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Show j V CHI EVE MEN T Is not gamed Jt - V by chance; l-'ate stoops not laurels to confer; Only the men of worth advance And take the proffered crown from her. HELPFUL HINTS. To Make Pear Honey. This is as delicious as quince honey, and may be used for so many nice dishes, cake fillings and desserts. Grate four pears, the hard, nice-flavored variety, add a pint of cold water and two pounds of sugar; cook until 'thick and it drops from the spoon like honey. Skim occasionally while boiling. This is delicious served on griddle cakes. An unusual sandwich is prepared of the white meat of a chicken run through the meat chopper and pounded pound-ed to a paste. Mix with a little whipped cream, Beason lightly with horseradish and salt and cayenne. Stir in a little dissolved gelatine and let stand until firm; cut in slices and arrange with rings of stuffed olives on buttered bread. Roll ripe sliced tomatoes In corn-meal corn-meal or bread crumbs and fry until brown. Serve hot. A substitute for maple sirup: Boll twelve clean corn cobs in two gallons of water until there is only a gallon left. Drain the water and strain. To each pint of the water add a pound of brown sugar and boil until thick. Add a few drops of vanilla to the cocoa when it Is ready to serve. It enhances en-hances the flavor. Wash your diamond ring in alcohol and it will come out bright and clean. The white of an egg swallowed will dislodge a fish bone in the throat. A safety pin makes a good substitute substi-tute for a bodkin. Use you water color paints to brighten bright-en up the faded roses on your hat. It is easy to do, and they will look j fresh and new. Corn meal dampened with kerosene Is fine for sweeping carpets and oiled floors. A bicycle pump is good to clean out wicker chairs and carved wood hard to reacn with a brush or duster. Chloroform will remove grease from : the most delicate fabric without leaving leav-ing a trace. I Put you cake of chocolate through i the meat grinder, then seal it in a i can and it is always ready to use at a moment's notice. Cut open a piece of garden hose and tack a piece on the bottom of the ! step ladder to keep it from slipping. I UTUMN Is a painter bold, 1 kJ "Wields a virile brush, ' . Gilds the heavens with his gold. And on tree and bush Lavinhes his scarlet tints, Dazzling to the eyes. Masterful, wonderous hints Fresh from Paradise. 6WEETS FOR THE LITTLE PEO-PLE. PEO-PLE. Here are some sweets that the small folks will like, and are not harmful for them to eat in moderation: Children's Delights. Beat the whites of four eggs until stiff, and add very gradually, while beating constantly, two-thirds of a cup of fine granulated sugar. Continue beating until the mixture holds its shape. Then fold In a third of a cup of fine sugar and half a teaspoonful of vanilla. Sprinkle with colored sugar, nuts or cocoanut and bake in a moderate oven. Angel Cake. Take a cupful of egg whites, beat until stiff; add a quarter of a teaspoonful of cream of tartar and a pinch of salt while beating. Fold In a cup of sugar carefully, to hold the lightness of the eggs. Flavor with va nilla, then fold in a cup of flour that has been sifted with a quarter of a teaspoon of cream of tartar. Bake fifty minutes in a slow oven. Spice Snaps. Heat hafNa cup ol molasses to the boiling point; "remove and add a fourth of a cup of sugar, one and a half tablespoonfuls each ol butter and lard and a tablespoonful of milk. Mix and sift two cups ol flour with a half teaspoon each of cloves, soda, cinnamon and nutmeg; add to the first mixture. Take out a third of the mixture and roll as thinly as possible. Cut with a small cut ter and bake in a moderate oven. Maple Walnuts. Heat one cup o! powdered sugar, a cup of maple sirup, a fourth of a cup of milk and a table spoonful of butter to the boiling point Boil to the soft ball stage that la, a soft ball Is formed when a little ia dropped in cold water. Remove from the heat and beat until creamy. Add a cup of walnut meats and a pinch ol Bait. Drop on greased pans to cooL |