nd courtesy till an inward glow is produced, and keep at
this point from half an hour to an hour, or longer.

This receipt may be depended upon to give satisfaction under any and
all conditions, and is compounded of ingredients which exemplary home
makers have always at hand. If conscientiously followed failure is
impossible. "Its use is a good habit."

STOCKING THE CHINA CUPBOARD

Of its component parts the more substantial ones are perhaps the most
easily acquired; not in hit-or-miss, anything-to-get-it-done fashion,
but with a view to carrying out some definite idea of table adornment,
which is quite the most charming part of the home building. Dishes are
more or less mixed up with poesy, which is full of "flowing bowls,"
"enchanted cups," "dishes for the gods," "flagons of ale," and other
appetizing suggestions; and it would be rather a good thing to keep the
poetry in mind during the fitting out, that there may be nothing
aggressively cheap nor loudly assertive, but each piece harmoniously
congenial to its fellows. There need be no hurry--that is one of the
delights o' it--and the shopping may mean only "looking," for the good
buyer believes that many dishes are to be examined but few chosen--a
meat set here, a salad set there, a piece of cut glass somewhere
else--here a little and there a little, with time to get acquainted
with and enjoy each added treasure as it comes. It is a rare
experience, this stocking the china cupboard; one likely to be
prolonged through one's entire housekeeping experience, thanks be!

THE GROUNDWORK

There is so much exquisitely patterned and inexpensive china, glass,
and porcelain turned out these days that one cannot wander very far
afield in buying unless she gets lost among the intricacies of
castors--pickle and otherwise--ironstone china, colored and imitation
cut glass, and butter dishes with domelike covers. Probably the
persons who invented these have gone to join hands with the perpetrator
of the red tablecloth. May their works soon follow them! Complete
sets of dishes are giving way to the character and diversity imparted
to the table by odd pieces and sets for different courses. However, a
pretty, inexpensive set of porcelain or china--something which will
bear acquaintance, and of some easily replaced standard pattern--is a
good beginning, for one rarely starts out with a full equipment of fine
china, and even so, there should be something stronger to b