Toast Water

2 slices stale bread cut in 1/3 inch slices, crust removed. Put in pan and bake in slow oven till thoroughly dried and well browned. Break in small pieces, add 1 cup boiling water, cover and stand 1 hour. Squeeze through cheese-cloth. Season with salt. Serve hot or cold.

Barley Water

Wash 2 tablespoons barley, add 1 quart cold water, soak

4 hours; cook in same water till water is reduced 1/2 if it is to be used for infant feeding; for adults reduce to 1 cup. Salt and cream may be added or lemon juice and sugar, as case requires.

Wine Whey

Scald 1/4 cup milk, add 3 tablespoons sherry, stand 5 minutes; strain through double thickness cheese-cloth. Serve hot or cold.

Lemon Whey

Add 2 tablespoons lemon juice to 1/4. cup milk, stand

5 minutes; strain through double thickness cheese-cloth.

Clam Water

Wash and thoroughly scrub 1 dozen clams, changing water several times. Put in saucepan, add 2 tablespoons cold water, cover and cook till shells open. Remove clams from shell, adding liquor which comes from them to liquor already in saucepan. Strain through double cheese-cloth. Serve hot, cold or frozen.

Omelette

Add 1 tablespoon milk to beaten yolk of 1 egg. pinch of salt; stir in white beaten until stiff and pour into hot buttered pan. Set in quick oven till light brown. Fold over and serve at once. - Gretta P. Fuller

Cocoa

Mix 1 1/2 teaspoons cocoa, 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar, few grains salt; add gradually 4 tablespoons boiling water, bring to boiling point, boil 1 minute, turn into 2/3 cup scalded milk, beat with Dover egg beater.

Brandy Cocoa

Add 3 teaspoons brandy to above just before serving.

Cocoa With Egg

Beat 1 egg till frothy, add hot cocoa gradually, con-tine beating.

Albumen Water

Stir white of 1 egg with fork to free albumen that it may dissolve easily; add gradually 1/2 cup cold water; strain and serve. A few grains salt may be added or 1/4 teaspoon beef extract dissolved in 1/4 cup boiling water may be used instead of cold water. Season with few grains celery salt.

Orange Albumen

Beat 1 egg slightly, add 1/3 cup orange juice, strain over 2 tablespoons crushed ice; add sugar to sweeten slightly.

Sherry Albumen

Beat white of egg till stiff, using egg beater; add 1 tablespoon sherry and 1/2 tablespoon powdered sugar gradually, beating constantly; pour over 2 tablespoons crushed ice. Serve with spoon. - A Mother

Egg And Beef Broth

Pour beef broth over a well beaten egg. Season with salt and serve with toast.

Health Bread

1 quart bran 1 pint white flour 1 teaspoon soda, dissolved in a little molasses

1/2 cup molasses

1 teaspoon salt

1 quart good buttermilk

Mix all ingredients well together; bake 1 hour in square or oblong pan. - Norwegian Physician

Elizabeth Bragdon

Oatmeal Water

1 level cup rolled oats 1 quart cold water

Let stand from 5 to 12 hours; over night if possible. Boil until reduced one-half (rapid boiling with constant stirring 1/2 hour) ; strain through cheese-cloth.

Oatmeal water can be made also from Robinson's prepared Gwats, an oatmeal flour; 1 heaping teaspoon to 1 pint water; boil 20 minutes, stirring constantly and strain.

- Mabel Hyde Gillette

Vegetable Puree For Children

Puree of celery, spinach, carrots, green beans, peas, asparagus, salsify, etc., for very small children is made by boiling the vegetables in salted water until very tender and pressing them through a sieve. Season lightly with salt.

- Mabel Hyde Gillette

Bran Muffins

1 cup wheat flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 2/3 cup milk 1 egg

1/2 cup white flour 1/2 teaspoon soda 2 tablespoons molasses or brown sugar

Mix and sift together the flour, soda and salt; add bran, molasses or sugar and milk; beat well, add egg beaten light. Turn into hot buttered gem pans, bake in moderate oven about 35 minutes. - Mrs. Jared Morse

Household Hints

Grease On Silk

Mix equal parts powdered French chalk and fuller'-earth to a paste with turpentine or water and apply to spots, allowing it to stay on a few days before brushing off.

Fruit Stains And Mildew

If on white fabric soak first in water, then in 1/2 pint of water containing 1 teaspoon oxalic acid.

Gold Braid

Brush free dust with fine brush and rub it in powdered rock alum, which will remove the tarnish.