St Nicholas [serial] . alt your cream; stir in enoughOf pastry flour, by slow degree, Till you ve a dough that you can roll; In every cup of flour first siftHalf-spoon of baking-powder pure, And, if the cream should need a lift To make it seem more rich, to it A little melted butter add;Roll thin, cut into strips, and bake. When browned you will be very glad To put two strips together thenTo make your tasty Pastry Polly. Fill in with grated yellow cheeseMixed well, to make it really jolly, MERRIMAIDS COOKIES Of powdered sugar take a cup And then one third cup more;Three beaten eggs; and half a
St Nicholas [serial] . alt your cream; stir in enoughOf pastry flour, by slow degree, Till you ve a dough that you can roll; In every cup of flour first siftHalf-spoon of baking-powder pure, And, if the cream should need a lift To make it seem more rich, to it A little melted butter add;Roll thin, cut into strips, and bake. When browned you will be very glad To put two strips together thenTo make your tasty Pastry Polly. Fill in with grated yellow cheeseMixed well, to make it really jolly, MERRIMAIDS COOKIES Of powdered sugar take a cup And then one third cup more;Three beaten eggs; and half a spoon Of good vanilla pour In mixing-bowl; till foamy beat; Two cups of sifted flour next stirInto the batter by degrees. When all is ready to transfer, Oil baking-tins, sprinkling with flour; Then with a teaspoon drop the cakeIn wee, round heaps quite far apart, And in a moderate oven bake. When they have turned the lightest brown, The cookies are quite mix, to bake,—also to eat,— They certainly are fun !. THE LETTER-BOX The picture of Rembrandts Supper at Emmaus,printed in our October number, was reproduced from a finephotograph of the painting issued by Messrs. Braun,Clement & Co., and this fact should have been stated be-neath the illustration. By an oversight, the proper men-tion of it was omitted, and so we now gladly give to thepublishers of the photograph the credit that istheir due. Sioux Falls, So. St. Nicholas: I am writing to you to tell youabout my meeting General O. O. Howard. We are having Old Soldiers Encampment here, and awhole lot of old soldiers are here, and there are speechesand parades. When I heard that the man who wrote thefine stories in St. Nicholas some time ago was coming,I wanted to see him. All the old soldiers were going tothe station to meet him with the fife and drum at theirhead. I marched down with them, and as he stepped intoa carriage, I saw him plainly. The next day, as I was going into the hotel with, myfather, who
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