4 cups flour.

1 tablespoon sugar.

1 teaspoon salt.

1 teaspoon soda, small.

2 or 3 tablespoons melted butter or lard. 2 cups butter-milk.

Mix all, beat up thoroughly - the more it is beaten the better the muffins will be - then drop spoonfuls into greased gem pans. Makes about 22 or according to size; costs 7 or 8 cents.