Crust Coffee.—­Toast bread very brown, pour on boiling water, strain and add cream and sugar.  Good for stomach and diarrhea.

Cream Soup.—­One pint boiling water, one-half cup of cream, add pieces of toasted bread and a little salt.

Cinnamon Tea.—­To 1/2 pint fresh milk add stick or ground cinnamon, enough to flavor, and white sugar to taste; bring to the boiling point and take either warm or cold.  Excellent for diarrhea in children or adults.

Barley Water.—­Add two ounces pearl barley to 1/2 pint of boiling water; simmer five minutes, drain and add 2 qts. boiling water, add two ounces of sliced figs, and two ounces of raisins; boil until reduced to one quart.  Strain for drink.

Arrowroot Custard.—­One tablespoonful of arrowroot, one pint milk, one egg, two tablespoons sugar.  Mix the arrowroot with a little cold milk and beat in the egg and sugar, pour into the boiling milk and scald until thickened, flavor and pour into cups to cool.

Odors.—­A few drops of oil of lavender poured into a glass of very hot water will purify the air of the room almost instantly from cooking odors; the effect is especially refreshing in a sick room.

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Dainty Way to Serve Egg on Toast.—­Pile the well-beaten white of an egg on a slice of buttered toast, which has been softened with hot water.  Make a hollow in the white and drop the yolk therein.  Set in the oven to cook the egg.

Oatmeal Gruel.—­Pour boiling water over a cupful of rolled oats, stir and let stand a moment, then strain off the liquid.  Season with sugar and a little cream if desired.  Especially good for children.

Prepared Flour for Summer Complaint.—­Take a double handful of flour, tie up in a cloth and cook from three to six hours in a kettle of boiling water.  Take out and remove the cloth and you have a hard, round ball.  Keep in a dry, cool place.  Prepare by grating from this ball into boiling milk enough to make it as thick as you desire, stirring it just before removing from the fire with a stick of cinnamon to give it a pleasant flavor.  Salt the milk a little.  This is very good for children having summer complaint.

Chicken Broth.—­Take the first and second joints of a chicken, boil in a quart of water until tender, season with a very little salt and pepper.

Fever Drinks—­Pour cold water on wheat bran, let boil one-half hour, strain and add sugar and lemon juice.  Pour boiling water on flaxseed and let stand until it is ropy, pour into hot lemonade and drink.

Egg Gruel.—­Beat the yolk of an egg with one tablespoonful sugar, beating the white separately; add one cup boiling water to that yolk, then stir in the whites and add any seasoning.  Good for a cold.

Diabetic Bread.—­Take one quart of set milk or milk and water, one heaping teaspoonful of good butter, one-fifth of a cake of compressed yeast beaten up with a little water, and two well-beaten eggs.  Stir in gluten flour until a soft dough is formed; knead as in making ordinary bread; place in pans to raise, and when light bake in hot oven.