THE LADIES WORLD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2689, 20 December 1909, Page 3

THE LADIES WORLD.

THREE CHRISTMAS PUDDINGS

Queen’s Christmas Pudding (very rich). —ingredients : lib stoned raisins, lib sultanas, lib currants, Jib candied citron cut into strips, Jib 'Hour, Alb bread-crumbs, Jib finely choppcd-suet, I,lb tcastor sugar, Jib fresh butter, yolks of 10 eggs, whites of two, 2 glasses of brandy, I nutmeg grated, J pint of milk, I tablespoonful each of powdered cloves and cinnamon. This pudding is mixed a little differently from the usual method. Mix together, in a basin, first the fruit and citron, and then the flour; after which, when the fruit is well-coated with the flour, the crumbs may be added with the suet. Now, put the butter in another basin, and slightly melt it; stir in the sUgar, and beat' both until creamy, add the yolks of eggs to. this one by one, and beat well; mix contents of the two basins together with the other ingredients, finally adding the white of eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Turn the pudding into a greased basin, and boil for five horn's. The best ingredients should be used.

Christmas Pudding, No. 2. —This is not nearly so rich as the fore-going recipe, but for all that it is particularly good. The ingredients required are: IJlb of rasins, Jib of currants, £lb bread-crumbs, Jib flour, £lb beef suet, 9 eggs, one wineglass of brandy, Jib of citron and orange-peel, half a nutmeg, a little gound ginger. Chop the sfiet as finely as possible, and. mix it with breadcrumbs and flour; add' the currants, washed and dried, and citron and orange-peel cut into shreds, and the raisins stoned and divided. Mix it' well together with the grated nutmeg' and ginger, then stir in the eggs wellbeaten and the brandy, and mix so well that every ingredient may be moistened; put into a buttered mould, tie closely, and boil for six hours. Thi s pudding may be made now, boiled in a cloth, and hung in a dry place. When required, re-boil .for 2J hours longer, tui'n out and serve with brandy sauce.

Christmas Pudding No. 3. Ingredients: Jib- suet. Jib coarse sugar, Jib of stoned raisins, Jib currants, Joz candied peel, 1 breakfastcupfu 1 of flour, 1 breakfastfulcupful of bread-crumbs, half a nutmeg grated, a little salt, 4 eggs Stone the raisins and cut them, clean the currents, and slice the candied peel. Shred the suet and put this with the bread-crumbs into a basin. Then add the prepared fruit, and mix -all to. a dough with the eggs, previously well-beaten. . If not sufficiently moist, add a little milk. Turn into a floured cloth or a buttered basin, and boil for five hours. This is a very nice pudding, and suited to a family where ■Acre are children, and where a particularly rich pudding is not required.

EXCESSIVE PERSPIRATION OF THE FEET. V

When the feet perspire to excess the odor of the secretion may be very foul. The soles of the feet sometimes become sodden and so ’ tender - that walking is in certain instances impossible. Tins affliction is, as a rule, observed in young people who are obliged to stand a great deal. The condition is not infrequently associated with flatfoot and occurs in those who wear waterproof material on the feet, particularly when there is a lack of cleanliness. When first .secreted the sweat has no odor, the fetor being due to a special microbe. In order to overcome this disagreeable condition the most scrupulous cleanliness must be observed. The feet should be frequently bathed and the stockings should be changed before the perspiration decomposes. If the soles are thickened and tender it has been advised to powder the stockings and boots with fine boric acid, daily. German soldiers rub the feet with mutton suet mixed with two per cent, of salicylic acid. This, as well as being a deodorizer, is said to prevent tenderness.

DANGERS OF EXAGGERATION. For a girl to say that she is “just crazy” over her now dress; that a certain man is bjust 'lulling;” that she “almost died” over a funny story; that she talked until she was “black ;n Ihb face;” that a play was “positively frightful,” or that- she was in “permit agony over it;” all this may seem die harmless exaggeration of . girlhood speech. We put these common uses of the superlative and abuse of the adjective down as a matter of minor .mpc rtance. But physicians are discovering that this excess in speech has a Pee tied effect upon the nervous system of cur girls; that an exaggeration in words causes a tension and a high-strung condition that result in the abnormal rervous state. In other words, we overlook the fact that Nature makes us pay for a transgression of the vocabulary as well as for a transgression of action. We cannot be excessive in any form but that punishment . follows in its wake. If anv girl doubts the effect of this exaggeration of speech upon the mind and body let her repeat the words “calmness,” ‘'peace,”-, “tranquillity earnestly and: with -feeling several times and note how soothing and calming the effect will be. Then let her repeat the words “frightful,”, “crazy,” “killing” with earnestness and feeling several times and note how tense and agitated she becomes. , Parents of growing girls cannot be too careful to curb'this habit of hyperbole on the part of their daughters, especially at the adolescent age. Any excess, in whatever form, is bad. To he excessive is to be out of poise, and to be out of poise is to he away from our natural, calmer and healthier selves. There is nothing more girlish than the grace and beauty of simple speech.

Twenty years ago all England rang with the. untoward matrimonial affairs of, the beautiful dancer, Belle Bilton, whose marriage to Lord Dunlo was stoutly opposed by his father, Lord Clancarty. Eventually Lady Dunlo was allowed to take her rightful place, and became a model of domesticity, as an Irish' countess for many years before her death. Finally, she was presented at Court, and received everywhere in society. She lias not. however, been long mourned by Lord Clancarty, and her daughter, Lady Beryl Lo 1 oor Trench, will be introduced in society by a youthful and lovely stepniother.

Women are fast invading the field of commence, and proving themselves fit for all responsibilities of business. We read, in a' Home paper that Miss Margaret Houston, manageress' of - the Hcndreforgan Colliery, Swansea Valley, who is believed to he the only colliery manageress in the kingdom, was recently elected a member of the ■ Swansea Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has now three women members.

Miss Carrie Doherty King, of Crystal Springs,.Mis?.,, is the only woman mailcarrier. in her State, She delivers mails on a rural route, making a circuit of about twenty-five miles a day. In her girlhood she won many trophies for her horsemanship, an accomplishment that is now of great service to her.