We found this recipe torn from an old Sunday insert called The American Weekly, dated August 31, 1952. (Online, I learned that this Sunday newspaper supplement was published by Hearst from 1896 to 1963, when it became Pictorial Living until its demise in 1966). The 5 x6 scrap had somehow gotten stuffed in between the floor joists of our attic. Our house was built in 1951 and we are the 4th owners, so the recipe may have been lost by any of the previous occupants. Beneath the recipe is partial information for ordering something that ends with, [.]arty Cakes Fancy-Plain. The address is incomplete, but the recipe (or collection) cost 5 cents each. On the reverse of the recipe is an ad for the new James Cagney movie, What Price Glory. On the same side as the recipe are 2 little notations, perhaps upcoming features, the first about Norman Rockwell (including the story of the two old cronies and the mongrel dog who posed for his four newest paintings); the second is headlined, When Love Needs a Doctor, and advertises Sound advice from an eminent psychiatrist that should bring comfort and hope to thousands of husbands and wives who are confused by the marriage relationship. The answer, of course, is to feed each other chocolate cake ;) This recipe doesn't seem much different from modern recipes, except that it calls for pastry flour sifted 4 times with salt. In the 1970s, my Home Ec teachers taught that flour no longer needs to be sifted because it is treated to make it flow more readlily and be less susceptible for forming lumps. Current cooking shows do sometimes recommend sifting certain ingredients together to distribute them evenly, so it's probably a good idea to sift the flour and salt at least once. Bon apetit!