of sifted bread crumbs, half a cup of thick
sweet cream, half a cup of butter, half a can of chopped mushrooms, a
little minced parsley, salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly with the hands
and put into well greased timbale cups and steam three hours.

SAUCE.

Make a sauce for this by mixing the liquor of the mushrooms, half a cup
of cream, the rest of the mushrooms, chopped; heat and thicken with
half a cup of cracker dust. Serve very hot.

VEGETABLE SALAD.

With the smallest sized potato scoop, cut out a pint of potato balls
about the size of common marbles and boil in salted water until tender.
Let them cool, and add a pint of the largest peas, three stalks of
minced celery, a good sized cucumber cut fine, ten drops of onion juice.
Salt and pepper any good cooked dressing, to which add two large
spoonfuls of thick cream and two of olive oil. Serve on a lettuce leaf,
pour over the dressing, and last of all put on the top of the salad
three little balls of red pickled beet cut with the potato scoop, and
half embedded in the dressing.

Make a gelatine jelly, flavored with juice of two lemons and cherries.
Serve with whipped cream, into which beat finely sifted crumbs of three
macaroons.

WHO TAKES THE CAKE?

"Who takes the cake?" is a most merry-making scheme to assist in
entertaining at a breakfast. The hostess provides upon slips of paper,
what may be termed cake-conundrums. These are neatly written and wound
upon coarse steel knitting needles into little rolls and tied with
baby-ribbon to match the color scheme of the table.

These are brought in just after serving the coffee and passed to the
guests. The hostess announces that each is to guess the name of the cake
suggested on her slip; adding, the one who gives the most correct
answers wins the prize of a delicious cake. This should be exhibited.
The hostess has a list of the answers, and when one misses the "hit,"
she reads it aloud to the merriment of the crowd. For instance, one slip
reads: Name the President's cake. The answer is (Election). The
parenthesis must not appear on the slips. A list recently used, and very
wittily selected, is given for suggestion:

Name the Geologist's cake. (Mountain.)
Name the Advertiser's cake. (Puff.)
Name the Farmer's cake. (Corn.)
Name the Tailor's cake. (Measure.)
Name the Milliner's cake. (Ribbon.)
Name the Devout cake. (Angel Food.)
Name the Jeweler's cake. (Gold.)
Name the Lover's cake. (Kis