"Had I but known- it would have been my fate To bear of mundane burdens all this weight. This day's defeat- this agony of night, This vague unrest- this longing after light, I tcould have let that- that mince pie alone Had I but known."

Pie Crust

1 cup flour 1/2 cup lard

1/2 cup cold water Pinch salt

Cut lard in pieces with knife, then mix a little with hands and add water. Roll out and handle as little as possible. Makes 2 crusts. - Mrs. E. P. Baird

Lemon Pie Filling

Grated rind and juice 1 lemon Nearly 1 cup sugar

1 cup boiling water

Piece butter 1/2 size of an egg

Put this in a double boiler to heat, beat the yolks 2 2 eggs, leaving the whites for the top. Stir a tablespoon corn starch, stirred fine in cold water in the beaten yolks and add to the lemon juice. Cook until thick and pour into the already baked crust. Frost with beaten whites and 2 tablespoons powdered sugar and brown slightly.

- Mrs. E. P. Baird

Lemon Pie

2 cups granulated sugar 2 tablespoons flour 1 heaping tablespoon cold butter

Juice 2 lemons and the grated rind Yolks 5 eggs

Beat together until very light, then add 2 1/4 cups milk and the 5 whites, beaten to a stiff froth. Make a lower crust only (double edge,) bake slowly (warm the milk first to save time in oven.) This recipe is for 2 pies.

- Mrs. Whitney

Chocolate Pie

1 cup sugar

1/2 square Baker's chocolate

1/2 cup water

Boil 10 minutes, stir in yolks 2 eggs, let cool, bake crust on bottom of pan, put in filling, add meringue on top and bake in quick oven.

Queen Apple Pie

Grate 1 large apple, pour over it the juice 1/2 lemon and add the rind. Beat 2 level tablespoons butter to a cream, then beat into it 1/2 cup sugar, the yolks 2 eggs and 1/2 cup sweet cream. Turn into a pie plate lined with rich pastry and when baked cover with meringue, made of whites 2 eggs and 2 tablespoons sugar; brown lightly.

Marlborough Pie

Pare and grate sweet apples. To 1 pint pulp add 1 pint milk, 2 tablespoons melted butter, the grated peel 1 lemon, 1/2 wine glass sherry, a little sugar. Beat the eggs, stir in the sugar and mix in the rest of ingredients. Bake in a pudding dish with a crust on the bottom.

- Mrs. Dakin