The National tribune., 1909-04-08
By SENORA SARA.

Iham. bacon, beef, veal, drippings or
butter. When slightly brown add four
| level tablespoonfuls of our and stir
smooth until Drowned and blended.
Now add two cupfuls of boiling water,
teaspoonful of salt and pepper to sea-
son, cook until smooth and thicken
and serve.
| This is a favorite California recipe
and is often quoted in California fruit
books for oatmeal or raisin ginger
bread: Warm one pint molasses with a
quarter pound of butter, lard or good
idrinpings and a quarter pound brown
sugar Mix with one and half pounds
fine oatmeal, half pound of flour, a
teaspoonful baking powder, table,
spoonful ground ginger. half tea
spoonful mixed spices, one ounce can
died peel cut fine and pound raisins
seeded and chopped. Pour the molasses,
shortening and sugar mixture over the
dry ingredients and mix well. Pour
into a buttered tin and bake. por-
ton of this mixture can be mixed with
nuts and baked in squares in slow
oven, or eggs may be added to increase
the nourishment
To walk gracefully the ball of the
foot must be put down first and the
toes pointed out. This angle makes it
possible to ''step away" in the sense
of lightness.
More ankle action is required to walk
correctly than is realized by many per-
sons, for unless that joint moves easily
the gait inevitably is fiat-footed, as the
whole sole comes in contact simulta-
neously with the floor, giving a heavy
and numbering movement highly sug
gestive of rolling"
1t is to be understood that unless the
| shoulders are we'll thrown back and
| the chest expanded a graceful walk is
| impossible, SO it is necessary to prop
erly distribute the weight to make
correct balance, and this is done only
by holding the shoulders in position and
not permitting the lower part of the
| torso to be unduly prominent. The
spine must be straight, yet lean for
ward, so slight as not to be perceptible,
is essential, otherwise the abdomen is
incorrectly placed. The lean is not from
the shoulders or waist, but from the
| hips, and the shoulders, thrown back,
counterbalance any tendency to tipping
forward.
Few cooks know how to make the
| perfect lemon pie. The shell should
always be baked first, in order that it
may not soak the juice. The filling is
made in this way: Stir into a cupful
of boiling water one tablespoonful corn
starch dissolved in cold water. Cook
until clear. Add one cupful sugar, one
| tablespoonful butter, the yolks of two
eggs well breaten, and the grated yell
low rind and juice of one large lemon.
Cook two minutes longer, and pour into
the shell. Beat the whites of two eggs
stiff, using wire whip to entangle as
much air as possible, add two table
spoonfuls powdered sugar and spread
lightly over the pie. The next step is
when so many otherwise successful
cooks fail. Instead of the meringue
proving to be of delicate foam-like con-
sistency, tough, leathery compound
! is the result. The trouble is in the heat
| of the oven. The albumen of the egg
requires slow cooking-so slow as to
resemble drying rather than bak-
ing. Twenty minutes in an oven with
the heat turned off is the usual time.
Allow the filling of the pie to cool
little before spreading the meringue
on. If too hot 1t would toughten the
meringue. Under these favpring condi-
tions the result will be a tender, delicate
meringue that will retain its original
thickness.
This is given as an example of most
delicate, inexpensive cake. Add to one
cupful molasses one cupful cream or
in its place half cupful softened but
ter or lard, filling up the cup in which
II is measured with boiling water. Add
W. SOFA, a small
teaspoonful ginger, pinch of salt, one
beaten egg and two heaping cupfuls
sifted flour. Beat lightly (not too much,
lest 1t make the gingerbread light COL
ored) and bake in a moderate oven.
Creole Kisses.-These dainty little
CONNECTIONS, so popular at afternoon
teas, are easily made at home. Whip
the whites of six eggs with a pound of
pulVerized sugar for 10 minutes Add a
teaspoonful cream of tartar and beat
haif an hour longer, using a silver or
wooden spoon. Add teaspoonful va
nina ana a cupful pecan or walnut
meats chopped rather coarsely, fold
IN and drop by the spoonful on paper.
not buttered, taking pains to see that
they are far enough apart to prevent
touching. Bake in an extremely mod
crate oven.