INTRODUCTION 



cakes were light and good and she had many 

 ways of making them. 



Is there not a saying about the way to 

 a man's heart? But are not many women 

 often indifferent to what they eat? The 

 table must be orderly and attractive and the 

 cooking good, but for them food is rather 

 a necessity only. Were it not for other 

 members of the family many women would, 

 I imagine, be quite content to live on simple 

 things, milk and cream, fruit and nuts, with 

 possibly some of those wonderful breakfast 

 foods whose merits for health and eternal 

 vigor are recounted in the advertising pages 

 of every magazine and newspaper and stare 

 at one from bill-boards, in trolley car and 

 station. 



Most men who care for gardening devote 

 themselves rather to the utilitarian side of 

 the craft. They are deeply interested and 

 generally successful in producing the finest 

 vegetables and fruits, while flowers come as 

 a secondary consideration. May this not be 

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