BACON SALAD

Cut
  1/2 pound bacon in tiny squares or force through food chopper,
and cook until crisp.  Reserve both bacon fat and dice.  Mix
  2 teaspoons brown sugar
  Few grains pepper
  1/2 teaspoon paprika
  1/4 teaspoon mustard.  Add
  4 tablespoons vinegar.  Stir until smooth.  Add to
  1/2 cup of the bacon fat and bring to boiling point. 
Sprinkle
  Lettuce with the dice of cooked bacon and just before serving pour
dressing over or pass it at the table.

POTATO AND EGG SALAD

Mix
  2 cups cold boiled potatoes cut in cubes
  1 cup celery or cabbage cut in small pieces
  2 or 3 hard cooked eggs chopped fine
  2 tablespoons chopped pickle
  2 tablespoons chopped green pepper or pimiento
  1 tablespoon chopped parsley and
  Few drops onion juice.  Moisten with
  Cream Dressing and serve in nests of
  Lettuce or cabbage leaves.

CREAM DRESSING

Mix in double boiler
  2 teaspoons flour
  1 teaspoon salt
  1 teaspoon mustard
  1 1/2 teaspoons powdered sugar and a
  Few grains cayenne; add
  1 teaspoon butter and
  1/3 cup vinegar.  Cook over boiling water, stirring constantly until
mixture thickens; add
  1 egg yolk, and stir and cook 1 minute.  Cool and just before serving
add
  1/2 cup heavy cream, sweet or sour, beaten until stiff.

[Illustration:  Orange mousse]

ORANGE MOUSSE

Put in saucepan
  3/4 cup sugar, add
  Grated rind of 1 orange and
  1/4 cup cold water.  Stir and boil 1 minute.  Soak
  1 teaspoon gelatin in
  2 tablespoons cold water and dissolve in the hot syrup. 
Add
  2/3 cup orange juice and
  2 tablespoons lemon juice.  Place on ice, and when it begins to
thicken, fold in
  1 1/2 cups cream beaten stiff,
  1/4 cup pistachio nuts, shredded,
  1/4 cup candied cherries cut in pieces.  Fill ring mold or baking
powder boxes with mixture.  Cover with greased paper and tin covers. 
Surround with two parts ice mixed with one part salt and let stand 3
hours.  Unmold and serve cut in slices.  Molds may be decorated with
  Pistachio nuts and
  Candied cherries, before filling with mixture.

SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES

Cream
  1/4 cup butter or margarine.  Add gradually
  1/2 cup sugar and
  1 egg, well beaten.  Dissolve
  1/4 teaspoon soda in
  1/4 cup rich sour cream.  Add to first mixture alternately with
  1 1/4 cups pastry flour sifted with
  1/4 teaspoon salt and
  2 teaspoons baking powder.  Add
  1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  1/4 cup raisins cut in pieces and
  1/4 cup nut meats cut in pieces.  Drop by spoonfuls on greased tin
sheet, and bake in a moderate oven.