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SS'-V ' ; ""' . '. ' ,.' THE BRECON i SUNbAY
NOVEMBER: 1 6.
T H E W.I F E WITH A TA L EN T.
vgaregwar . Edited 'WMARKBLA;;aiH
AM writing to you about a matter
on which I sorely need advice. I
am a woman with a talent and It la
giving ma great trouble. Before I
married my future husband was
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vroud of It I compoae music and play the
piano but now It seems to bore him. I don't
believe I neglect my home, but of coure I
: (Feel I have a duty towards my God-given
talent and that this comes first. I don't like
to think that my husband is Jealous of my
rift and of the reputation it wina roe, and
yet I can ee he Is not pleased when I spend
several hours a day at my practicing, and
ooften he la bored when I talk of my work
Mild my success. I feel It would be a sin to
Vive up my work and yet I don't know how
tM to bring peace Into the family. Won't
3fon advise me? Musician."
f 5, Xhave seen many cases like yours. Once
f3n great while a husband Is found who
Hherlshes the same opinion of hla wlfe'a
ftaJenta that he did when he waa only her
.iJiover; but he 1 a rare exception. ' As a gen
ral thing, I am afraid a husband drifts Into
mental position erf a valet and his wife
tteaase to be a heroine to him. Toumaysay
iMi indicates that he has the soul of a
! alet, and perhaps it does. All the same,
ti is nnwontedly generous and phenomenal
Oyalow of perception if he does not soon
i'JLfter marriage, reach the point where he
f, Jcaoogntxe that all glory given to her Is In
V sense taken from him. and reaonta It
fTUbere cannot be more than one head of the
tumlly, and If the wife has a conspicuous
talent she la thrust Into the position of Ira
) port&nc and the husband is a secondary
consideration. Naturally, he does not
pjeit-
. jpven without carrying mattera eo far as
Jliua the husband la not prone to enjoy the
I wlfe'a talent when it la introduced into do
Mstifl life. Interesting at first it quickly
l idevelops Into a possibility of boredom when
;&.Joe its novelty.
i
$daii Needs a Poultice.
f. More than this, he has a conviction, found
p4 on centuries of tradition and experience,
J that he and hla home and his comfort are
f-th first business of the woman he has mar
defied. ' vhen he has been working all day and
atomes in tired at night his Impression is
that he should ftr-d awaiting him a charming
rwoman, eager to know what be has been
alolng and how he is feeling, ready to sub
ordinate her Individual concerns to his cora
iort and happiness, not absorbed in her
. '(enoul pursuits to such an extent that she
snuit force them upon him when he wants
;ttO( be considered on bis own account. He
WAS deeply impressed by a letter In
regard to stepmothers and fathers by
F. A. G. The word "stepmother"
.holds terror for some grown people.
as well as for children, and in this
.'Sies the trouble with many good womeitwho
Ttry to fill the place of mothers. Study
Jsvcnlld's disposition and work on It Instill
ing the best Ideas, conquering a bad temper,
' o that the child will be unconscious of your
! notive, giving It no opportunity to bestub
,'boni In yielding to your solicitations that
t fhould be good.
. A quick temper and Impatience are two
rftbings to be watched in governing children.
J3C' know a mother whose peculiarities
f toward her own .daughter led outsiders
fcto; believe she was the child's stepmother.
' hut her (the mother's) impatience and lack
f affection In dealing with this child drove
b latter to unhapplness. So the dlsposl
Klon has much to do with the case, both In
; 1 a&ildren and mothers, and the stepmother
,ijeld as one reigning terror over children
, hould be relegated to the past and called
iobV phantom of the dark ages. No such
'thing as a stepmother should be acknowl
i lodged, but .good women trying to fill the
rtlead mothers' places, and children should
.fjbe trained to this idea.
A fIn C's letter about jelly making she
iAscommends tomatoes for acidity in fruit
juloes, for jellies, etc. I have done some
.Jeatperimentlng, too. I used cranberries
jbbd they were a howling success. Last
j Spring When cranberries were cheap I put
j gallon with a view to their use In my
: ;ruit Juice when making jelly, and the re
j polta were" fine. I have little or no luck
, "with my strawberry Jelly, In fact Jt has
! in nearly a failure, but with a cup of
' acranberry juice It proved to be a success,
s sand was most beautiful to look at. My
blackberry and Scuppernong wines got a
ffjCUp of the juice and were splendid.
a. s. d."
t am glad to have a good word said about
Ihe stepmother matter and I am also glad '
for the suggestion as to the cranberry
Juice In Jellies. I only wish it had come
earlier, for it would have been of practical
fcenefit to me personally. Moved to emula
tion by the letter of the correspondent who
t. told bow she made jelly from her peach
Jparings With the addition of a few tart
ftpples, I washed my peaches carefully be
jfor peeling them for preserving and
. fcrandytng, and put the parings over with
.Just enough water to keep them from
scorching. I boiled them to a pulp with a
Jreasonable number of tart apples such as .
T bA previously used for jelly, strained
the juice, put the sugar with it and pro
feceded a in ordinary jelly making. The
cooled liquid absolutely refused to "Jell."
boiled it again and added lemon juice a
Xjhad dona when making peach Jelly from
the fruit but with no success. Finally I
jranned the bot syrup and put It aside to use
am pudding sauce; it make excellent
trance for lc weam and for a number of
jpuddtngs-oul I tiava no peach jelly
If J muster up courage to try again with
tJb peelings next year X shall reinforce the
.liquid from them with a modicum of cran
berry Juice and hope for better result.
5i any one else haa bad a similar experience
does jiot yearn to,, know how she has pro
gressed with the story she Is writing. wha,t
difficulties she has met in finishing the por
trait she is painting, or the bust she Is
modeling, how she has practiced her play
ing or her singing for so many houra with
auch and such results.
Still less does he desire to be called upon
to admire the work of her hands and brain,
to listen to her story, to look at her paint
ing or modeling, to submit to her perform-
ance of the latest piece of music she has
learned or composed. He la worn out and
worried about business, and the thing he
needs in a wife la not a stimulant but a
poultice.
This masculine attitude Is naturally In
tensified if the wife's attention to the work
ings of her talent have interfered with her
care for her husbtind' comfort. With all
the sympathy that one woman can feel for
another, there is not a wife among ua who
will not admit that it is pretty hard on a
roan to come home from work to an 111 kept
house which has been neglected while the
should have been housekeeper haa been
writing, or painting, or " sculping," or
playing, or singing. I think you will all
agree with me In.the statement that If she
couldn't look after her husband's well being
because of her devotion to her art or craft
she would have done better to remain single.
Placet Were Reversed.,
I do not forget your statement that you
do not neglect your home, but you say also
that you feel your talent l)ould come first.
In that case do you blame your husband for
feeling a lack of enthusiaam for the work
that you put ahead of him? How would you
like It yourself If the . positions were re
versed? Perhaps you wbuld not mind hla
having a celebrity which made you obscure
in comparison, but that man is a marvel
who enjoys being 'scheduled as his wife's
consort and not possessing a reputation of
his own. I have knewn one or two men
whose generosity or devotion or aenae of
humor was sufficient to allow them to figure
cheerfully as " Mr. Mary Ann Jonea." but
they were phenomenal exoeptlona to the
general rule.
WbSfi, then, are you or other women like
you to do with a talent they are sure they
possess? Are you to hide it In a napkin or
bury it out of sight? What is your duty to
yourself and to your husband and children?
No specific answer can be given which
will coyer all case. Circumstances modify
the individual decision.
The first point you must make" sure to
yourself is that you actually have a talent.
One dictionary defines the word as
" mental power of a superior order," " su
MARION
with the use of peach parings In jelly I shall
be glad to hear of it.
Name for Girls' Club.
" There are five of us girls who always
go out together and we wish to make up a
little club of our own and meet at one
another' home every week. We do not
know what to name the club: as you
help so many we turn to you for advice.
" ELSIE."
If you wish your name to convey the fact
that there are just five V you why not call
yourselves " The Quintet " or " The
Pentagon." Of course, if you have some
special object of work or study or recrea
tion It might be better to refer to that In
your name, but otherwise I think either
title I have mentioned ought to serve.
Wants Recipe for Salt Beads.
" Will you please send me your recipe for
making those salt beads? Tou had It in the
paper, but my copy got misplaced.
" Mrs. H. G. L."
You are mistaken in thinking I had such
a recipe. Somethlng-of the sort was turne
d
o
in by a correspondent but I have no copy
of it. If this meets the eye of one who
can supply the directions I will print them
here or give any one your address that the
recipe may be sent directly to you.
Makes Palatable Change.
" I have Just one little suggestion to give
for you to print if you think it worth while.
It is that a few chopped raisins stirred into
boiled frosting before spreading It on the
cake makes a palatable change. Try It
anfl see. Mas. 3. J."
Suggestions of this sort are pretty sure
to be of use to some reader. Thank you!
Conveyance for a Teacher.
" We need a hack and a harness so
badly. . Do you know of any one that
could .he'lp us? We are sixteen miles from
the railroad, and a creek to cross twenty
seven times. A mule threw me and crippled
roe so I can't ride horseback and I have
to go to the station in an old farm wagon,
without even a spring seat and the roads
are so rough that It Is a fierce trip. ,
" J.M."
This appeal was sent to me In a letter
from a woman connected with a Presby
terian church. She goes on to say: " The
following appeal has been sent to ua and
after talking the matter over we think
your column the quickest way to aid this
teacher. Perhaps the publication of her
' plea will bring it to the notice of some who
can have influence in getting a more satis
factory road made that will not cross the
creek quite so many times. I am told that
this special teacher ha lOO puplls, and her
school Is under the care 'of the woman's
board of home,mlsslons of the Presbyterian
church. X.tiC."
This plea should hare unusual weight
both because ita fulfillment would relleva
the serious physical discomfort suffered
by a partially crippled teacher and also
because of the character f ttie work sha
Is doing. The communlonM which she be
longs 1 rich' aria Influential and It doe not
seem too much to hope that some member
of it may not only be sufficiently Interested
In thl mission work of their church to en
perior Intelligence," " special aptitude."
Do you who believe yourself possessed of a
talent think it comes under one of these
heads? Tou see that leaves ft pretty wide
Held for opinion. Your talent, according to
the third definition, may be an aptitude for
some kind of domestic work cookery, sew
ing, the care of chlldren-aa well as a "line
demanding purely mental ability, but these
are not what you are likely to mean when'
you speak of your " talent." Afmost in-
Wife's Talent Quickly
variably you have in mind something which
la largely or exclusively Intellectual, like
literature, art or muslo.
Have you ' mental power of a superior
order" or "superior Intelligence" in any
one of these? Are you sure?
Should Cultivate Real Talent.
You may tell me I am straying from my
subject that I began to answer a married
woman who asked what she should do about
her specific gift and that I am not only
A
HARLAND'S HELPING HAND.
deavor to make the teacher more com
fortable in the pursuit of her duty, but
should also exert their powers to improve
the conditions of the roads over which she
must travel to and from her work. I hold
the address of the teacher and of the work
er who indorses her appeal, and I hope to
receive requests for them from those who
can render substantial aid in a worthy
cause.
Formulas for Making Infy.
" The following formulas may be of use
to some one. The preparations are easy to
make and are good. I am sorry I have not
more to give: The first is for Invisible ink.
Take sulphuric acid, one part; water, twen
ty parte. Mix and use with a quill pen.
The writing can be read only when heated.
For luminous ink. Use phosphorus, half
dram; oil of cinnamon, half ounce, put in
a vial, cork tightly, and heat slowly until
mixed. This can be read only in the dark.
I have the formulas for sliver, yellow, gold,
green, blue, purple, violet, brown, scarlet.
and Indelible Inks, also for Ink powder and
travelers' Ink. The last enables one to
travelers Ink.
litW1e?ftl
once by putting In water a
the blotting paper In which
the ink la absorbed. Any one wishing to
send to you for my address is welcome to
any or all of these recipes. I have been
111 for some years and-1 am going to ask
I f any one has some books of poetry to pass
on. I will be glad to get any. I will also
FAMILY
suxd.w.
breakfast.
Grapefruit.
Bacon, griddle cakes.
Toast, coffee.
Lt'yCHEON.
Fried icretplt. baked sweet potatoes.
Sail' Luring chocolate custard,
Tea.
Clear oup.
Roast beef wlLh Yoikuhlre pudding.
Browned potatoes, fried eggplant.
Squash pte. coffee.
MONDAY,
BREAKFAST.
Apple sauce.
Dropped efgs.
Toast, coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Beatloped erstars, baked potatoes. :"'
Siloed tomatoes.
Toasted Bally Lunn a leftover.
Crackers, cheat, tea.
. DINNER."
Tomato soup.
Cold beat slleed. .
Cola slaw, scallop eggplant ta leftover.
Potatoes haahed and browned (a leftover .
Sago euatara, ooffee.
, , . ;. ...
. "7" . " frtESDAT.
BREAKFAST.
.Orangea.
.Cereal,' broiled kidneys. , '
t Bolls, eoffae.
making a general tojJlc of It but dwelling
on tli question as to whether it is a real or
an imagined talent. Does that make any
difference?
It surely does, and the cause for this ap
plies to all women with talents as wU as to
the correHpondent whose query started the
discussion.
For two reasons. The first Is that If a gift
has really been bestowed upon you, it Is
your bounden duty to make the beat of it.
Develops' into a. Possibility
This does not mean that you are to nglect
everything else to exercise It unless you are
In conditions where this can be done with
out any one suffering by it. Certainly, as
a married woman, you have claims upon
you which cannot beifrnored, and your duty
is to study how to meet home responsibilities
squarely and yet not to let them interfere
with the workings of your talent.
This is difficult, but not Impossible. I
have the honor of knowing women who
have followed their art or their craft stead-
be happy to pay postage on any masraztnes
If some one wishes to dispose of them.
" E. M. H. "
No-doubt these formulas will be ot value
to some of our readers and I trust that the
books the correspondent wants may be
forthcoming. Surely there Is no reason
why there should not bo magazines aplenty
supplied to any one who Is willing to pay
postage. I hold the address of E. M. II.
and w ill give it on application.
' An appeal of this sort always touches the
heart of a chjld lover and I am sure the
plea will meet a response. I hope there
are some of the Cornerites who can look
up the little toy .hungry youngsters and
try to put a little amusement in their way.
'
Vow to Make Rhubarb Wine.
" Will you please print recipes for rhu
barb wine and rhubarb vinegar? 1 nave
heard of them, but have not been able to find
a recipe for either. B. K."
I am aorry to say I have no good recipe
for rhubarb vinegar, but I hope some one
may send one which I can print for your
benefit. The other recipe Is as follows:
Boll the rhubarb In a double boiler, adding
no water except that which adheres to it
after you have washed it and cut It Into bits.
When the rhubarb has cooked tender press
out all the Juice and measure it. putting
to it as much water' as you have Juice.
MEALS FOR A
LUNCHEON.
Spanish omelet.
Sweet potatoai, graham gems.
Jam, cookies, tea.
DINNER. '
Vegetable soup.
Beef and kidney pie two leftovers.
String beam, rlced potatoes.
'Apple and raisin pie.
Coffee.
- . -WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Baked apples.
Cereal and cream. I
Bacon and boiled aggs.
: ToaitTeetTee'.'
LUNCHEON,
Mines of beef end kidneys (a leftover.
Potato cakea a leftover.
Griddle cakea and honey.
Tea.
DINNER.
Beef soup,
' Baked and larded liver.
Stuffed potatoea, creamed carrots.
Plain rlo pudding.
Coffee.
i
7 THl'ItSDAT,
BREAKFAST.
, -( , Banana and puffed rice, '
Baoon, poaehed.tgg. -
l . t... Roll, earfes,
' ' ; LUNCH EOXr . " "J '
- Sliced liver (a leftover.'
Saratoga potatoes, muffins.
Baked apple and cream.
T.a.
Ily, conscientiously, and profitably for year's
and whose families have not suffered by the
practice of the housekeeper's mental
powers. It Is hard labor and requires,
thought and tact and skill, but It can b,e
done. - ; .-
Iet me aay as a parenthesis that'll talent
1s not necessarily for original production
that can be accomplished at home. One
woman has a gift for the organization of
church work, another lias ability to run
of Etoredom When Ir Loses
charitable and philanthropic Institutions or
to do sociological research. Their task is
harder, by far than that of the wife and
mother who can cultivate her aptitude in
her own house, and often such talents as
these must be shunted to one side and left
In abeyance until domeutlc clrcumstandea
are changed so as to free, the would-be
worker from inevitable cares in her home."
'
Home Comes First.
To the married woman with children who
Sweeten to taste, add a cup of brandy to
each gallon of the liquid, bottle, and seal.
Directions for Canning Pumpkin.
" Some one asks for a recipe for can
ning pumpkin. I wish to say that last year
I put some up and It was a good all year
as freshly stewed pumpkin. I pared . the
pumpkin and sliced it thin, mashed it, .id
put it in an enameled preserving kettle - d
put in a little salt about a tablespoonful
to a gallon and a half of pumpkin and
added just enough water to cover it. I
cooked it until tender, had the jars, tops,
and rubbers ready In hot water, and filled
the Jars full. I screwed on the tops at once
and hard. The pumpkin will not be good if
any air gets into the Jars. They should be
kept in as cool a place .as possible with
out freezing; if kept in a warm place the,
pumpkin will ferment.
" I would like tti say to F. A. O.. who
speaks of the two ' simply contemptible
children,!- that I don't blame them. No.
doubt they had been spoiled and never
taught to mind. The stepfather haB a rliht
to correct them and the mother has a right
and should Insist upon their minding hi i.
I had a son by my first husband and since
I married again I have had two children.
I love them all alike and my husband
say my own son is as dear to him aa hi
ov .. But from the beginning I Insisted
WEEK.
DINNER.
Cream of carrot aoup a leftover.
Veal outlet.
Stuffed tomatoes, boiled potatoes.
Whit custardi, cake.
Coffee, t
FRIDAY.
. BREAKFAST.
Orangei.
Oatmeal and cream.
Fried butterflsh.
Johnnycak, coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Minced veal and tomatoe a leftover.'
Potatoet haahed and browned.
Popovr.
Orange marmalade, tea.
DINNER. ( .
Potato loup.
Halibut steak.
.French fried potatoes, peas,
Indian pudding, coffee.
.. "
SATURDAY!
BREAKFAST.
Orapei.
Cereal and cream.
Bacon, scrambled egg.
Toast, coffee.
LUNCHEON. , .
Green pepper atuff ed'wtth flah fa tetteverl.
Baked potatoea, bakd ersara toaat.
- . Hot gingerbread, cocoa,
jblNNER, i .;'' , J'..
. Cream of pea aoup a leftover,
-- . Broiled Hamburg steak. ,
Creamed parsnips, baked spaghetti.
Floating liland.
follow hef talent I can say that aha la of
those who will have trouble In the flesh.
For no talent can be fulfilled In the best
Way among contless interruptlona and
calls upon he time and energies and yet
thesa are what you with an unmistakable
talent assume when you marry and raise
a family. You must resign yourself to have
to listen to the Baby when you are striv
ing to write Immortal prose) to be willing"
to leave your- paint to dry while you
It's Novelty
hearken to the plaint of the small child and
bind up his cut finger, or soothe his lacer
ated feelings; to lose the inspiration for a
musical composition because your colloga
boy or girl telephones that a couple of
friends are coming to dlnnen and you have
to scurry around and devise an extra course
which will stretch a meal provided for
four Into enough for- six. Recollect, you
possessor of a talent that after all. if
you are a wife and mother, home comes
flrsf
that he should obey his stepfather as long
as the latter boarded, clothed, and Bchooled
him. There are some mean stepmothers
and fathers and really I sometimes believe
good ones are hard to find. I had a mean
stepmother myself, but as long as my son
Is under age he has got to show obedience
and respect to ua both.
" Will you kindly give a good recipe for
salad dressing with olive oil? I have al
ways made it without Oil.
" Mrs. E. A. P."
" Thank you for the directions for can
ning pumpkin and keeping it aftjr it is
canned as well as for your utterances on
the stepmother and father subject. I tlilnk
you are right In expecting obedience and
respect from your children either to their
own or their step-parents as long as th-y
are under your roof, but my own experi
ence goes to prove that thi demand doe
not have to be made or enforced with the
well trained child. He take respect and
obedience as a matter of course, no mat
ter what his age. - . - . .
here are two recipes for salad dressing
with oil, the first .Drench dressing, the
second mayonnaise:
For the French dressing hilx a half tea
spoon of salt, a saltspoon of pepper, and
a tablespoon of vinegar until well biended
and then stir into the mixture three or four
tablespoons of good olive oil. It should
be thick and smooth before using and the
process is hastened if the ingredients and
utensils are cold or if a ploce of ice Is stirred
with the dressing. The consistency of
good cream is about right.
For the mayonnaise have the boVl or
soup plate in which It is to be mixed, t.i
fork, the oil, vinegar, and egg cold. They
should be on the Ice for an hour or so before
making the dressing. Put the yolk of the
egg Into your bowl or plate with a half
teaspoonful of salt and a saltspoonful of
pepper, a small pinch of dry mustard and
. the juice of half a lemon, and as 1 aa
these have been mixed with a few strokes ot
the fork begin adding your oil, a drop at
a. time, and stirring in each drop before
you put in another. By the time you have
used a tablespoon of oil the dressing will
have begun to thicken and when this stage
is reached you can add the oil more rap-
Idly, until you get to putting In a teaspoon-
iui ur more ot once, onouiu u uecome loo
thick to stir readily, thin with a little vln-'
egar, adding this cautiously, and then put
in more oil until you have the quantity
you wish. One egg yolk will tak a pint of
oil. Put It aside on the ice until It t need
It should be like heavy double cream.
If you wish to Increase the quantity r hlp
, t ft r,.K
.....vw v A5.tv - - - w ... riu,
before serving the mayonnaise and beat it
lightly Into the yolk mixture. Should t.1e
dressing curdle when half done, set it aside,
begin again with another egg, and when
the dressing I again thrck stir In the cur
dled portion carefully, as you would the
oil. This dressing; Is easily made and la not
a tedious performance after you have had
a little practice with It,
Requite . Loan "of "Machine. , '."
. " I am expecting to give birth to my third
child before long and would much Ilk to
have a sewing machine, Aa our clrcum
xtancen will not permit me to buy one, I
- I have said that there are two reasons ..
why you should practice a real talent If
you have one. The first I. have given. Th
second doe not f ajl behind It In Importance.
If your ability Is something that will
bring in money you cannot afford to let It
lie Idle. In these days of quickly made
and quickly lost fortunes It is not uncora- ,
mon to see the woman who sjtarted married
life as a cherished and well cared forVlf
lip later into the position of bread win
ner for the family. Your husband may
object to your cultivating your talent now
and be quite willing further on in life to
accord you the privilege of supporting bim ,
by the exercise of that lame talent. I can
hardly Advise you to point out this possi
bility to him when he laments or objurgates
your gift; still less can I , counsel you to
remind him of It If the hard days should
come. None the less, you do well to keep
the contingency In mind, and If you have a
talent which possesses commercial value,
don't let It become rusty from disuse.
, Details May JZore Him. , x
Even If your husband should not lose hla
money making capabilities I have never
found that a little extra cash comes amiss
when , the boys and girls are growing up
nd wish small luxuries and diversions that
the stated Income of the head of the house
may not suffice to supply: If you are skilled
with your pen, or your brjush, or as a
musician, and can make a profit from your
original productions In any of these lines
or by giving lessons In them, be thankful4
for the faculty, arid do not let your grati
tude sweep away your reticence and lead
you to chatter about your gift and Its work
ings. For It Is ten to one that your husband
will not wish to be told of those details of
your work which you find absorbing. They
are likely to weary him and whatever else
you do with your talent don't pore your
husband with it. You may love to hear
all he haa to tell of his pursuits, but that
does hot mean that he yill be thrilled by
yours. Bear this In mind and spare him.
Bring to the jork which falls to your lot
a large portion of patience, a determina
tion that your hus6and, your home, and
your children shall never suffer for lack
of attention because God has honored you
with a gift which should be a Joy to you
and a blessing to others. Your lot will be
less easy than If you had nothing to call
you from your duties as a wife, mother, and
housekeeper, but the talent has its com
pensations In a Joy unknown to those who
"lack It. Let this joy offset the annoyances
and inspire you to make of yourself some
thing worthy your gift and which will com
mend It to others besides yourself.
write to ask If any Cornerlte has one Bhe
no longer uses and which she would bt
willing to give to ue In exchange for pi: in
sewing. 1 would only aak the use of the
machine for a month and I hope there is
some one who can grant my wish.
"Mrs. O."
This seems a moderate request and I have
little question that there will be some one of
our Cornerites who will be glad to let Mrs.
U. have the use of a sewing machine for-a
month In exchange for plain sewing. .
Cakes for Christmas Tree.
" I read that some one asks for direc
tions for tree cake Icing. By this I think
she means cakes to be put on the Christmas
tree, and so I Inclose the recipe In the hope
she may have as good results with 'it as
I have had. I have been using it for ten
years and my boys say it's the best cake
of all cakes, as they believe SanJ-x Claua
make them. Here is the recipe for Christ
mas tree cake: .Jwo cups sugar cMamed
with three-quarter of a cup of butter,
seven well beaten eggs, one teaspoon va
nilla, two heaping teaspoons of pulverizod
carbonate of ammonia, dissolved In a little
milk, enough flour to make a stiff dough.
Knead a small portion of this. Just
enough to make the cake keep shape
while baking; roil out to about a quar
ter Inch thick, but no thicker, cut out,
with forms for the purpose. To the trim
mings add dough: this will prevent om
cake being too hard when baked. Bake.'
to allght brown. When ready for Icing
string on threads for hanging them up and
ice the cakea on the under side. For the
icing use the whites of four egg beaten
to a tiff froth with a teaspoonful of va
nilla. Add enough powdered sugar to make
a stiff icing; spread on the cakes; sprinkle
them with colored sugar (red especially),
and they will have a pretty appearance
on the tree. Grease pan and then aprln-
kle with flour; this make It easy to re
move the cake from the pans.
"MIW.A..H." .
I have no doubt that many of our rea-- .
ers will be glad to get this recipe and the
suggestion for the Christma tree. The
holiday may eem a good while ahead, but
tney wm be upon u before we know If.
me make one heartfelt plea, tnat tnosa
who wlh to use thl recipe at Christmas
wm cut jt out and put it In a safe place
tnat xher may not have to writ agonised
appefti for it when it Is too late to print
t n time to be of service to them!
m ' if, V
n . W . - Ml.-f
Bo Wants a Wheel.
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" I Rm a Doy n years oiu anu woura unw
to have a bicycle, but my parent cannot
afford to buy me one. If somebody has one
he Is not using or does not want I would ,
be pleased to have It and would gladly pay ,
express charges. R, "
- Just About once In so often a small boy ,
put In an appearance with, a plea' for a
bicycle, and I always print it in the hope ...
that the supply lot heela Is renewed and
wearied of often enough to fulfill the lad' . ,
wiahe7,I trust there may b someone with
" one he Is not using or doe not want "
.which he I willing to turn over to It. A. I
have his address and will give It on gvppli- '
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