Batik, while a comparatively new method of decorating textiles in the United States, has been used for several thousand years in the Eastern world. Today modem effects may be obtained at the expense of a little time and effort, and much enjoyment may be gained by the worker.

A famous birthday month suggests birthday cakes-and the most famous of them all is the "angel" cake. But, alas, too often the famed "food of the gods" is not food fit for consumption, only food for thought! At the hour of drawing that heavy mass of toughness from the oven, time and feelings do not permit of analysis.

The festival of Valentine's Day is believed to have been named for St. Valentine, a Christian Bishop known as "the lovers' saint," who suffered martyrdom under Emperor Claudius on Feb. 14, 271 A. D.

"I'm forever blowing bubbles..." gloats the can of baking powder as it watches from the shelf while Madame mixed up a cake, sure that it will soon be getting all puffed up in the comfortable heat of the oven. And now, if we are honest with ourselves, we will put aside our "know it all" attitude and ask-just what is it about baking powder that raises our cakes? Why do some powders raise them more than others? Why does much stirring affect some powders and not others? Why do we like the taste given by some and dislike that produced by others? And just how and when should we put the baking powder into the cake mixture?

One of the 4-H projects that is closely connected with the Heart H is music appreciation and this year an unusually interesting list of music selections has been planned for the 1930-1931 list.