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The Christmas Spirit.
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Eight-year-old Dorothy curled herself ley consented to help the little people,
up in the broad window seat where the and on Christmas Eve the children gath-
afternoen sun sent his lingering nays ered with their little guests from pov-
erty-stricken homes in the healthful
home of Dorothy. What, a deligltttill
ever op it was, with pines and well -
spread supper table!
Last of nil, gifts were distributed, No-
whtere in the great city was the "Christ-
mas spirit" more truly manifest than in
that mixed company of little folks. The
donors gave cheerily, though with te
feeling that a big part of their heart
was being carried off, while the guests
accepted the presents in the spirit in
whieh they were offered, seeming to real-
ize at least in part the sacrifice that
was made for their happiness.
"Mamma," said Dorothy, as she re-
ceived her good -night kiss, 'there's an
awful hole in my heart, but I don't
seam to mind it a bit, I feel so kind of
light and happy."
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through the curtained window right over
her shoulder and lit up the smiling No
of an Indian maid Mt the printed page
before her, Slowly Dorothy turned the
leaves of the largo volume. One page
showed the picture of an Eskimo village
Another the dusky countenance of a
small Arab playing on the sand before
a tent pitched in the open wilderness.
A ladyentered the room, and Dor-
othy looked -up with a sigh of happinere.
"Oh, mamma," . she exclaimed, 'it is
. so beautiful. I never get tired of
!ting at my wonderful book. . How
did you ever happen to know just what
I would like better than anything else
In the world."
Dorothy gently closed the precious
volume and ramped up to fling her arms
around the loved mother in an eestntic
embrace.
"It is becalms 1 love you, my darl-
ing," responded Mrs. Stanley, tenderly
caressing the soft brown curls. that
"TM you know, little daughter,
Christmas will soon be here again?"
"Yea, indeed, mamma. It le net two
weeks from today. I have been think-
"+ ing that you could not possibly give
me anything this Christmas that can
compare with my lovely book."
"Suppose, Dorothy, we sit deem here
together on this cosy seat and talk
bout it, You know dear, that on Christ -
ate Day all Christian people and na-
etiont the world over celebrate the birth
Of the Saviour of mankind. You know
that people show their love and Interest
In other people by sending gifts, as the
wise' men showed their adoration before
the Infant Christ by laying offerings at
His feet. You, my daughter, know what
pleasure it is to give presents to your
little cousins and your girl friends and
,to papa and myself."
!Yes, mamma,' cried Dorothy. "I
have my list made out now. There
are twelve people I want to remember
this Christmas and I have five dollars
and forty cents in my bank. Won't it be
fun to go shoppinglt'
Yes,, dear, but have you everthotght
that there may be some little boys and
girls who will get no gifts at Christmas
time. Their fathere and mothers are too
) poor to buy any, and often there are
aliildren %l.vho do not even have enough
to'gat or enough clothing to keep them
warm."
"Ch, mamma," sighed Dorothy, syn -
pathetically. •
"Yes, dear, should we not think also
Sof them" as well a.e of those we love?
h^,Think, little daughter, the Lord Christ
• left Iiia beautiful home in heaven, and
same to earth and lived a Life of hard-
ship and poverty, g dein good, because,
God wanted to show us how' much he
'Roved its. He has done much for us. The
lord Christ loved and suffered on earth,
g
sad at last ave His life that we night
be better, Ought we not to do some-
thing to celebrate Christ's birthday,
something to show how much we love
Him in return (for Ilis great sacrifice
for us?"
"Yes, mamma, " replied Dorothy-, in
a subdued little voice.
"Then what do you think we dhould
do, dear? Remember that the gift Cod
sent to the world on the first Christmas
Day was His only Son, and it was be-
' cause He loved us so, It was, a trenteul-
ons sacrifice, and we are so unworthy,
and we do so little to show our love.
We are so selfish."
Mrs. Stanley concluded with a deep,
regretful sigh, having about forgotten
the curly head beside her.
"But, mamma, how can we do any-
thing for Gal—he is so great and, so
far away?"
"Have you forgotten the lesson' we
read thismorning, dear, 'If ye de It ;in-
to the least of these, ye do it unto me.'"
"Oh, mamma, mamma, I see now, but
how can II do it? Oh, mamma, how can
I ever do It?" and Dorothy burst into
convulsive weeping.
Mrs. Stanley held her little daughter
in, a close embrace, not attempting to
comfort by words until the paroxysm of
grief had somewhat passed. She knew
that her darling, the only little one Cod
had sent to their home, must learn her
lesson of snail ice for love's sake.
After a time Dorothy's soba became
gentler, 'and 'she explained to her mother,
I understand now, ntnnuna; I will have
to give my book"—the words almost
choked her—"my book to Nellie Sims.
She is thirteen, and she never owned a
book in all her life."
Dorothy possessed . a number of books
and heaps of toys, foe she was an only
and much -loved child, Mre. Stanley was
a wise woman. She did not attempt to
frustrate the truth her talk had im-
pressed upon her little daughter by sug-
gesting that some of her toys be given,
or even anotheribook thitwas not so
dear to the child's heart. No if she
ware to "learn the lesson of sasriiiepi the
true spirit of the: Christmas' thee,' she
rasiet give the thing' that would cost
her something,
'The "Christmas spirit" sank deep into
ale Dorothy's heart. She did not we-
ber determination to give the
book. Ono day she came to her
er with a plan she had worked
out, and she met with true motherly
sympathy and co-operation:
Dorothy had spread the "Christmas
spirit" until a number of her friends and
k hheartily,
p ymatoe entered into it right
They all knew of one or two poor child-
ren that they wished to present the
dearest possessions to. Frank Mayberry,
after struggling with his conscience for
two days, told Dorothy that he was
ready to give up his "Speedwell sled to
poor Bob Hockney. Mabel Somers said
she would give her beautiful "Lady
bt Beth" to little Hannah White.
Bo' the good leaven spread, Mrs, Stan -
MISTLETOE.
Mythology connected with remote re-
gions has used the mistletoe in its
religious ceremonies. Ip the magas of
Scandinavian folklore you will find
that it was with a twist of mistletoe or
an arrow fashioned from one, that the
blind god Hoder shat at Balder, the
god of light, whose mother Freya had
neglected to render mistletoe harmless
to her son. It was the only thing
among plants, animals or minerals
which had neglected to give this promise
to the goddess Frepo, Hard for that
reason was chosen by Moder. For thin
cause you will find that among northern
nations, even to this day, the mistletoe
le regarded as poisonous. In Englund
no such had qualities are ascribed to it,
and in portions of the kingdom it is used
for treatment of heart trouble, It was
used in Pliny's time for the preparation
of birdlime, and it has been long known
that wandering birds were responsible
for the carrying of its seeds on their
bills, and when once it has a foothold on
a tree it never leaves it till the tree
dies. Every country has its name for it,
since it is widely distributed. The Arra
Wane call it Dabuch, the Italians Vischio,
the Spaniards Lige mordago, the Ger-
mans Efchenmistel, and the Dutch
Mareutacken,
When once you have seen it growing
in splendid balls of green high in the air
sung to by mocking birds and fanned
by clouds of hanging moss, you no
longer wonder that it seems a plant half
fairylike and wheliy mysterious. You
would never yourself think of plucking
it, and only wonder that there are any
who would do so unholy a thing! When
once it is brought down from its eyrie
you are glad enough to have a bit, not
to dreamt on, but to wonder on, and to
map out in fancy the charmed spot where
it grew and to debate to yourself whe-
ther it was planted by a silver-tongued
thrush, or carried by a scented breeze
from its parents, who for long years had
clung to an oak.
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AND A D JACK
Chrietmae Recitation.
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(By Jerry- J. Cohan.)
Been fightin', boy? you Jack and Roy!
You've punched each other's face.
So, I'm the judge to hear ,your grudge,
And settle this here case?
What, jealous, shame; you're both to
blame.
'Bout sweethearts? that's the cause.
Here, Roy, come back! Shake hands
with Jack;
Now, you two kids clasp paws.
Quick! that's the way; it's Xmas Day.
Behave! be friends, you foes.
Your mothers were twist sisters, they
Were lovely, May and Inose.
Your dad, Jack, boy, 's my brother Roy,
And you're named "Jack" for ane,
You're ahnost brothers, guess that's why
You like to disagree.
Now, listen, boy! "Jack's/father, Roy,
He was to marry Rose,
One Christmas day I sat with May;
Took courage to propose.
May said, 'elle loved my brother, Roy,'
Alen, that Rose loved me,'
To make it short, boys, we fought,
Punched, 'till we couldn't scel
Roy, reckoned that I'd nip'cl bis Rose,
I thought he'd stole my May—caught
my May.
Then May and Rose had words, then
blows,
Then pullin' hair --got gay,
Roy mac a sight! I showed up bright.
Then, what do you suppose? -
That Christmas day, Roy turned to May,
And I snug'd up to Rose.
That change of sweethearts made us
glad,
The fuss had cleared the air,
We plastered up cur faces, lad,
Our girls fixed their mussed hair.
'Twas Rosa -y May, that Christmas day;
Arid happy Roy, and me,
We joked and chaffed, and kissed, and
laughed,
That's how it happened. See?
It's great delight to see you fight,
And then make up and Drys,
The dinner bell! methinks I shell
Rosset turkey and mince pie
Look! there's twin mothers—on the
porch---,
Whose faces beam with joy.
Climb up—you, Jack --get "pig-gy back,"
Ho! there's your d:'dy-, "Roy,;"
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Christmas.
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(Ry Lady Somerset.)
A child sat bending over her work.
Her curly hair fell over her eyee. The
sunlight WAS playing on the flower -beds,
and white butterflies fluttered among
the blossoms over the green lawn where
she sat, and yellow-tbighed bees buenir"+
among the trees.
Site never lifted her eyes from the
little garment that she was sewing.
An unclothed doll lay on the chair beside
her, awaiting the clothing which she was
so busily making. Presently her moth-
er came across the grass, and laid her
stand upon the child's head.
"What are you doing, Nelly?" site
asked.
"I am dressing the doll. I ant so
anxious to get it done. It seems more
like being n real mother, doesn't it, to
have made its elothcs?" and she looked
up With grave eyes into the woman's
face, .
"I wonder if youhavethought," said
her mother, sitting down beside her,
"what thousands' and thousands
and
thousands of children there are who
have no dolls to play with. They dress
up the leg of an old chair, or some-
times they wrap a carrot in a newspaper
to make believe that they are doilies.
There was a little child who need to
play on a doorstep in a place I knew
well, who had nothing but an old stay
busk, but she loved it, I think, almost
more than you love any of your dolls.
But one day a rough man passing by
trod upon it and broke it to pieces, and
then she had nothing."
The child put her work down, and
looked into her mother's face. "Noth-
ing!" she said. "011, how dreadful!"
Then she got up, and stood with her
hands behind he• back, gazing oue be-
yond the floverheds and beyond the
garden, as though she were looking
away to seine distant thing eke bed
never noticed before.
"Children without dollies and without
toys? That does seem a terrible thing!
Suppose"—arid then her whole face lit
tip—"that instead of keeping this dolly
I gave it at Christmas time to some lit-
tle child who had none? I wonder whe-
ther that would not be better. May I
send this dolly, may I take it to some
little child, mother?" And she held it
up for a moment, looking lovingly into
its face, strokes its flaxen hair, and then
cuddled it up in her arms. "May I
take it myself, and give it myself to the
child on the doorstep?"
"I don't know how you can give it
yourself," said her mother, "London
is a long way off; but you can dress it
and make it beautiful, and we will find
somebody who will take it to a child
who has no toys"
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The summer sun had gone, the flow-
ers were nearly ball asleep, and the but-
terflies were hiding away, trying to
keep warm through the cold winter, so
that they might Clutter out again in the
first spring sunshine, But 'many of
them had died in the rain which poured
down all through ,the autumn days.
There was no child in the garden now,
and the only send that was heard was
the rustle of the dead leaves as they
floated 'down on to the grass. The
child had gone to London. She had
been very, very ill, and the doctor came
and looked grave, and said that her
mother must take her away to see
some clever man in the city; and so
instead of looking out over the wide
garden and the grass and the flower -
beds; Welly was sitting in little stuffy
room in 'a London hotel. The doctors
came every day and put their eare to
her chest, and weighed her in great
scales to see whether she was getting
fatter, and her tether looked very
grave, and would often turn away and
look -oat Of the window' when the doe.
tors undressed her, as though she
wanted to hide her:Ifast,
But when Decemlr;t came Nelly be -
`gen to grow strong**, and .She was al-
lowed sometimes to go out, for a walk
ifs 1iefrsington gardens 'IIje was taken
there':' a closers rah, so *la ' did, not
see onything of the streets of London,
and the walk seemed very dull to her,
because she could not run about and
dig in her flower garden as she did at
home. By -and -bye it was Christtnaa
time It seemed a very dreary
Christmas. She was all alone„ and her
brothers and eisters were in the coun-
try- and all Iter little friends. Mother
had said that eke should have a very
tiny Christmas tree all to herself, but
that did not seem mach fun. They al-
ways had suet; aolly time, and when
her brothers brought their friends back
from seseame for the holidays they said
it was the 'happiest Christmas home in
the world. And en it was, for mother
never minded noise, and they could
play hide -and -sock all over the house.
The only thing she was ever strict
about was that directly she said it was
time to go to bed they were never • to
ask to stay up a little longer. They
had had their fun, she sold, and she al-
ways wanted to be obeyed. and of
course mother knew hest. But this
Christmas WAS very different. It was
terrible to be all alone, and though
mother read aloud and did all she could
10 mouse Iter, still Nelly did sigh
for a good romp and ad giggle with the
other children. One morning, as she lay
in bed she suddenly remembered the
doll she had dressed in the <eummer
time ,and she asked her mother to get
it out of the drawer; then tie it lay on
the ked with the clothes elm had made,
she recollected That she meant to
give it to souse eltild eeIto had no toys,
and when ]ter mother came to take her
out she reminded her of her premise,
and she said: "To -morrow, niothe', is
Christmas day. Won't you let me take
it to some little child Who has no toys?"
And her mother said she would.
So the next day they set out in a
four -wheeled cab, and drove a long
way till they caste to a great broad
street; then her another sent away the
cab, ,and they walked a .little bit end'
turned down, a very narrow " e.
There were a great many children
playing in the street, and they made
a groat deal of noise. un Um, m „
step% sat a little girl. !ley grimy lace
WAS resting on her hand, and she looked
out on the children playing as though
the game did not interest her much. The
children were singing in the street some•
thing about—
If you want a nice young man,
Stuff hits with bread and jam.
But the little girl played no heed to the
ron.
"She has got no doll, I am sure.,"
said Nelly, in a loud whisper to her mo-
ther.
"Ask her," said the woman.
"Have you got a doll, little girl?"
stid Nelly, standing in front of her, and
speaking shyly.
"No, I 'aven's and that'e a fee'," said
the child, looking up. "I was giv' one
when I went to the treat at Southend,
but I air' it to my young Polly when
she went to'the 'orspital, I did."
By this time a crowd of eager chald-
ren had gathered round the doorstep,
and Nelly wee getting very shy.
"Would you like a doll?" se said,
and then hastily pulled out her parcel,
thruet it into the obiid's lap, and turned
to go away.
"Oh, mo; said the child, as she open-
ed the parcel. "Gawd 'n 'eaves 'as sent
Father Christmas, an' no mistake."
But Nelly was some way down the
street, and the pink color was bright in
her cheeks.
That night as she sat by her mother
and listened to the Christmas bells,
with the toys that had been sent to
her ranged round her, and the little
twinkling candles of the tiny Christ-
mas tree burning one one by one, she
laid her head upon her mother's lap
and said: 'I don't know but what,
after all,it has been the nicest Christ.
ma. Do you remember, mother," she
continued, "that she. said God sent
the doll to her? :I think I Like to do
God's errands."
The Christmas Schemers.
(Atlanta Constitution.)
De chillun' gittin' all so good
Dey mammy stop: en easy;
"I sorter 'fraid de angels
twine take 'um all away.
Dey des so still aroun' de house—
So sweet dor at dey play!"
But w'en she study 'bout it
She knows de reason why!
De sorter see de Chris'mus lights
Twinkl!n' in de sky,
En de song dey hearts is singing'
is "Chrie'mus by en by!"
..,The Christmas...
Evangel.
']'!fere was little in the outward life
of Bethlehem on that ever memorable
night in the long ago to Indicate that
the evrut in which all the converging
lives of the past met, and which formed
a new era in the world's history, was
about to take place. Men and women
pursued their wonted round heedless of
that which would invest their little city
with an immortal halo and make it the
centre of the world's adoration. And in
the larger world the coming event created
scarcely a ripple in the stagnant pool.
Men of high defree and low knew not and
cared not that the promise of the cen-
turies was to be fulfilled, and that the
Christ was to be born in the city of
David,
The eventwhich to heedless men with
faced turned Psalm ard seemed unim-
portant was one of the things "which the
angels desire to look into," The going of
the Son of Cod to tabernacle among men
for their redemption stirred the heavenly
frosts. That Ile should hay side His glory
and dwell se a man among met was an
;tent pregnant with far reaching issues.
It was the dawning of a new and
brighter day for the world. The first
bons of the sone of light was to bridge
the gulf between earth and heaven, and
thetname by which the children of men
in all the coating centuries were to know
Him wee that sweet ranine, Immanuel,i
"which being interpreter IS'clod with:
us."
One sometimes wishes that he eoiild
react this tnarvellous story of the birth
of Christ for the first time. Our very
familiarity with it has to some extent
dimmed its beauty. And yet it would be
strangely seared and calloused heart that
could read that wonderful story without
n thrill. We see theeShckinah glory,
gleaming forth from the sky 1n,tise quiet
midnightt hour and filling the humble
shepherds with an agony of fear. We
hoar the Evangel spoken by angelic lips,
"Fear not; for behold I bring unto you,.
good tidings of great joy, which shall be t
to all people. For anti you is born this
day in the city of David a Saviour which
Is Christ the Lord" And then we hear
the burstin gforth of the angelic choir
into that gladdest, sweetest song that
ever woke, the echoes of this gray. old
werid: "Glory to God ;irr'the highestw,
and on earth peace, good` will toward
ales."
The music of that angel song is death -
leas. It tells us of God's seeking and
saving' dove, 1t tells us of peace between
Uod and, man and'between• man and hie,
fellows. It gives us a glintpe into the
great hemi of infinite love. It rebukes
our cross and vulgar selfishness. Noth-
ing can so speedily burn the ingrained
selfishness out of our souls' as a vision
of the Son of God horn in a stable into a
life of perpetual' aelf-renunclatlon which
terminated on the cross. Arvid the din
and glamor of the world's carnage and
war and self-seeking the message has
often been but feebly heard. Bsst 11 hs
never entirely vanished, and as each new
Christmas day COMPS sec hear anew the
melody with its soul -stirring appeal call-
ing us to a higher, nobler, more Christ -
like life. And that message which bids
Ate and selfishness begone is gaining
in power as the years go on, for we are
coming to see that it ie only as its
mueie sings itself into our lives that
the world emu be transformed from a
great battlefield into the home of sten
of all ranks and classes united in the
bonds of happy brotherhood.
In the midst of the Christmas joys
let our ears be attuned to catch the
deeper meaning of the angor song. Im-
manuel—God with us! Christ in our
hearts, in our homee, in our daily tasks
-our whole life in all its manifold
phases shot through with Iis presence.
Let us not make the fatal blunder of
the Wren of old who crowded the Christ
into the stable. Let us give Iline Idis"
rightful place in our lives, '-`And let •qa
see to it that the do not go back frdtu
the joy and gladness and feasting:of, the
Christmastide to the old lives of dreary
and sordid selfishness for Ile whose ad- ,
vent the angels heralded with glad
acclaim came "not to be ministered unto,
but to minister, and to give His life a
ransom for the ninny."—Presbyterian.
English Christmas a.Meay Hold -Up.
An English Christmas isn't a Saenger -
fest, Tilbury, It's a begginfest. The band
plays, but it plays' with one hand while
the other one is out for coin. The boys
.and men sing their Chrietnas hymns,
and then take a collection; and the
moon may be shining, but you can't see
it thorough the fog. Some of the rail-
way stations are decorated, end you've
scarcely had time to remark that you
thinly it's avery beautiful custom when
an itching palmi appemrs between you
and the' holly. The postman says, 'Mer-
ry Ohristmas," and waits for you to be
generous, and the lamplighter, and the
paper boy, and the Haan who delfve;
groceries, and the boy from the cake -
shop. Porters follow you wherever you
go, and servants whom you never saw
before bob up in numbers. And out in
the street, whenever you '!rear anyone say
"Merry Christmas,' you • mechanically
put your hand in your pocket. It isn't
Christmas, Tilbury; it's an organized
hold-up.—Flrom "Mr. Ruggles, of New
York, Writes Hone," in the Bohemian
for December,
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IT DEPENDED.
Lady -Well, what do you want?
Tramp—Wet have yes got?
CHRISTMAS GIVING AND CHRIST-
MAS LIVING,
The great elft of demi; to the world
was Himself. Ile livewith atI;or
nun He kept, back nothing. In et-riy-
p,atuulnt' and concrete lift utile ilk;
made to certain parsons there ora. ,om,,.
thing of Ilintself that rot l it proc;,it..
lie grave something of Himself in evert
gilt. All trete U'Imislei;8 -giving ogee;
to be after this pattern.
'I'lw finest Oltnistme; gilt is not ,^a
ane that costs the meat vanut; , bltl, t! e
one that carries the most love. If ecet y
gift is the token of a It.rsoaui'.-ls,t,o
tt Friendly feeling', stn uu- hh•a imus•,,
in the joy or ohcri. that the thought,
the .feelittg', tete intert,t mai;;entail; ., Ir
Inc the gilt 1 made. '.
]'here are a great eihn ,,'t0I11e, in sue
world idiom ive lc -now r:fjre or less, but
to whom for various r:iesons we cannot
nit ;toil :send (lirisi,iuns gifts. But
thee, is hardly et 0,111 ail the circis of
r,i t tulnaiut utcc,,.wlth whom the mn.a:
net exchange tlyLt touch of Chn tens
life
In the outerveirele, cheerful greetings,
courtesy, t:'ta +ldesation in the inner cir-
i cls yanpati'
ugh, intensot hearty con-
gratulations; honest encouragement; in
the Monist,/ circle, comradeship,'helpful.
nese. tend,:rnees'^
"L'eu!lif'tl friendship tried by stun and
hied,
Diinhlc fifidad; the doily duof life,"
stir an, Christmas lining is the boder
kimi of 07irietdnas' giving.—Henry Van
ft How to Cook the Turkey,
it's cosier to tell a' good turkey than
other hiiils. Press the end of the breast
bone mid if: it giros readily the bird is
apt to Ism tender. ' If the bone is sharp
and stiff the bird. is tough,, The breast
eliould also be soft and yieldiirg if tte
bird has been properly fed. 1f a very
large bird is required it male turkey is
the best to buy, but if a tet or eleven
pounder is enough a hen turkey is ten
doer and fatter. Two' ten -pound bens
are. a better choice than one of twenty
pounds as the latter could not possibly
be young.
The favorite way to cook the Cludst-
tna: turkey as to roast it after it has
beet stuffed with bread, and mace and
thyme or other spicy things.
A good etuffing is made of equal por-
tions of veal and Fant chopped fine. Add
half the amount of chopped suet, the
sante amount of cracker crumbs, tfvn tea-
spooefuls of grated onion and ono of
grated lemon rind, moo of salt andpop-
per mixed, and bind all together ;with
tt; o beaten eggs.
Celery and oyster stuffing is otic of
the meet appetizing when nidde Well, A
pint of coign' should •he'.choppi'dfine
and idlowed to simmer ter fife eat min-
utes in :nightly salted nater. Chop small
one cup fall of oysters, add a teaspoon-
ful of onion juke, a teaspoonful of minc-
ed parsley,. and a teaspoonful of salt,
one-fourth of a teaspoonful of pepper,
the juice of a lentos, and half a cup of
melted butter. Sometimes this staffing
is made With celery and nue! roosts in-
stead of oysters,
Cranberry jelly or apple jelly (the
tart crab apple kind) are themostap-
propriate sauces to servo with turkey',
ane! if served in individual Matilda it
sate; time and trouble. If one wishes
to give the turkey a gay and festive
air stick little cored red apples on the
drumsticks ;fid lay him on a .bed of
cress m•' parsley. The Creole ceokn, who
pride themselves on the tendarnkg0 and
flavor of their turkeys, always "'Place
'\latae Gobbler' on his breast inskead
of on his back, thus allowing the juice
to 'run forward, Frequent basting is
the secret of many a tender bird, that
would have' been a 'tough Proposition'
Without flits precaution, When', ,the
bird is almost gone' it can be turned
over nu its; back for final browning.
They should knurl' how to tealco; per -
feet cranberry jelly in New England, if
anywhere, therefore, this recipe from
the Boston Cooking School Magazine,
ought to he otnndnrd: Boil ane quart
of cranberries with .a cupful of water
five minutes, after the boiling point has
been reached. Let the dish be cover-
ed, but lift the cover occasionally to
avoid. the danger of boiling over. Pass
the Berries through a sieve, end add
two caps of sugar. Stir until well mix-
ed, and turn into an eortheu or gteeite
ware mould. The mixture will not jelly
if moulded in tin, or if sugar is added
before the boiling ceases.
HER SANTA CLAUS LETTER.
She wrote a note to Santa Claris,
The queerest note that ever woe;
'Twas naught but scrawls and dots,'and
rings,
But, oh, it meant so many things!
For little girls, strange to believe,
Want many things on Christmas eve.
She asked for dolls.nll stressed in blue.
And red and pink and purple too;
She esleed for dogs, and eats and toys,
And instruments that make a nolo.;
She asked for candies. calces and things,
And pop corn strung in lengthy strings.
She sent her note to Santa Clans
The queerest nota that ever was,
Her papa ]nailed it early, so
'?would surely off .to Santa go,
'Twas naught butscrawls and dots and
rings,
But oh, it meant so many things!!
—Joe Cone in Women's Home Compels.
ion for December.
4
"John, if you didn't smoke I could
have a fall hat." "And if you could' live
on stewed peanuts I could have "a steam
yacht. They're very nourishing, I un-
elerstand, Johnny, who won the football
game tb-day?"=Kansas City Journal.