Use a very sharp knife and an even board and slice the bread very thin. Expose the butter to the air long enough to soften sufficiently for easy spreading. To keep sandwiches from drying, wrap them, as soon as made, in a cloth, wrung as dry as possible out of cold water.

Pepper Sandwich

Chop green peppers, from which all seeds have been removed, very fine; add a pinch of salt, a little salad oil and vinegar. Let stand a few minutes, then press as dry as possible and spread between prepared bread.

Peanut Sandwich

Shell roasted peanuts and remove all skin; run them through a meat chopper, or grind fine. Put on a fire, adding enough butter to make a smooth paste and spread on thinly sliced buttered bread.

Lettuce Sandwiches

Cut fresh bread into very thin slices and spread with a little butter; then place 1 or 2 leaves of lettuce - it depends on the size - on a piece of bread; cover the same with a little mayonnaise dressing; then another piece of bread and cut once. As fast as made, they should be put into a pan and covered, as they dry out very quickly. The lettuce should always be very crisp, and if made in warm weather, it is well to set them in the refrigerator for a while before serving.

Olive Sandwiches

Chop some seeded ripe olives very fine and add enough mayonnaise dressing to spread well; place the same between thinly buttered slices of rye bread and press firmly together. The thinner bread is cut for sandwiches the better.

Dressing For Sandwiches

One-half pound butter, 2 tablespoons mixed mustard, 3 tablespoons salad oil, a litle red pepper, salt, and yolk of 1 egg. Rub the butter to a cream; add the other ingredients and mix thoroughly. Set away to chill and before using, mix with finely chopped ham.

Picnic Sandwiches

One lb cooked ham put through meat chopper, 3 hard boiled eggs, 1 small piece onion, a sprig of parsley. Mix well with 3 tablespoons salad dressing and spread on thinly sliced buttered bread.

Egg Sandwiches

Boil eggs hard; halve them; remove yolks; run through a colander; then mix them with chopped walnuts and mayonnaise dressing. Fill empty whites and serve on lettuce leaves.

Italian Sandwich

One pound California cheese (grated), 1 pod garlic minced very fine, 1/2 cup tomato catsup, cayenne pepper and salt, mixed to a smooth consistency with olive oil. Use with any kind of bread.

Cheese Sandwiches

One cup grated cheese, 1 tablespoon melted butter or olive oil, 1 beaten egg. Season to taste with pepper and Worcestershire sauce and juice of 1/2 lemon. Put the egg in last and beat to a cream. To be spread on salted crackers and browned in the oven.