Six little cooks

Beat the whites of two eggs until frothy only, not white; add ten oz. sugar, slowly, with one hand, while you beat with the other. Flavor with lemon juice or vanilla. No. 58 — CHOCOLATE ICING. Beat the whites of three eggs to a stiff froth, add half a pint of grated sweet chocolate, and half a pint pulverized (not granulated,) sugar. No. 59 — ORANGE ICING. Beat the whites of three eggs to a stiff froth; add a quarter of a pound powdered sugar, and the grated rind and soft pulp of two large sour oranges and one lemon. There should be a gill of the juice, (half a tumbler fall.) if it makes less than this, add another orange. No. 60 — ORANGE CAKB. Make and bake drop cake as in the directions for jelly cake, and spread with orange icing; for a top-icing for the whole loaf, more sugar must be added. No. 61 — CHOCOLATE CAKE No. 2. Use the directions for jelly cake, substituting chocolate icing for jelly. No. 62 — CREAM CAKES. Half a pint milk, the yolks of three eggs, one and a half tablespoonfuls sugar, one teaspoonful vanilla, one and a half even tablespoonfuls corn starch. Leave out enough milk to mix the starch with smoothly; boil the rest, and when hot stir in the starch until thicker than boiled custard; then add the other ingredients, beaten together, and continue stirring until it is so thick it will not pour from the spoon, but only drop from it. To do this successfully, the milk must be heated over, or in, boiling water; never directly on the stove. When the cream is thick enough, proceed as in directions for jelly cake. No. 63 — NUMBER CAKE. One cnp butter, two of sugar, three of flour, four eggs, half a cup milk, half a teaspoonful soda and one of cream tartar. A very little spice improves it to some tastes; not more than half a teaspoonful in all of cinnamon, ground cloves and allspice mixed. A variation may be made by putting a whole cup milk, a teaspoonful soda and two of cream tartar. This makes a still lighter mixture. " Now there is a grand store of recipes to select from," said Mrs. King; " we'll go over and set about our lunch." Rose and Jessie were watching for them impatiently, and after a little consultation with her sister, Aunt Jane went into the kitchen with her three pupils. " A hot fire and a tea kettle full of water," said she. " So much is ready at all events." "I thought Bridget was ironing to-day," observed Grace. " So she is," said Rose, " but she has her own little charcoal iron-heater in the laundry, and she won't interfere with us at all. And I've found out where everything is, so I can bring out anything you want, Aunt Jane." " I made out a list of what we should have, Kosie, when I talked it over with your mother. I find she has cold boiled chicken ready, thinking we should want chicken salad; but we are to have croquettes instead; also Saratoga potatoes; lettuce, with Mayonnaise dressing; cold tongue, which was boiled yesterday, and only needs cutting up ; tipsy-cake, made with some sponge-cake from the baker's; chocolate, breakfast-puffs and drop-cakes." u Oh, Aunty 1 can we ever get it all ready in time? r