l cup sugar 1/2 cup butter 3 eggs

1/4 cup milk

1 cup dates

% cup English walnut meats

1 teaspoonful vanilla

Cream butter and sugar, add yolks or eggs, milk and dates, which have been cooked in a little water till tender.

Line gem pans with pie paste, put in mixture, and bake. Beat whites of eggs, add powdered sugar and vanilla for meringue. Brown if liked. This amount makes twelve tarts.

(Since food conservation, the above rule has been tried without sugar, and found to be extra nice.)

Mrs. Bruce Drummond,

Indio, Calif.