This is one of the finest preserves one can make--especially if we have gathered the fruit. The brambles should not be too ripe, but should have a good proportion of hard red ones. Wash well in cold water and put on with water to barely cover. Simmer gently for an hour or longer, bruising well with wooden spoon. Drain without pressure. Measure, and allow 14 ozs. sugar to pint, _i.e._, breakfast cupful. Allow the juice to boil up well. Add the sugar, boil fast for a few minutes, skim and pot. NOTE.--Only pure cane sugar should be used for preserves. Add the sugar when the preserve is boiling--nearly ready indeed. It only requires to be thoroughly dissolved and boiled through. This method goes far to prevent burning and loss of flavour. * * * * * The NEW VEGETABLE FOOD EXTRACT which possesses the same nutrient value as a well-prepared Meat Extract. 2 oz. pot, 7-1/2 d.; 4 oz. pot, 1/1-1/2; 8 oz. pot, 2/-; 16 oz. pot, 3/4. _The Ideal basis for high-class Vegetable Soups._ _HORS CONCOURS_ Universal Cookery and Food Exhibition 1907. MARMITE THREE GOLD MEDALS AWARDED Cookery Schools and Teachers are invited to apply for Free Samples, Recipes, and full particulars to THE MARMITE FOOD EXTRACT CO., Ltd., 59 Eastcheap, London, E.C. * * * * * WILL YOU TRY A CUP OF TEA that, instead of injuring your nerves and toughening your food, is Absolutely Safe and Delightful? 2/2, 2/10, and 3/6 per lb. THE UNIVERSAL DIGESTIVE TEA is ordinary tea treated with oxygen, which neutralises the injurious tannin. Every pound of ordinary tea contains about two ounces of tannin. Tannin is a powerful astringent substance to tan skins into leather. The tannin in ordinary tea tans, or hardens, the lining of the digestive organs, also the food eaten. This prevents the healthful nourishment of the body, and undoubtedly eventuates in nervous disorders. On receipt of a postcard, The Universal Digestive Tea Co., Ltd., Colonial Warehouse, Kendal, will send a Sample of this tea, and name of nearest Agent, also a Descriptive Pamphlet compiled by Albert Broadbent, Author of "Science in the Daily Meal," &c. AGENTS WANTED. * * * * * THE BEST SOUP THICKENER. ROBINSON'S PATENT BARLEY Also Best for Making BARLEY WATER, CUSTARD, BLANC MANGES, &c. KEEN ROBINSON & CO., LTD., LONDON, Makers of Robinson's Patent Groats for making Gruel. * * * * * BEVERAGES. We have not space to go into the question of beverages at any length. A few good "drinks" are given under Invalid Dietary, and I would just say that the juice of a squeezed lemon, orange, or other fruit juice is much better than any effervescent or chemicalised beverage. There are, however, some excellent pure fruit-juices now on the market, among which one may mention Pattinson's Fruit Syrups and essences for various temperance drinks as being specially good. Many are proscribed on the score of health, &c., from the use of