boiling; then pour it
over the stiff whites of the eggs, beating with a wire beater all
the time; put in the vanilla while you are beating. When it is
creamy and getting stiff, add the nuts, stir well, and spread on
buttered paper. If you prefer, do not use vanilla, but almond
flavoring, and add almonds instead of other nuts.

"Now, girls, just one more kind and that will be enough, I am sure.
To-morrow we will change work, and I will teach all this to the other
girls while you make salted almonds and tie boxes; I'm sure we shall
sell all we can make."

[Illustration: "This Candy ought to be at least a Dollar a Pound."]

"This candy will be worth a dollar a pound!" said Mildred.

"At least that," said Miss Betty, laughing; "only we won't ask quite
that much, I think. Now this is the last receipt."

CHOCOLATE SQUARES

1 cup of sugar.
1/4 cake of chocolate.
1/2 cup of molasses.
1/2 cup of milk.
1/2 cup of butter.

Mix this all together and boil it twenty minutes; cool it a very
little and add 1 teaspoonful of vanilla. Pour in pans, and, when
cool, mark off in squares.

It was dark when all this candy was done and in the boxes. The girls
were tired, but delighted with their work, and the next day they came,
eager to finish it. Those who worked in the kitchen made the same things
as the other girls had made before, and, when everybody was done, it was
astonishing how many, many boxes they had.

They had already decided not to have any two-pound or five-pound boxes,
but to make only pound and half-pound ones, as these would sell better.
They tied up the boxes which were covered with holly paper with red
ribbons, and the red boxes with holly ribbons, and the plain white boxes
with red, with a bit of holly tied in each bow. When Norah saw them all,
she said they were "stylish." Certainly they were pretty, and the candy
was delicious, and fresh as well, and all the committee and Mother Blair
and Miss Betty were just as proud as proud could be.

[Illustration: Selling Candy at the Christmas Fair]

When the fair was over, the ladies who were in charge of it sent a
special little note to the candy committee telling them how well they
had done.

"Next time we will make ever so many more kinds of candy," said Mildred,
as they talked it all over. "I never knew there were so many. I used to
think all you could make at home were molasses candy and peanut brittle,
an