One cup of sugar, one cup of shortening, one cup of sour milk, one cup of raisins, one cup of currants, one cup of walnuts, chopped; one cup of brown sugar, one teaspoon of cinnamon, one teaspoon of cloves, one teaspoon of nutmeg and two teaspoons baking'powder. Mix to a thick batter; take teaspoon and drop in baking pan. - Mrs. H. A. Hicks (deceased), Williams, Ariz.

Hermits

One and one-half cups brown sugar, one cup shortening, two eggs, one-half cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon each of cloves, allspice and cinnamon; flour to thicken; one cup raisins; add nuts if you wish. Drop in well greased pans. - Miss Dorothy Stark, Williams, Ariz.

Hermits

Mix together two cups sugar, one cup molasses, one cup pure lard softened, and two level teaspoonfuls soda dissolved in a cup of warm water. Add two well beaten eggs, two tea-spoonfuls cinanmon, one teaspoonful cloves, six cups flour and one cup fruit, which may be raisins, seeded, chopped English currants or chopped prunes. Mix very soft, cut out with a cooky cutter and bake in floured tins in a medium hot oven. - Mrs. John Langowsky, Williams, Ariz.