Add half a teaspoonful of soda, and stir till it stops foaming.
Season with one even tablespoonful of salt, two of sugar, one saltspoonful of cayenne.

Thicken with two heaping tablespoonfuls of flour, and one of butter rubbed to a cream, with hot soup added till it pours easily.

Boil a pint of milk separately, and, when ready to use, pour into the boiling tomato, and serve at once, as standing long makes the milk liable to curdle.
OYSTER SOUP.
Two quarts of perfectly fresh oysters.

Strain off the juice, and add an equal amount of water, or, if they are solid, add one pint of water, and then strain and boil.

Skim carefully.