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Show its the pa OKlTCnENil IiIcabinltES ((c), 1921, Western Newspaper Union.) Societies, governments, nations fall 7 when the secret chambers of individual individ-ual hearts grow weak. But those secret se-cret chambers' cannot be filled from the world outside. They can only be filled from within at the cisterns of Infinite Silence. S. J. Barrows. SEASONABLE FOODS. During the winter when canned fruit is to be used in various ways, the following will be a salad that is unusual, and very good : Plum and Cream Cheese Salad. Take canned green gage plums, drained from their sirup and dry on soft paper. Cut open and remove the stones, allowing allow-ing three plums with the cheese for each salad. Chop fine a dozen pecan meats and half a pimenta. rinsed in cold water and dried in a cloth. Beat these into cream cheese, adding cream if the cheese lacks moisture. Shape into balls. Make a nest of heart leaves of lettuce, on these dispose the plums with a ball of cheese in the center to take the place of the stone. Serve with French dressing, using lemon lem-on juice, one part to three or four of nil. Baked Beans, New York Style. Let a pint of beans soak over night in water to cover. In the morning drain add fresh water and rub the henns through the hands to loosen the skins. Wash in a colander with cold water. Cover with cold . wnter and return to lire to cook. Pip one-fourth of a pound of salt pork into boiling water, scrape th rind and score It, then put to cook with the heans. When the skins commence to curl, remove them from the fire and put them to hake In a shallow baking dish. Press the pork into the center of the dish and cover with a granite pan. Bake six hours in a moderate oven, adding water as needed. Po not add water during the last hour of baking. Remove the cover cov-er and brown during the last hour. Serve with mustard pickles, tomato catsup or any desired relish. Peanut Straws. Roll rich pastry to one-eighth of an inch in thickness: spread one-half with softened peanut butter: wet the edges of the crust; fold the remaining half over It. Roll lightly; prick here and there to prevent pre-vent puffing: cut In strips half an inch wide and four inches long; brush with milk and hake in a quick oven. When done, sprinkle with paprika. |