Part 7

"AS IF I MUST SCREAM" "I cannot speak too highly of what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. I was a nervous wreck and I just had to force myself to do my work. Even the sound of my own children playing made be feel as if I must scream if they did not get away from me. I could not even speak right to my husband. The doctor said that he could do nothing for me owing to my condition. My husband's grandmother advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I started it right away and everyone noticed what a different woman I was in a short time. I was able to do my work once more, and it was a pleasure, not a burden." MRS. EMILY DAVIS, 721 McGee St., Winnipeg, Manitoba.

BAKED FRUIT PUDDING [Illustration]

Prepare fruit--apples, peaches,--and sprinkle with sugar, also with cinnamon or nutmeg if apples are used. Place fruit in baking-dish to within one inch of the top.

CRUST

Ingredients 1 cup flour 1 salt spoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 tablespoons butter 1/3 cup milk

Method--Mix and sift the dry ingredients, cut in butter with knife and add milk. Roll the crust to fit the baking-dish, keeping it 1/2 inch thick and place over the fruit. Press edges of the crust to the rim of the dish and make a small opening in the crust near the center. Bake in a moderate oven 30 minutes. Serve with vanilla sauce.

THE RIGHT ROAD to Health is what every ailing woman is looking for and when one woman gets on that road she is always ready to direct some other woman to it.

"IT HAD HELPED MY SISTER" "I was a sufferer for three years, not able to do my housework. My husband was discouraged for I was no better and had the doctor all this time and nothing had helped me. I was always sleepy, had no appetite and suffered with my left side. My mother, in England, recommended Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound because it had helped my sister, so I have been taking it. I am now able to do my housework and I cannot praise your Vegetable Compound too highly, as I have great hopes for the future. I will tell anyone who writes to me what good it has done me." MRS. HENRY MASSON, St. Henry P.O., Montreal.

VANILLA SAUCE [Illustration]

Ingredients 1 cup boiling water 2 teaspoons corn-starch 1 tablespoon butter 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla little salt

Method--Mix the corn-starch with a little cold water and stir into the hot water, boiling five minutes. Put butter, sugar, flavoring and salt into a bowl and pour the thoroughly cooked cornstarch over it, stirring until the sugar and the butter are dissolved.

LEMON JELLY Ingredients--2 oranges, 1 lemon, the rind of one orange grated fine, 1 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon gelatine, 2 cups boiling water.

Method--Mix the juices and the fruit gratings with the sugar. Soak 1 tablespoon gelatine in 1 cup of cold water until soft. Stir in 2 cups of boiling water and add the sugar and fruit juices. Stir until the gelatine is dissolved, then pour into a mold to harden.

"WOMEN'S TROUBLES AND WOMEN'S WORK" "I was weak and had some troubles women often have and usually I was unfit to do my work. I saw your advertisement and decided to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I am very much pleased with the result and recommend your Vegetable Compound whenever I have a chance." MRS. WANDLESS, 360 Church St., Fredericton, New Brunswick.

"I have taken Lydia E. Pinkham's medicines and they have done me a lot of good. Since then I have been able to do my housework, and I have a lot to do as we live on a farm. Seeing your advertisement in the papers was what made me think of writing to you." MRS. WM. B. KEIVER, Upper New Horton, New Brunswick.

CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING [Illustration]

Ingredients 2 cups bread crumbs 4 cups of milk (or 2 of water and 2 of evaporated milk) 2 squares chocolate 2/3 cup sugar 1 salt spoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method--Soak bread crumbs in milk until soft. Melt the chocolate over hot water and add the sugar to it. Beat eggs well and add with the remaining ingredients to the crumbs and milk. Mix well and bake in a buttered pudding-dish in a moderate oven, until thick and firm. A Meringue (see page 23) of egg white and sugar may be spread over the top about 15 minutes before it is done, or it can be served with cream, hard, or foamy sauce.

Hard Sauce--1/3 cup butter, 1 cup powdered sugar, 1/3 teaspoon lemon extract, 2/3 teaspoon vanilla. Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and flavoring.

LACK OF ENERGY or 'pep' makes a woman feel old while she is yet young in years and general appearance.

"NO SERIOUS TROUBLE" "I had no disease only I felt tired and had headache very often and thought I needed a tonic, so I got Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and the Liver Pills. I am now on the third bottle and have not had headache for over two weeks. Of course I have not had any serious trouble at all." MRS. M.A. WATSON, Victoria St., Cobourg, Ontario.

"I was weak and run down, had no appetite and was nervous. The nurse who took care of me told me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and now I am getting strong. I recommend your medicine to my friends." MRS. D. MAXWELL, R.R. No. 2, Bothwell, Ontario.

CUP CUSTARDS [Illustration]

Ingredients 1 quart milk 4 eggs 4 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt few grains nutmeg

Method--Scald one quart of rich creamy milk. Beat four egg yolks, add sugar and salt and beat until thick like cream. Beat the four egg whites until foamy, not stiff, mix well with the yolks and sugar and add scalded milk. Stand the cups in a shallow pan, stir the foam down, and fill the cups to overflowing or nearly so. Put hot water in the pan and bake in a hot oven, watching them carefully that they do not scorch. Lay buttered paper over if needed. Test with a knife as soon as they begin to puff up and if the blade comes out clean, not milky, they are done.

DO WOMEN READ our little books which come so regularly to their homes? We feel sure that they are read from cover to cover.

"I SEEMED TO BE SMOTHERING" "I suffered with irregular periods, was weak and run-down, could not eat and had headaches. The worst symptoms were dragging down pains, so bad I sometimes thought I would go crazy and I seemed to be smothering. I was in this condition for two or three years and could not seem to work. I tried all kinds of remedies but received no benefit. I found one of your booklets and felt inclined to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I received the best results from it and now I keep house and go out to work and am like a new woman." MRS. J.F. PEASEY, 387 King St. West, Toronto, Ontario.

SUBSTITUTES [Illustration]