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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-12-19, Page 6inexpensive Holiday Cakes. Soft Spice Calces.—One-fourth cup- ful of chicken fat, one-half capful of brown sugar, one-half cupful of moles• ses, one-half teaspoonful each of ground cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and a pinch of nutmeg, one teaspoonful of baking -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, sager and molasses together; add the spices, the salt, and the baking•soda which has been dissolved in the boil- ing water. Silt in the flour and bread - crumbs, mix the ingredients: put into well -greased gem pans, Bake in a moderate oven. Dutch Crullers,—Two eggs, one cup= fol 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 balling -pow- der, and flour to make a stiff dough. Mix 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 thickness and out 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, roll out and cut in rounds. Pre- pare, beforehand, a re•pare,beforehaud,a mixture of chopped nisi is, currants, citron a til a few nuts a cupful each of sugar and chopped Place spoonfuls of this mixture on raisins, a little salt, four cupfuls of cool y rounds, cover with another flour, and spices to taste. Mix and round, press edges together and bake. The heat of the oven produces a com- 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 flue bread - crumbs, two-thirds cupful of flour, one teaspoonful of baking -soda, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of ginger, one- half teaspoonful of salt, four teaspoon- fuls of melted lard or chicken fat. Add water to molasses and combine with the dry ingredients mixed together, then add fat, and beat. Bake for about twenty-five minutes in a hot oven. Canadian •SVar Cake.—Two cupfuls of brown sugar, two cupfuls of hot 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. Farmer's Fruit Cake.—Soak three cupfuls of dried' apples over nigh. in cold water. Drain and cut into small pieces and simmer for two hours in 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, bake in a moderate oven. Cocoanut Iriacaroons,—One-half cup- ful'of butter, one cupful of sugar, one egg, one cupful of milk, two cupfuls of shredded cocoanut, two eupfule of rolled oats, one cupful of flour, two rounded teaspoonfuls of baking -pow- der. If the mixture is not stiff enough to drop in rough lumps of a teaspoon- ful each, add a little more flour. Bake in a moderate oven until a light brown. Ginger Snaps that snap.—One pint of molasses, one tablespoonful of baking - soda, one cupful of chicken fat, one tablespoonful of ground ginger, ono tablespoonful of ground cinnamon, one teaspoonful of ground cloves, and flour enough to make a stiff dough. Boil the molasses five inirnites, remove from the fire and stir in the soda, fat, spioes and flour. Set away to cool, then rola out thin. cut with a cooky cutter and bake. Sugarless Suggestions For Christmas. Tutt' Frutti Balls. -1 cup puffed rice or corn, 1 cup seedless raisins, 1 cup stoned dates, 1 cup figs, 1i cup chop- ped nut meats, 1 tablespoon chopped angelica or citron, % cup chopped can- died orange peel, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Put the rice, fruits, peel and nut moats through a chopper, stir well, adding the extract. Make into small balls and allow to dry. Roll in shred- decT cocoanut. Popcorn Balls. -1 cup syrup, 1 table- spoon vinegar, 2 to 3 quarts of popped. corn. Boll together the syrup and vinegar until syrup hardens when dropped in cold water. Pour over freshly popped corn and mould into balls or fancy shapes. Either honey, maple syrup, molasses, white cane syrup or corn syrup may be used. Peanut Brittle. -1 cup white- corn syrup, 1 tablespoon vinegar, ye tea- spoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup freshly roasted peanuts, halved. Cook the corn syrup, vinegar and salt 111 a saucepan until a little dropped in cold water forms a soft ball 'Put the pea- nuts and this syrup into an iron skil- let and stir until the syrup becomes a' golden brown. Remove from the fire and stir in vanilla. Have ready a shallow buttered pan, pour candy in and spread out In a thin sheet. Allow to cool, then remove from pan and crack into pieecs. Syrup Nougatines,—Boil 1l cups light-colored syrup and 7/ cup water until it Porins a firm ball when tried in cold water. Pour slowly onto a well. beaten white of one 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 7/ teaspoon vanilla or other +levering and continue folding until mixture Is near- ly cool. Add 1 cup of chopped salted peanuts or a Mixture 01 any desired candied fruits and nuts. Spread % inch thick on wax paper, cover with wax paper and cut in rectangular pieces. f A Visit to Santa Claus Land. Once upon a time there were two children, a little boy named Willie and a little girl named Aunie. Now, they could hardly wait for Santa Claus to :visit them, so every day they said to their mother: "Oh, mother, how many days until Christmas?" The busy mother felt the days slip by all too rapidly, but the children counted the days and were very im- patient. At last they shouted in glee, "Santa Claus will come to -night, and to-urorrow is Merry Christmas" They hung up their stockings, and when their mother came to kiss them good -night they said, "We are going to watch for Santa and maybe we will see him come down the chimney." "0h, no," answered the mother as she turned out their light. "You must eo right to sleep and he will come all the faster." After she had gone downstairs Willie whispered to Annie, "Say, Annie, are you awake?" `Twish "Yes, but I am so sleepy. do he would come right now,' answered Annie. "I can hardly hold my eyes open," "I am sleepy. too," said Willie, with Rbig yawn "but Iamsura we will see • awake." if wecan one keep him Y P The next thing that they knew An- pie and Willie were way up in the north pole country,with snow and ice sides, in all ides and right around them on g front of them stood a high ice wall. "How I wish that we could go through this wall," said Willie, and just then his wish came true, for they went right through a gateway into the strangest garden. It was a garden of toys, and Amite and Willie could hard- ly believe their eyes at the wonders they saw about them. flanging over the wall they saw something that looked like Morning. glories, but they were really toy taut, ing machines, and near by on a trum- 1 pet vine they saw real trumpets grow- ing like flowers. Willie picked a trum- 1 pet and played on it, "Toot -tout -toot - 11 too•ool" "Oh, but you must not pines the 1 toys," said Annie. "We do not know who owns this garden.". t. Just then the children saw the gar- dener, He was the jolliest old Man, 1 dressed all in red, and his coat and hat r were trimmed with, ermine, Tela hair and beard, were as white as the snow, and his cheeks were like red, rosy • apples, while his eyes twinkled like eters. , TIv, children' knew al once that this gardener was Santa Claus. He was cutting down a crop of whistles with his sickle. He had a large red sack at his side and smaller bags near by, and he was so happy that he sang as he worked: In my wonderful garden of toys Grows a crop for the good girls and boys. Candy, cake, sugar plums, Dolls, cannon and drums, All grow in any garden of toys. When Santa Claus saw the children he stopped in surprise and said, "Ho- lm! How did you two children get 111 here?" "We really do not kuow, Mr. Santa Claus;" said Willie, "but now that we are here, can we not help you in some way?" "Yes, indeed!" said Santa Claus. "I am glad to have such good helpers. Will you please go over to that garden bed in the corner and pull up some tops?" And soon Willie was pulling up tops which grew just like turnips, beets and radishes, Then he climbed a tree and picked red marbles, which grew like cherries, and purple marbles, which were like grapes, and balls that were like apples and oranges. All this time Annie was helping Santa to pick dollies. There were large dolls with the dearest little bon- nets on their heads, which grew like roses, and then there were tiny dollies turning up their little faces at Annie liken ans ies. Presently Santa began to water the rasa and suddenlyevery gev yblade of grass was a tiny soldier, with kis rifle held high, while soldiers' tents, like mushrooms, sprang up all around, Warships, sailboats, steamboats, mo- tor -boats, submarines and all kends of boats were in a lake nearby. Then they visited Santa's big farm and saw horses and leather cows and woolly lambs and all the toy animals, just like the real animals ono would see on a real farm. Next they visited a menagerie of wild beasts, and they saw toy animals, just lilte the big lions and tigers and elephants one would see 111 a real zoo, Then Santa Claus took the children out to the forest of Christmas trees, and he cut down a crop of trees, and they picked sugar plums and candy from the sugar' plum trees, Next Santa was working like a car- penter with his tools, and he finished a doll's house just as the clock struck 12. The reindeer were prancing and pawing foutaide, impatient to be off Santa Claus bundled his big pack of toys into his sleigh and put in his Christmas trues, Picking Annie and Willie up as tizougle they- ever' lip dolls, he tucked them unto the magic 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 eyes and their mother was calling "Merry Christmas!" "Merry Christmas', Merry Christ - map!" they both shouted, and they scrambled from bed and rushed for their stockings. And soon Annie was hugging a new dolly and Willie was blowing upon a toy trumpet. In the other room stood a tall ChrIstnmas tree from the Christmas tree forest, with toys hanging from the branches. "011, we know where these toys came frons," said Willie. "They came from the garden of toys, for we visited Santa Claus," Christmas 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 near open fields and wood- lands you have a chance to show kind- ness to seekers of winter fare which, with ice covering everything, le often a terribly scanty fare. You will be repaid for this many tunes. Build sheltered feeders where the wild wood folk can come and dine generally unmolested; there are many plans for such, as pivoting lunch counters, boxlike, that turn with the wind so as to present the closed sides toward the wind, or they may be fixed so as to be sheltered best on the side from which the worst storms and blows come, the north, east and west sides. Little shelves can be tacked to the sides of trees and loaded with food for the squirrels and little boxes with round holes no larger than an inch and a half in diameter will permit the wild mice to enter safely. Scat- tered food also, in bare spots near the haunts of the wild, will aid many a hungry little quadruped and birch, The First Christmas -Card. The very first Christmas -card was designed by a Royal Academician, the late W. A. Dobson, He was a young man then—it is over seventy years ago —and he 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 in it, and began to produce cards in large and ever -larger numbers, until the production and distribution and sale of Christmas -cards became ar a g o t international industry. But if the Christmas -card again comes into its pre-war PoPularitY, it is to be hoped d that we shall no longer see in small print on so many millions of cards the horrid words "Printed Inern an " G r y. Let our token or peace and goodwill be printed at home or let us go n , with- out them! , Why is Santa Claus so popular? Because he gives everything but ad- vice, " Twelve•---Thirteen—rbuttee'neerdee whiz;} an' I get,ieipeci CR1USTMA$ :When tine Baron' far11lly Moved, Just before Christmas, into the tenenlelnt on Teraulee Street, Dblpllina was nine years old, aril was beginning td feel, ashamed of the way her mother'nrado her dresses .and of her queer.. Italian hoose, They had come from Sicily four Yentrs before, but her mother had been s'o'w to change from the ways Of leer own people -to the Ounadian ways. Delphlna'haci been going to school for three years, and elle loved everything Canadian, from the big bows of ribbon on the other children's hair to her Canadian teacher, Miss Wendell, By tine time they were settled in, their new gnome the Obrletntas excite- ment was already in the air. Two little gills who lived in the sante tene- ment house apd 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 family, for she well knew, they would have 110 tree, Italians have, instead, a little manger, and of that Delphina was ashamed. So the day before Christmas, when Addle and May knocked on the Baron's' door to ask if Delphina could come over to sec their tree, she slipped quickly through the door and shut it behind her. She did not want her little friends to see the sinal', newly varnlehed manger "on the table with candles in front 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" In the afternoon another knock sounded upon the Baronis' door, and Delphina ran to open It. There stood her teacher, her beloved Miss Won - dell, waiting there, all smiles. Delphina hung her head in shame. There was no chance to cover up the things on the table. How could she ask Miss Wendell in! But Miss Wendell must have thought that Delphina was too bashful to salt 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, Baron! came in, carrying one of Delphina's baby brothers and leading another, Delphina had not a word to say and had kept her eyes on the floor the whole time She was so quiet that Miss Wendell asked if site were not well. "She's 'shamed," said her mother, pointing at the manger. "Our Christ mss, our kind, she like you not to see. She will not show girls," "But why?" asked Miss Wendell, turning to Delphina. Delphina scraped the bare floor with the toe of her shoe. "Because," she said presently, "they do not know, They will -laugh. It isnot Canadian." "But," said Delphina's teacher, put- ting her arm about her and leading her over to the, table, "this is a beautiful way to celebrate Christmas. Tell your little friends this is a likeness of .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, "O11, do you like it?" cried Delphina, with a beaming face. "Indeed, 1 do. It really has more meaning than our Canadian tree." "Then I like it, too," announced Del- phina, 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- mas, Miss Wendell likes it." And when Delphina had reminded them that the Baby Christ had been born in a manger, Addle and May said they liked that kind of Christmas just as well as they liked a green tree. A Christmds Carol, The winter night was dark and still, The village lay asleep; In meadows underneath the hill The shepherds watched their sheep: The shepherds watched their sheep, good Lord, But angels watched o'er Thee, While Mary held Thee to her heart, And they sang jubilee, Il, As now the Yule -log glows aflame, And winds without run wild, We 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 111111 III, Lord Jesus, loop from Heaven above, And come, Lord Jesus, here, To 1111 our home with Christmas, love, Otir hearts with Christmas cheer; Our hearts with Christmas cheer, good Lord, And hippy may we be, All lads and maidens in our home And sailor boys at sea,' iv. 0 Mary's Son, for her sweet sake All womankind 18 blest; We praise Thy- name when first we Wake, :And when we go to rept. + =en we o to rout, goo .,",..,.,. amu• •.,,..,$ ,f,ol'd, Our nlilttty ti17,annta and givest Far all good mothers—sotne on earth r o_ ' yl u�� ai 1114 ;Ri'it9.1:41/19..� ,�tte 14 Re9tXeN,::.,.,.. A SOK OF THANKSGIVING Melee a SoyiUl noise unto: God, all ye lands.. Sing forth the honor of His name; make His praise glorious, Say lento God, Row terrible art Thou in Thy works! through the greatness of Thy power shall Thine enemies submit themselves unto Thee, All the earth shall worship Thee,, and shall sing unto Thee; they shall sing' to Thy name, Come and,see the works of God; He is terrible in His doing toward the children of men. He ruleth by His power forever; His eyes 'behold the nations; let not the rebellious exalt themselves, 0 bless our God, ye people, and make the voices of His praise to be heard: Which ho'Ideth our soul in life, and sufereth not our feet'to be moved. For Thou, 0 God, hast proved us; Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the net; Thou laidst afflic- tion upon aur lo'in's. Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and water; but Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. Simple Gifts for the Little Ones. One or two suggestions of inexpell- sive gifts wheh never fail to please any child, may help some one groping for an idea. A surmise ball may be made to suit a child of any age. Take a ball of 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 of 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 when the children are kept in bed, is made by using a coif- position book of any medium-sized notebook. Cut from old magazines figures of men, women or children. In selecting these keep in mind the fact that the head must be so arrang- ed that it can be cut from the body without spoiling ,the figure. Carefully paste them in 'b, book, each page of which has had a vertical line drawn exactly through the middle of the page, and a horizontrO,, line two inches from the top on each page, When pasting on the figure have the neck of each come as nearly as possible at the iintersect'on of these two lines. After the paste is dry cut each page adross on the horizontal lino, Then, by turning the leaves the heads and bodies aro interchanged, producing gsoteaque effects which cause shrieks of Joy from the youngsters. e. All children lore to dress pp and play make-believe, so an inexpensive costume made of paper cambric, will delight the heart of a child. One little boy received a clown suit made of white cambric and covered with fig. tires in varied colors of stars, cats and geese, A long poluted cap was made to go with this. I''or a little girl a regular "lady's dress" would please more than anything else: When the children hang np their stockings for Santa Claus to 1111, it is not' always easy to think of small gifts that 'll fit in the stocking. Little Wgirls, always delight in small fancy bags. Ono little girl found a set of jackstones in her bag, another had a package of 'colored crayons In hers, and in a pretty blue bag was found a box of fancy beads from which the child could inalte wonderful necklaces and bracelets. A hair ribbon will also tuck into a stocking, and any little girl is happy to have a new ]lair bow. A. boy will appreciate a new purse, particularly if it has a bright coin to it, no matter how small its denoml'ia- tion. One boy kept his shoes neat and free from dust all through the year just because he found in his stocking a folding shoe polisher which lie could always carry with him. "The tight word is always a power and communicates its definiteness to our action."—George Eliot. SWEETS FOR CHRISTMAS 1. .11 Saving candies excellent There such !fruit i stuffed delicious. out the an almond eagerly Dried and raisins are also and nuts not prove A prunes, a grinder, and 'jQ; make candy, Use Christmas To requires less and, atherwiee lowing sugar: Peanut granulatedl broken iron melts nuts, • 91i, Is zn IPennut the sugar used Or Christmas and iu your own home is au conservation measure, are all sorts of substitutes, as stuffed dates, candied ginger, pastes and salted nuts. Not only dates, but stuffed prunes are Wash them thoroughly, taste seeds and slip into each one or a peanut and see how the children will eat them. fruits such as dates, figs, prunes not only have sugar but highly nourishing. Raisins if given with moderation will indigestible. Half pound each of dates, figs, raisins and nuts run through softened with lemon juice cut into squares like caramels motethe skins from one quart of roasted peanuts and chop flee. 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 tared shallow pan, Bake in a quick oven until well puffed and brow ecL As soon as taken from oven, cut ie bars, using a sharp knife. Chocolate Caramels,—One pint of sugar, one pint of extracted luel3ey one-quarter pound grated , chocolate, one-half cupful sweet cream, one table, spoonful of vanilla extract. Try this often while boiling by dropping a small portion hi cold water, When it evil form a soft ball, pour about one -quay to r 6^ "; a.�,•ynA,k't�R.G �?;+' -T �•'.h.'k ;;r+.,''''+bin '�• r \11f.'.." '{'u,>:':k• +v Y b R o`\.^(t:+•:;;.,..kr 4k > v<k(WyJ:. kk k k �1@#:'4'•�r,$�,5�`, Y. 'R'~•�'i } 2 k ry �1,•�':: P C '�" v<f{:. `�%' iA';. 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Ma •I in squares just before it hardens, Walnut Creams.—Boil to the spa. stage one cupful of grated chocolat( one cupful of brown sugar, one cups of extracted :not no one-half cupful sweet cream, When it hardens oa'b ing dio�lped into water stir ill a iliac of butter the size of ilii egg. Just b fore removing from fire add two cul Yule of finely chopped nuts, stn thoroughly and pour on buttered plate to cool, then cut it into squares. - Clacker J'aclr,—One capful of brow. sugar, one cupful extracted Boil until it hardens when dropped t0 Cald waren', Ilennove Pram t11110013.117 and stir in one-Ixalf teaspoonful o P s da and 1 when this s disc '. 'i seda: vas stir t� e o >-cora t ,fill the 14 t p 1 w 1 elle, Spree, on cease t! VOW ns arid mark in rnun.rna