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pleees o tin-
and watch the
Narrow strips of
ear could taste the
and you might pin
n the curtains and
some from the
Q`e4ou might invite the
as six or seven and
shments as the evening
folllow with the pro -
upper party you might
substantial menu.. But
serving at seven, pre-
ogram, or at ten, follow-
emony of the fairy and
an be made especially
and entertaining.
he suggested decorations are not
and to obtain or to arrange, and
should enable the hostees to give a
different kind of Christmas party
that will be quite as enjoyable as the
ante -honored kind with a Christmas
tree and a Santa Claus.
MENU.
Cheese Sandwiches
Meat or Peanut -Butter Sandwiches
Pickles Olives
Plum Pudding
Coffee
If supper is served at seven you
might add a salad or a hot vegetable
like baked beams, escalloped corn or
potatoes or something even more
elaborate. Here's the recipe for
Scotch Plum Pudding (for 20) :
One pound seeded raisins, 1 pound
currants, 1 pound diced suet,. 1 pound
granulated sugar, 11/2 loaves bread
ered with tcanna-
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And twigs that ere made of
candy. it
The toadstools are jumbles; `'thea
springs, root beer; M
Flower cookies are found with'
ease,
While squirrels and birds are fat
little cakes,
mAnd ja1llies calla out of the tmees. ! �
In the very midst of this wondrous
grove,
On a stalk that's not very ball:
There grows the plum pudding,
spicy and sweet,
The beat and the grandest of all.
ope in rotation, and writes his guess
on his paper. When all have one this,
the judge collects the papers and
ewer& a prize of an apple stuck fun
of cloves to the player having the
keenest nose. No player is allowed
more than three minutes to examine
the envelopes.
PLUM PUDDING SPELLING BEE.
This list of words is suggested:
Pudding, sugar, candy, jellies, .sauce,
granulated, bark, spices, ingredients,
nutmeg, crystallized, sifted, cloth,
string, raisins, mold, walnut, milk,
lemon, butter, pound, stir, level, grat-
ed, loaves, quart, extract, seeded, bat-
ter, plums, cinnamon, jumbles, cloves,
sweeten, ginger, flour, diced, muslin,
sift, currants, slip -knot, suet, orange,
vanilla, eggs, shape, heaping, boiling,
beaten, crumbs, smooth, flavoring,
thickening, teaspoonful, dromedary
dates, tablespoonful.
wait
With all its hospitable train..
Forth to 'the wood did merry -men go
To gather in the mistletoe.
Then opened wide the baron's hall
To vassal, tenant, serf, and all;:
Power laid his rod of rule aside
And Ceremony doffed his pride.
The fire, with well -dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
The huge hall table's oaken face,
Scrubbed till it shone the day to grace,
Bore. then upon its massive board
No mark to past the squire and lord.
There the huge sirloin reeked; hard by
Plum porridge stood, and Christmas
pie;
Nor failed old Scotland to produce,
At such high tide, her savoury goose.
England was merry England, when
Old Christmas brought has sports
again.
'Twas Christmas broached the mer-
riest tale;
'Twas Christmas broached the might-
iest ale;
'Twas Christmas told the merriest
tale;
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer
The poor man's heart through half
the year.
MY GIFTS.
My gifts are made with my fingers,
For my dollars are too few:
And so I'm going to stamping, sewing
For you and you and you..
My gifts are made, with my fingers,
In the old-time -Amen's art:
My gifts are made with my fingers,
And with niy heart.
—Mary Carolyn Davies.
tianstinas back
In addition to measurements and
fingerprints of criminals, phono-
graphic records of their voices can
now be taken without their knowledge.
Players in this game are arranged
in a line according to size, the largest
crumbs, 34 pint milk (enough to mots- on one end and the smallest on the
ten and "bind"), 4 ounces grated other. Each player stands with his
orange peel, 2 ounces grated lemon hands on the shoulders of the person
peel, 1 pint sifted white flour (enough in front of him. At a signal the game
to "bind"), 2 ounces chopped figs, 3 begins, the largest player tries to
eggs (well beaten), 1 teaspoon (heap- catch the smallest one and the others
ing) ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon attempt to prevent it by twisting,
(level) ground cloves, 1 tablespoon coiling and turning about. The line
vanilla extract. must not be broken.
„,-,_ X112 ia_._ ;mss well; mould into The antics caused by keeping the
round shape. Having bored yard ends apart furnish no end of excite- I
of new muslin (unbleached) ten min- rent and fun. When the smallest
utes, wring out, spread on table; sift player is caught the game may be re -
flour 1-16 inch deep and 14 inches in. versed, the largest player being pur-
diameter in centre of cloth; deposit sued this time.
mold; gather up edges of cloth tight- When the game is over, place a
ly and evenly (a -lowing for pudding small table in the centre of the room
swelling a little) and tie with %s inch- and then bring in what appears to be
wide strip of muslin in a slipknot. I a pudding. But instead of savory
Put in deep, pot of boiling water, and steam, red and green ribbonsconte
boil for four hours briskly; sleep cob- from the top. Fastened to the rib-
ered with water all the time. An old bons are little packages, two of which,
plate in bottom of the pot will prevent one red and one green, contain a few
pudding from sticking to bottom of -raisins, two others a cube of sugar.
pot. You might fill the rest with nutmegs,
RECIPE FOR sabln orange peel, figs, hard candies, cur -
Two ounces butter, 2% pints milk, rants, nuts, or little cookies, but there
must be a red to match each green.
2 heaping tablespoons sifted white Give each girl a red ribbon and the
flour, 1 heaping tablespoon grated
cocas (or chocolate), 1 ounce grated peen
rge pudding is untied the guests pull
crystallized ginger, 1 tablespoon van- gently. The little packages are open-
illa extract, sugar (to suit taste) . ed then, and the matching contents de-
Bringlac milk in saucepan almost to die who are supper partners.
boil; add butter and slowly stir in Serve the sandwiches, salads, and
thickening (which has been nnixed coffee, or whatever you decide upon,
with cocoa); add ginger and sugar•
for the first course. And now is the
Bring just to boil a moment; remove time for the fairy. Your little sister
and add vanilla, will enjoy impersonating her. To her-
(Note—To re -heat whole pudding,
boil 1% hours.)' old her coming, "The Plum Pudding
Fairy" is read aloud. The fairy is
CONTEST OF SPICES. dressed in a light brown costume to
A good way to "break the ice" at which are sewed raisins, candy, and
this party would be to hold a "Con- small cookies. She carries a wand
test of Spices" first. Appoint a judge with a small pudding bag on the end.
to keep the score. He sits at a table As soon as the poem is finished the
on which are arranged six or more fairy comes in and bows to the coin
numbered envelopes each containing a pony. Then she waves her wand over
different spice. The players are pro- the table, and two of her attendants
vided with paper and pencil, each appear. One carries the pudding, the
paper having a column of numbers other the sauce. They place them,
corresponding to those on the en . bow, and disappear. Then the fairy
velopes. The player writes his name' bows and goes out, and the guests find
on his paper, approaches the table, that fairyland puddings are as good
smells (but may not see) each envoi- as they'd dreamed they would be.
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There Is a Room.
The little King has come, has come!
Ilast thou a guest room in thy home?
Send Him not forth with beasts to lie,
Seest thou? His star shines in the elcy;
Welcome Emmanuel; ne'er depart
There is a .room within my heart.
Watching their sheep on distant hill,
Angelic strains the shepherds thrill,
Joyful they haste to see the Child,
The promised Saviour, undefiled..
So would I hasten, glad to greet
And kneel 0 Christ -child, at Thy
feet.
Alas! 0 World, turn not away
Thy Sacred Guest, this natal day,
Too oft in ignorance and sin
Have nations turned Him from the
But from me, Saviour, ne'er depart,
Dwell in the room within my heart.
—Emma Watt Easton.
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Getting Ready.
Mr. Bug—"My, I never saw little
Johnny so industrious befocce•."
Lady Bug—"Why, don't you know
Christmas is coming?"
The fool wonders; the wise man
asks.
STEAMER LOOKS LIKE ARCTIC EXPLORER
Coated in ice from bow to stern, and from waterline, to the tops of her
rigging at the end of her laet lake trip for the season, the Canada Steam-
ships Line, 3,000 ton. bulk freighter, "Mapleton," presents a frigid ap,0ear7
ance as she lies docked at Toronto. The "Mapleton," which is commanded
by Captain Dan Cornett, left Waliaceburrg with a cargo of 2,000 tons of sugar
for the Dominion Sugar Company, last Thursday, and betwerea furling a pass -
ago through Lire rapidly closing Welland Canal and l;ettirng wittt the waves
on the lakes, took until shortly after midnight Monday to complete a
run that is normally made in two -and -a -half days. The "Mapleton" is the last
but one of the company's boats to lay up for the winter.
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GAMES FOR THE CHILDREN'S PARTY
Christmas Compete' is prayed thus:
Stretch a sheet across a doorway and
behind it place a barn lantern or elec-
brie, light (do not use an oil lamp).
Let a group of young folks dress in
various grotesque disguises, 'and ap-
pear, one by one, behind the screen so
that their shadows will be :thrown
upon it. The other guests then en=
dearer to recognize the "Christmas
company" by their shadows. Noses
can be built "up" or "out" by means
of wax, in order to ehangethe pro-
files; pillows will change the slender
to stout; and it well be no easy prob-
lem to determine the identity of the
various shadows,
Christmas Presents can be made •a
jolly game. The players sit in a circle
and the leader asks a player "What
did Santa Claus bring you?" The
player may reply (for example) "a
ukulele" and immediately pretend he
is strumming one. In answer to the
same question, the next player may
mention "•a vacuum cleaner" and be-
gin to roll an imaginary cleaner. Who-
ever names a gift that can not be.
pantomimed is "out." The leader goes
'round the circle until all are panto-
miming their paesents in an absurd
manner. The question is again asked
the ukulele player, who may then
answer "hair -brush" and try to brush
his hair and play the ukulele at the
name time. The questions continue
around the circle and it will not be
long until' the game breaks up in a
gale of laughter.
For the Christmas Candy Box, cut
cardboard into oblongs the shape of
candy boxes and write on_oach the fol-
lowing" rhymes. Have pencils in readi-
ness
eadiness and award a box of candy to the
person who first writes the correct
answers.
1. 'Tis in the mouth, to this add a fall,
And now you have candy for ehil-
dren so small.
2. Sometimes 'tis foolish praise ('tis
true)
And sometimes it's sticky dandy,
too, • '
3. A word for nonsense you'll oft ex-
olaim
And thus a favorite candy name.
4. Your Christmas -candy box may
hold
A meadow flower, bright as gold.
5. Phefirst a dairy product '
'Tis always on the table,
The next,'a people o'er the sea;
Now guess if you are Wel
6. Where they :nuke money, so shining
and bright,
And so as a oandy it must be all
right
7. The second is a calor, the first, a
chilly season,
The whole, a candy old folks like, of
course "there is a reason!"
8. A French word meaning good,
Suppose you say it twice,
And you will have a candy
That's always very nice!
9. To make this good candy, two
• words you must take:
The first is a nut, the next "easy
to break."
10. A slangy word for whip,
A vowel, then a food,
You'll have a candy thet is black
But also very good.
Answers: 1, Gumdrop; 2, taffy; 3,
fudge; 4, buttercup;', 5, butterscotch;
6, mint; 7, wintergreen; 8, bonbon; 9
peanut brittle; 10, licorice.
Just About. .
"I want a shirt for little brother,"
said the child in the dry goods store.
"What size, my dear? How old is
your brother?"
"I don't know 'seedy. FIe's not very
old. He just takes two steps an' nen
he falls down."
When It Runs.
"The directions say to turn the
handle clockwise. What does that
mean?"
„How absurd! Don't you know the
way your clock runs?
"Sure, it runs down."
Heroism Rewarded.
William W. Wilson, of Perth, Omit..
awarded a Royal Humane Society
medal. On August 10th .lash, Wilson
saved a ten -year-old boy, Ismael Baker,
from drowning In the Tay rivet.
Growing Trees.
There should be Christmas trees: But
let them stand
Deep rooted in the woodland and
the lawn;
So may they point to Christmas stars
above,
And bow before the wonder of the
dawn.
Down all the singing highways of the
world,
Confided to each wind and listening
breeze,
Will come their hymn of gratitude
and joy—
The mighty choir of growing
Christmas trees.
—Alison Brown.
WHICH WAY DID SUMMER GO?
Whleh way did summer go? ..
But yesterday I called her twine,
I 'felt her breath like odorous wine
Fall • soft upon my waiting lips,
She pledged her faith, and yet she
slips
Away from nio, making no sign.
0 winds that blow,
Which way dig. summer go?
Which way did summer go?
0 warns, brown hills, you saw her •
pass;
.Her swift feet bent your dreaming
grass
That lies half shadowed, half in light.
(I clasped her close but yesternight).
0 half-stiKed brooks, you saw her
pass,
0 birds, you know --
Which way did summer go?
—Florence 3. Hadley.
THE LIFTS
BY JEANNIE PENDLETON HALL.
The little Jt sus dropped the glistening
'thing
(The place smelled sweet of frank-
incense and myrrh),
And Mary pressed her darling close
to her.
It seemed so very strange!
Like any other baby's were the rings
Of soft_diainp hair upon his tiny head,
And yet—those Three, the stately
- camel -tread,
The Star thsat did not change!
She hid the Magl..gifts half tenderly,
Half jealously, for Joseph in ,lis -
tress
Groaned of their splendor and their
uselessness
And would have proffered them
Back to the . givers, could such rude-
ness be.
But they were gone; the rested cam-
els sped
Busily eastward now, and rumor said
Not by Jerusalem.
The warning cane, "To Egypt!" and
within
Her simple bundle Mary stowed the
gifts
(They scented it lisle apple -blossom
drifts
In May); bat Joseph frowned.
"I fear it is a menace, half a sin,
To lade the beast," saith he, "with
things so rare.
When shall our Sonling need that in-
cense there?"
Saith she, "When He is crowned."
Where were the gifts those three
sharp, crowded years
'Twixt wilderness and Calvary?
Mayhap
His mother kept them; sometimes
would unwrap
The covering and behold
The well -saved treasures through her
lonesome tears:
The little censer, deftly wrought ail
filled,
Worthy a prince, delightsome to a
Chid,
• The myrrh, the yellow gold.
Where now? Were they caught heav-
enward, glowing, hung,
As was the Holy Grail that none
might see
Except the knight of stainless pur-
ity?
No matter! Far away •
The winds of centuries the shards
have flung
Of larger trophies, but then centuries
• keep
The Magi -thought, and while tho Cae-
sars sleep
Our hearts give gifts to -day.
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TREES.
'BY LAURA BEDELL.
Only a clump of naked trees,
Sturdy and strong 'gainst the Win-
ter's breeze, -
Out where the snow lies thick and
deep,
To cover the roots in their Winter's •
sleep.
Never al sign the bare boughs show
Of the .life concealed benath the snow.
On a hill they stand straight and high
Like etchings traced on a pale blue
sky.
On a clear, hue day,
In a warm July,
I looked for the trees
As I wandered by.
I saw them dance to • a joyous tune,
They found in April and May and
Juni,
The etchings-. traced on a pale bane
sky
Wore a thousand frills in a warm
July.
DJD YOU EVER TRY?
Ammonia and alcohol to sponge the
silk blouse or frock. Just put a little
ammonia into a few spoonfuls of the
alcohol.
To clean the electric toaster with
a flat paint brush—the kind they sell
in the 10 -cent stere, • It will speedily
remove every particle of crumbs.
Lemon juice to reprove oil or grease
stains fromtan shoes? It evil readily
accomplish this.
Broiled salmon steaks, oyatsr sauce,
French fried potatoes, peas, lettuce
salad. with .Busman dressing and
cocoanut pudding?
Tomato bisque, scalloped oysters,
Ps t-isiemve potatoes, lima beans (dried
endive and beet salad and .pumpkin
pie?
YOUTH.
In the time of our youth and
abounding interest in life, we give
plenty of attention to our houses, to
our clothe;, to our genies, to our {orad;
but about the main problem of life--
how to feed and nourish onr personal••
ities, so th' at they may have a vigor -
ens and healthy long -life,. we take far
less trouble than in deeming the reete
for a motor trip..
"DEVELOPE.D" IS RIGHT.
A. judge's litt:e daughter, who had
attendedher father's court for the
first time, was very nFuch interested
in the proceedings, After her return
home she told her mother: "Parra
made a spaeeh and several other men
made speeches to twolve:inen who sat
altogether, and then these twelve men
W01'O put in a dark room to be de-
vcleped.
The secret of hiippines:i is not !n
doing what one likes, but in liklng
what one has to do.