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to do my work and felt very badly. My mother-in-law told me about the Vegetable Compound and I got some right away. It has done me more good than any other medicine I ever took, and I recommend it to my neighbors."?MRS. EDGAR SIMMONS,?R.R. No. 2, Pine Grove, Ontario.
SPONGE CAKE?[Illustration]
Ingredients?2 eggs?1/2 cup sugar?1 teaspoon cold water?1/2 tablespoon lemon juice?1 salt spoon salt?1/2 cup flour
Method--Beat yolks until thick and add sugar gradually. Add water and lemon juice. Sift flour and salt into yolk mixture and beat thoroughly. Fold in the stiffly beaten whites of eggs and bake in a moderate oven.
CRISPETTES?Ingredients--2 eggs, 1/2 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or cocoanut, 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Method--Beat eggs very light, add sugar and remaining ingredients. Beat well and drop by tablespoonfuls on a buttered pan 2 inches apart. Bake in a moderately hot oven. Always use a tin pan.
A LITTLE CARE?when one is young is not much to pay for good health afterwards. Take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for any weakness you may have. This well-known medicine is recommended by mothers to their daughters, by sisters to one another, and by friends and neighbors to the woman whose loved ones are far from her when she needs them most.
"AM PERFECTLY SATISFIED"?"When my husband was called back to England in 1914, I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to strengthen me so that I could work. My periods were twice a month and used to make me so weak, but I am able to do my work now and am perfectly satisfied with your medicine. I still get it at the chemist's, and strongly recommend it to any one I hear of suffering as I did."?MRS. E. HORNBLOWER,?899 Yonge St., Toronto, Ontario.
WAR CAKE?[Illustration]
Ingredients?1 cup brown sugar?1 cup water?2 cups raisins?1/3 cup fat?1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg?1 teaspoon ground cloves?few grains salt.
Method--Boil the above ingredients together for three minutes. Let cool. When cold add 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in 2 tablespoons hot water. Add 2 cups flour in which 1 teaspoon baking powder has been sifted. Bake in a moderate oven.
PANTRY HELPS?If butter is too hard to serve, heat a bowl with boiling water and turn the empty bowl over the butter. This will not waste or impair the taste of the butter.
ARE YOU INTERESTED?in a letter from a woman in South Africa who takes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound?
"ONE OF YOUR LITTLE BOOKS"?"I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for weakness and because I felt run down. I tried a lot of medicine before I tried yours. One day I was standing on my stoop when a boy came up to me and handed me one of your little books. I read the book, and the next day my husband went to a chemist and bought me a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I have taken the medicine ever since and I feel quite strong and well now as I am on the sixth bottle. I have written to my sister and told her all about the wonders it has done for me, and I am quite willing for you to use my name, as I cannot thank you enough for what it has done for me."?MRS. W.F. RUSH,?128 6th Avenue, Mayfair, Fordesburg,?Johannesburg, South Africa.
CHOCOLATE CAKE?[Illustration]
Ingredients?5 tablespoons butter?1 cup sugar?2 eggs?1/2 cup milk?1-1/2 cups flour?2 squares chocolate?1/2 teaspoon vanilla?1/2 teaspoon salt?2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder.
Method--Cream butter and sugar. Add yolks of eggs beaten until thick, then milk, and all but 2 tablespoons of the flour. Beat thoroughly, add melted chocolate and vanilla. Add remaining flour, salt and baking powder sifted together. Fold in stiffly beaten whites of eggs. Bake in moderate oven.
A PROPRIETARY MEDICINE?like everything else that comes before the public, has to prove its merits. The law of the survival of the fittest applies in this field as in others. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been used by women for nearly fifty years.
"I KNOW WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN HELPED"?"My mother had taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and when I needed something for my periods I took it and got good results. I recommend it to women with any female troubles, and I know other women who have been helped by it."?MRS. MAX RETZER,?Lumsden, Saskatchewan.
"I used to have very bad pains in my back and sides and often was not fit for work. I tried many medicines before I took yours. I saw Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound advertised in the 'Toronto Globe,' and now that it has helped me I recommend it to all my neighbors."?ELIZABETH CAMPBELL,?13 St. Paul St., Lindsay, Ontario.
CHOCOLATE FROSTING?[Illustration]
Ingredients?1-1/2 squares chocolate?1 cup sugar?1 cup boiling water
Method--Cut chocolate into small pieces, add sugar and water and stir until blended. Boil until a soft ball forms when dropped