1937-01-18 — Page 2

A

No

Before

you get engaged

TO one can be sued for breach of promise to morry unless he or she made a binding agreement to do so Something more is needed than inere pro- posal, "Will you marry me?" or even the volunteered statement, "I promise to marry you."

The law regards these proposals merely, as offers. There is no contract unless they me accepted. The acceptance, need not be in words. Agreement can be shown by

roduc

Ont man asked a girl's mother if she would consent to his marrying her daughter, The mother said she had no objection. The girl, who was present at the time, suld noth- inj For comme time afterwards they behaved It was held that she an engaged eople. In by implication consented.

But the overplance must be unquailfled. .." does not "Yes, if you will dn so and st elthek the bargain. It is a counter-offer, whaleh ur proposer in turn can neeept or refuses,

Thus, 100, the proposad must be proved, The law requires more evidence than the

you needn't

say "Yes" to

mean Yes

word of the girl herself, Corroboration- independent evidcnee of some -kind-is needed.

Direct evidence of third persons that they heard the proposal la naturally rare, Uattally something said or done by the defendant i relied on.

What the defendant said before the For instance, engagement may be sufficient.

if he mentioned in pubile that he hoped to marry her.

Often an admisalan by the defendant in used for corroboration. This, ike an accep- have been expressed in fafier, need not words.

A girl in her mother's presence arcused a man of agreeing to marry her. The man almply said nothing. It was held that this amounted to an admission.

An evasive answer in such circumstances AR has also been held suflelent. The law expects any one to deny outright a statement of that kind if

On the other hand, it in not true. merely to ignore letters containing that oc-

usation is not sufficient corroboration.

An engagement ring is not essential to n binding agreement to morry, But it would be strong evidence that the parties and speed to marry.

PEA

SOUP

MAN aboard a lug it's a supper

ger wants some split pea soup. Or he may

be aboard a yacht.

Being only a Home Page cook, and not a sea-cook, I am rather vague about these things.

Living in such a vessel must, from the cookery point of view, be rather like living in a futlet, or single room,

thr because

implements at

single-flame sailor's disposal are

stove and some saucepan. He hos na stock-pot.

So the instructions which follow may be useful to town-dwellers us well as scaturers.

in

Split peas vary considerably price, but the best are not expensive and

The be used. always should cheapest are so smalt and wizened that it seems miraculous that any one ever managed to split them.

I hope that plekled pork is still

at sea, popular because We

going to use sume

in the making of

the soup.

Afterwards

in itself

"Pea soup is meant to

be enter in really

we

good platefuls,"

shut eat it in

the ordinary way,

No nothing will be

wasted. The pork

does not take on any overwhelming If there is only nue flame available two quarts of water, onion, carrot, flavour of the peas,

take off the soup and quickly boli celery, salt, and pepper.

Why is ʼn Lomion fog known as up some water, because the pork The non-possession of a stock-pol a pen souper? Because it is thick, must now be taken out, rinsed in the is no excuse for not making stock And that is exactly what pea soup hot water, and set aside to be caten for almost immediate use, must be, or it is not worth making gold,

Night in water

SOAK a pound of split peas

L

Pass the sbup through a wire-sieve and return it to the saticepan.

Patience, though, is needed, be cause six or seven hours' simmering is by no means too long for the stock.

Mix half a teaspoonful of black Then strain it into a bowl and in cold water overnight. pepper with a little of the soup, and leave it until next morning.

If they are reasonably well covered stir this into the rest. Re-hent the

by the water, they will have absorb- soup, and it the favour is lifted add Rich Jelly ed it by morning. Put them into a pinch of dried mint just before saucepan with b. sliced onions, serving.

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IF it has been made with the

nd half that quantity each of sliced a wire sleve happens to be miss.

kind of bones which t carrot and celery.

ing from the kitchen equipment, there have indicated, the removable of the Bring to the boil and simmer for is no necessity to use one. It will layer of fat will reveal a rich, stiff two hours. It is apt to froth over only mean that the vegetables ore Jelly which can be boiled up and when coming to the boll, so keep it left in the soup, and personally, if used for pea or scores of other soups. well stirred."

I were eating it aboard a ship. I The quantities given in my recipe An asbestos mat between the flame would not care two-pence if they make enough for four good platefuls. and the pan is a great help in sin- were.

And pea soup is, of course, meant to mering.

Another way of making this soup be eaten in really good platefuls, and At the end of the two hours put would be to buy three-penny worth not in a few spoonfuls like in 2lbs. pickled pork and simmer for af bones (knuckle of beef is 'excel- somme at the beginning of a dinner. unother hour and a half.

lent) and make a stock of them with

TEETH.

HAVE SPARKLING WHITE It's so easy-when you use Kolynos, Koly- nos gives teeth charm and sparkle won- derful to see.

Don't forget-Kolynos is most economi- cal. It lasts twice as long as ordinary toothpastes beenuse you use.only half as much. Try the dry brush technique with half-inch of Kolynes. You will be only a

delighted with the results.

COUNT

Economize-buy the largo tuba

KOLYNOS

DENTAL CREAM

THE

"TELEGRAPHS“

EVERYWHERE

This soup is a supper in itself.

con-

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An answer - to your

Husband's Grumble

ACK of variety is due to lack of initiative on the

Lpart of the net is du

Why, oh, why, Mrs. Luther, do you allow the joint to come up cold Monday after Monday?

There are a hundred appetising ways of dealing with cold meat: hot mutton pies, rissoles, beef au gratin spring at once to the mind.

I will tell you what to do to gel out of the deep and narrow rut into which you have evidently sunk.

Make classifed Bsts of the recipes you new on separate pieces of Now make a resolution paper (one for soup, une for pudding, and so on).

to try out at least three new dishes every week (five or six appear in this paper alone), nail the popular ones to your lists: forget the others.

this way you will rapidly increase your repertoire; coolding will become stimulating pleasure instead of t bore, and your husband's temper will considerably improve.

Meanwhite put your new resolution into practice right now by trying out the recipes in this article.

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faddy

ilere, Mrs. Thorogood, is a really good thick tomato soup, which wil delight

husband's your palate:- Brown

e sliced onion in an ounce of butter, Add an ounce of flour und mix Smooth with # wooden spoon. Now pour. In, gradually, one quart of stock (best stuck to use, knuckle of veal well covered with кре

cold water, bring very slowly to buil, Hanmer two

two to three hours, pour off

Eight Long years of wedded bliss, Must 11 lupa be like this? Cold meat decks the board on

Monday,

Remnant of the joint on Sunday. Tuesday

"Dammit, hash again!”

Cause of weary hours of pain. Wednesday, for a special trent,

Tomato sarice and sausage meat, (Sausage never did apree

With my queer anatomy). And so it goes day after day. Oh, fester, help me find a toap

To induce variety

So as to ensure antiety.

I ask in a voice most humble,

Please help disperse my husband's

grumble.

In

into basin. Next morning the stock minutes, then add oz of flour, will have turned to jelly, and you brown well, and pour in a pint of. can scrupe off all the fat with a spoon. stock. Stir until the gravy boils.

It is then ready for use. The Jelly

Here. Mrs. Baker, Apricot cream.

dellclous will very soon dissolve when it finds is a cheap, unusual, and itself in a hot saucepan),

sweet with which to tempt Mr. Let the soup boll. Then add six Baker:- sliced tomatoes, three cloves, a smoll Wash: lb, dried apricots and then blade at mage, and one little sliced let them soak overnight in water to carrot. Simuner well for one and a cover. Stew them slowly until very

bours.

ars. Strain and thicken with tender. Put through a sieve and al- a tablespoonful of cornflour slacken- low to cool. Make half a pint of cd with milk. Bring to the boil thick custard (half a pint of milk, aguin, stirring all the time. Add a bring to the boil, and add one ten- tablespoonful of brown sugar (and a spoonful sugar, one tablespoonful cus- little cream just before serving on tard powder, cook slowly, stirring specal occasions) the soup is well, until the mixture is thick). muudle.

When the custard has cooled a little mix it with the apricot purce and put in double saucepan (or in a bowl Hearts dry up very quickly. Mrs, standing in a saucepan of hot water), Coulter, so after you have washed hent well, stirring occasionally until them well and removed the tubes the mixture geta lovely and creamy Jet them stund in cold water for a (if you make your custard from fresh few minutes (have you ever tried ES you will need to add a softened this?). This will make them nice sheet of gelatine),

Next add a dessert-spoonful of and tender.

and sweeten Meanwhile prepare a tasty force- lemon juice

to taste.

mcat stuming: 1oz. brendcrumbs, Apricot cream must be eaten cold,

Woz. of finely chopped suct, teaspoon- and can be served in glasses like ices. fut of chopped parsley, half teaspoon ful mixed herbs, a little grated lemon ried; mix all ingredients together

Try making your coffee, ke this and bind with on eg or a little railk.

take should

quite the fit Now remove the hearts from

twenty minutes): Heal a coffee pot in the them water, strain well, fill the

with

your

oven (or an ordinary just). Then stand stuffing, and sew up the openings.

a saucepan of simmering water

Their next destination is the bak-

a few

in tin, which must contain plenty of ver a low flame. Pour in your dripping and be covered over with freshly ground coffee and damp with few drops of bailing water to make a well-greased paper. Cook slowly f (busting, as you already do, frequent the grains swell. Allow to stand for Aye minutes with the 14t on. Now ly for three-quarters of

an hour. add the required amount of buffing I dare say your hearts at leathery,

water because you cook them too quickly drops at a time (tedious, but pro-

very slowly indeed, next time; quces the best results). Stir up the Try using a slow oven very slow at first, with the heat in creased just a little for the Inst grains and allow to stand for another

five minutes before twenty minutes.

you drink the Serve with

"a nice thick gravy; a strainer.

coffee, and always pour it out through when the hearts are cooked pour off some dripping from the tin, leaving

about a tablespoonful behind, add a Hester Valentine

little chopped-up onion, cook a few

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