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Christmas DinnerJ And Where To Buy It e U The Manhattan Store Co. Kadair & Simon, Proprietors. 1360-64 North Boulevard and Corner Champagne Street. 4 Our Prices are Right Give us a Call and be Convinced. Fancy and Staple Groceries Nuts, Raisins, Fruits, and Everything to be found in a First Class Grocery. Dry Goods Department Complete line of Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings. Children's Wear a Specialty. Recipes From the Philistoria Cook Book Chicken Pie. Boil one chicken until the large bones can be eas ily removed. When the chicken is perfectly done mash five tablespoons of butter with five table spoons of flour until perfectly smooth then pour five cups of the chicken broth over the butter and flour and stir conrstanaly until it thickens. Sea son with salt, pepper, parsley and a small onion, if onion is liked. Put the pieces of chicken in a baking pan pour the roux over the chicken and cover the top with the following crusts: Two cups of flour, two tablespoons of lard, two teaspoons of bakingpowders, two cups of milk, two eggs, one scant teaspoon of salt, Sift the flower and baking powder and salt to gether and cut the lard into the flower with a knife, beat the two eggs thoroughly, add the milk to the eggs and stir the mixture into the flour. Have your chicken and gravy boiling hot in the baking pan, spread the crust over the top and bake in the oven from twenty to thirty minutes. MRS. C. H. STURMBERG Shrimp A La Creole. About eight dozen lake shrimp, one dozen to matoes, one tallespoon of butter, one large onion three celery stalks, one clove garlic, one sprig of thyme, 2 bay leaves, salt and pepper to taste. Boil shrimp and pick off shells, chop onions and brown in butter, add chopped tomatoes, add minced celery, garlic and herbs chopped fine, add salt, cayenne and black pepper to taste. Cook fifteen minutes, add shrimp and cook ten minutes more. Serve on toasted bread. This is a dish fit for a king. MRS. A. F. KIDDER. Fruit Cake "The kind that mother used to make" in beautiful boxes fronm 1 lb. up At 75c per lb. Made by the 1 II A Lovely Xmas Present If not convenient to call at the Bakery you can find these delicious cakes at all Grocers. Wolfe's Steam Bakery is the home of U Want Nlo Bread Every housewife knows the make. Your Christmas Dinner would not be complete without "U-Want-Mo" Bread Cakes, Pies, Doughnuts, etc. Always on Hand. Orders Promptly Attended to. THIRD STREET. All Kinds of Vegetables in All Seasons H. W. Marwede City Market Daily Fruits Produce Go to the Pigg ly W igg ly for Everything Low Prices Everyday Albert Rodriguez, Prop. Prices the same at Main No. 1 and Boulevard No. 2 Housewives of. Baton Rouge Do you ever find it a hard task to plan that desert for every day in the weekl Of course you do, for all housewives do. We have many fan cies here at all times, and all you have to do is call 1368 and tell us your needs. Delivery will be made at your pleasure. We suggest pies of all kinds, fancy cake, chocolate eclare, and all kinds of ice cream. The Home of Good Things to Eat.