The Warrington & Mid-Cheshire Examiner. — 1893-12-09 (Warrington, Cheshire, England)

BERT. PP Tr" 9 ',red ti:nov • delicett, •Itzt,h,  iN T progsesb 'den tltte gut., -4:l;gTzt ' Luctat_  At a reception given last week by a well-known Broad Church clergyman (so a London correspondent says), a lady of his family, attired in the stereotyped accordian pleated Letty Lind skirts, performed " serpentine dances" and jigs for the entertainment of the guests. A famous novelist has been plueged into grief by the Ardlament tragedy. Ellen Mathers, the author of " Cherry Ripe," is a sister of Mrs. Hambrough, mother 1 of the murdered man, to whom she was much attached. Miss Mather alters very little though she has grown rather deaf. She retains her fresh colouring and beautiful auburn hair. Sister Woodhull, says the New York' Recorder," is at lier logic again. What an interesting family she is part and parcel of ! Her father called his daughters after the States Virginia and Tennessee, reserving Victoria for across the water visitations. It Mrs. Martin would give a biography, social, political, financial, and personal, she could furnish a book which no student of human nature could afford to be without.  Miss Annie Corless, who has just carried off the third prize at the Milan Conservatoire, is the first Irishwoman to achieve this distinction. Her success is the more creditable to the young contralto because the number of competitors was unusually large, and because for many years past the exhibition has been won by Italian students. Miss Corless, whose voice is of unusual sweetness, compass, and volume, is the daughter of Mr.Thos. Corless, of the Burlington 'Hotel, Dublin. --A Nice Dish for Supper. Boil a large teacupful of rice in a good quantity of boiling water, for just a quarter of an hour, strain it,and wash it well in cold water, strain it quite free fi o.n the water, and leave to drain while you melt a large piece of dripping in a frying-pan. Fry a teaspoonful of parsley and one union chopped fine; if you have any pieces of meat or fish, put them into the frying pan to warm. Then slice in two tomatoes. When all these are boiling mix in the rice, stir all together until hot, and serve at once. '  Pancakes Without Milk. Put a breakfastcuptui of flour into a basin, break two whole eggs into the flour, stirring the eggs and flour wed. together. When the eggs and flour are well mixed moisten the mixture with a teacupful of cold water,beat this up well with a wooden spoon, put a piece of dripping in the frying-pan. When it frizzles put in three tablespoonfuls of the batter, see that it runs all over the pan; when set, turn it over with a knife ; when brown roll it up, and keep hot while you fry the remainder of the batter, Serve with treacle or sugar and lemon.  Fish Pie.  Buy a laree haddock or plaice,wipe it, and cut in four pieces, peel four large potat)es cut them in thick slices, and lay them at the bottom of a pie-dish, sprinkle them with pepper, salt, a little chopped parsley and onion, lay the pieces of fish on the potatoes, then another layer of potatoes. Make a paste with two ounces of dripping and half a pound of flour ; half-fill the dish with hot water, cover at once with the paste, bake in a moderate oven lialf7an-h0ur,....:1„,;.  ---A