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Exeter Advocate, 1901-12-16, Page 7• :dm iese4 :z*fe Vsk \ 4 k, .," __,1/ • ,,...„,..—,.._ -`) 'Cs.'"'- „ ,Ii% .,,,,,,,'r."/'..e...'--,1-_, , .., „...„. „,..z.., ,,.;,,_• _-- .,„„. le,''''';'/_,///:;0". i ,/ , ......_ - ---z---------"' se. eledeed ..,tenseese, -e'ee soup DAINTY C•114 DS., No. 1 is a sachet made n. white linen. Celt the linen three times as long V.S the width.. Take one-third the flap and on it embroider Buttonhole the edge with evhite silk Or lavender if one chooses. Fold one-third of 'the linen at the other end over the middle' third and put, in cotton batting sprinkled with ea - 4 0_0 lee ee he e et ee lee ihee dee s h ,sre e ee fir oik 2$1 chef, powders Turn in the, edges at the side, also the opening at the top of the pocket, ,,baste and stiteh all around. Turn over the embroidered -piece and fasten to the pocket with 'a few stitches. , The needlebook (No. 2) is made of white linen over cardboard. The wild roses are worked, in Kensington stitch and the scrolls in green or gold thread.. The cardboard is cov- =17 oeeesse....---ereey „ • - -• a—_ es ee„.,-- . --lrgeggegee—eg.--gefeeee 11 Turkey Stuffed With Cheetnut Deessing.—Draw, singe, and trusS turkey, cleaning and wiping dry in - Ode and out. rill two-thirds with the following cressing, : Boil two pounds of chestnuts twenty minutes, shell, blanch, and chop 'very fine ; add to them one pint of mashed po- tato seasoned with two rounding tablespoonfuls .hard butter, one tea- spoonful salt, one-fourth teaspoonful paprika, two eggs ; sew up both vents ; dredge with a thick coat of butter and flour ; place in pan ; fill full of hot water ; set in hot oven ; baste every ten minutes; when brown- ed evenly, remove and garnish with fried parsley, pimolas, nut meats, • and celery , hearts. Thicken the drippings after removing surplus grease ; strain and, season it. • Minna -set Punch.—Serve with the turkey. Boil for five minutes 000 quart water and one-fourth cup sugar ; remove from fire and add juice of three large lemons, grated 'rind of one, juice of two oranges.; while hot, pour gradually on to four eggs beaten until thick and lemon - colored, beating constantly until cool; set in ice -Water until cold ; then freeze to a mesh; peck ler tWO hourS ; serve in punch cups. This is equally Mae served as a dessert with mall. gem cakes made from , angel - food mixture. Calves' Brains and Pimolas Can- apesee-Cover the brains foe one hour in ice-cold watee to remove the bleed. Cover with lukewarm water containing orm small onion, six sprigs parsley, one-fourth teaspoon- ful salt, six pepper corns, tablespoon- ful vinegar. Simmer twenty min- utes ; then draM and place imme- diately in ice-cold water ; remoye• the membrane and fibres ; hip into beaten 'eggs, then fine cracker crumbs and saute in smoking hot fat. Serve on a hot platter surrounded with the canapes, made by frying very small circles of bread, with sthall wens cut in e,enter, in smoking" hot butter, to a delicate brown ;. place a pineolas, or an olive stuffed with a sweet pepper, he each well ; drop a star of mayOnna,iee on top. ' Stuffed Peppers in Tomato Jelly.— Remove A slice from stem end bullnose peppers ; take every seed out ; sotele in salted water one hour; then &tinnier five :minutes in fresh water ; drain, and when cool, fill with chopped and seasoned cabbage, using yeelks of hard -boiled -eggs in it; replace stem elide and set upright in . ...deep quart Charlotte mold or basin ; pour in a tomato jelly, made as follows : Simmer contents of a PreeePoUnd can of 'tomatoes, twelve pepper, corns, six sprigs parsley, one ronion; four stalks celery, one bay- fea.f, for twenty, minutes ; strain and add, one-fourth box gelatine dissolv- ed In a little cold water, two table- spoonfuls tarragon vinegar ; stir 1)1.1'111'4E !until gelatine is dissolved ; set in ice -water until it commences to con- geal, then turn over peppers ; when ready to serve, set an instant In hot water •; unmold on a cold dish and garnish with inae-onnaise, to which add a little softened gelatine, to re- tain its .shape. Orange Shorteakce—This forms a • delicious finale to a heavy turkey dinner. Sift one quare flour, one-half teaspoonful salt, then rub into these three rounding tablespoonfuls hard butter, two teaspoonfuls baking pow- der ; wben it, has the appearance of `meal, add ice -water to make a most dough, easily handled.; divide in two: pat to shape itself into two -layer cake tins -; when baked, remove -to a hot dish ; spread with butter, and a _layer of orange, sections, dust thickly with sugar ; a bowl of whipped cream may be passed. XMAS CAN.DIES.,, Chocolate Caramels.—Boil _ slowly together -One pound of brown sugar, one-half cupful of molasses, one guar- eer of a pound of grated chocolate, one half cupful of cream ,and one tablespoonful of butter until it is like very thick 11101aSSCS. Take from the fire, add one teaspoonful of va- nilla and pour into straight -sided buttered pans, marking in squares When partly cold. VaniUa Caramels. ---Boil togethef" one pint of granulated sugar and one and a half cupfuls of Hell cream. Have a steady, rather siow fire (Lila stir occasionally until a spoonful dropped into ice water can be rolled by the thumb andafingers to a hard ball. Take from the dire at once., add one, teaspoonful of vanilla or any hind of flavoring and pour into well buttered tins. When partly cooled mark off in squares. Nut Candy.—Boil one pint of maple sugar until it will harden when droppedinto, cold water. When done pour it over half a pint of any kind of nut kernels. Spread over a het - i terbd plate. ' Butterscotch or Brown Taffy—Three pounds of brown' sugar, a quarter of a pound of butter, one-half teaspoon- ful of cream of tartar; add sufficient water to Only -,dissolve the sumer, boil without stirring until it win easily break when put ha cold water; when cleric add' ten dropsof extract of' lemon, pouf- into a well -buttered P011, and when partly cold mark off into squares, then break apart when 'cold, or it can- be pulled. White Tafiy.—Three pounds of white sugar, one-half pound of but- ter. (me teaspoonful of Crearn of tare tar ; vinegar may be used instead of water, and the cream of atartar may be ' omitted: Flavor with vanilla'. Pell till light and white. IIRISTMAS RECREATION. ered With linen and lined. Leaves of flannel are put between' the teso hearts and the whole tied together With ribbon. No. 8 is a return dial, and a very appropriate gift for a man. It may be made of linen, the design ,(cut No. 8) embroidered and the figures. No d ernbroidered or inked, or it may be made of water color paper and the design painted. A pretty size is 5 in. with the circle 8,e in. The little pointer may be bought at any fancy goods store and is put In the center, around whichitrevolves. • _--4-- A BARBAROUS FATHER. A man of affluence was heard once to say, "I loathe Christmas, the very thought is distasteful to me." When asked- why this was, he, ,replied, "My father did not believe in Christmas a,nd its youthful follies. He said he intended, his sons to be brought up to know better than give themselves up to such foolishness. So when my mother took my little stocking—I was then ae curly headed lad of five years—to fill it for me he deinolishecl the playthiligs and candies, and for- bid her to purchase more. As he was a very austere, severe rnan_she felt obliged to obey him. The next morn- ing I was out of bed bright and early for my stocking.. There it hung, limp and empty. 'With a -cry I bit in a forlorn heap, feeling in ray stocking to see if there was not fuse one bit of candy. Had I found the most trifling remembrance it would have been all right. As it was to my child -Mind I stood convicted by the children's ' patron saint. Crushed to the earth, I could neither eat nor sleep, and was a,sha.med.to meet my playmates. I was disgeaced in my own mind beyond recietnntion. Strange as it may seem, that feeling has followed me all my life. My Christmases are always a dire • and bitter failure." Howeverwell mean- ing, that man may have been, to say that his conduct on that occasion was barbarous is not overstating the matter in the least. IN NORWAY AND S.WEDEN. Norway- arid Sweden celebrate with a real Santa Claus.: Early Christ- mas eve the children are dressed in their elinest• attire. : Days previously songs, dialogues and speeches have been prepared. The house is decorat- ed with the holly and greceA, and all day long the children are on the qui vive. Every knock on the door or ring at the bell brings a thrill of ex- pectancy and a rush to the door, until'finally Santa Claus appears. The children ha-ve on their best be- havior with their good clothes, Santa is respeetfally saluted, but with exl")eetaelt" eyes, and finally,' after rePOat(id tend' -shaking andex- changes of 'good , 'vihes, he inquires into the .,behavior of thee children. If, a (Odic' is guilty of any gross Mis- demeanor he .chides the little', de- linquent, but aleeays forgives under a promiee ,of abttcr • report tient, year, tittle speeches are then made, songs of the day, are sung, and the young - ere children climb into Santa's lap, thoroughly enjoying his ,visit. At last comes the grand distribution of gifts. From his pack Santa seleets each one's gilt, when the ringing of Sleigh -bells in the distance is', heard and he must go." Such 0. tugging and pulling the dear old saint 11C1Ter ex- perienced ; hue there are other child- ren waiting, other presents to he given, and he cannot dieappoine so many, so he must speed on his way. 1 "Did you over laugh until you cried, , Terniny?" "Yee, only tine Meriting." "What at?'' "AVoll, pa 'stepped on ,a tack .and, I laughed; then pa caught 'ine laughieg and 1 erled,"• 'tS1 .17 u.;-";44',R.;104E-CE.i4^31.•:*VONi'iVAG)t(40.'l..?1%.?10.14.4,;E*".,,KA))14i,s;i4'2,1(034;0;A:4), ' 3q0.40;ii*WfAi #C4i.4K4ik .c1).11St01,40::: oose. 2, 12 01 all our domestic fowls ' the gooee appeetre to have figured 111021 121 hifitary and literature. It flour - jelled in. Eg,ypt, and was (Wen ari ob- ject of 'worship among the earlY legyptians, as Sir John Lubbotk tells us it le in Ceylon. • The Romans esteemed the goose for its feathers and heel' as well as for its wakefulness and vigilance, which saved the capisol of Rome from the Caine. AVInle the watch dogs of the city were not aroused, the geese dievoyered the approach of the enemy, and by their cackling saved the city. ley this act their part in the history of the world may be as important, as that of the yellow dog in Dr. 3.-Ia1e'e story of Joseph in Egypt. The goose is frequently mentioned in Grecian literature-eAristopharies, Euripides, and Xenophon alLrefer to it. One of the most familiar of Aesop' e fabled has the goose for its subject. The general use Of the goose as a part of the celebration of Michael- mas, Septeanber 20, the festival of St. Michael, a day which is observ- ed in ninny parts of Europe, may be, a legacy from Pagan ancestors lile-e the association of the egg with Eas- ter. Queen Elizabeth is said to have been eating goose on Michaelmas Day, when news was brought her of the destruction ol the Spanish Armada. Popular, trad- ition has it that she thus set the fashion of eating goose o11 that day, but old records show that the cus- toni dated far back of that time. In th f the ' 1 feast was complete without goose in some form. A prosaic explanation of the cus- tom Is that the geese were then in their prime, having had the benefit of gleaning the fields where the har- vest had just .been gathered., Ac- cording to one writer tenants paid a Portion of their rent with a goose. "And when the tenanntes came to pay their quarters' rents, They bring some fowl at Midsum- mer, a dish of fish in Lent, At Clairsiseeatmageseee sae." eap on , i chael- mAnothe r record goes to show that in the tenth year of Edward the Fourth's reign a certain John de la Haye was bound, for tenure of land held, to render yearly to William Barnaby, Lord of Lascres, in the county of Hereford, a fat goose, foe* the delectation of the said lord on the feast of Saint Mie.hael the Arch- angel. In many parts of England it is still the fashion for the farniers to send a fat "stubble" goose • to the county magnates. To eat goose olitl,13fox2O313ileleli 0iferetohne 14e°01isoet tious(tlifi'seld0Phiyel the capacity of the bird, fox though • aevItevard and clumsy is le intelli- gent.. The flight, of the wild goose told I the early anriculturiets alma to cul- tivate their fields. The "gray lag goose" is the uncestor of all Mod- ern varieties, and this nanm may be due to the tendency of the bird to lag behind others in migration. A common call of goose drivers is "lag 'em, iag 'ent." White geese have been highly esteemed since the time of the Romans, mid the tendency Of white feathers to grow where others have been pulled out hes made them more and more common, The large flocks of geese of former days were driven -to market to be sold, but this journey could hardly be made faster than a mile an hour. It is said that at the present time more than three million geese pass through Warsaw every autunm, most of them for German markets. According •to a very old proverb, "riliree women and a goose make a market." -Certainly the selection cif a suitable goose for a holiday table may sometimes call for the, united wisdom of three women. A green goose is merely a gosling, and a young bird has a tender windpipe an'd " yellowish hill and feet. When old a reddish tinge appears in the yellow. When, fresh killed the feet for awhile. e morelilpel.Aiablend bid thetlenalit,lster ieeopfitreing improved by washing the greasy skin thoroughly with east') and water, but this is not essential for a young J1€. 'rho trussing and atufeing of a goose aro the Same 'IS for other fowls, but sage and onion are the ueued flavors for the stuffing. That the use of apple sauce with , roast goose is an old, old custom is prov- ed l)y Shakespeare, for we find the following in "Romeo and Juliet" : "Thy wit is a very bitter sweet- ing; it is a na6st sharp sauce." "And is it not well served with a sweet goose?" Lhe meeting is, of course, a vari- ety of apple; the name explains itself. In the fourteenth century a roast goose was often ?tuffed with garlie and quinces by Italian cooks and thus prepared was highly esteemed. The Germans stuff goose with apples and chestnuts and serve it with red cab- bage. At the same price goose is a more expensive meat than turkey becanso of the larger proportion of bone and fat. True, goose Oil has been a sov- ereign remedy for croup and throat -troubles, but it has lost its popular - SANTA CLAUS COMING— .011 the day of Saint Michael is said to insure good luck for the coining year. Aix old proverb has it—"It is only a 'goose who at Michaelneas never eats goose.'' Another saint • "Whom all the people worshippeth with roasted goose' and 'wine," ' is Saint Martin, whose day is ob- served on the eleventh of November. In 'ancient • almanacs this day is marked by the sign of the goose, and on -the •continent many geese are used td celebrate the day. Doth the September and November feast -days are gradually resigning their right to the goose, to Christ- mas, and few geese are brought to market before November. It is sin - ,Puler, however, that •the one race not keeping Christmas :Day, the He- brews, are said to eat more geese than any other class, but they , do not assign the bird to any sPecial festal day. • In the Middle Ages geese were kept; in large flocks, often one man would own a ehousand. Charles- reeigne ericemeeged this, endastry; .bis gotheeLherct' were. " among tbe =Yet highly paecl 91 his servants, and the geese were kept during the winter in heated houses. , Often geese. were kepe-more for. their, feathers 11100 100 ,food, but •the decline. of the -fea,ther-bed has taken awaY the occepaeion of tiie goose- berd: ,• Kate Dooglas Wiggin, in her re- cent, "Diary of a Goose Girl," re- ceitrets certain characteristics of this bird ; ' The intelligerme of hens, though modest, is of such an order that it pronipts them to go to bed at a, virtuoes hour of thole owd ac- cord; but ducks and geese have to be materially assisted, or I believe they would roam the streets till merniiig. Never did small boy detest and re- sist being carried oh to his nursery as theso dullards, young end old, de- test and resiet being driven to theice, 'Tether they suffer from in- I eomniu. or nightmare, or whether they simply prefer the sweet air of liberty (and, denth) to the odor of captivity and the coop, I have DO Means' of knoWilifee". Titie transfer 01 ety, if not superseded in efflciency by -more. inodein compounds. An old goose may be steamed or parboiled after stuffing, until nearly tender, and much of the -fat thus, drawn out, and -then it can be roasted like • a younger bird": There is no reason why geese should not be boiled or fricasseed like fowls, but the aver- age household uses thern so little that -they .seldorn appear In any oth- er way than stuffed and roasted. I REMEMBER THE DAY. leechib of young women on charit- able purposes intent, make happy many a poor child's heart at Christ- inas-tbne. Dividing the town into divisions each takes so many hoeses to visit, dressed in SOMe unique cos - turn,. They all visit the poor tont- ines', acting as Santa Claus' cousins, sisters and aunts. Ascertaining the nninber of children in each family, a little gift is left for each. It rimy be only a penny doll or a stick of candy doae up in tiesue-paper, but tlie joy. the gretetade, thatewells up, in that smalleheart over perhaps 114 only gift,' is in itself enough to bring the Christmas ,. peace, ainielY ropayiiig tee charitable, doners for their days of labor and sacrifiee. So it is the wide world' Over, be it a tree, Santa Glaue or a liny -tin whistle; Remora-, bet, the .day. 7.,et• it bring to your hear ''Peace on earth and good -will to pROor POSITIVE. Mislress--"Now, Jane, you've been talking again! Haven't 7 repeatedly told you that what you hear in my house is my affair and should not be roped ted outside?'' Jane --"1"1 • yod pleaee, mune, it's not me; it's next-door servant that'e been talking. I kuow it is, mum, COS I told her mesmf. Leach (who wants edvice on the theap)--"I'll settle that, bill of yours doctor Nov, in case I've any more trouble with ray head, what had better do?' Doctor (pocketing his fee).-e"Call nie in egain et once." 110.14.111404 0.101" 0.dAt1:00•44:•,,4,6*.f ••• Holiday Entertainin • .ta,* •`,4„ok*„.ee:* ote .:*44tea:**,:iie,4:4$•:44:4•:.•:«4:4•••••:$14,44V cmcf:fs IN Tim No man or woman who heart ie right ever grows too oldeto enjoy the threes, The primal glamour of the magic ring is never eatirely lost 50' that the hostess 'who` invites. leer friends to a circus in her parlor is sure of a ehower of etecept,ances. In planning a circus •the parlor is converted into a miniature ring, the carpet being removed and sawdust substituted. The central portion is used for thie, space being left for the, chairs of "the audience." Or if there arecommunicating rooms with folding -doors these may be thrown together, onoroom serving as the ring. The invitations can lee made mi- forgetably unique with little trouble and no expense. With a pair of sharp scissors, flexible yellow card- board mid thin white note -paper any woman can fashion a dozen or rao.re of such hoops as riders jump through at a bona -fide circus, They are made about three inches in diameter. The yellow cardboard is used for the frames. This cardboard is eat in narrow strips about twelve inches in length and , is sewed to form the circle. The white paper is used for filling the leocipp, The invitation is. Written onptalepeerigfisercus, tli jianwohi tetPleaPeec., 'The eirettS ring Can be rendered absurdly realiseic , bY various do - vices, such as flaring torches whose flames ,are nothing more dangerous than iridescent tinsel paper. A pea- nut and pop -corn stand, at which each guest on' entering would reccite a small favorites, would bnin e another tog , The e1own and ring -master ,ought to arrive a little In a,dvance of the other guests, and, Of course in cos - tame. They should be On hand to introduce -the features of the evening, which are as follows : A performance of trained animals; a chariot -race for. the championship; feeding the ale-- phant with peanuts. Previous, to the performance of trained animals each pereon is given a toy beast of some variety --any savage creature whose taming would be something of a feat. Each eni- mai has a cord about its neck. The, ring -Master now calls upon each guest to lead his animal hato the ring and put it through its particu- lar tricks. No excuses are allowed. Every member of the company in tura :Lakes his animal upon the saw- dust and gives a performance, which,, needless to say, should, be as spirited as possible. The function of the clown is to promote the fun by a silly running commentary upon ' the show. The player whose beast cut the most astonishing capers is re- warded. " This prize „presented, the ring -mase ter promptly announces a ceeriote.• race, producing at the same time two very small tin waggons, S11511 as can be boughtsat any toy' -shop for five cents apiece, and two canes. The canes are gi-ven to the first wereaten and man -Who announce themeeIves partners and candidates for honors. They are told to push the little ve- hicles three times around. The Fre- pelling is done not by a eeeady force, but by short taps on the rear oi the waggon. The candidate who makes the three circuits,in the short- est time .ahd first arrives at, the starting point wins the round. An- other pair fellows inaniedately and goes through the same test, being in turn followed by a third. Thoec who gained points then match each other until but two playerremain. Theo two now fight for the chanaplonehip in a tourney which is most exceeing of all. To the victor belongs the spoils—in this case a toy automobile which is designed for use as a elgar- holder or match case. The elephant which is ,fed with peanuts in 'the 'third number 'stands behind a, curtain with only his irn:ak and eyes visibleto the conepany... Through this curtain and facing the audience insert a Inrge horn for the - mouthpiece,. detached, of course, of U. Phonograph.. A , good-sized , funnel s welled aleo serve.. Or, feeling all of these, cut and' roll a large strip of dark gray cardboard' into a menet- shape. This is caned the elepbant's trunk. Above it On the curtain are sewed two large eyes of white and black muslin or paper. Peanuts are Passed on a tray, each one cf the assembly taking a few. The eeeelly. gamewhich follows consists Tied' de- ciding who can toss tlie MOSt DIAS into the elephant's trronk in twenty rounds. The .players i.n straight line, in order to give each an equal ,chance, and records .of hit or iniss are tabulated on 0 black- board. Two pounds of peanut taffy in a pretty box rewards the DIOSt sueeeestul ,elephantefeeder. Goodies ' appropriate' to "circus night'' ,ferm the .refreshmente served after the gamee. Ifet . end cold lemonade, milk, gingerbread and cooki With. lema and terigue eared- wichee,,•,are prime Oonstitnents of. the feat HANC,ING BP VIE '.8T0oxiNG. 11111 .111007in0 tllX .(481..te:s back to the Saladh tithe .8 'The good old custom of hateging the stockieg i rasie dyieg, out Cron the fact that 'most of the presents '. are too large to go int() it; Then, again, ie ie 'quite an expensisse to nil stockings 12113(10 oin the gifts. It is, however, the one fa:Ilene; or Oiiris±nias Wili011 i (iron look 101, - ward to more than 41.11Y -thing elee, .eo it ie well to know what will ell the stocking 211 1310 3.0aSt, expeuSe, Large candy canes at lAvo cents tarlatan hags filled witli eaefly, 113 arid pop -corn, a box casting five Conte filled with essarted toys. *le' a 1)ox, separated and wrepped tisene-papor, a ,Atiliatio, a, tin 01.0 1, doll, a jows'-liarp, marbleS 011d a drawing-bools will- fill it nicely and cost bet fifteen eetliS When cone, pl etc. 21 !??