"Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor."

"So, likewise, must the felicitous wife Give to her sweetmeats savor."

Walnut Wafers

Two eggs beaten with one cup brown sugar, one-half cup Globe A-l flour, one level teaspoon Hallifax Quality baking powder, vanilla and salt, one cup chopped nuts, two and one-half tablespoons chocolate. Drop from spoon.

Oat Meal Cookies

Two cups brown sugar, two-thirds cup lard, one egg, one-half cup sour milk, one-half teaspoon soda, salt, spices, four cups rolled oats, tablespoon flour, enough to roll out. - Mrs. P. B. Ward.

Cocoanut Kisses

Two egg whites, pinch of salt, three-fourths cup sugar, one teaspoon vanilla. Add cocoanut, form in small cones and bake on buttered tin twenty minutes in moderate oven. - P. W. M.

Doughnuts

One egg, one cup sugar, one cup sour milk, three tablespoons lard, salt, soda, nutmeg, Globe A-l flour. Mix soft, roll out and fry in hot fat. - Mrs. P. B. Ward.

German Christmas Cookies

Brown or molasses cookies: Two and one-half pounds syrup, three pounds Globe A-l flour, one teaspoon salt, soda, allspice, cloves, ginger, one-half spoon nutmeg, rinds of two lemons, one-fourth pound butter, one-fourth pound lard, one and one-fourth pounds of brown sugar, one cup boiling water, one dozen cardamon. Heat syrup first, put butter and lard in. When cool, add other ingredients. Mix evening before wishing to bake. - Mrs. A. Heilbron.

Walnut Wafers

Four eggs well beaten, two cups dark brown sugar, two cups chopped walnuts, six heaping tablespoons Globe A-l flour. Drop by teaspoonful well apart on buttered tin and bake in moderate oven. - Mrs. W. G. Stone.

Butter Cookies

One cup sugar, three-fourth cup butter, two eggs, two tablespoons milk, two teaspoons Hallifax Quality baking powder (use less of this powder than of other powders), and about two cups Globe A-l flour, flavor with anis seed, roll out thin and bake.

Ginger Snaps

One-fourth pound butter, one-fourth pound light brown sugar, two teaspoons soda (even), one wine glass milk, one quart Globe A-l flour, one-fourth pound lard, one pint New Orleans molasses, two tablespoons of ginger.

Hermits

One cup brown sugar, two whole eggs, four tablespoons of sifted Globe A-l flour, one cup of chopped walnuts. - P. N. M.

Potato Doughnuts

One cup sugar, one-half cup milk, one cup mashed potatoes, butter size of a walnut, two teaspoons Hallifax Quality taking powder (use less of this powder than other powders), Globe A-l flour to roll. - Mrs Elizabeth Taylor.

Walnut Wafers

Four eggs well beaten, two cups dark brown sugar, two cups chopped walnuts, six heaping teaspoons Globe A-l flour. Drop by teaspoonful well apart on buttered tins. Bake in moderate oven. - Mrs. W. G. Stone.

Frau Frau

One tablespoon butter, one tablespoon Globe A-l flour, one cup milk, one cup grated cheese. Beat yolks of four eggs. Cook in double boiler. Pour over beaten whites of four eggs. Serve on salted crackers. - Mrs. W. G. Stone.

Cocoanut Kisses

Whites of two eggs beaten stiff, add one cup granulated sugar and beat; add two cups cocoanut, one tablespoon cream, three tablespoons Globe A-l flour heaping. Drop by small teaspoonful well apart on buttered tins. Bake in slow oven. - Mrs. W. G. Stone.

Doughnuts

Two eggs, one pint yellow sugar heaping, one pint sour milk, two level teaspoons soda, Globe A-l flour to make batter. Put soda with flour. Beat eggs well, then cream eggs with sugar. Beat eggs and sugar thoroughly, the longer the better. Work as soft as possible with flexible knife, nutmeg. - Mrs. W. G. Stone.

Spice Cup Cakes

One-half cup molasses, one-half cup sugar, one-fourth cup butter (or half butter and half crisca), one-half cup sour milk, one level teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon of cinnamon, one-half teaspoon allspice, one-half teaspoon ginger, pinch of cloves, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in boiling water, two cups Globe A-l flour. Bake in moderate oven and watch carefully.