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Of cool, green Peace beside her, 
And other Might-have-Beens. 
But since he would not woo her 
She drooped from hour to hour, 
For want of a pursuer 
A melancholy flower. 
A lover who’s a Molly 
Becomes a nauseous joke; 
Heart-sick at his folly 
She gave a hearty choke. 
A Pumkin bald and knowing 
Lived in that garden fair, 
He marked the sweet rose glowing, 
The cabbage sighing there, 
Said he, ‘ He seoks to martyr 
His passion 1 suppose; 
1 too will be a starter 
Though reddish is my nose.’ 
‘ Gives me the pip,’ he shouted, 
‘ Whenever beauty grieves? — 
Let me’ (the rosebud pouted), 
‘Take what the cabbage leaves!’ 
She on the pumpkin simpered; 
The cabbage sadly looked: 
‘I’m quite cut up,’ he whimpered, 
*T realise I’m cooked!’ 
—‘ Woomera’ in‘ The Australasian,’ 
HOUSEHOLD HINTS 
o-—A Mustard Mem, — 
If mustard be mixed with water that 
has been boiled and allowed to cool, it 
will keep its flavor and color a long 
time, 
: *® oan * * * 
— Worth Knowing. — 
A’ teaspoonful of salt and a desseri- 
spoonful of lemon juice answer the same 
purpose as ‘ salts of lemon’ -for removing 
iron-mould from linen. Moreover, the 
mixture is not a poison, nor will it prove 
injurious to the linen. - 
* * * * * * 
— Goose Stuffed with Potato, — 
A nice young bird, mashed potato, two 
onions, half an ounce of butter, pepper 
and salt, a little powdered sage, and: one 
pint of apple sauce is required to bring 
the above to a successful issue. 
Chop the onions, parboil and drain 
them, fry in a little butter till golden 
brown, and mix with sufficient mashed 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
December 1, 1909 
potato, which should be highly seasoned, 
and fill the goose. Truss and roast the 
bird in the usual way, and serve with 
brown gravy and apple sauce. 
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— Cheese and Cucumber Sandwich, — 
Cut some nice even slices of bread, 
butter them well, cut some cheese in thin 
slices, or grate some that is stale, which 
will do quite as well as fresh new cheese 
spread this fr. -'y over the buttered bread 
with a little pe, per and salt. Peel the 
cucumber, cut in thin rounds, and cover 
the layer of cheese with the slices of 
cucumber, cover this with a_ nicely 
buttered slice of bread; press the edges 
well together, trim off the crust, Dish 
them on a lace paper or napkin, witha 
sprig of nice green parsley to garnish it. 
* * * * * * 
—Iced Chocolate Cake. — 
First make some Genoese pastry with 
the weight of three eggs in butter, sugar 
and flour. Bake in flat tins half an inch 
in thickness. Cut out four rounds the 
the size of a saucer, leave the first round 
whole while the centres of the others 
have to be cut out leaving a border about 
one and a half inches wide. Pile thesa 
one on the other and just stick together 
with chocolate icing. From the pieces 
cut from the cake, cut out some half 
moons and decorate the ring with them. 
Cover the cake with a good vanilla icing. 
When cold fill up the centre with 
whipped vanilla cream. 
Remarkable Pie-Melon 
Growth. 
Twelve months ago Mr. E Yendall of 
Drayton street, Bowden, placed a fair 
sized pie-melon in a cupboard. When he 
went to inspect it he found that the 
melon had burst to its full length and the 
seeds had started to grow, some of the 
young plants having attained a height of 
from three to four inches. This is anothor 
instance of nature trying to reassart itsel 
—the plant endevouring to reproduce its 
species under unfavourable  circum- 
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