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Show I Her Side and His Good Cake Filling Is Greatest Requisite in Making Cake Prune and Nut Filling Fig Filling. I! THE QUESTION OF RIGHTS. "All troubles between people come 3 from one person overriding the rights fi of another," was the creed which Walt and Janet adopted aB their guide of what to avoid. Both of them were passionately Jealous of their freedom ( and fundamental rights as individuals; and each of them scrupulously recog nized the other's rlrht tn denlria nn V matters of purely personal concern. W. By calling Dr. Marsh for Janet In H the face of her determination not to W, see a doctor, Walt knew that he had violated the first and most important m article of agreement between Janet m and himself. She was so furious at H this that when Dr. Marsh had left, she W turned on Walt. "What right had you to force me to H see a doctor!" she cried, her cheeks ft flaming. "It Is my place, and mine IB alone, to say -whether I shall do this or that about my health!" H "As a matter of pure theory, your Ml health is largely mine, too," Walt said ff j quietly. "If you were suffering from H! a contagious illness your rights would n! not include exposing me to the dls- H'j ease. If you break down, I shall be E unspeakably distressed. I don't like being disturbed, so I take this pre-Kj pre-Kj caution of calling the doctor In time. H Are you convinced from what he says . H that you must take a rest from your work?" i H Dr. Marsh had put the case much " H more emphatically than Walt was do- ! Hj "MrB. Stedman, it has taken you ; Hi months to break down your nerves as H you have," ho said after a thorough ,Hj examination of Janet, to which she H submitted only because she detested H making a sceno in hlB presence. "If ' H yu don't 8tP a- once tomorrow, and Hi go away for a rest, It will take you a I HI year to undo the damage you have H done your nerve tissue." I H The knowledge that Walt Iiad been H right all along and she wrong added H to the disturbance she felt at the real- H Ization of the truth of her condition 1H and made her all the more savago in IH denouncing Waifs infringement on 1H her undoubted right to decide for her- H self. In this, at least, she knew that MM she was right and he had done wrong, H and she craved satisfaction. H "This Is never to happen again!" she MM cried furiously. "I never allowed my II own ther to tyrannize over me he IK respected my rights as a free human FK being too much to try it. I shall cer-H cer-H talnly not lot you do It " IH "I shall be glad to let you do the W proper thing of your own accord in a situation such as this," Walt said quietly, qui-etly, "provided you do the proper thing. Now the very next thing to do Is to ring up David Temple and tell him that the doctor has ordered you to take a rest at once and that you're going to do it." "I shall do no such thing!" Janet cried. Walt put his hat and coat on. "Where are you going?" she asked in alarm. "To see David Temple," Walt said quietly. "It might be a little more direct di-rect for you to tell him that you're going go-ing on a little vacation. But since you don't Intend to do it yourself, I am taking it on myself to do so." Janet stared at him helplessly. So long as he treated her on terms of equality she felt more than able to cope with him In this deadlock. But this calm seizure by him of the whole situation, his quiet disregard of her "rights," his elemental man attitude toward her suddenly crumpled her resistance. re-sistance. In her nervous condition she began to cry. She almost won by the very manner of her surrender. Walt was so moved by the sight of his plucky mate in tears that he nearly gave In. But an Instinctive wisdom whispered to 'him to give her all the comfort he could, but no yielding. Suddenly, without so much as a sniff of warning, she cuddled cud-dled up to him and, kissing him, said through her tears: "I'm so glad I have you to do things for me, dear. What am I to do next?" Cake Fillings A good filling Is almost al-most the entire battle in the making of tasty cakes. I shall therefore, dwell upon the subject of cake fillings, leaving leav-ing tho cake baking in the hands of the many mothers, who, no doubt, know as much on that subject asj do. For a good chocolate filling take one-quarter cake of chocolate, grated, together with one-lhalf cup of milk, the yolk of one egg, ono cup of sugar, and one teaspoonful of extract of vanilla. Before It cools too much spread it on tho cake very thick and leave stand for a few minutes. Prune and Nut Filling The prune, known to mankind as the "boarders' delight," has another duty to perform. It will now provide one of tho important impor-tant Ingredients for a cake filling. It does seem rather sad to relate, but I find it necessary to again use the overworked over-worked prune, only this time disguised dis-guised as a very tasty cake filling. Soak one half a pound of largo prunes over night, steam them until soft and plump, then remove the pits When cold, add a cup of chopped blanched -almonds, stir into this tho whites of three eggs beaten to a stiff froth, with one-half cup of powdered sugar. Fig Filling I had no intention of speaking of fig filling until Winifred Kingston, on looking over my shoulder and discovering the fact thnt L was on the subject of fillings, requested me to tell you about it. Sho is very fond of figs and a box of these delicacies can be found on her dressing room table most any time. First tako one-half pound of chopped figs, two tablespoon-fuls tablespoon-fuls of sugar, threo tablespoonfuls of boiling water, and one tablespoonful of lemon juice. Cook In a double boiler until thick, then spread it on very thick like you did with tho other cakes. nn |