Peach Short Cake

Sift together 2 cups flour, 4 teaspoons baking powder, 1 saltspoon salt, 1 tablespoon sugar, mix in 2 tablespoons butter and enough sweet milk to make a soft dough. Roll out into 2 cakes, butter them, lay one of them on top of the other. When done, separate, butter well, spread with sliced peaches and sugar, serve with whipped cream sweetened and flavored with orange. Mrs. J. F. McGeorge.

Strawberry Short Cake

Quarter cup butter, 1-2 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1-2 cup milk, 1 1-2 cups flour, 2 scant teaspoons baking powder, bake in a shallow pan. Helen Sargent, San Francisco.

Strawberry Short Cake

One qt. flour, 3 tablespoons butter, 1 tablespoon white sugar, 1 egg, 1 large cup sour cream, pinch of salt, and 1 tea-spoon soda dissolved in a very little hot water. Mix all to-gether and roll lightly and quickly into 2 sheets, then lay one sheet of paste upon the other and bake until done. While warm separate the sheets, fill with strawberries and powdered sugar, and serve with sweet cream. Mrs. M. A. Duggan.