3. Meat, fish, and solid ingredients should be seasoned some time before using, so that they may absorb the flavours of the seasoning. 4. In most cases do not combine the ingredients with the dressing until just before serving. (1) Salad greens.--Wash thoroughly, and put in cold water until crisp, drain on a towel, wrap in a damp cloth, and put in a cool place. Cabbage and lettuce may be finely shredded. (2) Fruit and cooked vegetables.--Cut into cubes or suitable pieces. Chill and mix with the dressing, to absorb it. (3) Meats.--Remove the fat, skin, and gristle. Cut in cubes and chill. (4) Fish.--Remove the bones, flake, chill, and pour dressing over; but do not mix. DRESSINGS FOR SALADS 1. Cooked salad dressing: 2 tbsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. mustard 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 cup vinegar 2 eggs 2 tbsp. butter. (1) Mix the first four ingredients in a saucepan and heat until dissolved. (2) Beat the eggs very light in a round-bottomed bowl, using a Dover egg beater. (3) Beat the vinegar mixture into the eggs. (4) Set the bowl, with its contents, over a dish of boiling water, then beat slowly and constantly until the mixture is thickened. (5) Lift the bowl from the heat _at once_. (6) Beat in the butter and set away to cool. (7) If desired, a half cup of whipped or plain cream may be added just before the dressing is used. 2. Uncooked salad dressing: 1/4 tsp. salt 1/8 tsp. pepper 4 tbsp. olive oil 2 tbsp. vinegar. (1) Stir the salt and pepper into the oil. (2) Add the vinegar slowly and stir vigorously until well blended and slightly thickened. (3) Serve with any salad made of salad greens. STUDY OF MINERAL FOOD As the study of mineral food involves a knowledge of chemistry, little more can be done in Junior classes than to teach that certain mineral compounds are required for the body, to point out their two main uses, and to lead the pupils to know the foods which generally supply these. Their attention should be directed to the fact that all mineral matter is found, in the first place, in the earth's crust, but that, with the exception of salt, animals cannot use it in that form. Plants can use it, and they absorb it from the soil; then we eat the plants, and in that way obtain the mineral substance, or we may obtain it by eating the animals which have eaten the plants. Water also, in making its way through the earth, may dissolve certain minerals and, by drinking the water, we obtain these.