"An' it please your honor, " said the peasant, "this same dessert is very pleasant. "

"The proof of the pudding lies in the eating. "

Apricot Ice

Boil one quart water, three cups sugar fifteen minutes. When cool add juice of six oranges, one cup apricot pulp, one egg yolk. Dried apricots cooked for sauce and put thru strainer are best. Freeze as any ice. Makes about three quarts. Mrs. A. A. Longley.

Strawberry Ice Cream

Mash and sieve one quart strawberries. Add two-thirds cup confectioners sugar, one teaspoon vanilla, one egg white beaten stiff, one-half pint cream whipped. Freeze in refrigerator, or ice and salt. Mrs. C. A. Smith.

Mousse

Cover one quart berries with one and one-quarter cups sugar. Let stand one hour. Crush through sieve. Soak one and one-quarter tablespoons gelatine in two tablespoons cold water and let stand three minutes. Add three tablespoons boiling water. Add gelatine to berries. Stir until it thickens.

Whip one pint whipping cream and add to berry mixture. Place in refrigerator for several hours. Enough for about ten servings. Mrs. E. H. McNeill.

Lemon Sherbet

Dissolve one and one-half cups granulated sugar in juice of three lemons and two oranges. Put in a two quart freezer. Add one-half pint cream and enough milk to three-quarters fill freezer. Freeze. Marian B. Jackson.

Apricot Sorbet

Rub one can apricots through a sieve. Add one cup sugar, one-quarter cup lemon juice. Freeze to mush. Fold in one pint cream whipped. Let stand one and one-half hours in salt and ice, or in electric refrigerator tray. - ?.

Charlotte Russe

Soak four tablespoons gelatine in one pint new milk. Make custard of four egg yolks, milk and gelatine, one coffee cup sugar. When cold add four stiffly beaten egg whites, one pint cream whipped, vanilla. Marie N. McGee.

Cherry Delight

To one package cherry Jello, add one small can crushed pineapple, one cup drained canned large red sweet cherries, one-half cup nut meats. Chill. Mrs. Alexander.

Grapenut Pudding

Plump one cup seedless raisins. Dissolve one package orange Jello in one pint boiling water. Combine. Add two and one-half tablespoons sugar, one cup grapenuts. Add cherries, nuts, crystallized ginger or any similar thing to taste. Pour into shallow pan. Chill. Let stand until firm. Serve with plain or whipped cream.

Mrs. Fannie Morton.

Maple Bisque

Beat two eggs. Add one cup maple syrup, one cup thin cream. Cook slowly in double boiler until it thickens. Add two teaspoons gelatine hydrated in one-quarter cup thin cream. Cool. Beat until it thickens. Fold in one cup cream whipped, one-third cup walnuts. Pour in cake lined glasses.

Mrs. Edward M. Johnson. Mrs. George Post.

Pineapple Dessert

Soak one envelope Knox's gelatine in one-half cup water fifteen minutes. Add heated juice from one large can sliced pineapple, one tablespoon vanilla. Cool. Add one cup sugar mixed with four well beaten egg yolks. Add one pint whipped cream. Pour over diced pineapple in buttered mold. Chill. Serves sixteen. Mrs. Emma McAllister.