f flour,
One-half cup of yellow mustard,
One-half cup of salt,
One-half cup of sugar,
One ounce of paprika,
Two cups of vinegar.

Stir to dissolve and then add to the boiling mixture. Cook for fifteen
minutes and then fill into all-glass jars and seal. Store in a cool
dry place.

FOR EIGHT COUPLES

In English communities it is the custom to sit up and watch the
departing year out and to welcome in the new. The farmers in the north
country visit the orchards, while the folk in the highlands visit and
return calls.

The custom of New Year's calling is very old indeed, and in the years
of long ago the Beau Brummels and dandies of the times enjoyed the New
Year's calling as a very rare sport.

The mummers who are abroad this day follow the ancient custom of dear
old Scotland, where these rites have prevailed for many centuries.

Toast the old year out and new one in with a loving cup:

Ring out the old with all its hate,
Ring in the new with love and cheer,
Ring on, oh bells of time;
Ring with joy, ere ye be too late.

To prepare a loving cup for welcoming the new year for fifteen
persons:

NEW YEAR'S PUNCH

One and one-half gallons of cider,
One-half dozen bananas, sliced thin,
One small bottle of cherries, cut into bits.

Place a large lump in the ice bowl and stir to blend. Serve in tall
punch glasses.

A MIDNIGHT REPAST

Oysters a la Newburg
Pimento Sandwiches
Pickles Celery
Salted Nuts
New Year's Punch Coffee

or

Creamed Chicken Delmonte
Celery Salad
Home-made Pickles Olives
Rolls Butter
New Year's Punch Tea or Coffee

A punch may be made with part grape juice and part lemonade and then
the fruit added.

OYSTERS A LA NEWBURG

For fifteen persons. Look over carefully and then wash one hundred
stewing oysters. Drain. Now place in a saucepan

One quart of oyster liquid,
One quart of milk,
Three-quarters cup of flour.

Stir to dissolve thoroughly; bring to a boil and cook for five
minutes. Now pan the oysters in their own juice by placing in a
saucepan and constantly stirring until they reach the boiling point.
Add the prepared sauce with

Two onions, minced fine,
One tall can of pimentoes, chopped fine,
Two well-beaten eggs,
One level tablespoon of salt,
One an