Excellent pickles may now be purchased from first-class grocers. Still better may be ordered from Women's Exchanges, or from some of the many housekeepers in reduced circumstances who earn an honorable living by preparing kitchen dainties for sale. In spite of all these facilities, there is a goodly number of homes beyond their reach, and there are others whose inmates prefer the pickles made by themselves to any they can buy. The home-made pickles possess the advantage of cheapness, unless the maker's time is of money value. The cost of the materials is comparatively slight.