class="smcap">Mrs. Mattie Reid

Winchester. Mrs. David S. Read Roanoke Co. Mrs. Wm. C. Rives Albemarle Co. Mrs. J. Henry Rives Lynchburg. Mrs. Roane Lynchburg. Mrs. J. H. Robinson Lynchburg. Mrs. W. Russell Robinson Richmond. Mrs. Dr. Edward T. Robinson Richmond. Mrs. John Roberts Fredericksburg. Mrs. E. M. Ruggles Fredericksburg. Mrs. Dr. Sale Liberty. Mrs. Geo. D. Saunders Buckingham Co. Mrs. Ann Saunders Lynchburg. Mrs. James A. Seddon Goochland Co. Mrs. Dr. Semple Ala. Mrs. H. H. Service Alexandria. Mrs. J. W. Shields Richmond. Mrs. Jas. W. Shields King Geo. Co. Mrs. H. T. Silverthorn Lynchburg. Mrs. Wm. A. Strother Lynchburg. Mr. Wm. A. Strother Lynchburg. Mrs. John W. Stone Lynchburg. Mrs. John F. Slaughter Lynchburg. Miss Lillie Slaughter Lynchburg. Mrs. Kate Slaughter Lynchburg. Mrs. Judge Spence Lynchburg. Mrs. Henderson Suter Liberty. Mrs. Harriet Stansbury New Orleans, La. Mrs. Shannon Miss. Miss Ellen Shute New Orleans, La. Miss Rebecca Smith Norfolk. Mrs. Charles Sharp Norfolk. Mrs. Sparks Virginia. Mrs. Col. Smith Pittsylvania Co. Mrs. A. H. M. Taliaferro Orange Co. Mrs. Mary W. Taylor Campbell Co. Mrs. Major Thos. L. Taylor Campbell C. H. Miss Julia Thompson Williamsburg. Mrs. C. L. Thompson Richmond. Mrs. J. Hanson Thomas Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Eli Tutwiler Lexington. Mrs. Samuel Tyree Lynchburg. Mrs. John H. Tyree Lynchburg. Mrs. Jas. Taylor Fredericksburg. Miss Edmonia Taylor Orange Co. Mrs. Tucker Virginia. Mrs. Judge Watson Abingdon. Mrs. Dr. Thos. Walker Lynchburg. Mrs. Col. W. Lynchburg. Mrs. Col. Robert E. Withers Wytheville. Mrs. Philip T. Withers Lynchburg. Mrs. Dr. R. W. Withers Campbell Co. Mrs. Edmund Withers Nelson Co. Mrs. Dr. Wingfield Maryland. Mrs. R. M. C. Wingfield Portsmouth. Mrs. J. C. Wheat Winchester. Mrs. Judge Wharton Liberty. Miss Emily Whitehead Norfolk. Mrs. Robert Whitehead Nelson Co. Mrs. John M. Warwick Lynchburg. Mrs. Wm. N. Welford Lynchburg. Mr. Philip Withers Lynchburg. Miss Kate Wilson Lynchburg. Dr. Thos. L. Walker Lynchburg. Miss Nannie S. Langhorne Lynchburg.

HOUSEKEEPING IN OLD VIRGINIA.

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BREAD.

Bread is so vitally important an element in our nourishment that I have assigned to it the first place in my work. Truly, as Frederika Bremer says, "when the bread rises in the oven, the heart of the housewife rises with it," and she might have added that the heart of the housewife sinks in sympathy with the sinking bread.

I would say to housewives, be not daunted by one failure, nor by twenty. Resolve that you will have good bread, and never cease striving after this result till you have effected it. If persons without brains can accomplish this, why cannot you? I would recommend that the housekeeper acquire the practice as well as the theory of bread-making. In this way, she will be able to give more exact directions to her cook and to more readily detect and rectify any blemish in the bread. Besides, if circumstances should throw her out of a cook for a short time, she is then prepared for the emergency. In this country fortunes are so rapidly made and lost, the vicissitudes of life are so sudden, that we know not what a day may bring forth. It is not uncommon to see elegant and refined women brought suddenly face to face with emergencies which their practical knowledge of household economy and their brave hearts enable them to firmly meet and overcome.

To return to the bread question, however. Good flour is an indispensable requisite to