Orange Sunshine

Gelatine, 1 1/2 tablespoons. Cold water, 1/2 cup. Boiling water, 1 cup.

Orange juice, 1 1/4 cups. Egg, 1. Sugar, 1/2 cup.

Lime, 1.

Soften gelatine in cold water. Place in saucepan with boiling water, orange juice, shell and white of egg, sugar, and juice of the lime. Beat till mixture boils, remove at once, cover and set on back of stove for 10 minutes, then strain through cheese cloth, and pour into mold. Chill and serve.

Canned Fruit Charlotte

Stale sponge cake. Fruit, 1 quart can.

Egg whites, 3.

Powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons.

Line a glass dish with strips of cake. Drain the juice from the fruit and pour over as much as the cake will soak up. Place the fruit evenly over the cake. Beat the egg whites till stiff and dry, add gradually the sugar, beating all the time, and add enough of the fruit juice to flavor and color. Heap on the fruit and serve at once.

Orange And Grapefruit Charlotte

Gelatine, 1/4 box. Cold water, 1/4 cup. Boiling water, 1/4 cup.

Orange juice, 1/2 pint. Grapefruit juice, 1 tablespoon. Whipped cream, 3/4 pint.

Lady fingers.

Soak gelatine in cold water for five minutes, pour on boiling water and stir till thoroughly dissolved. Add fruit juices, strained, and set aside to harden. When partly set fold and beat in whipped cream. Line a mold with lady fingers, pour in gelatine and set on ice to harden.

Coffee Flummery

Strong coffee, 1 1/2 cups. Milk, 1 cup. Sugar, 2-3 cup.

Gelatine, 1 tablespoon. Eggs, 3. Salt, a pinch.

Vanilla.

Strain the cold coffee through muslin, stir in gelatine and let soak for 1/2 hour. Then add milk, sugar, salt and beaten egg yolks and cook till it thickens a litte. Remove from fire, add flavoring and fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Turn into a mold and chill.

Apple Dumplings

Make a rich biscuit dough, roll thin and cut in squares. In the centre of each square place a medium sized apple, peeled and cored; fill cavity with sugar, cinnamon and a few raisins, bring dough up around apple to cover, making a round ball, and bake in a moder-ate oven 30 to 45 minutes or until apples are soft. Serve with nutmeg sauce or cream and sugar. D. C, Salem,

Steamed Strawberries

Butter, 4 ounces. Sugar, 1 ounce.

Flour. 2 ounces. Strawberries, 1/2 cup.

Soda, 1/2 teaspoon.

Cream butter and sugar and gradually work in flour till very smooth. Stir in the strawberries, which should be cooked with sugar till thick, and lastly add soda. Steam in a buttered mold for 4 hours. Serve with foamy or strawberry sauce.

Brown Betty

Bread crumbs, 1 cup. Sugar, 1/2 cup.

Chopped sour apples, 2 cups. Raisins, 1 cup.

Butter, 2 tablespoons.

Butter well a deep pudding dish and put into it a layer of the apple, and raisins, a sprinkle of sugar, a layer of bread crumbs and a few bits of butter. Proceed in the same order till all materials are used, having the last layer one of bread crumbs. Cover closely and bake 45 minutes in a moderate oven, then uncover and brown. Serve hot or cold with hard sauce.