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Show I I Woman's Page Her Side and His Four Good Recipes for Home Woman Eggless Fruit Cake With Eggless Icing Spiced Beef an Appetizing Dish To Make Bran Biscuit. I A VILLAIN OF GOOD DEEDS A man's conscience and a woman's even more so ie gullllblo. The fact that "all'K fair In loe " 1 popular ly accepted, proves II Men and worn I en who would not utter a fib to save J their Uvea have lied, plotted and murdered mur-dered u win their loves. And in their hearta Conscience has nodded In aleep or eren in approval while they did their villaini. I Roy Nlcoll never thought of himself as a villain He got his money honestly. hon-estly. He never "poached on other men's preserves," or even wanted to until he met Janet as Walt Siedman's wife. After his involuntary falB-move falB-move when he Kissed Jhuet now for- glen and forgotten by her Roy had fl never transgressed In any way that evon the strictest guardian of proprle-1 proprle-1 1 ty could censure. 1111 the contrary, his manner and deeds toward Janet and even Walt were such that the strictest guardian would most enthusiastically approve as exemplary. But strict guardians nro proverbially near-sighted. Roy himself knew he was most Insidiously digging and undermining the very foundations of the Stedmans' love. Roy's conscience trftl sound as any man's; but like must men's. It was servant to the man, not master. It let Itself be used Instead of using the man. Roy did not hide from his con-science con-science that he was doing his utmost In win Janet' from Walt, with the hope of marrying her. "Hut what Is there wrong In m km lnu .T.m t tin 1 haut e f ' r a career"' he asked, his faintly accusing conscience. con-science. Unwilling to surrender, easily. eas-ily. Conscience replied: " You will make Walt Stedmiin's life poorer by taking Janet from him." "If Janet gives him up it will be she who does it not I." Roy told j lumseli "Furthermore, to prove I mean well by Walt, I'm going to give him the chance for success, too and at once " As he acted on his promise at once. Conscience nodded in approval and then dozed off again. Janet was still In Philadelphia at the Feminist Con-grefl Con-grefl when Roy called on Walt at his home. 'lhe two men shook hands. "I have a proposition to make to you, Walt," Nlcoll 6ald. "Can you give me an hour?" Much as Walt wanted to doellne, he could not be boorish enough to do so They dined at Roy's club. Roy took out a copy of "Truth," a magazine for the discerning few, and opened It at "The Silken Noose," a story by Walt, for which "Truth' paid him chiefly with prestige among those who prefer truth to fiction. It was I pitiless study of a silken. Indolent, luxury loving little woman of the type that clings about the neck of a doting husband and strangles the life and spirit out of him by the par astitlam of her nature. Roy ran his finger down to nearly the end of the story Up to here. Walt.'" he said, tapping f the page, "you've got a character I want to read more about. Only you f i have a grouch against her and you m..,ce us hate her. I want to like her I an. I aiakl the reader pleased with her. too. If you do. and make a novel of It, I'll pay you well for serial rights, (publish the book afterward and spend thousands on making you known What do you say""' Walt smiled grimly. "I never enjoyed a grouch so much in my life as .agalust that very character char-acter you want me to prettify." he said. "I detest her and her kind to the bottom of my heart. If now only for money for, of course. It would be against my convictions 1 should tell the public she is all right well. I won't do it j I can't do it. But I appreciate your kindness Jut the same " To Walt the conference had proven a disappointment To Floy Nlcoll It brought the keenest satisfaction. It served his purpose well. FOR THE THRIFTY HOUSEWIFE. Eggless Fruit Cake Stir to a cream a cup of sugar and half a cup of shortening; and sift together two cups of flour. ; teaspoi n each of cinnamon and nutmeg and half a teaspoon of cloves, mix this with the other ingredients, ingre-dients, and add slowly half a pint of buttermilk, and teaspoon of soda dissolved dis-solved in a llttl hot water. Iast of all add a cup of mixed seeded raisins' and F.nglish walnuts, pecans or hickory hick-ory nuts. iake In a loaf in a mod--erate oven, and If an icing is desired USe the following Egoless Icing Boil together a cup of brnwn sugar, half a cup of milk and a teaspoon of butter until it spins a thread, then beat like fudge until It begins to sugar, when spread on the cake. Spiced Beef Get five pounds or more of the more inexpensive cut of good Juicy beef; the rump or the cheapest cut of the round is best because be-cause boneless. Trim away the strong lasting fat, but leave the suet. Cut slits several inches from the edge, and pack these with a dressing made of a cup of stale bread, crumbed, a half cup of chopped suet, one small onion (hopped, a half teaspoon each of cloves and allspice, pepper and salt to taste, a little bit of powdered mace and a scant grating of nutmeg After stuffing rub the meat over with a mixture mix-ture of a tablespoon of salt, and a half a tablespoon each of pepper, cloves and allspice, and wet all over with good cider vinegar Let stand over night, then in the morning put in a pot with a small cup of water, cover and cook slowly for two and a half hours, or thirty minutes for even' pound of meat, turning it several times while cooking so that the gravy will moisten every part. When ready-to ready-to serve put on a hot platter and slightly thicken the pot liquor for gravy. This is delicious hot or cold, and is a pleasant variation from the uiua1 pot roast. Bran Biscuit Sift together a cup of bran, half a cup of whole-wheat flour, two level teaspoons of baking powder, a pinch of salt and a table spoon of sugar. Beat one egg with half a cup of sweet milk and a teaspoon teas-poon of melted butter, and stir into the dry ingredients, beating until very light. Have ready hot gem pans, preferably pre-ferably of iron, in each of which is sizzling a generous bit of shortening fill to within one-third of the top with the batter, and bake in a hot oven until un-til well raised and brown. |
