Hot Cakes (For Two)

One pint sifted flour, two tablespoonsful corn meal; mix one-fourth teaspoon salt, two-thirds teaspoon baking powder, one-half teaspoon sugar: mix dry, then add sweet milk, stirring in one egg. Beat all to a rather thin batter. Cook on hot griddle, serve hot with maple syrup. - A. M. Graham, Williams, Ariz.

Ginger Bread

One-half cup sugar, one cup molasses, one-half cup butter, one teaspoon ginger, cinnamon and cloves; two teaspoons soda dissolved in one cup boiling water, two and one-half cups flour, two eggs last thing before baking. - Mrs. C. Lamb, Williams, Ariz.