ses.)
Name the Author's cake. (Short cake.)
Name the Pugilist's cake. (Pound.)
Name the Office-seeker's cake. (Washington.)
Name the Idler's cake. (Loaf.)

Many others can be added by the clever hostess.

BREAKFAST AND TEA FOR CHRISTMAS OR THANKSGIVING.

BREAKFAST.

_Oranges and Grapes_
_Farina with Dates and Cream and Sugar_
_Chicken Croquettes_
_Oysters in Potato Balls_
_Rice Muffins with Maple Syrup_
_Coffee_
_Chocolate with Whipped Cream_

TEA.

_Scalloped Oysters_
_Turkey Salad_
_Cheese Balls_
_Bread and Butter Sandwiches_
_Strawberry Trifle_
_Gipsy Jelly with Whipped Cream_
_Lemon Cocoanut Cake_
_Meringues filled with Preserved Walnuts_
_Tea_
_Cocoa with Whipped Cream_

OYSTERS IN POTATO BALLS.

Cook the potatoes the day before. While hot mash them, season nicely
with salt, paprika and a little celery salt. Add a generous lump of
butter, and one or two lightly beaten eggs. Form into little balls with
the hands floured. The next morning scoop out a hollow large enough to
hold two or three nicely seasoned oysters, press over the part removed,
egg and bread-crumb, and fry in a wire basket in deep hot fat. Drain a
minute on unglazed paper, and serve at once.

RICE MUFFINS.

Sift together half a teaspoonful of salt, a heaping teaspoonful of
baking powder, and two cupfuls of flour. Add two well-beaten eggs to one
cupful of sweet milk, and stir into the flour, with one teaspoonful of
melted butter and one cupful of dry boiled rice. Beat thoroughly, and
bake in buttered pans for thirty-five minutes. Serve with maple syrup.

TURKEY SALAD.

Cut the cold turkey meat into dice and mix it with twice the quantity of
diced celery and one cupful of broken walnut meats. Mix all well
together and moisten with a good boiled dressing. Serve in a nest of
bleached lettuce.

CHEESE BALLS.

Roll rich pastry out very thin, cut it into circles with a small
tumbler, put two teaspoonfuls of grated cheese in the center of each,
add a dash of cayenne and a teaspoonful of finely chopped walnut meats,
then draw the edges of the paste together over the cheese, pinching it
well to form a little ball. Bake in a hot oven to a very pale brown.
Before serving reheat in the oven.

STRAWBERRY TRIFLE.

Cut one large stale sponge cake in horizontal slices the whole length of
the loaf. They should be half an inch thick. Beat the whites of four
eggs to a stiff snow, di