Mash a pint of ripe, red currants; strain them through cheese- cloth; pour the juice over a pint of red raspberries and set on the ice to chill. At serving time sweeten to taste✪ Raspberry Cocktail and pour into the glasses, putting a teaspoon of powdered sugar on the top of each. STRAWBERRY COCKTAIL Slice five or six large strawberries into each glass and squeeze over them the juice of an orange. At serving time add a heaping teaspoon of powdered sugar and a tablespoon of shaved ice✪ Strawberry Cocktail. PINEAPPLE AND BANANA COCKTAIL Take equal parts of banana and fresh or canned pineapple; cut into small cubes and cover with lemon or pineapple juice✪ Pineapple and Banana Cocktail. Serve in glasses or orange shells placed on autumn leaves or sprays of green fern. 24 ^'Sufo'f°L''ur APPETIZERS PEACH COCKTAIL Fill thfe glasses with sliced peaches; cover with orange or lemon Juice; sweeten to taste; add a little shaved ice✪ Peach Cocktail and serve. Apricot and cherry cocktails may be made in the same way. AMBROSIA Fill the glasses with alternate layers of sliced orange and cocoar- nut; cover with powdered sugar and place a maraschino cherry on the top of each✪ Ambrosia. CAVIAR CANAPES 6 squares toast _ _ 1 teaspoon chopped parsley 6 teaspoons Russian caviar 1 teaspoon chopped onion 1 hard-boiled egg✪ Caviar Canapes Cut the bread about one-quarter of an inch thick and two inches square (or round) and after it is toasted spread over each slice a teaspoon of ice-cold caviar. Mix the other ingredients; spread the mixture over the caviar and serve with quarters of lemon. ANCHOVY CANAPES Cut the bread as for caviar canapes and spread with anchovy paste. Chop separately the yolks and whites of hard-boiled eggs and cover the canapes, dividing them into quarters, with anchovies split in two lengthwise, and using yolks and whites in alternate quarters. CHEESE CANAPES 1 cup grated cheese Dash of red pepper 1 teaspoon salt 6 slices buttered bread✪ Cheese Canapes Cut the bread into circles, diamonds or squares, butter them lightly and brown by placing in the oven or frying in deep fat. Cover each with a thick layer of the grated cheese to which the seasoning has been added. Bake in the oven until the cheese is thoroughly melted and serve at once. HAM CANAPES V2 cup minced ham 1 teaspoon chopped parsley 2 tablespoons butter 6 slices buttered bread✪ Ham Canapes Mix the ham, butter and parsley to a smooth paste; prepare the bread as for cheese canapes; spread with the mixture and serve. 25 ATiPTrTTyirPCI Planned for a nXrira 1 iXir/K.O FamUy of Four 28 SOUPS SOUPS SOUPS are wholesoine and palatable and should form part oi even the informal home dinner whenever possiVjle. They are also excellent luncheon dishes It is a good plan to have some sort ot vegetable or meat stock always at hand, as this renders the making of soup both easy and economical. With milk at hand, cream soups are likcM'ise easily made. MEAT STOCK To make good soup some kind of meat stock is almost essential. Instruct the butcher to deliver all bones and trimmings removed from roasts ; and save all meats and gravies left over from previous meals. By so doing soup may be at once economical and good.

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Mash a pint of ripe, red currants; strain them through cheesecloth; pour the juice over a pint of red raspberries and set on the ice to chill. At serving time sweeten to taste and pour into the glasses, putting a teaspoon of powdered sugar on the top of each. STRAWBERRY COCKTAIL Slice five or six large strawberries into each glass and squeeze over them the juice of an orange. At serving time add a heaping teaspoon of powdered sugar and a tablespoon of shaved ice. PINEAPPLE AND BANANA COCKTAIL Take equal parts of banana and fresh or canned pineapple; cut into small cubes and cover with lemon or pineapple juice. Serve in glasses or orange shells placed on autumn leaves or sprays of green fern. ^'Sufo'f°L''ur APPETIZERS PEACH COCKTAIL Fill the glasses with sliced peaches; cover with orange or lemon Juice; sweeten to taste; add a little shaved ice and serve. Apricot and cherry cocktails may be made in the same way. AMBROSIA Fill the glasses with alternate layers of sliced orange and cocoanut; cover with powdered sugar and place a maraschino cherry on the top of each. CAVIAR CANAPES 6 squares toast _ _ 1 teaspoon chopped parsley 6 teaspoons Russian caviar 1 teaspoon chopped onion 1 hard-boiled egg Cut the bread about one-quarter of an inch thick and two inches square (or round) and after it is toasted spread over each slice a teaspoon of ice-cold caviar. Mix the other ingredients; spread the mixture over the caviar and serve with quarters of lemon. ANCHOVY CANAPES Cut the bread as for caviar canapes and spread with anchovy paste. Chop separately the yolks and whites of hard-boiled eggs and cover the canapes, dividing them into quarters, with anchovies split in two lengthwise, and using yolks and whites in alternate quarters. CHEESE CANAPES 1 cup grated cheese Dash of red pepper 1 teaspoon salt 6 slices buttered bread Cut the bread into circles, diamonds or squares, butter them lightly and brown by placing in the oven or frying in deep fat. Cover each with a thick layer of the grated cheese to which the seasoning has been added. Bake in the oven until the cheese is thoroughly melted and serve at once. HAM CANAPES V2 cup minced ham 1 teaspoon chopped parsley 2 tablespoons butter 6 slices buttered bread Mix the ham, butter and parsley to a smooth paste; prepare the bread as for cheese canapes; spread with the mixture and serve. [illustration: Appetizers Planned for a Family of Four] SOUPS are wholesoine and palatable and should form part oi even the informal home dinner whenever possible. They are also excellent luncheon dishes It is a good plan to have some sort ot vegetable or meat stock always at hand, as this renders the making of soup both easy and economical. With milk at hand, cream soups are likewise easily made. MEAT STOCK To make good soup some kind of meat stock is almost essential. Instruct the butcher to deliver all bones and trimmings removed from roasts ; and save all meats and gravies left over from previous meals. By so doing soup may be at once economical and good.

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