Hermits

— Mrs. C. W. Taft

2 eggs well beaten, 11/2 cups sugar, 1 cup sour cream or 1 cup sour milk and 1/2 cup shortening; 1 tsp. each of Slade's nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, 2/3 tsp. Slade's cloves, salt, 1 tsp. soda in 1 tbsp. hot water, 1 cup chopped raisins. Flour enough to make quite stiff, then drop and bake in a quick oven. MRS. CLIFTON M. TRACY. h