Ellsworth American., 1926-12-01
FOOTPRINTS.

lust where one scarlet lily famed,
saw His footprint in the sod.
Then suddenly, all unaware
Far off in the deep shadows, where
A solitary hermit thrush
Sang through the holy twlhgnt
T heard His voice upon the air.
Rack to the world with quickening
start
T looked and longed for any part
Tn making saving beauty be,
And from that kindling ecstasy
knew God dwelt within my near l.
Selected.
Dear NJ BIS:
am much interested in the
column, and receive Mutual benent
from the letters and items that you
oil turn in. For some time l nave
wanted to contribute my "bit,' out'
as some of you have confessed, time
has been otherwise occupied.
have wondered whether any of
Won find it hard to make cake with
ont eggs. Ours ran short the other
week, ana L Iell aS .iiooeH
ett,nbmizs. A neighbor gave me
some recipes which I will write on for
YOUR benefit" if you have not heard
of them:
Eeeless Chocolate Cake-One cup
sugar, lone-half cup cocoa, one CUP
sour milk five teaspoons butter one
teaspoon soda, two tablespoons not
water. one and one-half cups flour.
Chester Cake-One cup sugar, one
half cup dry cocoa, four teaspoons
lard or butter, pinch salt, one cup
sour milk. one teaspoon soda in little
hot water, nearly two cups nour.
Flavor with vanilla; if desired acd
nuts Especially good with white
ticing.
APPLE Sauce Cake-One cup sugar
one-half cup butter or substitute one
TEASPOON csssia and cloves, little
nutmeg, one cup sour apple sauce
two and one-half cups flour, scant
TEASPOON soda, one cup chopped
raisins.
You probably know that a tea
snoonful of marshmallow added to
YOUR frosting keeps it moist and ADDS
to the flavor. I always use con-
factioners sugar for my frosting.
want you to think of me as l Will
sign myself.
Cay Girl"
We welcome newcomer VINO ar
rives in the nick of time with egg
less recipes, when eggs are dol
lar a dozen and everyone's pullets
laying but ours! We will, indeed,
hope you may have the opportunity
to be present at an M. B. reunion
and prove your name, Cay Girl.
The recipes following are in
answer to "Ellis'" request, but as
l understand it, we do not have
these barberries here. The one I
know is a purely decorative shrub,
and very Christmas-y and pretty.
If 1 make a mistake here, probably
Aunt Mary's John" may be de-
pended upon to correct me!
Barberry Jelly-Pck over the bar
berries and wash them. Put them
into the kettle, and to every four
quarts of berries allow three pints
of water and dozen sour apples
quartered and cored. Boil slowly un-
til apples and berries are soft, then
turn into jellybag and drip, being
very careful not to squeeze bag, or the
Jelly will not be clear. Boil the
Juice twenty minutes, skim and
measure, and to- every cup of juice
use a cup of sugar; cook till it jellies,
about thirty minutes.
Do Con with Sweet ADDle-
Half a peck of barberries, two quarts
of molasses, one peck of sweet apples
Pick over the berries, to remove the
steams and leaves, wash them, and
put them on to boil with water
| enough to float them. Add the mo-
| losses and cook until the berries are
| tender. While these are cooking
pare, quarter and core the apples.
| Skim out the berries and COOK the
| apples in the syrup, as many as can be
| cooked in the syrup. When tender
! put into the dish with the berries,
| and boil the syrup down till thick;
| put the fruit back into the syrup, re-
heat and put into jars.
have used both of these recipes,
and they were very nice. Ny mouth
is very moist now writing these for
YOU, but have had none since l left
Massachusetts. Hope these will help
our dear Aunt Anne.
"Effie."
My parlor-maid is very talkative.
She was dusting one morning and
her little red tongue was going like
a hand-bell. The conversation, one
sided mostly, ran in this wise;
ooh, it is such fun to be five
years old!" Flip-fap of the sdust-
less duster-then-
my! 1 don't believe this table
has been busted for years and years
and years." 1 made no protest or
denial.
But, mother, do wish 1 was a
school-mate! When I do go to
school, who will be my chub?"
suggested that Marion might be
her "chub," but my heart contracted
at the thought of packing the first
little 1unch in certain DoEOV0O