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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
priced that one wonders whether all the 
agate makers have gone into the muni¬ 
tions business. It is a good time to mend 
old agateware, and avoid buying new 
until there is some sign of reduced prices. 
Small hoys’ hats of .Japanese crape 
were seen for 44 cents. These were the 
usual square-topped crown and turn-dowji 
brim ; the crown striped or with a small 
figure, the brim plain, of a weave that 
looked like panama, with rows of stitch¬ 
ing. Such hats would wash, and endure 
the small boy’s hard wear. 
A May-day Entertainment for the Children 
^lay-day always suggests a party of 
some kind, and any little affair in which 
«'hildren are included should begin and end 
early ; from three to five is about right. 
This will give them time for several romp- 
finely-chopped parsley to the top of each. 
Follow the little hot course Avith a sim¬ 
ple salad and plenty of thin bread-and- 
butter sandwiches, both brown and Avhite 
bread may he used. A marguerite salad 
Avould be sure to please the children, and 
it is as wholesome as it is pretty. Boil 
several eggs, or as many as there are to 
be guest, for 20 minutes, then take from 
the boiling water and immerse them 
quickly in cold water, and remove the 
shells. Cut the eggs crosswise, take out 
the yolks, and cut the whites in slices, 
petal fashion, arrange on lettuce leaves 
like a marguerite, a floAver for each child, 
and fill the centre Avith the yolks pressed 
through the potato ricer or a sieve, then 
add a touch of finely minced parsley, and 
pour French dressing around them. 
Have straAvberries for the dessert, and 
Decorated Table for May Party 
ing games on the laAvn. “Ring Around a 
Rosy,” “Here We Go Round the Mul¬ 
berry Bush,” and “Going to .Jerusalem.'’ 
are favorite May-day games. If the day 
is Avarm enough all the entertainment 
could be out-of-doors, and the refresh¬ 
ments served there, too, or on the porch. 
Any games played in the open are sure to 
create appetites, so quite a .substantial 
little meal Avill be needed, and the table 
should be pretty and suggestive of the 
day and month. 
The Maypole decoration Avould be espe¬ 
cially .suited for this, particularly if there 
is not to be a big Jlaypole for the chil¬ 
dren on the laAvn. Get a flat circular 
piece of Avood, the cover of a Avoodeu 
candy pail from a neai'-by grocery store 
Avas used here. In the centre bore a hole, 
using a good-sized gimlet, and insert in 
this the end of a rod, have the rod not 
more than thirty inches high, and at the 
top of this fasten a small hoop, and Avin.l 
both Avith green ribbon or tissue paper, 
and add a fcAV pink 8pi-ing floAvers to the 
hoop, and six long, green and pink ribbon 
runners, of equal length and distance 
apart, and place this in the centre of the 
table. Cover the base Avith green crape 
l)aper, and arrange over it a mat of 
leaves and more of the floAvers. Then 
haA'e small sun-bonneted dolls dressed in 
pink and green, holding garlands of floAV- 
ers, placed just outside the leaves and 
floAvers, each attached to a ribbon runner. 
Chubby jointed dolls in big floppy pink 
hats and green trousers are used as fa¬ 
vors. and tiny paper baskets filled Avith 
flowers, Avith the name of a child Avritten 
on the handle, .serve as place cards. This 
same little decoration can be easily and 
qtiickly evolved from crape paper, in¬ 
stead of real dolls the little figures can 
be cut out and pasted on cardboard. The 
Avhole outfit for a Maypole arrangement 
can be bought at any of the paper stores, 
including table cloth, napkins, and paper 
plates, at a small cost. 
For the refreshments have creamed 
chicken in rice cups. The day before the 
party is to he given, cook tAvo cups of 
rice in boiling salted Avater for 10 min¬ 
utes, then drain, and turn into a double 
boiler, add milk to cover and cook until 
the grains are soft and the milk absorbed. 
Pack the rice into buttered cups, and let 
stand until the next day, then turn out, 
scoop out the centres, brush them inside 
and out with melted butter, stand them in 
a buttered baking tin, and bake in a quick 
oven until a golden broAvn. Fill Avith the 
creamed meat, and add a sprinkle of 
if you can get the little splint baskets <.f 
the old-fashioned market shape, line these 
Avith green leaves, and fill Avith the ber¬ 
ries. unhulled, and serve them on little in¬ 
dividual plates Avith a paper doily be¬ 
neath, or quaint shape baskets can be con¬ 
trived from white paper, tho.se the chil¬ 
dren learn to make at school Avill do very 
nicely. Serve Avith the berries tiny sponge 
cakes decorated Avith pink icing. 
If one has the time and Avould like to 
make them, little sti'UAvberry basket short 
cakes would be more appreciated than 
splint ones. eosajiond LAiiPilAN. 
Black Chocolate Cake 
Mrs. H. ^1. W. recently asked for choc¬ 
olate cake recipes, and I Avish to submit 
one that I have found—after testing 10 
recipes—to be the most economical, stays 
moi.st longest and is easy to mix. My 
friends like it, also it sells readily: 
1% cup sugar, Vj cup butter (gener¬ 
ous), ^ cup milk, 2 cups flour, 1 Avhole 
egg and yolks of 2; 3 (level) teaspoon¬ 
fuls baking poAvder; cake (four 
squares) of chocolate dissolved in 14 cup 
boiling Avater; vanilla. Mix in order 
given. IMix baking powder, Avith flour. 
J.ayer or loaf. Icing: cup broAvn 
sugar; ^ cup boiling Avater; 1 table¬ 
spoonful vinegar; stir until sugar is di.s- 
solved, not again. Remove from fire Avhen 
some of the syrup becomes brittle, Avhen 
dropped in cold AA'ater. Pour sloAvly over 
the stiffly beaten Avhites of tAvo eggs left 
from cake. Beat Avith egg beater until 
cold; flavor Avith vanilla. airs. l. b. ir. 
Potato Doughnuts 
I found in a recent issue a recipe for 
potato bread, Avhich I am going to try. 
Our friend from Massachusetts said she 
was going to try out others. I ha\'e a 
fine one for doughnuts, Avhich I would 
like to give for her benefit. One cup of 
mashed potatoes; one large cup of sugar; 
one cup of sAveet milk; t\A-o tablespoons 
of shortening; tAVO eggs; nutmeg or 
mace, salt; three teaspoons of baking 
poAvder, flour enough to roll. j. p. e. 
Drop Graham Cookies 
I think that during the year of 1015 
you published a recipe for drop graham 
cookies, but I am unable to find it. 
Would you publish this recipe, or one as 
good? AIKS. u. T. AI. 
Greenfield, Tenn. 
We are unable to find this recipe in 
our files. Will some of our readers sup¬ 
ply it for the benefit of our inquirer? 
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