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Do Your Christmas Shopping Early
Give The Working Girls A Chance.
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Hj OIEMADE candies are so wh&e
some that whenever possible
it is advisable to manufacture
the youngster's sweetmeats
yourself; then you know exactly what
are the ingredients, and there is no
danger of their little stomachs being
endangered by too rich confections
These recipes will afford a wide range
of choice for the mother who desires
simple candies for the little ones
Christmas stockings or to fill the bon
bon boxes that make such charming
souvenirs for the Christmas party
The illustration shows one of these
bonbon boxes, which is made to repre
sent a snowball with a doll seated on
top. Both box and doll are incased in
cotton, which is meant to represent
snow. A tiny branch of pine is grasp
ed in the doll's hand. Miniature Santa
Clauses arrayed in white make favorite
decorations for boxes, which may be
shaped like bouses or sleighs and con
ered with crape paper.
Delicioeus Sweets.
Plain Bonbons.-Take the white of
one egg. beat till firm. add one egg.
copful of water; then weigh one pound
of icing sugar and gradually mix alto
gather. Add for flavoring vanilla or
ground almonds. Orange Juice instead
of water may be used. The sweets
are colored pink with cochineaL Wal
nuts or almonds may be placed on the
top when the sweets are finished.
Vanilla Caramels.-Take two capfuls
granulated sugar, one-half cupful of
cream, one-fourth cupful of molasses.
three level tablespoonfuls of butter and
one teaspoonful of vanilla.
Put the sugar, cream, molasses and
butter into a saucepan over the fre
Stir until the sugar Is dissolved, then
cook without stirring until a good ball
man be formed. Then the mixture is
dropped into cold water. Remove from
the fire and stir until creamy. Turn
lainte a buttered pan and when cool cut
late squares
Nut Deinties.
Nut Taffy-Take two cuptuls of sug
a, a cupful of molasses and a table
spoonful of butter. It the molasses
does not moisten it enough add a tit
tie boiling water. Boll until It can
dies In water without stirring. When
done pour on a buttered plate on which
two cupfuls of nut meats are spread.
Nut Brittla--Take a cupful of gran
ulated sugar, a cupful of chopped outs
and a bit of butter the asae of a wal
MtL Melt the sugar and the butter
and astr in the auts Pour into a but.
tered pan.
Cream Candles,
Peppermtint Creams-Take a cuptol
of granulated sugar, a quarter of a cup
tel of water, two drope of oil of pep
permnt. peor Into a aucepan on the
e Cook until alsp, when put Into
cold water, pour on a heavy platter
ead beat ntil creamy. Drop on oiled
paper, flatten and allow to cooL When
frm melt a quarter of a cake of choc~
elate over boc water. Sweeten slight
ly and dip the mints into the melte~d
chocolate f a tbhlck chocolate coat
lg Is desired the mnts shbould be al- I
lowed to harden after the first dipping
and then be dipgpal a meond time
SMaple Crem--Tabke the whites of
es said gquarter of a capful of
cna Add to this enough
mlted maple sunr to give a good col
er and flavoi. Thee add enough con
be rs gar to mold easily. Roll
le a strip ene-tourth of an Inch thick
sad cut ito mrands with a tiny cetter
k darkt. amelt gar for these
OCanut Oeans-PIlace two table
Oenuals of btter in a reaepan. then
pewo h alt a ciptl oft mlk and hal
Seulfi e. gar Brln to a boil and
seek twelve mlnutes, being careful to
peint its eeernug~ Push to the back
of the Sr, add a thLd at cupfal of
dniif eceanut an half a teespeao
fi of beu an at untl the mix
t Ioa creams. Perr drop b~r spoon
s ma bttereAd pean
= A CHRISTUAS Alr. URnT
e1ses I
Hoters Own Heares.
So-.e of the hotel keepers "on the
other side" have peculiar ways of ad
vertising their houses, and one of the
most sinaualar of thtee m.thods is the
statement in their advertl-ements that
the hotel is equipped with a hearse:
Inasmuch as the American hotel keeper
is unly looking for "live ,ones." It is
not of record that hears.es have been
used as attractions in tnts country as
yet. One of the English cateri:ng
journals. in speaking -f this custom.
recently sail: "We have on several
occasions commented upon the un
canny mixing up of the funeral tratlic
business with hotel keepin--an unho!y
combination to be met with in some
Sn,rthern parts of Ire!un.l. Aprop ,.s
I here is an enticin, advertisement from
a Sigo paper ca:cu;ated to Iring qlt:e
a rush of Guests anxious to teot tL.e
accomm-odation: 3Mrs. -. pr, rietr
ess of the - h.-t'l., toe% to ann,':ene
that she has alihled to her estallish
ment a glass hearse." "-Steward.
One on the Spy.
Rev Evan Jones of Carnarvton
wrote his reminiscences for a Weis,
paper. One of the best is that of a
wealthy church member who was sus
pected of not contributing as Pro:i
J dence had prospered him and was ip
proached upon the subject by a cour
e genus brother.
le "It was noticed." he said. "that you
r placed two halfpennies in the coile
tion lnr."
t "Did you find half a sovereign in the
t box also'
g "Yes," replied the censor.
"D1I) you find two half sovereigns
e there?"
"No," was the reply.
"Well," replied the suspect. "if you
must know it. I put that half sovereign
between the two halfpennies, and I
advise you in future to ask your spies
to use spectacles when they pry into
their fellow worshipers' affairs."
A Rain Preventer.
About fifty years ago an invention
was announced which would be ac
claimed with joy just now. A German.
Helvetius Otto, stated that he had dis
covered a means of preventing rain.
He built a platform on which were
placed some huge bellows worked by
steam at a very high pressure. These
ft were supposed to blow away any
t. clouds gathered above. Otto main
d tained that these "plruvfuges" dis
> tributed throughout a town would en
ir able the authorities to Insure dry'
d weather for so long as they thought
s fLt. The inventor bore a high reputa
* tion in the sclentific world, and his
pluVifuge attracted attention. But it
never proved practicable, and after a
, few months' experiment Otto gave up
f trying to fight the weather.
S A Test of Big Heartedness.
The Countess von Toss recorded this
d human little story of the charming
'Crown Princess Louise. Frederick I
n William II. presented her with the'
II new summer residence of Oranienburg
a (which he had had newly decorated :
fD or hen on her first birthday as crown
a princess. At the end of the day he
it asked her if she still had a wish un
gratfied. The only thing left for her
to wish for. said Louise, was a hand
ful of gold for the poor. "How big?"
asked the king. "As large as the heart
a of my generous papa," was her an-.
t. swer, and she had no reason to be dis
satisfied with the result This princess.
wD ho was so much loved when queen
b consort, was one of the two lovely
daughters of Prince Charles of Meck
. lenburg.-"A Mystic on the Prussian
a Throne."
r White, a Meisemer.
The fallacy of the average English
man who regards black as white has
been noted by Mr. O. K. Chesterton.
Sthe English writer. "People." he writes.
"never ask whether the current color
language is always correct Ordinary
a sensible phraseology sometimes calls
Sblack white; it certainly calls yellow
r white and green white and reddish
, brown white. We call wine *white
Swine' which Ls as yellow asu a Bluecoat
boy's legs. We call grapes 'white
grapes' which are manifestly pale
green. We give to the European, whose
complexion is a sort of pink drab, the
horrible title of 'white man'-a picture
I more bloodcurdling than any specter
in Poe."
a "Yes, ma'am." said Harry the hobo.
"I know I look like a strong man, but
- out of my fty years of life Pre spent
over sixteen years Ja bed." k
"Why, you poor man." repied the
lady sympathetically, handing him a
quarter. "What has been the trouble
paralysisW .
a "No. ma'am," usaid Harry, "Jest atl
! reg'lar habit of sleepin' eight hours a
I day. ma'am."-Harper'.
A UreIht Idea.
Theater Maaer-I cu't ma your
play, sir. It too long for the stase~
Amter Playwright-B~nt, I say--aw-
leek her-aw! Can't ye iolgtm the
staa, yes know? of
TY a H
ph" sal the ibdly rei is
as ,"* rm the art,t had a ,
a rt a salMq the wi- while I we.
Meumlya Hiet
~ty-arry ay he loes me dr n
aneWr sieme. DrtLhe-4 aggem thmrs a
sbeek a AM.
teg Wl b-bm0h I eeamet gt
at tmal a rise. Hek-Why but a
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:he CHRISTMAS BAGS.
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he They Are a Generally Approved Gift
he For Women.
gat Floweret s.:t:u cut tl; tWvo p:rces and
.e: with twoi. de;, -`'ad ..;.- Ic a.r'-s the to:p
'er of each s.~ ti.n n~, a s*.*t..t, for th
is charmins ha:= a'. :n s;Iin to tat.'h
en the [,red,.n,ia':it b. I.W " ;iit t in. fl,,wer.
a s w a s ued f -.r the .: :a . A g m:: o \\.ss
:Ig male for th-e :Ltrr't sti:; ri l.!l
un. whihb ser'e.l t, .lr.iw the mnith! of th.
-j bag toaether and L.a·ve thi. four st-a:
nr- lops the appearance of t:ug a bjg
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is RIBBON THEATYR BAG.
;It
Sglowing i.-wer. A r.b- ru. hirn wa
. usedl to trim the out;i:es of the t.a:
A spray -f riP. an !,ers was knott.- I
)1 at one side -f th, ! a, This tnakes a
. pretty bag to ai-ry t the theater awl
for hohlng the -;pera .-a.es.
Brocade work ,las ass. are tc,?t
faecinatinc anw are quite fash.ionalpe.
Magnifient iits of f.ir:e mawy be used
s in this fa:hion, an] if the l.ec.. s are
two small to form the entire bag they
are used with the satin or s!'k.
There are an intinite n:umber of ways
in which they may be adapted] inl this
Smanner, and even the .mailest pieces
are available for the de-oration of the
to bag.
If there is enough of the brocade It
is sometimes used in a deep band with
the silk 'or satin shirred on the lower
or upper part of the bag. If the pieces
n are smaller the brocade is made into
c" medallions and set into the sides
n- These medallions may be bordered
- with gold laze or gold braid or with
n fine shirrings of satin. Bags are safe
things things to present to a woman friend.
)y for now. when they should match her
z costume and are so generally worn.
IY she is scarcely likely to have too many.
AMUSING TOKENS.
t Character Brooms For the College Boy I
a or Girl.
i If In doubt what to give to the col
it lege boy or girl you will amuse and
a please by dressing a whisk broom in
p any of the quaint styles suggested C
here. :1
Separate covers may be made for the -
whisk brooms, or these decorations may
is be applied directly to the handles.
One whisk is dressed to represent a
k plantation mammy. A colored doll's
e head Is glued to the handle or to some -
foundation that will slip over the ban
die. Then a dress of gayly flowered
fabric Is made. the waist being filled
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out with cotton, so that the ownr
mly use it for pincushion f e
wishes. A gay handkerchief s mader
for the neck, and another tiny oe Is
knotted, bandana style. over the head.
A little white apron with pockets Is
put on over the dress, and the slerves
of the gown, stuffed with eutto. arc
thrust Into the pockets and tacked
there so that the absence of hands on
thie re will not be noticed.
Another doll's headts dressed to rep
reseat a French maId and fitted to the
whisk In the same way.
Ior the frlend who Is fond of out- .
-oor sports the whisk representing a to
dog will be acceptable. If you cannot th
get an arttfeial dog's bead make one g
of canton flannel or velvet and tint
with water color palnts The cap and v
cost should be of bright red cloth with
A Iler for the whisk troom may
also be -ade thus: A thin plsee of
z-th cut down id of a eigar box t
will b-sh cbovered with lnese
em whleh a Uttle embroidery has been
woked. Them cover a strip of beck. em
mm or cardboard with lies dserated o
with emroidery. Faster it over the be
whek with thumb tacks amS attach Sm
te which ribbima Im adli will igh a
A taretme svelpe of asemiee
ams ll wth Mele hm r o'w . o
le h t eqw bem
JACK HORNER PIES.
eft They Are Indispensable Features of
Juvenile Christmas Part.es.
d When there are ruan: ch.;dreu in tV..
,, fami:y a Jack tlIrnrr pie is not a ! I
3 accessory to the Christ;:as dinner.
• Is a pleasant way of di.tri:,ut.:ig i:..
'r ridual souver:1rs.
An approprite (Crl-t:::as center
piece of this .lescr:;ptin is a huge sn.w.
ball that looks lIke the real th:ug an'!
has twelve sn:a::er bas in it. each o:.
of these cortailnin a present.
The rlbbors by which the presenzt
are drawn out are of different culors
and hang over the sides of the big
snowball
.More effective in color is an enor
mous ball made of a mass of red ldow
ers. and from the center of each hangs
the ribb, n attachel to the gift
Another J.-k Horner pie is in the
shape of a stow man so true to life that
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be even has on the old hat and holds
a bundle of switches All around the
place where his waist line ought to be
are the ribbons by which the presents
are removed from his capacious inte
d rla.
S 8till another variety Is the huge red.
d cornucopia that is decorated with gold,
paper and holly berries and Is suspend
e ed from the chandelier over the table.
y the ribbons hanging within convenient
reach of the guests.
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ie HOLIDAY CHEER.
d Consmme
d Celery. Bsated Nuts.
Roust Goose. Potato Stufa.
Sweet Pickle Jelly.
Hot Mine Pia Vanilla Ine Cream
Raisina Nista Boaboes
DELICIOUS PIES.
Creams and Custards Instead of Minee
For the Christmas sprad.
The Christmas pie need not necee
erily be a mince. Custards, particu
larly pumpkin custards, are alce, and
they are less indigestible than those
of mince.
Custard or cream pies may be at-'
tractively finisbed with meringue. On
this a decoration may be applied
through a pastry tube, the meringue
b ,a sightly colored for this purpoee.
To make the crusnt take two table
spoontfula butter, one and one-half ta
blespoonuls sugar and the yolk of one
e. cream, butter and sugar. Beat
the yolk well and add. Then add a
rmall cpfil of flour. rees into a pie
pan with the back of a sposa and bamke
uantil a light brown.
Fill with the following emam: One
pint of milk In a double bolDer. MIx
togethe three tablewpootthif ul r
Se. Cook for awhile, than take fro
the rm sad add ne* tablespomamfl of
I anila Cove with a morlegamt'de
at to e well imat whites of ofu q
sad a little ~.r. Cover the pe with
thli anl ,now asmlya t theo ven.
For tm who aid t em ss.
rolce pus adilg. e this Ia a oseo
eshtoutoat:
Take oae captul cooked reMsl , one
cpful apple users, one-halt cpmpu i
tr. aoehal caIpal racther am e
mn asnd alphe. This makes seems
neough fur three pad
mlau piet M a a p a a bas m b 'm
. a btess er a- -- - mer.
Or,- U~ri erh acrarr
A Midsummer'
Visit From
Santa Claus
NE time somebody
ithey could never
find out wh, it
wasa playeda j-,ir
on Santa Cl.iau
and tore of a..
the leaves of t.-"
calendar up ,
t Dec. 22. whch, a
you know. is on.:,
three days btefor
Christmas. It wa
really midsummer
and the weather
was very hot. but
Santa Clans, who
bad always gone
according to bh
calendar and had never found It wrong
believed time must have slipped by bin.
without his realizing it.
He had been rather taking his time
in the workshop and had scarcely half
enough toys to go around. so he was
much worried bow to give presents to
all his children.
A fairy beard him talking to himself
about his troubles and had a splendid
idea. She hurried into the woods and
told the other fairies and all the beasts
and birds and bugs about Santa Claus
trouble, asking their help in the mat
teer.
"I don't see bow we can help much."
said a little bear cub. "We can't make
toys."
"No." said the fairy, "but you can
be toys. My plan is for aus to oer to
take the places of the toys that Santa
Claus needs. We fairies can be dolls.
for there are lots of dolls' dresses in
SSanta's workshop. I know."
"Splendld." Santa said. "Just hop
aboard my sleigh. which is hitched in
the front yard. and we'll be off.
So the animals and fairies and every
thing else hopped into Santa's great
sleigh. and he. climbing to the seat
clucked to his reindeer and bade them
"I
Danw wa wmms m naw on.
fy over the ground. But they could
not move the sleigh, for there was no
-snow on the pround Santa Claus did
not know what to do. but the fairy de
cred that she could 8x that dimculty.
She blew a little whistle, and haun
dreds of white wild geese came fying
from the sky. She told them what
was the matter, and the peese, catch
ing the end of a long rope in their
beak spread their wings and were
oe with the sleigh and Its prelous
load, bearing It as lightly as feather.
eo that It hardly touched the groand.
By morning Santa visIted all the
towns and left presents everywhere.
He hadn't a single thing left In his
sleigh and thought that he had-doue
a very od night's work. The chl]
dee when they awoke Wte mornina
and tfound the presemt wondered
where they could have come from.
Some e the little bears had cards
aseund their necks which read "A
Merrty ChrLstmasn" The children were
irlssd, but joyosly began to play
with their strane to The ittle behaty
earn. who hept their chlaws curved in
e that thae woraldb't scratch, were
the moast delightfl thina The chl
dren were ury loed ad the sitta
1eo pomes made splendi clown
bdai and moms of the firies were par
tleulaly prtty dolUJis The blirds to
he esems a sweett, the beetes
deWed ike armsa of real -d~ers, and
theo field mie spu e their heabds and
ipped over eah otheer's tao to the
ramn mat c their smail owners
I l a few days. bhewever, the chldrena
began tire even e tbhese wmderfult
-aw ts. and the lorest people msid
ta ws flue t r an t tLs ~rn
Whem they mawed hem thre start
at to tb-lrp Santa Oasnmak toys
as hat u thl ael r that as time
wet h Iet l ir the real Chnbtuas
Wh- dr el man had by tls tue
mm he had mr a mlae n the
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