CHERISHED RECIPES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 4

CHERISHED RECIPES.

.l/:-Why;twp'men,,should;'be.;sq : :'bh4ry'of/'bestbw'r ;ing;f:theit',-„ifa;vburitii "/recipes' i- for /or - s.weet'si.duitheir'iribnds/iV/is/dinlcuit. to undb'r-Uaudi':(writes-V"Cnrutinn"/ in-:'the/-'Australa-: '^ian").;/ .are. '"Alt :i'3',riot;only '-'that-\they:.do' riot /want';theni"'to : Ijecdme;top.Vobm'mori.-.'-but/'they/.appear to 1 bs-'.' 'lieve'/;that ' v they; -theiriselves ;hayb : /Bdmo'''particular; ilieri.,''," You/-may freely --pfaiEfl'.,thßcoinestlbl<is,set/before- you -by/your -ndstbssi provicftd ■;,you;jhavb'/nb•',reason'-;to' sup.pose';: they: have /been sapjllied -by: a /caterer' at w;mUch-:;tt::,^au,/; ; tll3"old/.idea/'that ■ it'/, is/Tiad / pldded;/'/; lifdei'd^-yorir'/'hostess/ expects ,'sbmo .ro'm'ark'to- be/'made; as' to'- the. daintiriess. and /''palathbility".- of-the. eatables' she ■; offerstiu -,hcr owri'./hdnie.';':/"My-cook/niade/these//: sho ■ says, :triumpha'utly/"uS,she/presses ,ydU,.to ; partake of fsbnie- tempting; little' cakes, -the ingredients of/vvhich'.it"'is ;tantalisirigly-;difficult-to' guess. ;In:' : a.''casd t v likd'-this you- : do'-not .inquire, hoiv they/wete/ipade. '; But when/you.are: informed, :"My/daughter -'made : this,",,'yo'u : may-feol'-' inclined/ to, risk; a hint;for/tho recipe,, if .you' are -unobservant/eriough- riot/to /see /the vexed 'look :. on/said i.dapghter'S'i'face; when her '.'.-mother ■'/gives'! the' show..away .-"ft She'/will .'guard; that , culinary :.secret ; ;with -all ,-,her might and-'main. You;shall, upt have, it !/• Her ;mother shall not prdmisb :itj' ,whißh.;/is/:,a./way'//most. mothers, ■.with'their-'ridiculous'generosity /of -heart) 'have. / They only do; it to an'nby,; because' they know, it :teases.":.Many girls when' begged, for, recipes, • give., them .incorrectly,, so- that; the "result" is utjrer/ifailure./ '/This , see'ms : cruel, ,' ;but / it tedches/the'recipients':/ofi/.rebip.es.' to /be, more ta'otful'next/timolthan/to'ask.:. The •strangest part'/of.-all/is'that/, the/people/who-demand f avouf s ',;of, this : kind: tho, most readily ..are tho .most ii.tonacious."Of.: pet/ recipes,, oiice they do f.ecetve: them, -:They, ; cven threaten the original holders with, all. sbrts/ of -penalties ■' if •■".'■■ they "dare/to/ ,givp■ away that recip& 'to : anyone clso!',■"','-/'':';=// ■/••'-:; ,::/'/:'/;/ :'.,-■'■ -■/■■-

/-The .Suffragette is a :song sung outdftdno. Her little' bar, of life-music is played in, discordant ■ disagreement with the eternal choral 'symphony/of the. universe, and. niakos-an unpleasant jarritig sound. The great pity is that the noise'should be noticed.--Mario Corelli, .'in "Tho'Loridpn."'//'■;..■■•.•-;■''-■//'■ .'» /•"■;•:::,