Very little water should be added, and the syrup should be kept as white as possible, and, if necessary, strained.

Stew the cherries till they are tender, but do not let them break.

Colour the syrup with a few drops of cochineal, and add a glass of maraschino.
ICES .-- Ices are too often regarded as expensive luxuries, and show how completely custom rules the majority of our housekeepers.

There are many houses where the dinner may consist daily of soup, fish, entrees, joint, game, and wine, and yet, were we to suggest a course of ices, the worthy housekeeper would hesitate on the ground of extravagance.

It is difficult to argue with persons whose definition of economy is what they have always been accustomed to since they were children, and whose definition of extravagance is anything new.