Every lady who presides at a table is interested to know how she can
depend upon having things come upon the table as she would like them.
How often are remarks like this made: “_This is just my fate_; when I
really want a nice thing, _somehow or other it turns out poor_!”
A lady expects company for tea. She orders, for instance, biscuits,
and they are brought to the table heavy and indigestible. How many
housekeepers can testify to mortification, as well as disappointment,
under such circumstances! It may not, however, have occurred to them
that it is not always the “cook’s fault.” Your biscuits, cakes,
pot-pies, puddings, etc., etc., can not be raised with earth or any
worthless substances, and it becomes your own fault when you permit any
baking powder to come into your kitchen about which you know absolutely
nothing as to its purity or healthfulness.
The market is flooded with “low-priced” baking powders, gotten up to
make an unjust profit by unscrupulous manufacturers and dealers, and
it is worthy the attention of all housekeepers to note there is at
least one brand of baking powder distinctly sold upon its merits, and
which can be relied upon for its strength and purity. The Royal Baking
Powder, now known almost the world over as a standard article, has
stood the test of nearly a quarter of a century, and its friends among
the ladies are legion.
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A FAVORITE PAPER.—For judicious editing, select and popular
contributors, and sprightly and entertaining reading, the _Youth’s
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nearly three hundred thousand subscribers, and unquestionably merits
its great success.