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Pancakc~.-Thcsc made Of bread
crumbs are nice. Remove the crust
from u loaf OF stale bread and crumb
up = pint. Dampcn with cold water
and Let stand over night. Mex, MORN
Ing add \ beaten cxg and u point OF
sour milk or bui,rrm'ik. with sean,
tensp<,oufui Of soda for the sour
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Spice Sw.e, milk aud
baking powder may be used. but
-our milk and soda are better. " you
can get tn. milk. Take on. cup milk
and scani tcaspoonful soda. Half
cup molass.S. half cup chopped su.t.
or half the quantity Of butter and
lard. u little salt. ginger or other
spices to taste. Raisins or chopped
or figs may b. added. Bak. Ike
cake or steam In small cups. Serve
with brown sauce.
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Quality rrintinR - anythiaR -
svefything - at the Chronicle Sswi
Oefles. Work delivered Whss proo
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II In need Of printing Of any kisd
phone The Crhouicle.Ncws. Samples
and estimates will be chcerfuuy
siven. Phone Trinidad 40.
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At the First Il. :. Church.
The sermon at t..c First Methodist
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milk. Also add n pinch OF salt and
half cup OF siited flour. Bake same
as other griddle cakes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

- WANT a recipe for good white
~ bread, how much flour is to be used
in it and how to mix It, recipe
1 would most thankfully received.
MRS. Won k
+" 1 have been keeping house long ana
am fairly successful in everything / cook
with the exception of my bread. have
tried a number of different methods, but
none is success4al. VIII some one kindly
tell me the exact proportions for two
small loaves of bread and small pan of
rolls? i would like to make the latter
in the evening with yeast. and mix it in
the morning Can you tell me exactly how
long to let sponge rise and how long to let
It remain In the pans? l live in steam
heated house and can always keep bread
in 4 warm place away from draft
&C. d. L.
These two queries were lying on my desk
awaiting their turn to appear in this de-
partment when the following letter, writ
ten in answer to the appeal of another cor
respondent. came into my hands / give
1t as reply to both the above
" In response to a request for bread
formula l would like to give mine, in which
l use lpotatoes. certainly have most de-
licious bread and my recipe is so simple
that l would like to lend a helping hand.
as l am much interested in this Corner.
These are the directions: :
" Select one good sized potato. slice and
boil until done mash smooth with a po-
tato masher. You should have a quart
and half of the potato water. Break
up three quarters of a cake of yeast, put
1t into cup of warm water to dissolve.
When entirely smooth pour the yeast into
the potato water. stirring in enough flour
to make batter stiff enough to drop from
q spoon. Set in a warm place to rise. T0is
do at noon
g Before going to bed my sponge Is up,
light as cork. Then make it up stiff
by taking one cup of sugar, one large Ia
blespoonful of cottolene or lards and one
half tablespoonful of salt. Iput these into
my mixing bowl then turn In my sponge
and one pint of warm water l put in the
flour next. folding it in with large spoon
and taking care not to get the dough
too stin knead 1t for some minutes.
grease the dough well on the toy and bot
tom, then cover 1t and set it to rise In
the morning find 1t beautiful and light,
ready to be made into loaves, | grease
the top of the loaves. SO as to make the
crust tender.
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Decline of Hospitality.

have heard some persons say that whsn
space is as limited as this entertaining
should be out Of the question. don't agree
with this statement. To me II Is a mai
ancholy thing to reflect upon tho decline OF
hospitality that seems to accompany and
flow from the high cost Of living or the
rapid rate OF existence. or the Increase of
absorbing occupations outside. or the close
packing in our houses.
Whatever the cause. the result Is TO be
deprecated and we who make the homes of
the land should correct 1t as best we can
We may not hope to restore the old large.
free fashion of entertaining our frienda
and guests. but there is no reason why We
should not introduce hospitality In a form
to comply with conditions and Il may be
just as cordial, as wholesouled. and delight
full as the earlier way Of welcoming those
we loved to'our rooftrses.
The way to make our homes opsn houses
is not by mourning over changed circum-
stances or even by endeavorins to make .
poor initiation Of what used to be, but by
adapting ourselves to what we now have.
The Invitation to apartment nssd not
be less generous than to a large dwelling
and it should be rscolleoted that the scale OF
living in a fiat Is unlform-that ons who 10
entertained In a tiny living room and eats
meals in minute dining room will hardly
expect to sleep in n spacious chamber.
We have not yet reached the stage where
the human form divine conforms to the
smallness OF the accommodations provided
for it, but we certainly At ourselves invol-
unfairly to a manner of living In which llt-
tie is liberal except the rents and tho
housekeeping bills
So give your attention to your guestroom
or the quarters which serve for housing
your guests and see IL comfort cannot be
achieved without spreading space Album
dance OK towels, soap, and wash cloths,
powder and pins. which l have laid per-
haps needless stress as essentials to com
fort, are not dependent upon boundless
room, but may be contained In small com
pass and a single bed is as luxurious a a
double one when well made. Cut your coat
according to your cloth. 30 far as you may.
and take for motto the sentence: De-
spise not the dav nf small things"
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through with. l would like 1t instrument
tai. for the piano. up to the fourth grade.
My only child suffers from incurable spinal
trouble. will gladly pay postage or ex-
press on anything l get. MRS. L. r.
Here is an application that ought to go
straight to the hearts not only of other
shut-ins who can sympathize with the
sufferers but also of the well. strong per-
sons who can come and go as they please
and seek their enjoyment outside of their
homes when they wish. don't believe any
of us who have this blessing can guess
what 1t must be to be really shut in and
incapable OF independence.
Won't some of you who have the joy of
health forget your own interests long
enough to make search through your
piece bags and music racks and see If
there are not some items there which may
mean little to you but will bring a meas
ure of happy occupation and pastime to
those whose best pleasures fall far below
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thing as you would like it to be? The bed
may be resplendent with handsome covers.
the bureau decked out with lace and FUZZY
coverings But Is the bed well made and
are there pins and hair pins and other
necessities on the dresser? The towels
may be rich in embroidery. but are there
wash cloths in abundance provided ana
is the soap dish immaculate. with iresh
soap? Is there light convenient for the
mirror and for the head of your oeo' anu
are there q few books with which you can
while away an idle moment! Is thefe
an extra covering to throw over soui
shoulders If you lie down for nap OF .o
draw up II the night turns cold! Arc pns
pillows for show or for slumber!
/ grant there are certain articles 1t Is ex-
pected you should carry with you In travel
ing. Even If there are full supplies OF toilet
fittings. If you find an array OF hair prush
and comb. nail file and shoehorn, nall prush
and powder in waiting you are supposed
to your own possessions in this line.
Nevertheless 1t Is delight to find all these
aids at hand in case your luggage should
have been delayed or you should have Tor
gotten to tuck in your clothes brush OF
your tooth powder or your button hook.
In at least one home where visit l find
what consider a perfectly appointed guest
room and If L lay stress upon this rather
than upon other spare chambers nave
occupl%d II is because the hostess OF the
first is a woman in moderate circum-
stances. In her home do not find maid
TO unpack my trunk or to offer me her
services in dressing; my friend Is more like
ly to come in at night to turn down my
bed for me than to send her one maid to do
it. Yet no wealth could make me more
comfortable.
In the first place the room Is prettily,
although simply furnished. The bed Is
excellent, and 1t Is always we'll made, with
the lower sheet drawn tightly, the cover
ings tucked in well, an extra duvet laid
across the foot, small pillow as well as
pair of largo ones provided.
The scarf on the dresser is of plain linen
with no lace or silk, but on it are spread
shoehorn, clothes and hair brush. comb,
button hook. nail file, scissors. powder box
and puff. The pin cushion Is generously
stocked the washstand holds all require
ments of tooth and face powder, soap and
hand lotion, wash cloths and towels, fine
and coarse.
In the closet are hangers for my frocks,
and a wash kimono and pair of soft Slip
pers in case of need.
At the head of my bed is not only al cleo
tric reading lamp but candle and matches
lest the electricity should fail. small
pitcher of drinking water and glass are
there too and there is space for one or more
ofthe books thatflll rack on another table.
Writing materials are in he table drawers
paper. envelopes. postcards, blotters,
stamps. inkstand, pens-all one might
need.
At one side of the room is a couch on
which to take an afternoon rest and 1t Is
placed so that the light from the window
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~~4E guest room of the house Is an
te indication of the spirit of the
hostess"
said that! We who are women
and have judgment enough to consider the
matter carefully would be sorry to think
the statement true.
Think for a moment of the guest rooms
where you have spent one night or more
during the visits you have made as a
stranger or as a welcome friend. or stop
nearer home and look with an unprejudiced
eye at the guest room In your own house
If you reflect little, 1 fancy your ex-
perience will prove TO be the same as mine
While there are many places where have
been deliciously comfortable the memory
abides with me of chambers In which I
have felt sunk in the depths of forlorn-
ness from the lack of attention my hostess
had bestowed upon the ease of her guests.
One recollect with especial distinctness
] had been sent as delegate to conven-
tion and the arrangement made In advance
that l was to stay at the home of an old
family friend. Instead of being met at the
stavon by my hostess-to-be a substitute
awaited me with the information that my
friend had been called out of town by the
sudden and alarming illness of her mother,
and that my entertainment had been as
sumed by one of the few unappropriated
hostesses of the convention l smothered
the pangs of homesickness that assailed
me and prepared myself to make the oest
of conditions and to comport myself as a
willing If an unexpected guest.
will spare you some of the dets&ls. It
was muggy weather in late spring the
house was atrociously overheated. and
we had roast pork and mince pie fer dinner.
I ate lightly despite the well meant efforts
of my host to ply me with food. and. plead
ing fatigue after hard days travel, went
early to my room. yearning for my bed.
Possibly there may be a harder bed some
where in the habitable globe. but II so
have never met It'll The pillows were large
and lumpy, the sheets were too short and
came up from the bottom as soon as l was
between them. When 1 tried to light the
gas to remaSe the bed made the harrow
Ing discovery that there were no matches
in the room ! Strengthened the covers as
well as could By the sense of feeling. but
by the time this was done was too nervous
TO sleep, Notwithstanding my WEAKNESS.
tossed restlessly most of the night, longing
to know the time, but unable to see my
watch; devoured with thirst after the pork
and mince pie, but afraid to start In search
of the washstand, lest l might never and
my bed again.
BY the time morning came I was In the
lp of sick headache. which held me a
s-isoner for two days. during which I
sssed on my 1nty couch and agonized
nth homesickness and longing for my
very own bed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
Miscellaneous Recipes.

BAKED MARCARONI WITH CLIPPED
BEEF.-Break maroaroni in one-inch
pieces; there should be three-fourths CUP
ful. Cook in boiling salted water to cover
until soft, the time required being about
twenty-five minutes. Drain, and pour over
one quart of cold water to prevent pieces
adherng. Remove skin from one-fourth
pound of thinly sliced smoked dried beef
and separate in pieces. Cover with hot
water. let stand ten minutes, and drain
Arrange alternate layers of macaroni and
beef in buttered baking dish, having two
of each. Pour over white sauce, cover with
three-fourths cupful of buttered crachsr-
crumbs, and bake in hot oven until the
crumbs are brown. For the white sauce
melt four tablespoons OF butter, add three
tablespoons of flour, and stir until well
blended; then pour on gradually. while stir
ing constantly. two eupfuls of milk Bring
to the boiling point, and add one-half tea
spoonful of salt and one-eighth teaspoonful
OF pepper.
CHERRY MoSS.-soak one tablespoonful
vi sranulated gelatin In three tablespoon
luis OIL cold water five minutes Add one
iourth cuptul or boiling water, and as soon
as seiatin Is dissolved add one and one half
S~PA~'o Va odih rcu canned cherries (stonesl
ana cut In halves) and one-half cupful Of
Juice drained from the canned cherries
Wnen mixture begins to thicken add tba
whites OF two eggs. beaten until stiff and a
Few grains of salt. Turn into mold first
dipped In cold water. and chill thoroushlv
Remove from mold to serving dish, and sur,
round with whipped cream sweetenea and
navored with vanilla. Sprinkle with Jor
dan almonds. blanched, cut in shreds
iengthwise. and baked in a slow oven.
FIG CuSTARD.- .-Scald one ouar rt of mill
Mix two tablespoonfuls of corn starch
three-fourths of cupful of sugar, and one
fourth teaspoonful of salt. Pour scalded
milk gradually. while stirring constantly
into mixture, and cock In double boiler ten
minutes. stirring constantly until mixture
thickens, and alserwards occasionally
Add yolks of three eggs slightly beaten and
cook three minutes. Cut one-half pound OF
figs In small pieces, put In double boiler. and
add one-fourth cupful of boiling water
one-fourth cupful OF sugar. and one table
spoonful OF lemon-juice, and cook until fies
are soft. Combine custard and ag mixtures.
cool, and turn into a serving dish. Beat
whites OF three eggs until stiff and add
gradually. while beating constantly, three
tablespoonfuls OF powdered sugar: then add
one-half tablespoonful Of lemon-juice. Pie
BY spoonfuls over the pudding.
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good boys and you will have a good cake.
proverbs. 23-14l Nuts should be put in
last, the raisins should be seeded, the figs
chopped and the almonds blanched and
sliced, and all these we'll noured to pre-
vent their sticking to the bottom.
" E. II. c."
good many years ago l ate some scrip
ture cake " made by a recipe something
like the above. though SO far as my reeol-
lection of 1t goes there were fewer ingre-
dients, the almonas being left out and
honey used for the only sweetening, in
stead of supplementing 1t with the sweet
cane from far country of Jeremiah,
which Is made an equivalent for sugar in
the recipe just given. The cake was made
and sold at a church fair for the benefit
OF some worthy object and was quite good
enough to be bought and eaten for its
own sake. i shall be Interested to hear
of the success following It's manufacture
by the Cornerites " and thank Il. III. C.
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Lay piece of brown paper over the top
of them when they go In and remove this
at the end of fifteen minutes, When you
take the loaves from the oven leave them
In the pans for about ten minutes. then
take them out and tip them on their edges.
Work over your dough for rolls. adding a
couple of tablespoonfuls of butter to the
dough. make them into rolls and let them
rise to twice their first bulk before you
bake them. They will requre.from fifteen
TO twenty minutes baking in a good oven.
| hope with all my heart these directions
may help.
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HOW DO YOU CARE FOR YOUR GUESTS?

tents and should be utilized to help make
your guest room livable.
II there IS no opportunity for washing ac
commodatons there and the friend must
share the family bath room. at least havs
a towel rack in the spare chamber and
a place for nail and tooth brushes and pow
ders and lotions OF various kinds there %
above the wash stand in the bath room.
Make your friend feel that there is place
prepared for her and that she does not have
to take pot luck so to speak. with the rest
OF the household when 1t comes to abiu-
tons!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
Scripture Cake.

Scripture Cake.
"A X E. asks for recipe forscripture
cake and l copy the following from one Of
my books:
lone cup butter [Judges~5-25l, three and
one-half cups flour H. Kings. 4-22I three
cups sugar Jeremiah, 6-2ol, two cups rails
ms H. Samuel, 30-12l, two cups figs RI.
Samuel, 30-12l, one cup water [Gs nesis. "a
III, one cup almonds [Genesis, 43-111, six
eggs isaiah. 1O-14], one tablespoon honey
+ Exodus. 1921, pinch of salt [Levitlcus.
1871, spices to taste II. Kings. 10-1ol. two
tablespoons baking powder H. Corinthians.
Sol.
FOLLOW Solomon's advice for making
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

Leave the contemplation of the spare
rooms of others for a moment and look at
your own. If you were visitor would you
be content with 1t, il its comforts were
backed by hearty welcome, or do you rely
upon the latter to make up for deficiencies
in the way Of conveniences for washing and
dressmaking? Is there nothing you can
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But always 1 bore in my mind hospitable
and crowded home in which made some
OF the most delightful visits of my grlhood.
where the guest chamber was hall room,
termed by the family the shelf" There
was space in 1t for notning but the single
bed. the small bureau, the TIMER wash
stand. and the diminutive table and couple
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drawer bureau with two of the drawers
filled with your own belongings and but
one drawer left for the guests clothing ana
toilet articles. Don't offer closet half full
of your best frocks, SO that the impress
sion Is made that you have to turn yourself
out to let the visitor in.
II the room Is small study compactness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
Words of Old Song.

" Can you give me the words OF the old
song called Forget .? am happy
to send you the recipe for velvet sponge
cake asked for by Maria NJ g. H. c."
The directions for velvet sponge cake will
appear elsewhere. l am sorry I cannot
give the words of the song Forget-me-
not. but l am sure some OF the -" Corner
ties " will be able and willing to send IT,
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those you take as an every day matter of
course?
Such an application as this is practically
sure of a generous response and know
/ am not making it in vain.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE

DEcAUSE Of The enormous number Of
II letters sentto The department / must ask
contributors 10 limit their communications to
100 uords, except In cases of formulas or
recipes which require gsstler space. l pani
all my correspondents to hare shopins in
the Corner. aad If my request in his respect
Is complied Nth II will Be possible TO print
many more letters.
Attention Is called 10 the fact that Marion
Harland cannot receioe money for patterns,
as she has no connection wiih any department
hat sells them. Marion Hdrland.
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falls right for one who wishes to read her
self into drowsiness. The shades at the
windows are dark enough to exclude the
morning light.
i; 4:
What You One a Guest.
Do hear yousay that you cannot spare
O room Like this for chance guests, that you
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To While Long Hours Away.

am a shut-in and have been for nine
years. The hours drag so heavily, for mo
that I have been wonder If through
your corner may be able to get some
quilt pieces. new ones. of all kinds, and
some sheet music which some one Is
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of chairs. Yet the furnishings were skill
fully arranged to make the most OF the
limited space and the supply of towels.
toilet needfuls, writing materials and the
like were as generous as though the room
had been ten times its size.
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do to remedy the shortcomings OF the room
as 1t now is?
great deal can be done IL you will set
your wits to work In the first place, grant
the guest the space to which he or she is
entitled. Don't let a friend find three
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
MARION HARLAND'S HELPING HAND.

this talk and hope may prove what you
wish. Thank you for the recipe for the
"rocks." They sound good.
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OF arrangement. Put up shelf for books,
place shirt waist box under the window or
a utility box at the foot of the bed or
dress box which runs on casters under the
bed. All sorts of eXpedients have been de-
vised for the benefit of the dwellers In city
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Hard RYE Rolls.

Would one of the readers Of the Cor
ner be so kind as to send a recipe telling
me how to make hard rye rolls?
READER"
shall have to depend upon one of our
housekeepers to reply to this question.
Rolls made of the ordinary rye bread 1
know. but not the variety known as :" hard
rye rolls" Does the adjective apply to the
way In which they are mixed or the man
ner in which they are baked? I shall hope
to receive directions for them which can
be published here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

Crackers.
Tea.
DINNER.
Tomato and pea soup "a ieftover).
Roast chicken
Baked macaroni
spinach souffie "a lsftover).
Mince pie.
Coffee.
n
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Much and milk.
Bacon and eggs
Whole wheat biscuit.
Toast
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Giblets on toast "a leftover.
Mush mullins "a leftover.
Baked potatoes
Hot gin rbread
Chot tie.
DIN NlDR.
Cream of potato soup.
Halibut steak.
French fried potatoes
Green peas.
Lemon merlngue pie
Coffee
4 n
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Cracked wheat and cream
Fishballs.
Rolls.
Toast
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Sslm Of duck "a leftover).
Milk toast.
Plain boiled potatoes.
Cookies.
Orange marmalade
Cheese
Tea
DINNER
Julienne soup
Baked Hamburg steak
Fried bananas
Creamed carrots
Cracker pudding.
: coffeA
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Guest Room Comforts.

GueSf Room Comforts.
This is an extreme case. perhaps, but
have you not known instances like 1t? How
OFTEN do you visit friend and find every