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Show eKrrcnm (. mo, Western New-ppir Union.) "Many people In ordinary circumstances circum-stances nro millionaires of cheerfulness. cheerful-ness. They make tholr neighborhood brighter, happier, and a better place to live In by their presonco; they raise the value of every lot for blocks around them." RECIPES WE LIKE TO TRY. A very savory dish of meat If carefully care-fully selected and prepared as well as well cooked Is: BJP. Salisbury Steak. BR!L A Choicer meat Is Kpr"ggM steak than that wsSSR burg. Tho ends 5E of diets of beef fr when they nro cut Into steaks or trimmed from roasting roast-ing nro used for Salisbury steak. In tho homo tho choicest cuts from tho round may bo used or a mixture of fllct and round. Tho meat should bo chopped very flno, or, better still, scraped from tho fibers, first on ono side, then on tho other. For ench pound of prepnred beef, take one-quarter of a pound of beef marrow, crush tho marrow and mix evenly through tho meat. Add very gradually one-half cupful of cold water, press Into a loaf or cakes, keeping tho edges as thick ns tho center. Broil over coals or under un-der gas or pan broil In a smoking hot, lightly greased frying pan. Let tho meat cook on ono side till a drop of Julco nppears, then turn at once to cook tho other side. Servo garnished with broiled bncon nnd wtb French fried potatoes. Southern Sweet Potatoes. Parboil the potatoes ten minutes, peel and cut In slices, crosswise. Dispose tho slices In a buttered baking dish In foyers, dotting with bits of butter. Add enough milk to nearly cover tho potatoes pota-toes and bnko In a moderate oven until un-til done. . Velvet Jelly. Soften one-fourth of a packngo of gelatine In one-fourth of n cupful of cold milk. Scald'ono and one-half cupfuls of milk In a double boiler. Ilcnt tho yolks of two eggs, add ono-hnlf tenspoonful of salt, one-third one-third of n cupful of honey, nnd dilute with n llttlo hot milk; then mix nnd cook In tho rest of tho milk until thickened slightly. Fold In tho whites of tho eggs beaten until stiff, ono cupful cup-ful of enko crumbs and when hot add tho softened gelatine. Let chill, add a half tenspoonfut of vanilla and turn Into six molds. Servo cold with cream and sugar. Soft Molasses Cookies. Put Into a measuring cup four tcnspoonfuls ol clarified 'bacon fat; add three tea-spoonfuls tea-spoonfuls of boiling water, then till tho cup with New Orleans molasses. Add half a tenspoonful of ginger, one tenspoonful ot soda, sifted with one cupful of flour; mix and add enough moro flour to mnko a soft dough. Itoll rather thick. Cut In rounds. Ilnko In a moderate oven. The best things are nearest breath In your nostrils, light In your eyes, flowers at your feet, ilutles at your hand, the path of Ood Jtfat before you. Then do not grasp nt the stars, but do life's plain common work as It comes, certain that dally duties and dally bread are the sweetest things ot life, Lord Houghton. NEW DISHE8 OF FRUIT8 AND VEGETABLES. With the many kinds of gelatin or fruit Jellies put up In packages to mmmmrmmmi smo tno bouso- j-fH c o m b I n a t lont lemon Jelly, udd chopped cucumber, pineapple, a fow sections ot orango, a dozen cherries or grapes or dates or raisins, mold and cut In fancy shapes and servo on lettuce let-tuce or on a slice of pretty red-skinned applo with n roso ot mayonnnlso piped on the top a delectable snlad tor almost al-most nny occasion is ready. Tomato Jelly. Boll ten minutes ono pint of strained tomato with ono-clghth ono-clghth of a tenspoonful ot cloves, n pinch of ginger, mnce, allspice nnd mustard, n slice of onion nnd a sprig of parsley. Strain and ndd a table-spoonful table-spoonful of lemon Julco and one en- velopo of plain gelatin, stir cntll cool, then nrrnngo In n mold with cooked green pens, letting tho Jelly tot nftor each layer so that tho peas are scattered through tho Jelly. Serve with n highly seasoned cooked dressing. Rice With Oranno Jelly. Toko ono cupful of cooked rice. Add ono cupful cup-ful of boiling water, ono-hnlf cupful of sugar, n teaspoonful of orange rind and an envolnpo of gclntln. Mold and when firm pour over n pint of orango Jelly. Serve unmoldcd with sweetoned whipped cream or ordinary cream nnd sugar. |