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The filling use ...
on a cake instead or between two slices of bread, lend themselves to
clever designs for the Valentine party.

Brown bread sandwiches cut heart shape with a cookie cutter, spread with cream cheese and sprinkled with a few nut meats, can be varied with white bread sandwiches spread with cream, cheese which has been colored a Valentine red with maraschino cherry juice.

Oblong pieces of whole wheat bread may be spread with cream cheese on which rings of stuffed olives are placed, while others can feature a red heart cut from pimento on the light cheese background. Green heart designs can be made on the white cheese with picalilli using a cone made of stiff, white paper to trace the design.

A plate of these festive Valentine sandwiches can be served in addition to plain nutbread and butter or old-fashioned "two faced" sandwiches; if a sweet taste is desired, a chopped date and nut filling may be used, or for tartness, a chopped ham and mayonnaise offers still further variety.

"Of course, all these sandwiches should be well-buttered," says Mrs. Gladys Coon Sommer of the National Dairy Council. "The health value of the sandwich is materially increased by the use of butter."

Many people find chocolate and sandwiches a "happy combination."
With the addition of such a milk-made drink, the party refreshments
have real health value. Since authorities now claim that one of the
things which helps the rhythmic beat of the heart is a proper balance of calcium in the body, the liberal use of such foods as milk,
... which the mineral calcium
... ined in large amounts, is
... Such nutritious cal...
... refreshments will truly
...life of the party."