wlialfvcr t'ni'o i- to li" done." COMPLAINTS MADE 11V XOXI;. And tlioy n.'vor roni|)lain. I som<*tlmc- q.i to s'i' a fri;-nd liv:--; on tl-f Pii" Po]--on;id''. aiv! T never forbid t'» st(.-}) at tl:o cn!ioier<.r'''s window tr> a-<k lier if >\w bus had any p«od now*; from li"r This wick, f stopp"d a--, usual, and she said. '*Yrs. I liavo nnvli' my sncriliC!'. too. Thova :nv many nf lis." And when [ awkwardly triod to say cr.nsolinfr. «du« added, <; A year a«;o T slioiiM have v,-ep + re:i>e-J-s-dy. 'ait now v.haf. is my crriof ainon«r si mauv':" /

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Take lib of ieiuy su2:ir well crushe.! and make int.- .„titV paste with the , V i,i!-Pert:-<n v p.,. been inn;,.,,! wii: l -i !i[t!e wat: r or cream, Hivale it into shapes and work in n ■!!a\erine- i.f !,!ron.u' con'ce, lete.o:i. or whatever flavin;; may lie preferred, Alt'.

Another woman lia.s not heard from lior son since Aug'.i-t ■). vdien lie marched snvnv. And she said to me: "What will you? lie has done his dnty---T no longer ever hope. And he will have be n glad, for the last Hiing be said to me was. 'Most, people (lie in-their beds :if overeating or sitting in a draught, or of some unpleasant disease. If Tam killed, it will be well. It is so selilo-p, those days. 1 hrrt one lias a chance to d'.c for a cause." Whenever two women meet, after a moment's evasions the sentence you a!you always hear is: "And yon? Havi you beard recently?"

MOTHER'S MESSAGE TO BROTHER. The other day I was in the post office. A woman without a hat. a shawl wrapped round her thin, little bout shoulders, stood beside me at the desk for some minutes while I wrote a "pneiiniatiipie." Finally, she said in a low voice, not from embarrassment, but from sorrow: <- I don't know bow to write. Will you send a telegram for me?" ''Oladly." -T answered and took down the form. She dictated just three- words. "Thy brother dead." "Is it your sou, madaine," I asked her. "who has been killed ?" "Yes. I wouldn't tell his brother ii he was soldier, too. That might discourage him. But this one i>n*t strong' in the lungs and has hem deformed." And they have such gentle heart-. tlies: 1 trench women. A Frenchwoman said to ir,e the other day that the nie:i weren't much better.

THE WOMEN OF THE E.4.TTLEFIELD I'llKX< lIWOMEN'S WORK. Miss Craee Curnoek describes in th" Daily A 1 ail the work of reconstruction that is being done by Frenchwomen in the Marne 11 i-i riot. She say--: "It : s tho w<u»Th of France and tbe old men who hn\e done, and are lining, as a share in savin:/ their country as are tlx' soldiers. For not only are they clearing up the ar!i;al damage made by tbe nunini.' ami "oinjj; oi three armie-!, FYeni'-h. linii>h and (lerman, but they ha\e broir/lit in erojK d'!mrland cannot understand what bnnidny in th«- b"et e;v.r • nn an< - and al-o secured the bc<t vinta-v that has heen known in France for manv > And ?iow they nr.- preparing the fields for Hiring, and in many case.-; driving tin- teams of oxen over immense pb ;i;died held-'. X one ol 1 hose v. 0111011 repine or despair: they may not even have be"rd of their sous and hu-bands lor months, Imi it is for Franco, and all their aim is to help build up again nnvIhing which has snO'erod in France. I! is ;:n Im.uoi- ( () 1:111 v (o >uch women."

SWEETI.IEAT MAKING. Ail <:l<|-};«i !< inn] :;i;d. aluavs |iopul;i r ci'l ii)r;it i«; hiuwn lodci- made from 11 1 "I' D'-nicrjini suiiMr, 2o /of Imttrr. !'i r or vanilla and errata' of tartar. l)i><oj\vs tin- Miliar in. lit 1h- vuf»-. ;i • ilifii ff,,, lnittrr. '1 !;< ] i;n!i li-pi'flii-r until Uie mixture liana l wln H a lit I!r is ]MTt. inf'.i a <-iq> <>f >'■' Add if! i'iis lia-f a I";: ;]: lul t»i ci'i-aiu i)]' tartar and va'uilhi >■<- sense to f; then jionr on to a. liuiplate. ai"l wlt.'ii rold pull tli;"* tuff_• until if ]< li-lit. Twist it into ine!i pieus, and wrnp each up in waxed wiper.