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E SCRAP BAG
A USEFUL FRIEND
Front Its Odds and Ends Many
Holiday Gills May Be Made.
DDS and ends of -eretonne.
linen or velvet snould be
brought gilt when the Christ-
mas gift giver sits down to
plan tokens that hall be 'bulb attrac
t dee and usefill.
With these fehrlee she can design
wigs of any sort. flout dainty ,PtintY 'or
opera hags for the ,sueiety girl to
stanch looking laundry or work bags
tor the lionsewire.•
The house mother will alinreciale a
sewing bug like the one hese ,fthettrat-
ed. It is (untie of stout 1:retonue and
18' lined with plain tuatetial. A fen -
ture of this hag is its roominess. The
, e precious;
he sit iticetetr,
avottle(1. • 1
lutck on, yttlIE
atei to relief!".
a Ion tittle,
plished. 'Few
arid, they,S/1011(1r riot
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t40. sir:tilt that:can he •
(len , your. nerves. go
yon r health. iS. gone
the tin uligp, take
if it, is. even itecOrq-
thing's lire lirPre•
THE GIANT A CAPTIVE
At the Lord Mayors show in London a trim little knight with drawn sword
led along a giant nine feet high. Enormous crowds witnessed the parade.
SIDING 11AG. • •
top is gathered over a wooden etn
bi•oltlery hoop, and n cover Is Nit out
of heavy cardboard to tit it. The eard-
-ooard is covered with eretoinie and
Anted to meta the inside of the bag
.A band of elastic is seWed inside the
.cover, and Iii It is slipped a paper or
oeedles o'r assorted sizes or it little
ne'etnebook suptilled with them, Nei::
, -oors, bodkins, deviling needles and a
'thimble lose are added. Sesperided•
onside are n little biittlet hag,:ttld 11 Pill
'cushion Well suit/died with ell sizes ot
This. Two, t•ilions are ndrlefl to the
ing, by which it may he 7.81.7*h71.
Elgered ribbon for making
'the dainty falley, workbag, which has
two ribbon eovered embroidery hoops
'FANCY WORKBAG.
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halidles. A wide band of the rib
bon was -gathered to the liome-i owforiti
the lower part ut the Nig, 'white in-
-serted 'inside the ch•cle were bends of
..the i•ibbon gathered op elastie. Inside
the bag are pockets in which tO place
,eitibroidery silk.needleboolt, seissurs,
•ete., required by ihe fancy worker.
The -other bag illustroted is wide
•wlith plain red ribbon comblued with
Dresden ribbon. It' is intended as a
;party hag 'for a girt Mnde in rather
•smaller ,proportions, it will do for the
:accommodation ofopera glasses,
;gloves and the fan for the theater;
Canvas may be made into many
,dainty articles. A big workbag or a
711)74 71) 7(0)114(1InI)idkereltiefs or rot-
inr0 is 17(7471717)78(1of cretin) white can-
vas 1101071)174(1sitni)lo;deSign
oroSs is lined witli, pin
,or blue 1:1•wn, arIn the top is gathered
r 01,07' 1(17 e(1Il)rO11ciei'.y 1007) . •
4 howitehirtg tittle poivtier pert' bags
1110 e()i)tt:lved trotu stiltares Sash
AIMENIIME1•111
A (,0'1.
HAT 01(111, ,v('l) ror
Chrlstmile, '
What cut, 'r
send
But the
are illico (t 1)11 gloom
Par you blithe April
And that every throb or ilie 1,77 11 or y.m
tans whisper of day:, when the seles 711,77
What shall I send :1011 r(Ir Ce1er.1000„
sweet?
What can a ern.'
But the prayer that when teu,..e drug dreor
and lonu
Your heart will sing shatehes of sweetriii.
song '
And that every Italie of the Yuletide's*
snow
May speak of the (lumina of the long ago':
What shall I send you for Christmas, rnY
ownl
What can a lonely tamping eund
But the wish that ine &pews tiara
and Chill
The roses of summer may bloom for you
still
And In moods when the fond old dreams
still cling to you
That the birds may return, my sweet, and
sing to you? •
• - -Irving Chien In Lite.
The Day After Christmas.
A graceful finish 4s one of the most
essential toilettes of any suceessful
venture. The pianist does not' drop his
hands abruptly -from the keys as soon
as he has played the last Hate, hilt
holds them there a moment longer un-
til the 711 1I7470 11i0s 11 wny. Iiiners
WOUI1:1 be indignant ir the 181)74', (1010
Whisked clean the moment the last
Itioilthral Was swallowed, They find
the lingering Ein n little while oVer the
('7)7100 707(1, 01110 11100)
CitristmaiS is too healitifni l(nd 11111
fif)ielee 1 reStiV.11 711 orop 111 11;1s 11:11,))
feshion the.poineilt 1110 cinch strikes
Midnight, for an,v, occasion 1111011
needs M41101;1 1 1104101 111 11.171 111011 need,
tin adequate closing, ;1011 (1)1171111 )'l'
10 11110 time or Nvlorse 7711
ne lies in seittlinem • ,
There are 771) 7,1 things to .lar dime
after Christman. There itrir letter:. to
.wrilthn, 1101170.0 7)) Ile pal In order,
ruystleat trinir wiry as were the
thlys before Chit-am:Is. The ornaments
tent decked the tree should be 'p111
away with the :mine ('1) re end pleasure
With (rifle') they were brelIght 'wt. the
greefei taken down with the sante mer
viment that accompanied their going up -
'rite ofterglow Is sometimes the. most
lest Mind part or the sunset :Ind some -
tittles It Is even more beautiful that.
the sunset Itself.
...DAD AND MOTHER AND ME.
1VOSODY'S Illre old Santa Claes
-LI With hls red and Why face.
There's not another around the globe
Can travel so swift a pace.
His twintoing eyes and has merry laugh,
His chuckle of maiming glee -
Nobody else Is so dear by half
'l'o dad and mother entirme.
fl w doesn't forget the baby sweet
As she rocks 10 her cradle white.
He has time to wait for the,iagging feet
Of the old by candlelight.
He has gifts and gifts for the youtig and
Who encircle the Christmas tree,
And he has the love to his latest day
Of dad and motherand Mo.
Hl17 frost Is chill in the nipping Pleat;
.1- Smooth Is the ley.tnere.
The short, fleet days go hurrying past
To the last of the wooing year.
And never was rOseol. the summer's prime
So royally reir to sre
As the rose that Weems in the Winter's'
rime
Per dad and moth'er and me:
, weekly,
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Whet of Your Christmas Spirit?
The 71711111 of Christinus, as the idetd:
15(5 71810 it. IS nUt recognizable by the
real thing, flee011.11tig to modern meth-
119'.18beoretiL eally everything is bright.
gay, 'full of peeve for oneself tied good
wishes fur the l'est uf the world.
Aetually Christmas way mean any
1 thing like .
Grildging giving mid dieeontented re
oelvine.
sleorging onl•'s rich friends nnd
gifts to he arralogrel. al 1111 every 1100 117 Stinting where 71 Is 71117 likely to colint,
rho conffiletts dot:ills may be done el -1 GivcratolorusIty to the point of es-
ther with grace or without 17 111 le: traellettliee.
theater the 110111 tairialit fails with ill lflishing dotent ChristinaS*-
ting illgetty or :111111.0111"lete en7v771 4 II
10174 nil been Et way; 0711. (11(11) t•te;
netont" do 1101 walls ((1) nfter the 11101
w0i51 15 51(1)7 and :Mow t he singe ita lids
to ru7(11 on. That 10001E1 offend" the
mooll of the iunliefive. How 111101)
truer this is of something 4411 11) Is out
71 play, but it very rent paretif Wel
days lifter Chrlstnots shottli be
:1 181,e1eryIll1118' emnieidell %%'lth it,
0101'W4rkell 17..r11.s, 111)11 ovi-vwr(ltight
101)17111es from a false l'uneelit1Uti of
Clir 1,1 111)),)
A generoils spirit for ytnir riwn 1m-
clecle am/ inilifferem`e
to whether role else has it happy
oneselt rim .1(i1erest n1'
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RAGKI•N'6
Titan art enCounter with, a anntrri.
No one.' can go through the ri/sh
711111 shoppers er:pate in stores the
few days haute Chri,tinas and es -
110 \\idiom t a, grievous loss of
nervous energy. Avoid 1.1117t toss,
that strain, by doing your
CHRISTMAS
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SHOPPING iptutLw
unristmas cheer WW1 no mouton to a
tortured digestion end rockiness of the
day after.
A. Christmas with not one thought to
the real meaning of the day and whet
the world woeld 719 ve ,been had there
been no •'bIrtbdity 01 a kleg” 10 cele-
brate.
CHRISTMAS, .
world his cradle is.
The eters Ms worshipers,
Fits “peace on earth" rhe mother's klsa
On lips new pressed to hers.
For sho alone to him
In perfeot light appears.
The one hortron never dim
With penitential tears.
-John B. Tabb.
WIZARD BURBANK'S ADVICE.
Go to the Farm, Young Man, and Your
Future Is Assured.
Luther Burbank, by experlenee and
accotnplishinent doubtless the best
qualified Inati in the world today tc
make such a statement, says the great
Opportunity for our boys and yoitng
tnim is ha agriculture. Ele points lint
that after the young man bus spent
eight yeurs at hard study of medicine:
the law or etigineet•Ing, lie has not
wade a sueeess; he is only prepared to
commence the battle for it. Whereos
to add hut one kernel orcoru to (71)1:11
ear grown iu this country in al Billp;10
year would increase the supply 0.000,-
000 bushels. One improvement in the
potato Is already paying back S17.000.-
000 year„ Everything we eat tind
%rear eomes 007 of the ground. With
nols than half our population raising,
things, sbottld there be any wonder
that the cost of living has, increased
5S per ceut in fifteen yeat•s?. To quote
rrout 117. Burbaelt:
"What the world needs urgent:1y and
pow is men who can increase 111(4 for-
age from our present acreage. so that
1(1 cents will "buy a poun(7 of the chide -
est sirloin, as of old, 11)74108(1 01' n pouud
of rump, as now.
"What tbe world needs is not theory
or, agitation or college lore," Titer°. 810
plenty of these, and at a costr.of $1-74t1'
000.0071 per annum in" money, nod who
know4 how nwich time they. Iteate suc-
veeded in increasing cam mop. yield
only a bare 3 per mut-
-What the world needs, hst men who
can do to ogricultm•e and to bortice
ture what Edison did to, electricity.
Carnegie to steel and the Vanderbilts.
Elills 11701 Re rritua nsto, tmesporta don
-derelen their efficiency.'0 -_ I»opular
Mechanics, 1 -
•A CURIOUS EXPLOStVE.
More Powerful/ Then, Qut,iftetton, Vet
Safe ha Eareless: Hands.
One of the, new high, explosives is so
litild undee ordigavy omlit-ions that it '
is perfectly 'safe ettQ•eutirely practical
to ntalge billiard balls or it rind play II
game With 'tbeesi. ' It (tin so felY be
colupvessed 70." a greeter degree than
anyother explosive 1761v • in use,, se
blocks of le can be eompressed liard
enough for billiard halls. '7 (7(710)11 '('111
ed 010(711 (7171) ttlen he sawed into smal1.
er liiet:Its, using ti steel 701111158 W. 7(he r
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' ,111,113. . 1)70(71(8 huy 7111.1 Li 4 )14(0. on .1
lathe and turned 111(111 perl'eCitYrelind.
balls heVe..been made. -
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' k11ue74s'10111:itot reuse the inteet 15Oiver '
Of the explosive, If Et carelOSA Pavel
litnipenet1 to Clop a • lighted inetcti on
one of 'the balls after !letting his •C•14"
arette it -might entch Lire, whet) it • '
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DAINTY NAPERY.
This Is a Gift Within tiler/ Mans of AU
The houses/tire's linen'eloSet is never ; - •
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'00'011 that she faldate a -• • ,E
well selected,gift of napery, Anything "
trent-tableelpthe t� doilies, from fancy , •
„ sheets to pilioweases, Will be welcomed, • , ,•;"
Illustrated 'hire is a hernstitChed pil- '
lowcase, 'one of a set. ' They are all •
embroidered with the recipient's initial
. and are•handtbade.of dne.linen.
Centerpieces"of heavy linen lace and , ,
muslin :emhroldery are easily made.:•
and are not eitpenSive,constidering their •
ornamentaleffect Exceedingly•pretty
centers can be evolved from eluny lace
and better Irish linen.. bandtvorked •
with eyeletting. ' ' '
,h addition to the napery Which goes
upon the- table; every hoitseireepet
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The:oldest fire engine in Great Britain -and it is still in use -is in Rothbury
Northumberland. It was presented to the town in,1386 by Sir Georgd Farquhar
For many years it stood in the porch of the parish. church 11 78 the only pro-
tection in the town, and is capable of throwing a jet of water 60 felt high,
which is more than Is required to top the highest house in the town. Note the
wooden wheels.
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
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•• importance of Sleep.
X A very frequent 11( 7)51) or nem, -
°listless in many iier0000 174 10:01
.1. of sleep. It gives r1710 10
* Etches and uenrolgin 1111)1 Is 111711 11 -
kV responsible for other distress- .7.
lug niiments. The (01)7) ll wotit-
an whose sleep Is unduly11114.
turbed as the restili. or 4 tien (17
ment)1l. work, by night nittelting
1; at the bedside of the- sick ov
through Irreulav hours or 01112- 1,
ployment should endeavor le se-
- cure a little retresitlug sleep -•
; whenever possible ht order to
make up for the loss sustained,
:: for not only will hemlaches and
other nitmeuts (le -V0107)
sleeplessness, but the 1)10110110
syStem 50011 belmille. e0Osid.
erably deraeged ns a, v0.77(0-
:: quijire. So lie eereful upon this
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Keeping Children Still in School, ,
Sir John Cockburn. spent:Mato teneh•
ers nt the r.ondon bay Training (epi-
log°, said speech wee enited into fn 711"
don by the movement of the
"le you want to roach the hva 10 you
anst do it through the Mind, and if
you disregard the ;Ise of the 071e74111'id
1114 )1115 171 elleent1011-Yell-nre tittetfik the
hrtille 011 all Mental dere101I1tl1:111t 11
the Child, 'rho conlinalnd to *keep kill'
in a 081)001 is the greatest cruelty you
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length of time very often produces de.
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Trains and Electric Waves.
It is antionneod from i'471relnhere
that Professor NVirth, who some time
ego ',invented •n 5717410111 of steering
boats from a disinnee, has 17010 71 rent-
ed a method or cot:770111n- i I tt.Et v
trains by electric waves, Hie claim to
be able to bring a ttioxling 1111171 to an
immediate standstill wns sitCeeRgrully
tested on the line between Nuremeerg
ou up In LAVenty,e \`011
Families of Three In Eneland.
Eamlnes of three aro moil., numer-
ous then nny 1,11111i7, or-
(Dr1ll/1g to 1) blue 0E5 4; reeently issued.
7411,•11 romilles eonstinite tit per 'Pent of
the total uniullev: I 1104e of roils, 17.4 ees
cent: 6r nye. Ann. e('l)) 71nt1
nix, 711 71(7)' ('('1)1 In 1•111111011 wollr
.071 11511174 allone 171 1 1111 loner the 10110131
men to the extent or 08,571-7 to 14',1,10. -
New York Times.
Universal,
"Therp is one thought whi(l) etunev
tinily (f) (111)11
'Wit:in' (hill?"
nothing Is too gooti for
Iteeord-Flev5 Id.
Either I will tinti a way or 7mli1
l'hflip SlEttley.
Saves Handshaking,
A Frenchman who meets you hair
it dozen eiines a day shakes 11,thcls each
time. M. Poulbot, an artist, is tired
of this eternal handshaking,. In the
little Monttnartre care which he and
his friends frequent be has hung up ,
by a "chain a carved wooden hand,
When be enters he goes to the hand
and shakes it vigorously. This makes
a great noise by Jingling 10 piece of Iron
inside ,a ,tin kettle at the other end of
the chain.
The signal is accepted by those who
hear it as a sign that 'NI. Poulot has
shaken hands with all his frie.nds.
Making Stone From Mt.o. .
The latest triumph in building mate-
rial is the manufneture "e"(0110" ont
or "[ever" Hint 71014 nimost soiidity
and streugth of conerete, fiat -Hugs
constructed front this Innterta I really
are adobe strnetiwes, hot their dura-
bility is said to be a Mewl. enon I to tint
of brick and the sorter steeps,
't'his materialcollars from Ihe ferrn-
ginous schist of Elw mount 111 side and
is, screened through gr01zllps :1111
Inmp-
ed into forms Illet used in the
making of concrete
and Graefenberg. re•. train 1,l 3)74 pun:
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17 )74 Unlike ,,uncottott it dons not life
•terleritte. 'Tillie bullets have been lived
IOto Ittock it,nt 0 distanc6 of a liOnt'
'el•kty,.eve feet withotit oi tieing; 11 01 e%-
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'Mode. Extdosion IS obtained lty ,using
it special'forin of dettinetta- The
eXplosiVe is intale ler,gely from 0081,
tar derivativeS treated, • with 0) 7101
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EVIMINDEtED PILLOWCASE
needs at number of searfsor squares
for the tees of her sideboard and sent.
Ing stand. These are best wade "of
heavy linen finished with hemstitching
or drawn work or edged with !mitten -
holed scallops and hand embroidered
in a, tine design. ' .
Bed sets, consisting of spread. pillow
covers and valance, are always a web
come additionto the napery closet, and
what color to select need not worry the
donor, as the smart thing,in these
outfits -is white; scrim trimmed with
eyelet embroidery or fillet insertien,
edging' and. motif, A dozen- of bucks -
back towel a of extra length, bordered
with an •applfed design in 'color, are
• Useful. ,If you 'would earry joy to the
housewife's heart send her some guest
room towels in ne.avy linen n'1771 ends
done In fourteenth century stitching
These scroll and floral designs are most
of all quaint when developed on 8
background .of yellow (11)71117174, 80(1
the centers of the liowers used with
the scrolls are also in yellow stitching
the work is extremely effective.
UTILITY GIFTS.
They day Be' as Charming and at,
Dainty as One Can, Make Them. , •
A useful and attractive gift for' the
housekeeper is a handy telephone 111
rectory like the one shown here. This
tine was made of fancy silk and moire.
with a fancy braid around the edges.
A tiny, picture cut out of tapestry
and framed in braid adorned the front
of the pad. Underneath each of the
little Baps alphabetically marked was
a white space for recording the names
• and numbers of those most frequent':
called up over -the phone. "
Very small details, which seem oi
little importance, „e'rten Mar Or Mahe
more beautiful a piece of handiwork.
so it is always wise to heed the HI
tle things.
Never knot the thread, Fasten it In
running it in the cloth 'or by sewing
over and over in some portion of tip •
design that is to be covered by the
work.
Finish in the same way and alvvays
clip the slik short so the wot•ic will
TELEPEIONF nallanYCOltY,
present neat eppearance, If bum
ftt•e used the 'finished work 11 ha, •
1) rough look„
Vtilatti working 101t11 7)4111< is haps-
ative to „have 17 sharp ap
smooth tliinlble, for.° rotigh thiLl 71-7
will rotIgh the silk, and it is i711pos.4.
ble to do good work with a bent t,
dull needle.
A pair ()rented sharp scissors sheet;
always he 'used to.ellt the thread or n
ragged appearance will the the ?esti!,
when the work 18 01110110d. ,
The busy Christmas -giver who Mt.'
,not time to make gifts or teke trit eh
Shelving tont' might Step hat
• hook:store and seleit some neat',
hound velUtnes whose eottientS Wouid
be,appreciated by the recipient Thi4 •
shopping °ail. be done'4111ektrk,
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