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Inexpensive Holiday Cakes.
Soft Spice Cakes.—One-fourth cup-
ful of chicken at, one-half cupful of
brown sugar, one-half cupful of molas-
ses, one-half teaspoonful each of
ground cinnamon,ginger, allspice, and
a pinch of nutmeg, one teaspoonful of
haking-soda, one-fourth teaspoon of
-salt, one-third cupful of hot water,
three-fourths cupful of ground and
sifted bread -Crumbs and three-fourths
cupful of flour. Cream the shortening,
'sugar and molasses together; add the
spices, the salt, and the baking -soda
which has been 'dissolved in the boil-
ing water. 'Sift in the flour and bread-
etulnbs, mit the ingredients: put into
. well -greased gem pans. Bake in a'
moderate oven.
Dutch Crullers.—Two eggs, one cup
`fill of granulated sugar, one cupful of
mashed potatoes,. one cupful of milk,
one teaspoonful of vanilla or grated
rind of a lemon, a pinch of salt, one
tablespoonful of melted butter, two
heaping teaspoonfuls of baking -pow-
der, and flour to make a stiff dough.
l'lix the butter, sugar, salt and pota-
toes together. Add the eggs, well
beaten, then the milk and flavoring,
then the flour and baking -powder.
Roll out dough to about one-half inch
in`tlhickness and cut with a cruller cut-
ter and fry in hot fat,- The addition
of the potato reduces the amount of
flour needed and keeps the crullers
fresh.
Fruit cookies.—Take any•good cooky
recipe, rollout and cut in rounds. Pre -
mare, beforehand, a mixture of chopped
raisins, currants, citron and a few nuts. a cupful each of sugar and chopped
Place spoonfuls of this mixture .on raisins, a little salt, four cupfuls of
cooky rounds, cover with another
round, press edges together and bake,
The heat of the oven produces a cola
bination of the fruit and dough which
Is very toothsome
Gingerbread.—One cupful :of molas-
ses, one-half cupful of boiling water,
one and one-third cupfuls of line bread -
crumbs, two thirds cupful of flour, one
teaspoonful pf baking.soda, 'one and, to drop in rough lumps oa a teaspoon -
one -half teaspoonfuls of ginger, one. ful each, add a little more flour. Bake
half teaspoonful of salt, four teaspoon- in a moderato oven until a light brown.
fills of melted lard or chicken fat. Add Ginger. Snaps that snap Ono pint of
water to molasses and combine witli molasses, one tablespoonful of baking -
the dry ingredients mixed together, soda, one cupful of chicken fat, one
then add fat, and beat. Bake for about tablespoonful of ground ginger, one
twenty-five minutes in a hot oven,tablespoonful of ground cinnamon, one
Canadian War, Cake,—Two cupfuls' teaspoonful of ground cloves, and flout
of brown sugar, "two cupfuls of hot enough to make a stiff dough. Boil the
water, four tablespoonfuls of lard, one
teaspoonful of salt, one•teaspoonful of
ground cinnamon, one teaspoonful of
cloves, one cupful of raisins. Boil all
these ingredients for five minutes af-
ter they begin bubbling. When cold
add three cupfuls of flour and two tea-
spoonfuls' of soda dissolved' in one tea-
spoonful of hot water. Bake in two
loaves in a slow oven for an hour and
a quarter.
flours and spices to taste, Mix and
bake in a. moderate uveae,.
Cocoanut Macaroon,—One.lhalf cup-
ful of .butter, one cupful of sugar, one
egg, one cupful of milk, two cupfuls of
shredded cocoanut, two cuitfuls of
rolled oats, one cupful of flour, two
rounded teaspoonfuls of baking -pow -
dor. If the mixture is not stiff enough
Farmer's Fruit Cake.—Soak three
cupfuls of dried apples over nighbein
cold water. Drain and cut into small
Pieces and simmer for two flours ie.
two cupfuls of molasses. When cold,
add a cupful of butter, two eggs well
beaten, two teaspoonfuls of dry soda,
one and one-half cupfuls of sour milk,
Molasses five minutes, remove from
the fire and stir in the soda, fat, spices
and flour. Set away to cool, then roll
out thin, cut with a cooky cutter and
bake,
Sugarless Suggestions For Christmas.
v0 'a .ly ,
spoon vinegar, 2 to 3 quarts of pepped
corn. Boil together the syrup and
vinegar until syrup luar'dens when
dropped in cold -water, Pour, over
freshly popped corn and mould into
ballsor fancy shapes, Dither honey,
maple 'syrup,' molasses, white cane
,syrup or corn syrup may be used.
Peanut Brittle. -1 cup white corn
syrup, 1 tablespoon vinegar, y, tea-
spoon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup
freshly roasted peanuts, halved. Cook
the corn syrup, vinegar and salt in a
saucepan until a little dropped in cold
. water forma a soft ball. Put the pea-
nuts and this syrup' into an iron slcil
' let and stir until the syrup becomes
a golden brown.. Remove from the
fire and stir in vanilla. ,Have rehdy a
Tutti lerutti Balls. -1 cup puffed rice
or corn, 1 cup seedless raisins, 1 cup
stoned dates, 1 cup figs, ee cup chop-
ped nut meats, 1 tablespoon chopped
angelica or citron, r/r cup chopped can-
died orange peel, 2 teaspoons vanilla
extract. +:1?ut the rice, fruits, peel and
nut Meats through a chopper, stir well,
adding the extract Make into small
balls and allow to dry. -`1t•oll in shred-
ded cocoanut,
Popcorn 13alls.-1 cup syrup, 1 table -
shallow buttered pan, pour candy in
land spread out in a thin sheet. Allow
to cool, then remove from pan and
crack into pieces.
Syrup Nougatines.—Boil 1% cups
light-colored syrup and )4 cup water
until it foams a firm ball when tried .in
'cold water.. Pour slowly onto a well -
beaten white of are egg, beating con-
stantly with a wire whisk. Place bowl
over water kept just below the boiling
Point and fold and turn three or four
minutes. Remove from fire, add %.
teaspoon vanilla or other flavoring and
continue folding until mixture is near-
ly cool. A(1d 1 cup of chopped salted
peanuts or a mixture of any desired
candied frnits and nuts. Spread
inch thick on wax paper, cover with
wax paper and cut in rectangular
pieces.
Santa's Gitte„
Santa Clalfe lirailgllt ilia a drean a11i1
Sled:
A trumpet to blow and a top petntod
red;
A. big box ofeaudy, a knife and ;1 gun,
A box of ,toy eadlors, and (111 (belie
are fun;
But Ituest oe all Saul brought me a
pair •
Of gloytis of this kind, p'atllor Mites best
to Wear. ,
Santa Claus .brought .ane a plate and.
a cup,,
A doll" that says Mamma and evert
steads up, '
1., book and a` pencil, a4 Christmas card.
aright,
set of play, (Belles all shiny and
white;
But ;best of then all, Santa,• brought
me, he did,
Some gloves dust like Mamma's- and
really 'true kid,
Santa Claus brought us a wholo lot of
' toys,
The very kind dearest to wee girls and
boys, '
And we were excited, as children
Should be
As we opened each package that came
from the tree.
But dearest of all Santa's gifts that we
knew,
Were the kind he brought Daddy, and
Mother Dear, teo.
1 Claus." said Willie,. "but uow that we
- are here, can we not help you in some
By Georgene Faulkner. ' ' way?•'
A Visit to Santa Claus Land. "Yes, indeed!" Said Santa Claus. "I
I; am glad_ to have such good helpers.
,/ / Will you please go over to that garden
'� bed in the corner and pull up some
' Once upon a time there were two tops?"
c rilclren, a little boy named Willie and And soon Willie was pulling up tops
a little girl named Annie. Now, they which grew just like turnips, beets
could hardly wait for Santa Claus to and radishes. Then he climbed a tree
visit them, so every day they' said to
their mother: "Oh, mother, how many
days until Christmas?"
The busy mother felt the days slip were like apples and oranges.
by all too rapidly, but the children All this time Annie was helping
counted the days and were very im, Santa to Pick dollies: .There were
large dolls with the dearest little bon-
nets on their Beads, which grew like
roses, 3111(1 then there were tiny dollies,
turning up their little faces at Annie
11110 pansies. -
Presently Santa began to water the
grass, and suddenly every blade oa
grass was a tiny 'soldier, with his
rifle held high, while soldiers' tents,
like mushrooms, sprang up all around.
Warships, sailboats, steamboats, mo-
tor -boats, stilnuarhies and all kinds of
and picked red marbles, which grew
like cherries, and purple marbles,
which were like grapes, and balls that
Patient, At last they shouted in glee,
"Santa Claus will come to -night, and
tomorrow is Merry Christmas."
They hung up their stockings, and
when• their mother came to kiss then
goodnight they said, "We are going
to watch for Santa and maybe we will
see hint come down the chimney."
"Oh, no," answered the mother as
she turned out their light. "You must
go right to sleep and he will come all
the faster."
After she had gone downstairs Willie boats were in a lake nearby. Then
whispered to Annie, "Say, Annie, are they visited Santa's big farm and saw
you awake?"
"Yes, but I ani so sleepy. I do wish
he would come right now," answered
Annie. "I can hardly hold my eyes.
open."
"I am sleepy, too," said Willie, with
a big yawn, "but I am sure we will see
shim if we can only keep awake."
'The next thing that they knew Aur
nue and Willie were way up in the
north pole country, with snow and ice
around them on all sides, and right in
front of them :steed a high ice wall.
"How I wish that we could go through
this wall," sold Willie, and just then
his wish came true, for they went
right .- though a gateway into the
,,strangest garden. It was a garden of
toys, and Annie and Willie could hard-
ly believe their eyes at the• wonders
thbl• saw abbot then,
• Hanging over the wall they saw
something that looked lute morning-
glories, but they were really toy talk-
ing machines, and near by on a thinn-
ed vine they saw real trumpets grow-
ing like flowers,, Willie picked a trum-
pet and played on it. "Toot•toot-toot-
too-ool"
"Oh, but you must not pick the
thee," said Annie. "We do not know
who owns this garden."
,rust then the children saw the gar -
deter, He was the jolliest old 111a11,
dressed ail in red, and his coat and hat
were trimmed with ermine: His hair
and heard were as white as the snow,
and hie Cheeks were like red, rosy
apples, while his eyes twinkled like
stars,
Tho children knew at mice that this firom the Chvistmas twee forast, with
gardener was Santa Claus, He was toys hanging from the branches.
cutting down a crop of whistles With "Ola, we . 'Maw where these toys
this sickle. He had a large red saelt at came from,' said Willie, "They carne
from the garden of toys, for we
vislied Santa Claus."
horses and leather cows and woolly
lambs m1(1 all the toy animals, just
like the real animals one would see
on a real farm. Next they visited a
menagerie of wild beasts, and they
saw toy animals, just like the big
lions and tigers and elephants one
would see in a reel zoo. Then Santa -
Claus took the children out to the
forest of Christmas trees, and he cut
down a crop of trees, and they plckecl
sugar plums and candy from the sugar
phut trees.
Next Santa was working like a car-
penter with his tools, and he finished
a doll's house just as the clock struck
t2,
The reindeer were prancing and
pawing outside, impatient to be off,
Santa Claus bundled his big pack of
toys into his sleigh and .put in Itis
Christmas trees, Picking 'Annie and.
Willie up as though they were live
dolls, he' tucked them unto the lnagto
sleigh and away they went, down,
down toward the earth, and at last
they were, on the roof of their own
home. Then they went down, down
the chimney, and there they were in
their own little beds. , The sunlight
was streaming into their eyee and
their mother was calling "Merry
Christmas 1"
"itlerry Christmas! Merry Christ.
leas!" they both shouted, and they
scrambled from bed and rustledfor
their stockings. And soon Annie Was
hugging a now dolly and Willie was
blowing upon a toy trumpet, in the
other room stood a tall Christmas tree
The Cloak -for the -Manger.
She hung upon her mother's knee
In ,Bethlehem town that wondrous
morn,
To tell flow two had reached the inn
And how their little Son was born.
"But they have laid him in stall;
The inn was full as it could hold..
Ah, let me take mine outgrown cloak.
And wrap Him round; He must be
cold!"
She leaned upon her mother's knee,
The little maid; her eyes were fair,
Arid howe'er dark the day might be
Some sunshine lit her curling hair.
The mother could not say her nay,
Though strangers they of Nazareth.1 1
Chris•lmas Out of Doors.
Don't forget the birds and the squir-
rels and the wild mice on Christmas
Day, especially if it is a white Christ-
mas. This is one way of expressing
the good -will -to -all -Idea, of feeling it
yourself and of setting an example of
it.
If you live in a town or in the real
country neat open fields and wood-
lands you have a 01101100 to slow kind-
ness to seekers of winter fare which,
with ice covering everything, is often
a terribly scanty fare:
You will be repaid lot this many
times. Build sheltered feeders where
the wild wood folic can dome and dine
generally unmolested; there are many
plans fosuch, as pivoting unot
A Christmas Carol.
The Winter night was dark_and still,.
The village lay asleep;
In Meadows underneath the hill
The shopllerth watched their sheep:
The shepherds watched their sheep;
good Lord,
But angels watched o'er Thee,
While Mary hold Theo to her heart,
And they sang jubilee.
were. counters, boxlike, • that turn with. the
I'ti11 go wiith thee, dear," she said, wind so as to present the closed sides
"And ask their pardon should we toward the wind, or they may be fixed
010."
She took the little scarlet cloak
And clinl10(1 the bill—her child be -
Gay, breathless—to the Baby's side. the sides of trees and loaded with
So ]keen through chinks the whiter food for the squirrels and little boxes
whined with round holes no larger than an
inch and a half in diameter will Llermit
That Mary smiled her thanks, and the wild urine to enter safely. Scat -
wrapped tered food also, in bare spots near the
haunts of the wild, -will aid'niany a
hungry little quadruped and bird.
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As now the Yule -log glows aflame,
And winds without run wild,
Wo softly speak the blessed Name
They gave Thee as a child,
They gave Thee as a child, good Lord;
0 winter winds, be still!
0 Christmas star, shine down again
On meadow and on hill!
so as to be sheltered beet on the side
from which the worst storms and
blows come, the north, east and west
sides. Little shelves can be tacked to
liis side and smaller hags near by, and
.-,,r he was 00 happy that he sang as he
Waked
fit my woodeeful garden of toys
Grows a Crop for the good girls a1111
h0ye.
Candy, cake, sugar 1)1311110,
Dale, canned and divine,
All grow in my gard011 of thee.
When Santa, Claris saw the 61111(1001
e stopped in 0urprie° and said, "He -
tel Ilow dirt yen fro elhildi'oii get in
elo?
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' ° Wo roil% do riot 1t1i0w, Ml Sento,
III.
Lord Jesus, look from Heaven above,
And come, Lord Jesus, here,
To fill our home with Christmas love,
Out hearts with Christmas cheer;
Our hearts with Christmas cheer, good
Lord,
And happy may we be,
All lads and maidens in our homes
And sailor boys at sett. -
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0 Mary's Son, for her sweet sake
A11 wonhanitind'is blest;
We praise Thy name when first we
Wake,
And when we go to.rest:
And wben we go to rest, good Lord,
Our nightly thanks are given
For all good mothers—some on earth,
And seine with Thine in Heaven.
The dimpled Joy; the maid's heart
grew
To mother -measure as she knelt •
To. touch his roseleaf softness too.
But her own -mother read more close
The babe's wide gaze,' and reverently
Fixed Mary with her wondering eyes.•
"A prluce?" they asked. "A God!!1-
said she.
The_ small maid. sought her mother's
auris
That later day when all was rife
With talk of mighty honors done
- The Babe of Joseph and 111s wife-
Gifts for Alli
1'/leht my Snowman, "Merry Crismus!"
"Same to y01,",says be,
"Say," says I, "What dict you like best
' 011 y0311'rChrielllus tree?"
Wily!. 'ion' 11'prI80 me," sive My
Snowman,
"Doha; yon truly Irnow?"
"Nor" ears I, „IIee HO!" says Show+
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How marched a Star mid-lleayon and
reigned
Above the manger where He slept;
How stately eanhels cane that way,
Their' housings tinkling as they
stepp'd,
With gifts- for Hilt. "And my poor
cloak
So faded was, so mean a thing!"
The mother smiled. "A11, -sweet," silo
Said,
"Thou gayest ere thou kuewst Him
Hing!"
Simple Gifts for the Little Ones.
One or two suggestions of inexpen-
sive gifts whch never fail to please
any child, may help some one groping
for an idea. A surprise ball may be
made to suit a child of any age. Take
a ball o1 .bright colored string and re-
wind it. Start with a new penny in
the centre, and every few yards put
in a little toy. When each one is
covered, another one may be added
and so continue until you have used all
the string. The cost and number of
toys will oa course be governed by the
amount of money you wish to spend.
If the child is old enough to knit or
crochet; worsted may be used instead
of string.
A book which is kept in our "sick
box," the box in which toys are -kept
to be used only -vlien the children are
kept in bed, is' lade by using a com-
position book of any medium-sized
notebook. Cut from old magazines
figures of men, woolen or children,
In selecting' these keep in mind the
fact that the head must be so arrang-
el that it can be cut from the body
without spoiling the figure. Carefully
paste them in a book, each page of
which has had a vortical line drawn
exactly through the middle of the
page, and a horizontal line two inches
from the top 031 each page. When
pasting on the figure have the neck
of each come as nearly as possible at
the intersection of these two lines,
After the paste is dry cut each page
across on the horizontal line, Then;
by turning the leaves the heads and
bodies are interchanged, producing
grotesque effects which cause shrieks
of joy from the youngsters.
All children love to dress up and
play make-believe, leo an. igexpensive
costume made' of super cambric will
delight the heart of a child.- One little
boy received a clown suit made of
white canibrle and covered with fig-
urea it vatted colors of stars, cats and
geese. A long pointed cap was made
to go with this, For 0 little girl a
regular "lady's dross" would please
anon than anything else.
When the children hang up their
stockings for Santa Claus to fill, it is
not always easy to thiull of small gifts
that will alt in the stoulcing. Little'
!girls • always delight in small fancy
bags. One little girl found a set of
*acetones in her bag, another had a
package of colored crayons in hers,
nand 111 a pretty blue bag 'was found
a box of fancy betide from which the
child bead mace -Wonderful necklaces
and bracelets, A. Hair ribbon will also
tuck into a stocking, and any little
giro is happy to have 1t new hair bow.
A. boy will appreelato a new purse,
particularly if it has a bright coin 10
it, no Matter how small its denoulina-
tlon. One boy kept his s]l0es neat and
tree from dust all through the year
just becattse ho foulid in his stocking
a folding shoe polisher which he could
always carry with bins. .
A SONG OF T ANKSC ING
Make iejorful noise unto God, .all ye 1;ti1'ds,
Sing .fertkt:'the honor of His 11113n:e, make His. praise
glorious, 1,;:
Say ,unto God, How terrible art Thou in Thy works!
through the grc l'tnes.s,of 3— '.power etbal Thine ene1 l.cs
submit themselves unto Thee,
Ail elle earth shall worship Thee alld shall slug unto
Thee;. they shall sing to Thy name,,,
Opine and Isee the works sof God; He is terrible in His ""
doing' toward the cliildrill of men.. •
' He ru1'eth by His power forever; His eyes behold the
nations; let n!ot,the rebellious exalt Themselves,
0 bless our God, ye lleoplet and make the voices of His
praise -'to be heard: '
Which holde'th our soul in life, and suflereth not our
fe'et to be moved..
For Thou, 0 God, hast proved us; Thou host tried us,
as silver is tried.
Thou broughtcs't us into the net; Thou laidst afllic-
tiolz upon our loins,
Thou hast ca{ii,ed men to ride over our heads; we
went through fire and water but Thou broughtest us
out into a wealthy place.
DELPHINA'S
CIIRISTMAS
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When the Bethel family moved, just
before Christmas, into the tenement on
Torauley Street, Delphina was nine
Years old, and was beginning to, feel
ashamed of the way lion mother made
her dresses and of her queer Italian
flood. They had come front Sicily four
years before, but her -mother had been
slow to change from the .ways of her
own people to the Canadian ways.
Delphina had been going to school for
three years, and she loved everything
Canadian; front the big bows of ribbon
on the other children's hair to her
Canadian teacher, Miss Wendell,
The First Christmas -Card.
The very first Christmas,card was
designed by a Royal Academician, the
'late W. A. Dobson. IIe was a young
man then—it is over seventy years ago
—and 11e sketched a family group
toasting distant friends, surrounded
by Christmas greenery, and sent it to
a friend, who showed it round. The
next year many brother artists copied
the idea.
Then the business man saw money
111 it, and began to produce cards in
large and ever -larger :numbers, until
the production and distribution and
sale of Christmas -cards became a great
international industry. But if' the
Olristmas-raid again conies lnto its
pre-war popularity, it is to be hoped
that we shall no longer see iii small
print on so many millions of -cards the
horrid words "Printed in Germany."
Lot our token of peace and goodwill
be printed et home, or 101; us go with-
out them! '
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1' l got ib pedttift7
By the time they were settled in
their new home the Christmas excite-
ment was already in the air, Two
little girls who lived in the same tene-
ment house and went to the same
school with Delphina were full of plans
for their Christmas tree, a real, green
one, which they sand they were going
to trim with candles. Delphina's face
flushed, and she said nothing about
the Christmas plans of her fancily, for
she well knew, they would have no
tree. Italians have, instead, a little
manger, and of that Delphina was
ashamed.
So the day before Christmas, when
Addle and May lulocked on the
Baronis' door to ask if Delphina could
conte over to see their tree, she slipped
quickly through the door and shut it
behind her. She did not want her
little friends to 'see the small, newly
varnished manger on the table with
candies 111 trona of it and houses of
colored cardboard near by, and a sky
of blue paper stretched above it, and
a silver -paper star of Bethlehem in the
centre of the sky. It was not Cana-
dian.
things on the table. How couldahe
ask Miss Wolfdell in! ,
But Miss Wen(1ell 'lust have thought
that Delphina was too bashful to ask
her, for she smiled again and patted
Delphina's black hair and went in and
put a box tied with red ribbon on the
table, and said she had come to wish
Delphina, and her mother, too, a merry'
Christmas. When Mrs. Baroni came
iii, carrying one of Deiphhla's baby
brothers and leading another, Delphina
had not it word to say and hadkept
her, eyes on the floor the whole time
She was so quiet that Miss Wendell
asked 11 she were not w611.
"She's 'shamed," said her mother,
pointing at the monger, "Our Christ-
mas, our kind, silo like you not to see.
She will not show girls."
"But why?" asked Miss Wendell,
turning to Dolphins.
Delphina scraped the bare floor with
the toe of her shoe. "Because," she
said presently, "they do not know.
They will laugh. It is not Canadian.'"
"Bute' said Delphina's teacher, put-
ting her art' about her and leading her
oyer to the table, "this is a beautiful
way to celebrate Christmas. Tell your
little friends this is a likeness oa the
manger In which, more than nineteen
hundred years ago, the wonderful
Christmas Baby was born. What could
be lovelier?" Miss Wendell reverently
touched the little wooden manger,
"011, do you like it?" cried Delphina,
with a beaming' face.
"Indeed, I do. It really has more
meaning than our Canadian tree."
"Then I like it, too," 'announced Dol-
phine, shyly looking up into Miss Wen -
dell's eyes with a happy smile.
So, after Miss Wendell had gone,
Delphina ran to bring Addie and May.
! "This," she said, proudly leading
them up to the table, "is our Christ-
' mass—Miss Wendell likes it."
And when Delphina had reminded
them that the Baby Christ had been
born in a manger, Addie and May said
they liked that Icind of Christmas just
as well as they liked a green tree. •
In the afternoon another knock
sounded upon the Baronis' door, and
Delphina ran to open ht There stood
her teacher, her beloved Miss Wen-
dell, waiting there, all smiles.
Delphian hung her head in shame.
There was no chance to cover up the
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Why is Saute, Claus so popular?
Because he gives everything but ad-
vice.
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SWEETS FOR CHRISTMAS
Saving the sugar used for Christmas
candies and in your own home 1s an
excellent conservation measure.
There are all sorts of substitutes,
such as stuffed dates, candied ginger,
fruit pastes and salted nuts. Not only
stuffed dates, but stuffed prunes are
delicious. Wash theta thoroughly, take
out the seeds and slip into each one
an almond or a peanut and see how
eagerly the children will eat then.
Dried fruits such as dates, figs, prunes
and raisins not only have sugar but
are also highly nourishing, Raisins
and nuts if given with moderation will
not prove indigestible.
A halt pound each of dates, figs,
prunes, raisins and nuts rum through
a grinder, softened with lemon juice
and cut 111t0 squares like caramels
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move the skins from one quart of
roasted peanuts end chop fine. Beat
the white of one egg until stiff, but
not dry, and add gradually one cupful
of brown sugar, one-fourth teaspoonful
of salt and one-half teaspoonful of
vanilla. Fold the peanuts into the
mixture, and spread evenly in a but-
tered shallow pan. Bake in a quick
oven until well puffed and browned.
As soon as taken from oven, Cut in
bars, using a, sharp 'mite.
Chocolate Caramels.—One pint of
sugar, one pint o1 extracted honey,
one-quarter pound grated chocolate,
one -1101f cupful sweet cream, one table-
spoonful of vanilla extract. Try this
often while boiling by droppiug a small
portion in cold water. When it 'will
form a soft ball, porn' about one -guar'
make a wbgleeome substitute for
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ileo more home sall:eci nuts this
Christmas than in modelle years.
To 01m(1y orange or grape -fruit peel
requires the lte0 of some stager,. but
less than for its equivalent in candy,
and you are using illi what would
Otherwise be thrown away. The fol-
lowing recipes require very little
segar:
Peanut Bare No. 1, --One cupful of
grannla:teil sugar, half n , COptel al'
broken peanuts; pttt the eager in all
trop skillet, stir constantly 0331.11 it
melte to a goldetl brown. Stir 111 the
utas and pour at once tiltti a buttered
pair, Stir constantly while the sugar
is Issui hg, as it 1311r11s 01311171
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peanuta
ter 111011 thick on greased tins. Merit
in squares ;list before it hardens.
Walnut Creams.—Boil to the 011t11r
stage otos 0np1111 of. grated chocoiate,
one cupful oa brown sugar, one enplul
of extracted honey, one-half cupful of
sweet create When it hardens en be.
big dropped into water stir in a piece
of butter the size of an egg. Suet be.
fore removing front fire add two cup-
fuls of finely chopped nuts, stir
thoroughly olid poor 011 buttered pietas
to cool, then cut it pito squares.
Cracker ,130k: --One cupful of brown
sngiLn', oils capful extl9LCte(1 honey,
Boil tinttl it hnr(1euS wheal dropped In.
to Cold venter, 1101)1000 from the tiro
and stir in 0130.1talf teteepotaiee1 oqt,
socia, and whoa 11310 dlssoivos,"stir til
all the non -003n it wtll take, Spt'oad
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