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becomes a pale yellow colour. Add the lemon and turn the mixture on to a greased tin. When cool enough cut into small squares, Roll into balls, and coat with castor sugar. Allow to become cold and dry, and then store in an airtight tin. Peppermint Creams. a dlb. icing sugar Water Few drops of essence of peppermint Mix the icing sugar with water until it forms a very stiff paste. Add peppermint essence to taste. Beat well. Sprinkle ' a pastry-board with castor sugar, turn mixture on to it. Sprinkle with more sugar, and roll out to about jin. thickness. Cut into circles about an inch in diameter or squares if preferred. - Place in a plate to set, when the outsides should be crisp. Stuffed Dates and Prunes. 4lb. dates and prunes $lb. icing sugar Juice of a Lemon Mix the icing sugar with the lemon juice, so that it forms a stiff paste. Add a little water if necessary. Colour with cochineal, etc., if liked. Remove the stones from dates and prunes. Fill the openings with the prepared mixture, and sprinkle with castor sugar. Leave 4 hour to set. Peppermint Lozenges. llb. sugar 1 teaspoon pepper- 4 pint milk mint essence Boil sugar and milk together for 10 minutes, | stirring constantly. Take the saucepan off and stir in the peppermint. Beat the mixture until it is cool enough to drop a teaspoonful at a time on to greaseproof paper, which you have previously greased with lard, without letting it (Continued on page 26.) ed OR 6 Pee SPR 6 Pe Pe 6 Pa 8 9a fb) a FP 6 Pe Pe Sb 6 9 6 |S pagagelicae. oette casera ay nek ee cae aia aes ne mae: 4 t hat ec 9a 8 9s 9s bh a PP 9h) PP ee Per 6 OR t 9a 6 Oe 1 E Sew Pe i Re 6 Pe 6 9 6 Oe 6 8 6 be 6 9 8 a 6 i 1 a FOODS FOR HEALTH AND BEAUTY. T is a recognised fact that no one can be beautiful without a beautiful skin, and it is equally true that no one who has a beautiful skin can be really ugly. And beauty of skin depends on health and therefore on diet. Over-stoutness or overthinness also, can be remedied by diet and diet alone. We all know, nowadays, the important part played by vitamins in the human diet, and that they are contained to a certain extent in most foodstuffs; but it is necessary to realise also, that they must be varied and balanced so that your daily food contains some of each of them. The following table will show you in which foods they are contained, and you should try as far as possible to include at least one of each of them in your daily menu. A great deal of one vitamin and none of the others is worse than useless : Vitamins A.& D. Vitamin B. Vitamin C. Miik Dried Peas Oranges : ! ( Cheese Dried beans Lemons i Egg yolk Lentils Grapefruit Fish roe Nuts Tomatoes i Fat of meat Oatmeal Raw green vegs. } t f t ( : ( t Vitamins A. & D. Vitamin B. Vitamin C. Cod liver oil Potato Cooked green vegs. Yeast Apples . Root vegetables Bananas Pearl barley Turnips Wholemeal flour Carrots Lean meat Liver The;commonesi mistakes in diet are: Too much starch (bread, potatoes, suet, ete.) Too much sugar. Too little raw fruit. Too little green vegetables. Too little meat. Starch and sugar are both fattening, and should be counteracted by plenty of fruit, vegetables, and meat. A slimming diet should consist almost entirely of meat and green vegetables and fresh fruit, particularly lemon and grapefruit. Plenty of lettuce and watereress prevents spots, as it helps to purify the blood. If you are not inclined to be fat, potato gives heat and energy when you are working hard in cold #¢ weather, : 79D 6 SBS 8 5 9 SR 9 OS 9 $ Eas PS Fas Pe Fp 8 ba SP Ee oo SR BPR tS Ep Sf Res Fi BR ik a PS NS Oa oF inches nas A wd Bal Pi ral ge ee Ren Src eid aaa 2 Baa C$ Oi 6 8a 6 $a dd Pa 6 9 6 9 <A FF PP iti sete OE TEN-MINOTE RECIPES.