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English Log .Cake.

While ago l saw request in your
Corner for tree cake and 1 think it may
be what in England we call log cake
Here is my recipe. A slab of cake is made
by some simple recipe, such as a mixture
of four eggs and four ounces each Of sugar.
butter, and flour. The sugar and butter
are creamed, the eggs beaten, and the flour
stirred lightly in; it can be favored with
lemon or almond OF course a cheaper
cake. such as short cake, would do. For
the icing unsalted butter is creamed with
an equal weight of fine sugar. Chocolate is
then added, with little vanilla essence,
and the mixture beaten until smooth. The
cake Is then cut into lengths, jam or the
butter icing spread between the pieces. they
are piled high. and with sharp knife
trimmed into the shape of log. The icing
is then put on thick and drawn lengthwise
with fork to represent the markings of a
log. A little of chopped pistachio nuts is
then sprinkled over it to represent knots.
or green sugar will answer. If the plate
on which it is placed is garnished with
maple leaves the effect is pretty.
"y. c. K"
do not know If this is the tree cake"
for which the correspondent asked. but it 10
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t/~ OR many years | have belonged
- to Marion Harland's Corner, so L
feel as though I were writing to
my family and telling them my
troubles. | wonder if any one has
twin baby carriage l could have. / know
this is asking more than have a right to
expect, but l have had so many expenses,
one after the other, that can't afford to
buy the carriage. l have a boy p months
old, and the twins are IA months old 1t is
seldom get out, because l am not able to
carry the children, and the babies are pale
and sickly looking. / feel sure if could
take them out more it would help them
whole lot 1 have had to have good deal
Of work done at the dentists, and that Is
one reason can't afford the baby carriage.
will be more than glad to send an express
man to call for the carriage, or to come for
1t myself il 1t is near by. MRS. f. N"
l am sure other mothers will agree with
me In feeling that the mother of three
babies under 21a years Of age must have
great courage and persistence ever to get
them out at all. Also am positive that
If any one has a twin baby carriage that
is not in use, or knows of one that could
be given she will be happy to write for this
mothers address and get in touch with her.
l hope the offer of the carriage will come
promptly.
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No Ceremony The Keynote.

This course ended the host may toucn
the bell, summoning the maid. who comes
in. clears away the used plates and puts
ON fresh ones, removes the chafng dish.
and sets before the host the platter OF
chicken. Or. ii it seems best, the guests
may themselves set their soled plates of
on the sideboard or serving table, while
the host removes the tray bearing the
chatting dish and brings from the kitchen
with his own hands the next item on the
bill of fare. Don't think the men will be
shocked or object to the informality They
Will like It. This by the way, is good
time to explore the contents of the sham
pie in the middle of the table and each man
may pull the ribbon leading to his place
and draw out the favor meant for him.
If the coffee is to be served now it may
be poured by the man who faces the host
at the othey end of the table and the guests
may pass cups and plates for themselves.
No ceremony is the keynote OF the oc-
easion and even the men accustomed to
trained service will enjoy the freedom OF
the affair.
The guests will linger long over this
course and even longer over the next.
When they are ready for that the maid
dishes and plates or they may once more
do the work themselves and attack the
salad, crackers, and cheese. The salad
will already be served and ready on indi-
vidual plates. the crackers and cheese VIII
be passed around the table and 1t is well
to see that there Is hot coffee ready for
those who are willing TO chance sleepiess-
ness for the sake of another cup. with
the fresh coffee may come cigars or pipes.
unless these are postponed until the party
mgrates TO another room to finish the
evening.
Does the preparation and management
of such a meal as this sound Ikea hard
proposition? Not to the housekeeper OF
abundant good will and even moderate eff
cheney. You have proven yourself pos
sessed of both or your husband would not
have thought of asking you to attempt the
festvity. Your work and ingenuity, your
supervision of the cookery and the serv-
ing will confirm his faith in the conviction
that his wife can make triumphant sunr
cess of anything she undertakes.
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WHEN JOHN ENTERTAINS FRIENDS.

- on may be a practiced housekeeper,
accustomed to general entertaining
without having ever thought OF
managing stag repast. In this
case you may feel a little discon-
certed when John suggests that he would
like to have stag racket at home. He
has received hospitality from other men
which he wishes to return, or business
makes it desirable he should show attention
to some associates, and to his mind the
best way of doing this is by stag party"
Perhaps he does not belong to club to
which he can invite his friends. or he may
not wish to incur the expense of a festiv
ity either at the club or at a restaurant.
Whether he does or not, think he pays
you a compliment when he shows conf
denee in your ability to arrange such an
affair.
You can swing 1t all right he will prob
ably assure you if you are doubtful as to
your success. After that you are not the
woman and the housekeeper take you for
if you don't resolve to do him credit or
perish in the attempt
Begin by eomprehending that catering
for men is different from catering for wom.
en- or a mixed company. Men like plenty
and they like 1t well cooked, but they don't
care for frills and furbelows. With this
in mind make up your bill of fare, devise
your decorations, and then plan how to
carry out your scheme.
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dish of green peas or of string beans, or
corn fritters or some other vegetable, kept
warm in a covered dish, and a good hot
bread. either light, puffy biscuit or rolls or
wafiles.
women, and it is not necessary to bestow
so much attention upon dessert as you do
if you were giving dinner for both sexes.
BY the time the guests have disposed of
such a menu as have suggested they will
be satisfied with compromise between a
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ingredients of the dish to be prepared. At
the other end of the board may be the tray
of coffee cups and saucers, sugar basin.
and cream jug If the coffee is to be served
with the meal If it is to come with the
last course arrange the cups etc, on q
tray on the sideboard ready. to he put on
when wanted. Small dishes of olives.
pickles, jelly, and nuts may be here and
there and thick or asbestos lined mats
may mark the stations afterwards to be
occupied by hot bread and vegetables.
Men usually like plenty of light with
their meals, SO l would advise your dis
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cards. If you have skill in drawing or can
command such skill you have boundless
opportunities for fun making. The engi-
neering guest may be seen in overalls show
cling coal into furnace; the doctor may
be rushing to an ambulance call; the stu
dent turning his back on books in favor
of flippant gayety; the opponent of wom-
ans rights carrying a transparency in
scribed Votes for Women +" If you can
not handle pencil or brush decorate each
card with suitable verse. an original
couple or limerick or a quotation to fit the
case, the more humorous, the better.
Since the service of such a meal is pos
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" Cell Salts in Food.

have been looking over old numbers
of the Helping Hand department and note
the frequent requests for help for dull hear
ing and noises in the head. Having been
troubled for thirty years with this serious
affiiction, l have come to the conclusion
that it is caused by lack of certain cell salts
which are extracted by the body from the
foods we eat If we do not take the proper
combinations OF foods, we fail to obtain
these wonderful salts that keep the body
in repair. They are phosphates of lime
iron potash, soda, and magnesia; chlorides
of potash and soda; sulphates of lime, soda.
and potash; fluoride Of lime, and pure silica.
If one is at all careful of the diet, the requi-
site cell salts can be largely obtained by
using for drinking aerated, distilled water
in which teaspoonful Of bran to a pint of
water has been soaking over night and kept
cold. DO not prepare any more bran water
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mushroomsy sweetbreads-these are but
few of the many delicious dishes to be pre-
pared by one skilled in the use of the chat
ing dish.
If for any reason the chafing dish feature
should not appeal to the person giving the
party it's place may be taken by a good
soup served in cups, although the chafing
dish preparation is better if it can be
achieved.
For the second. which Is the most sub
stantial course of the meal. have fried
chicken arranged about mound of rice or
of mashed potato, and with this serve in a
sauceboat plenty of gravy. Provide also
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ing table, leave it uncovered except for
center-piece, doilies, mats, etc. Supply
each place with a plate dolly for your
service plate; att the left of this have a
bread and butter plate, napkin and three
forks; at the right put the requisite knives,
a teaspoon-two, if soNp is to be served in
cups-and the water glass; Lay a piece
of bread or a roll and one or two butter
balls on each bread and butter plate.
At one end of the table may be the chat
ing dish on tray, surrounded by the mix
ing bowls, measuring cup, spoons, and
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For Boy and His Grandmother.

Perhaps some of your readers have an
unused bicycle that would be of use to
boy years old who lives in the country
at some distance from the school and can't
afford to buy a wheel. Also. If you have
some odds and ends of worsted for his
grandmother. she would be greatly obliged.
MRS. B. B."
Although there may not be bicycle for
the boy, whom I would greatly like to have
made happy by the gift of the wheel, it is
altogether probable that the odds and
ends : of worsted may be provided for the
grandmother. shall be happy to send the
address, either for these remnants or for
the bieycle.
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center of the table to the individual place
and laid in large dish or pan in the mid
die of the board. The sides of the dish
may be concealed by a napkin pinned
about It and the resemblance to a pie may
be given by a top crust of brown paper.
judiciously scorched here and there by the
application of water color paint or by
touch from a hot poker. The ribbons at
tached to the gifts may be slipped out be-
tween the edge of the dish and the
% crust. +"
Added mirth may be induced by the place
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John EntertanJ

pensing with candles and candeabra for
the repast and using the gas or electric
light above the table.
You and your husband may have your
own ideas as TO the decorations; if not
suggestion may be welcome. The fun of
the occasion will be enhanced by favors
which need not be expensive but must be
appropriate. Such tokens may either be
made at homo or purchased. In their Sc
lection you must be guided by your knowl-
edge of the personnel of the party. The
man who is trying to purify politics may
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I am always glad to make room for sug-
gestions. / am not enough of chemist to
know how far this correspondent is correct
in her theory of deafness and head sounds
being the result of a deficiency of cell
salts !" in the food, but whole wheat bread.
cooked to a state of crustiness. where the
starch is almost entirely converted into
dextrin, may be more easily digested than
starchy bread, bolted with inadequate mas
tication. The Improvement in the general
health ought to help every part of the body,
and I hope that the directions given by
this correspondent may be of value to many
of our readers 1 congratulate her person
ally on her relief from the trial of dulled
hearing. and shall be glad to give her ad-
dress to those who wish to correspond with
her on this matter
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be in place. If this is to be soup the cups
should already be filled, water should be
in the glasses, bread and butter on the
plates Ii the course to open the meal Is
to be from the chafng dish a hot plate may
be on the service plate in front of each
guest and when the cooking is done the
host or the man presiding over it may
serve the food, the men helping one an
other and exchanging the full for the
empty plates.
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Needs a Pair of Crutches.

"Will you kindly inform me where l can
get pair of crutches? 1 have rheumatism
and need their help. My height is 5 feet
81 inches. MRS. c. A. r."
l hope there may be somewhere pair of
crutches which will help her. She sends
only her initials, but as her address accom-
panles these, it may be possible to get in
touch with her without difficulty
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Out of Print.

''Can you or any of your constituents
) help me in finding the words and music
of an old song entitled The Rose of
Sharon !? 1t starts out as follows:
There's a rose that is blooming for you, friend.
There's rose that is blooming for me.
" 1 do not know any more / asked for 1t
at music store. but they did not have it.
and said it was out of print. am anxious
to possess it. b. F. H."
Many a poem and song which cannot be
secured with money has been supplied by
our correspondents from the treasury Of
their memories and hope this may be an
other case of the same sort. 1 will hold
your address and send it to any one who
can comply with your request.
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clothes you need. If we could only make
some money. We are ten miles from the
town, so it is quite a ways to market When
both the girls were at home they wanted
a piano, and father said he could not get
one, and so / raised and sold chickens
until l got them one, and | did every bit
of my own work. In the same way made
enough to help the older boy buy car
riage. and of late l haye been trying to
raise enough money to help the boys get
gasoline engine. They want one so much.
and they are such good boys, | am so
afraid they will get tired of the farm and
leave, and never could stay without them
l have been making thirty pounds of but
ter week, and put all that on the grocery
bill. But what can any one do so far from
market? l am out of practice in my sew
ing, although L used to earn money by that
before / was married, twenty-five years
ago. l lie awake nights studying over 1t.
My girl wants to paint but there it is
againl Where is the money to come from I?
/ have thought about this until just had
to tell some one. Every day read How to
Earn Money at Home and the Helping
Hand, but 1t doesn't seem to open way for
me. Can't some one help me?
WORKER"
1 have not printed the entire letter of
this correspondent. for parts of 1t were too
personal. but have given enough to show
her sore longing for a chance to get little
ready money, in the hope that some one
may have suggestions to offer. either
through this column. where woulo gladly
print them for her sake and for that o.
others. or by private correspondence. ;
might suggest putting up jams and pickle
and preserves, but do not know If she
has sale for such things. and. as she
says. she is ten miles from a market. AL
her desire is to make home happy for her
children. and If any Of our Cornerites know
of any methods by which she could add a
littlecash to her store shall be most happy
to publish them. Cases like hers abound
all over the country, and to my mind they
are oftener more bitter to endure than the
Industrial slavery of workers in cities.
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Wants 10 Keep Her Boys.

I am the mother Of four children, two
girls and two boys. The oldest daughter
is married to a good husband. The Sec
ond girl fitted herself for teaching. but has
not yet secured school, and the two boys,
the elder 81 live at home with us on the
farm. Two better sons never lived. But
they want many things their father doesn't
think 1t worth while to get. and although
have earned all the money could with
the care of chickens and with the eggs
could find some way Of earning money to
help us get some of the things we want.
On a farm you can just work your life out
day in and out and not have even what
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Apple Tafy and Ginger Sponge.

VIII some one tell me how to make
apple taffy? 1t consists of fresh apple
on a saucer and the apple rolled in taffy.
What want to know Is how to make the
taffy. T. r. McC."
VIII you please send me recipe for the
most excellent ginger sponge which ap-
feared in these columns some years ago?
I have used the recipe with satisfactory
results, but having lent the directions to
friend who failed to return them. am
obliged to ask you for help. E. l..
For both these recipes must appeal to
the constituency. I have neither OF them.
and do not know what In the nature of
ginger sponge.
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To Finish a Silk Quill.

am a shut-in trying to finish silk
quilt and would appreciate scraps Of this
material from some Of your readers. Near
me there is an old lady who requests a rug.
as she sits by her window to knit and would
be grateful for a medium or small sized
rug. Mrs M. W."
While the demands for silk patches al
ways continue in steady stream. 1t IL a
blessing that the supply is apparently un-
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Would Store a Piano.

Will you please ask If there is any one
who has piano she would like taken care
of? My daughter of II is most anxious to
learn music, and we would take the best
care of piano if any one would be willing
to store it with us. Mrs d. p. B.
There is probability OF there being some
where family desirous of storing their
piano for a while. l hope this plea may
meet their eyes, and that they may write
and ask for the address of the correspond.
ent who makes il.
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receive a miniature wash board and tub
or scrubbing pail and brush or bottle OF
cleansing fluid. The dog enthusiast may
be presented with a stuffed flannelette
bow-wow =; those with sporting tastes
may have testimony borne to their prowess
by caricatures of their exploits in that
line
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salad and a sweet in the form of an orange
and celery salad. With this you can have
crackers and cheese and the coffee may be
served at the same time. in large cups or
in small, unless the preference has been to
drink it with the more solid part of the
meal. In Difference to the desires Of those
who like a little sweet to conclude the re-
past, have a couple of small dishes of bon
bons or sugared nuts.
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diminished | hope there may be contri-
button to meet this request. and that the
desire for the rug may also be gratifed. I
will furnish the address Of the corresponds
ent upon application
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certainly pleasing suggestion for her or
for any other housekeeper, and [ am CRATE
full to our Cornerite for the recipe
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sbly burdensome unless you have trained
domestics | have suggested a supper
rather than dinner. with its succession
of courses and its plates to be changed.
supper is far more informal and your
maid or a woman you get in to help for
the evening can supply all the waiting you
need, unless you arrange matters so that
the men can do all their own serving. AS
you yourself are not expected to appear
you must plan for the work in advance.
When the guests come into the dining
room everything for the first course should
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viii Send Complete Copy.

g note the request for the name of the
author Of the lines;
The moo-cow-moo has a tail like a rope
And IT raveis down where 1t grows
And it's Just like feeling a piece of SOAP
f, All over the moo-cow's nose.
The title is The Moo-Cow-Moo.' and
the verses were written by Edmund Vance
Cheney 1 shall be glad to send to Mrs.
w. l.. G. the rest of the poem if she cares
to write to me for it. MRS H. L. Pr
hope Mrs. w. L. G. may see this COM
munication and write to me for the address
Of the maker of this kindly offer.
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Inquire at School.

Would you or one of your Cornerites
be kind enough to give me list Of books
you consider suitable for a little girl of
Is to study at home? The child has been
Ill most Of her life and has been to school
only two years. 1t is possible that she will
outgrow her illness, but it may be when
she is 16 or II. She is really bright child.
being in the fifth grade when she left school.
but would feel badly If she had to go back
when that age knowing that she would have
to go into low grade am anxious that
she get an education. SO when she is older
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Use of Guest ToweLs.

Please tell me where and how to use
a guest towel. as have had several mis-
understanding about them. l.. r."
The guest towel. as its name indicates, is
towel to be used by a guest. Keep two
or three of them hanging in your bath room
or near the washstand. so that the chance
visitor who wishes to wash his or her
hands will have a towel which will suffice
for n single service
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LUNCHEON.
Beef hash la leftoverl boiled potatoes.
Toasted biscuit Ia leftoverl,
Ginger snaps. cheese cocoa.
DINNER.
Cream of carrot soup Ia leftoverl.
Baked liver. creamed turnips.
Baked macaroni.
Chocolate custard pudding coffee.
i; n
WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges. cereal.
Scrambled eggs, graham gems.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cold liver sliced Ia ieftoverl.
Macaroni warmed up with little tomato Ia
leftoverl.
Milk toast crackers. marmalade.
Tea.
DINNER.
Black bean soup.
Broiled chops mashed potatoes
Ladies' cabbage. bread pudding.
Coffee.
X X
THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Grapes mush and milk
Bacon, popovers. toast.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Frizzled beef with eggs.
Fried mush Ia le6toverl. drop biscuit.
Canned pears, potato -four cake.
GsA
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Fapors in the Center.

Instead of laying each favor at the plate
of the guest for whom it is intended the
gift may be wrapped tied with ribbon
with one end long enough to reach from the
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Decorations for the Table.
So much for your menu. Now as to the
table and service If you own good look
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Author of Hassan's Properb."


" The name Of an author is asked for, and
I send it with the little poem entire, be-
cause it is SO fine and helpful. 1t is en-
titled Hassan's Proverb.' The authors
name is James Buckham. and the poem
appeared in the Christian Endeavor World
The verse quoted by your correspondent
is this:
No one. say. is conquered till he yields;
And Yield he need not while. like mist from
glass,
God wipes the stain of lifes cid battlehelds \
From every morning that he brings to pass.
1t has been my good fortune to direct
others who did not know them to the
treasure house of delight and inspiration
which the poets have created for US. and
never hear a question asked about them
that do not wish to answer to the best of
my ability. 1 formed the acquaintance
and fell in love with the poets at an early
age. and during a long and busy life there
has never been a day SO gray that they have
not helped to brighten 1t nor any drudgerv
too hard to be relieved by them. Nor wa q
there ever any sorrow which they did not
nelp TO sweeten. c. ]. A."
Let me thank you on my own account
for the full poem. which I shall preserve
carefully. The verse you quote knew
and loved, and it Is a delight to have the
reminder and also to know the name of the
writer. congratulate you on the possession
OF tho abiding joy and comfort brought
to you by love and knowledge of poetry.
1t 10 wonderful gift to own.