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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1922-12-14, Page 6tri The ikigilt To3 To dive By Mary A. Roberts Parents and others who give toys to children at Christmas (or at any time) sometimes hold the belief that any sort of a toy that will amuse a child is a suitable gift. Almost any new toy will amuse—for a little while. Unless these is some- thing back of that toy, something really worth while, it is a waste of money. A toy should always have two purposes: first, to please .and ant- nae the child; second, to really bene- fit the child. This can easily be done. .A toy flatiron and ironing board really benefits a little girl, first, be- cause it pleases her to "iron just like Marna." Mother shows her how to use the iron, how to properly dampen the clothes, how to fold for ironing, how to use starch. The child soon learns to make her doll's dresses as smooth and nice as her own that Mother irons.. And she never forgets how to iron; Result: it proved to be the right kind of a toy. Or give a small boy a set of metal construction parts and ask him if he can make a wheelbarrow. He sits down and works over it until he puz- zles it out, and then you are as proud of him as he Is of what he has made. There are many mechanical appli- ances which will bring out all of a boy's constructive ingenuity, and prove a source of great satisfaction and enjoyment to him. afetal con- struction sets are marvles to a grow- ing boy; with same of these sets he can build a thousand different struc- tures, and as he pets them together he may be finding his career. For girls there never will be any- thing to take the place of the doll. How enthusiastic little Mother 'be- comes in her new world, and she quickly learns to make dolly's clothes, to care for her little bed, and a great many other domestic things which would not interest her in any other way. Toys can be Mother's co - And girls like to cut out things., Educational) cult -outs are innumerable, and very inexpensive. Give a little girl a furniture set and she soon learn& to be careful with furniture. Weaving sets qukclely train chil- dren's color perception. Enameled steel working looms are built like the big industrial looms, with real treadle. and shifters, upon which a child can make miniature rugs, carpets and many other pretty articles, from the directions. Modeling appeals strongly to most children and is an excellent training. for both hand and eye. Some of the older boys and girls wi11 surprise you with their achievements. For the lit- tle ones, sand box sets have animals and shovel, and a big metal box to work in and confine the sand to its proper place. Among household toys the list is almost limitless. A miniature sewing machine forever holds a little girl's interest and makes a straight seam a beautiful aecomplislitnent, The elec trlc iron that really irons dolly's clothes is always wonderful, and a small cooking range with fairy cook- ing utensils encourages daughter to help .. mother, to learn how to "make things," and awakens her imagination to the possibilities of a hostess. Little bathrooms, enameled like tiles, have tub, washstand, shower and the other essential appliances, and her play will very easily lead a little eta into hy- gienic habits. There are also laundry sets, carpet sweepers, galvanized iron refuse cans and almost everything else that Mather uses. Toyland is full of the right kind of toys for every child -toys that keep the active little people busy and their brains working, storing up knowledge against the years to conte. Children never forget things learned through play and parents can gain much by taking advantage of this fact, a bless- ed.,enittafor all coneernedi - w, '1 Grandma's back gets tired when she sits for any length of time in a hard -back chair. A long, soft pillow with, a cord fastened to it to hang over the back of any chair will be a wel- come gift from a small member of the, family. Match Scratcher. Where gas :or electricity has not yet made its appearance, lamps must still be used. In this case, the youngsters can make useful and pretty match scratchers for presents to their elders or one another. A ribbon bolt can be secured at any merchandise store. Use ribbon one inch wider than the bolt and shirr bath edges of it, - Slip ribbon over the bolt and tighten both •, eldea. Out out two pieces of sand- paper andpaper to fit the sides of the bolt. Stiek them on with library paste. Sew baby ribbon on for hangers. Hairpin Case. A hairpin case can be made very quickly and does not cost much. Use a strip of linen about eight inches long and three inches wide, in whatever color you wish, and a piece of lace net. the same length. Run a narrow hem on all sides of the linen and then care- fully sew the net to the linen body. You can make s. pocket for holding hair nets by lapping the case over about three inches at the end. Tack this pocket down on two sides. Two stripe of narrow ribbon twelve inches long sewed on the end opposite front the pocket does nicely for a hanger. Tie ends of ribbon into a suoceission of little bows at top for a dainty finish. Clothes Hangers. Clothes hangers all padded with cotton and covered with silk ribbon make pretty gifts. Either wire or wooden coat hangers can be used. Pad the hook with cotton rather heavily and the rest of the hanger not quite as heavily. Sprinkle the ootton with ti Obrietmas is what itt lee not beos use of home comings or ab- s'eni es, joy or aoiwow, fiches or povertry, and this we meet not forget. Carta!ttnst c Mande for more tthan private joy' said In- divirdu l bleseednese. Long ago they used to call itt the Ohris!t Mans—the holt' feast of the One whore birth among men was to teaoh rue the tree wary of teeing and sealing. If even there be a time to look out twin our ultambers of desolation, if evor there be a time to tram:gone Weak into gracious eh!embere of t etntiesr thought for ethane, Christe mate is the time. So shall rtes tidal our own loneltlneee and s'e shall Was help CO heal the loneft. . nese of the wide wea' d. ,,etpowder and then cover with in ribbon. . Ch,ild's 'owes ;Children love to receive useful gifts Vlach they feel are entirely their own. uy a pretty towel and embroider the ehild's initials on the end. Thais will be especially pleasing. Small sized towels are not very costly and it 'bakes only a short time to embroider two initials. Sewing Book. A very practical gift for Mother or Sister, who has just been married, is a sewing -book. Cut two pieces of heavy cardboard each seven inches wide and twelve inches long. You will need four pieces of cretonne seven and one-fourth inches wide and twelve and one-fourth inches long to cover the cardboard on both sides. Before putting the cretonne on the cardboard you can make the pockets and the tales. Take a piece of cretonne seven and one-fourth inches wide and four and one-fourth inches long and sew it on the bottom of the cretonne that will cover the left side of the book, to make a pocket for holding odds and ends. On the same side a cross strip of cretonne seven and one-fourth inches wide and two and one-fourth inches long for holding spools of thread. Make about five pockets for the spools, sewing a seam about every one and one-half inches apart, or just far enough apart to hold different sized spools nicely. Above this, a small strip to hold the thimble can be sewed. On the cretonne which will cover the right side of the book sew two narrow tabs for scissors, one about two inches from the topand one about two and one-half inches from the bottom, or measure to fit any special size of scissors. A piece of flannel two inches square will hold several sizes of needles. It takes only a minute or so to sew on tabs for pins, and other necessary articles which you may think of, and they add a great deal to the usefulness of the book. After you have all the pockets and tabs which you think will be needed you can easily cover the cardboard. Join the two pieces of cardboard to gether with three •stxlps of cretonne three inches long and ons inch wide, one two lechers from the top, one in the middle and one two inches from the bottom. Basting thread in bi.tak and white and else *bole of number to in black and white should be on hand, a tape measure and a small pencil can be put in the big pocket, and small crayons in white or yellow can always be uses by the sewer for marking hems and so forth. A pocket put In for Mother gle.ees would be very handy. The book can he folded: and put away when not in use and the knoveledgethat all the .sewing eten- sits are within easy reach is very comforting to a busy woman. The popular Christmas hyme0 "While ,shepherds watched their docks by night," was composed in 1708 by :e x`.1111-1-0.Y+.:r4 �ir.; /f��yf. `ik:A Jo-. �.. ; t'eVfteettee e e e.erer ^.' G. wF• • .::.! .. �.. ✓•4 z J ' :.Y' 15 per Pack %Fihi 0 t�WJYaIu-:o. A Xr....:.:.n.KiF..itb}t :•) ". Y. .. . ..4%M1. .Theat- Ntgrt ' ate, ria 5 STr :B a! cr IN youknow, are needed at the North Pole. The first was the Eskimo Race. Each participant was given a small lighted candle, a space was cleared, and the race begun. The object was to see who could get to the goal and .1 back without blowing out his candle. Of course, the younger ones were bar- red from this. But not so from the Blubber Race. The idea was to see who could `'blubber" most comically. Such faces and such criesl• The stunts in which all could join were most enjoyed, and promoted the warmth of sociability for which every Sunday schocol strives. A basket of lettered slips was pass- ed, and each person drew one. The leader then !announced that he wanted some North Pole animals, and would the seal please step fomw*ard. The persons holding respectively the let- ters S E A and L arranged themselves together in a group. A prim old lady, wiggling youngster of eight, a young chap of seventeen, and a ,girl of fourteen presented themselves. ,amid at ..,.. e gigglingoonsolidtated seal. w s 'then 'ask- ed to do some stunt 'worthy., .of,, its naAftertur- e. that the walrus was called for, and was followed by the polar standards. bear, the .whale, and the penguin. Upon closer examination eaoll'faee The tnix'ing-up that resulted was was found to be labeled with the name conducive' to fun. of some Sunday school teacher—de- At refreshment time the Refresh - noting her class. So everybody began to look around to locate his or her own class tree. in the garden. The -gardener, in the person of the superintendent, dressed as. Santa Claus, invited everybody to inspect the garden. The fruit, he aril'iounced, Japanese lanterns swinging overhead. would be picked later; for each tree The tin cups were filled up with bore such fruit as handkerchiefs, steaming cocoa, and the •sand'wiehes, harmonicas, dominoes, dolls, etc. and cakes eaten from paper plates. In one corner was a group of trees A program could be given instead. labeled "Refreshment Trees." One tree of playing games, but the games bring' had its branches loaded with `sand- old and young together in a. very com-! wishes tied in wax paper; another panionable way. was the cup -cake tree; a third !bare a ,crop of spoons; a fourth a shining A Mother to Her Baby. array of tin cups. 0 Love that will not let me go! Presently the gardener and his ass- I heldmy baby in my arms, sistants (the teachers), each wearing All radiant with a heavenly glow ] n— s. THE GARDEN OF_ XMAS TREES By Emily Rose Burt.-. This notice went in a little Christ- mas -tree -sealed envelope to' each member of a certain Sunday school, from the youngest in the primary -de- pastment to the- oldest arguer in the adults'' Bible class: Please Visit the Garden of Christmas Trees Friday evening, December. twenty- second At the Church Parlors The affair took the place of the usual 'Sunday -school tree, and was voted ever so, much more ti. A huge finger pointed f�.o ,1,a tree at the edge of the path t l the. .proper door, and the sign : To the North Pole Gardens. On entering surprised, in sn the invitations, to be piling world of little cedar trees. anThey grew in groups n circles, all tiny, and fastene into a s -and board merit Trees were suaroun�led and plucked. of cups and spoons, sand- wiches and eup cakes. Hot cocoa was served ; from the church kitchen at long Ohrittmasyr tables in the dining - room. Ground -pine stretched up and down the middle of them, with scarlet either a red paper sunbonnet or a And I am captive to her ,chari broadebrimrned farrier hat, began to This gentle warder's tiny hands harvest the Christmas -tree 'crop. The Gird my soul from day to day; grown-ups and children sat down on - The weiglht of toil the world demands the floor and benches; and as the name!Passes with her smiles—away; of a tree was called off, the members t And ofttim!es when the moon's above,' of the Sunday school who belonged to As I lull her to saver fro, that class were allowed to flock about • I ask in prayer to be worthy of their tree and pick off their own The Love that willnot let mo go! presents. • Besides the class trees, there was! The teacher was telling a long, a Gandy Tree, an Grange Tree,and a: highly embellished ,story about Santa Popcorn Tree, which the gardener Claus, and Willie Jones began giggl- with his assistants attended to. ing with mirth, which finally got be - Of 01' course, the present dist+ibuting� gond his control. Willie! What did was the event of the evening, but der-, I whip you for yesterday?" asked the ing the early part there were a few t teacher severely, "Fer lying" prompt- jolly ice -breaking stunts. Ice .lereakere, ly answered Willie. Old -Fashioned Nut Candy. Two coops light brown sugar, % cup water, 1 tablespoon. vinegar, 2 tablespoons butter • 'a cup chopped nuts, Place the sugar and water on the stove. When the miwture bene to boil, add the vinegar'. Cock a tow minutes, and then add the but- ter. When the syrup spins; a threads pour it 'over the nuts, which have'tieen spread on a buttered platter. Mark in. squares when cool. When cold, break superb, and wrap each eiitiare in Waxed paper, Maple Cream Fudge. One pouted maple sugar; 1 ettp create, '1/4 teeepoon aa+it, 1 tet +chop- ettategreas.aeseeeeseseeeeeteSeauteeee.ael the Poet Laitroate of that time. pod, Peo lls, awl Boil the sugar, cream, and salt together until soft balls are formed when it is dropped in Bold. water. Then add `the nuts, and pour on a buttered plane. Fruit Rolls. One cup prunes, 3i+ cup flgs, '/z cup walnut meats, 1/4 cup eh +edded co- coanut, 1 cup dates„ 2, tablespoons orange juice, 1 teaspoon grated Mar* peel. R,un the rooked prones, dates, figs, nuts, and cocoanut through the food grinder. Axid the orange juice and peel:. Roll into a long r oll, cut in slicer, and wrap each one in waited papor• Suggestions for the Christmas Dinner Menu: Star Canapes Oyster Soup Olives Celery Roast Goose Apple Baskets Mashed Potatoes Cauliflower - Yule -tide Salad Christmas Pudding Bon Bons •' Nuts Toasted Crackers Roquefort Obeese Coffee Star Canapes. Out small circles from '' toasted bread. Butter the bread,; Spread outer edge of circle with parsley. Chop fine, spread the centre with cream ehees Dispose in the ,centre a stars„ a sweet pepper or red ,beet.': Roast Goose,• Potato Stuffing. Singe, ,N• ,remove' pinfeathers and _scrub a goose in liot soapsu a; then draw. in cold water and" wipe. Stuff, truss, sprinkle with,eal, and pepper and lay six thiraitilliieef fat !salt pork over hreaast. Place on rack in dripping pan; put in hot oven and bake two hours. Baste emery fifteen minutes with fatsin pan. Re- move pork last half hour of cooking. Place on platter, cut strong and re- move string and skewers. Garnish with apple baskets and water cress. Yuletide Salad. Pare and chill six medium sized to- matoes. When ready to serve cut in eighths (not severing sections) and open like the petals of a flower on a nest of lettuce leaves. Mash a cream cheese, moisten with French dressing and make into tiny balls about the size of a pea. Place eight cheese balls in centre of each tomato. Serve with dressing. finely chapped red pepper. Mix in• gredients and stir until well blended'] Apple Baskets. Cut two pieces freom each applesleavi 'rig what remains in .shape of bas•/ ket with handle after cutting out pulps Chap pulp; there Should be two cups., Put in a stew pan and add threed fourths pound light brown sugara juice and rind of one lemon, .one ounce ginger root, a few gralas salt, and enough water to prevent apples front' burntngee __ever and cook slowly four hours, adter as needed Christina';_ Pudding. One cup ded a , 1 cup raisine . feces, 2 2-8 cape cap currants, 1 keaof 4 eggs, i-$, wned sugar, rind of one <tm'on, a table teaspoon grated 4 eggs, 1 :tearspeon Dressing. Half teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pep- per, lit tablespoon finely chopped parsley, 2 tablespoons vinegar, 4 tablespoons olive oil, 1 tablespoon cloves. Work suet unitii creamy, then add bread crumbs and carrots, Beat yolks' of egg until light :and add gradually while •beating•"constantly sugar. Com- bine mixtures and add lemon rind and vinegar. Mix fruit and dredge will flour mixed and sifted With salt an spices. Add to mixture, then add whites of eggs beaten until stiffieTurn into buttered .mold, garnish with thin strips of citron, steam 33i hours. Serve with sauce as follows: Sauce -1 cup brown sugar, 1-8 cult hot water, 2 tablespoons cornstarch, 2 tablespoons cold water, 2 table- spoons sherry wine, 2 tablespoons but- ter, % teaspoon salt, few grains nuts 'meg, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla. Bring sugar and water to boiling point and let simmer fifteen minutes. Add cold water to cornstarch and stir until smooth. Add gradually to ,syrup, stir+ until ingredients are blended, then lett simmer forty-five minutes. Add red manning ingredients and serve at once. Christmas Giving. Making a present as payment for a present that you have received is a poor kind of Christmas giving. So, too, is giving what you wish to get rid of. When a girl gives away a pair of new shoes that are too small for her she does not prove that she, is generous; site merely escapes the ac- cusation that she is a dog in the mane ger. A third type of giver focuses her attention on the recipient's welfare, not on her pleasure. The conscientious daughter may well think of her moth- er's comfort, but that does not mean that she should give her a hot-water. bottle or an electric toaster when site wants silk stockings or an edition of her favorite poet. Farthest of all from being generous is the person who gives presents that benefit herself. The manufacturer who distributes free samples cannot credit himself with dhilanthropy; he is merely mak- ing a shrewd business deal. The real Christmas generosity keeps both eyee on the happiness of the recipient. The gift should be for her alone, yet with it should go all the kindliness of spirit of the giver. "The gift without the giver is bare." Though the force of that line is blunt ed by familiarity, it sums up the great fact that true Christmas giving is a matter, not of hand or of mind or of pocket, but of the heart. Economy in Christmas Cards. You can make from old Christmad pictures and visiting cards attractive Christmas greeting or tag cards to ace company gifts, or pleasing place cards for a Christmas supper. On wlntee1 evenings it is good fun to cut from:, old post cards, magazines, and eo on,J Christmas pictures. --,a jolly Santa Claus, a wreath of holly, Christina trees, a cluster of lighted Dandles,` gayly decorated bells, a winter scene —and then to paste eao'h one in th* lower left-hand side or across the top, of . a plain white visiting card. You can cut out suitable and ate, tractive verses or lettering and, add them, or you can print and color a� cheery Christmas message. Wihen alts isdonee punch a hole in the uppers right-hand corner of the card in which! to tie a bow of gay Christmas cora' or ribbon.