£ s. d. One pound and a half of chuck steak 0 1 3 Two pounds of best end of neck of mutton 0 1 8 One pound and a quarter of tripe 0 0 9½ One sheep's head 0 0 7 Half a pound of suet 0 0 3 Four callops 0 1 0 Quarter of a pound of mushrooms 0 0 3 Flavouring vegetables 0 0 4 One pound of sprouts 0 0 2 Eight pounds of potatoes 0 0 6 Plaice 0 0 6 Fresh haddock 0 0 6 Half a pound of macaroni 0 0 2 One tin of cocoa 0 0 6 Best eggs, one dozen 0 1 6 Six cooking eggs 0 0 6 One pound and a half of fresh butter at 1s. 4d. 0 2 0 Milk 0 1 7 Two pounds of demerara 0 0 3½ One pound loaf 0 0 2 Half a ham (three pounds and a half) 0 2 4 Half a pound of tea 0 0 10 Eight loaves 0 2 6 ---------- £1 0 2 ---------- "Let me know if I can be of any further use, "Yours affectionately, "MARION THOMAS." Three weeks later Marion received a hurriedly-written note. "Many, many thanks, my dear Marion, for your letter. I have been waiting to profit by your instructions before writing to you, and now I am so busy I can only write a few lines. The new cook is an amiable girl, and I am getting on famously--thanks to you. Mrs. Holden is here, and I am enjoying her visit very much. She is so kind and helpful. You are quite right; it is ridiculous to be afraid of one's own cook, and I now enter the kitchen with an easy mind. Also, my cooking has improved so much, that I quite enjoy eating my own pastry, which I thought would for ever be an impossibility. "Your grateful friend, "MADGE HOLDEN." (_To be continued._) ART IN THE HOUSE. PART II. HOW TO DECORATE FURNITURE WITH STENCILLING.