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never  would  Lave  gone  if  we  had  no  car. 
We  had  a  fine  time ;  got  home  time  for 
chores.  It  rests  one  to  see  something 
new.” 
”I)o  you  see  that  cloud  over  there? 
We  better  be  getting  home:  can't  go  so 
fast  as  you.  Wish  we  had  a  car,”  and  so 
it  was.  cars  and  cars.  The  cloud  men¬ 
tioned  brought  the  Worst  storm  of  the 
season,  wind  and  rain.  As  soon  as  it 
slacked  up  we  started,  chains  on  the 
wheels  and  no  joy-riding,  you  may  be 
sure,  going  through  water  that  we  feared 
would  deaden  the  engiue;  the  car  sway¬ 
ing  from  one  side  to  the  other.  But  the 
car  brought  us  safely  home  at  laBt,  where 
we  found  a  hailstorm  had  cleaned  up 
everything  that  drought,  heat  and  wind 
had  left  of  the  year’s  crops.  The  dear 
woman  from  Tennessee  has  my  sympathy 
in  the  very  sad  outcome  of  her  trip  by 
auto ;  mine  did  not  prove  so  disastrous, 
but  might  if  we  had  not  an  expert  at  the 
wheel  and  a  steady  head  and  hand. 
MBS.  EBEDEBICK  C.  JOHNSON. 
The  Thanksgiving  Feast 
With  Chrysanthemums  at  your  dis¬ 
posal  the  Thanksgiving  table  can  always 
be  appropriately  adorned,  but  there  are 
still  some  old-fashioned  folk  who  prefer 
the  time-honored  pumpkin  Centrepiece. 
This  may  be  the  real  pumpkin,  a  papier- 
mache  one,  or  one  contrived  from  card¬ 
board  and  crinkly  yellow  tissue  paper. 
If  it  is  to  be  the  real  pumpkin,  select  a 
medium-sized  one,  and  cut  it  the  shape 
you  desire;  a  basket  with  a  long  handle 
reaching  over  the  top,  cut  from  the  up¬ 
per  half  of  the  pumpkin  is  very  effective, 
or  it  may  be  made  to  resemble  n  quaint 
little  washtub,  with  a  handle  at  either 
side.  Scoop  out  the  inside  clean  and 
smooth,  and  polish  the  outside  with  a  lit¬ 
tle  olive  oil,  then  line  it  with  fancy  pa¬ 
per  doilies,  and  fill  it  with  red  apples, 
oranges,  grapes,  and  brown  and  red  oak 
leaves.  Arrange  this  in  the  centre  of 
the  table,  with  more  of  the  leaves  at  the 
base,  and  extend  them  out  over  the  white 
tablecloth. 
With  such  a  centrepiece  there  should 
be  yellow  candles  in  brass  candlesticks, 
with  pumpkin-yellow  shades,  and  to  car¬ 
ry  out  the  color  scheme  more  minutely, 
have  small  papier-mache  pumpkins,  or 
the  paper  ones,  that  can  be  easily  made 
at  home,  filled  with  bonbons  and  salted 
nuts  with  a  few  of  the  oak  leaves  be¬ 
neath.  If  guest  cards  are  to  be  used 
have  these  decorated  with  a  small  pump¬ 
kin  or  a  brown  leaf  or  both,  painted  or 
pasted  across  the  top. 
As  to  the  menu,  with  the  high  cost  of 
living  at  the  present  time,  that  should 
be  simple.  A  good  way  is  to  arrange  for 
the  essentials  of  the  feast  first,  then  add 
to  it  such  delicacies  that  go  to  make  the 
meal  festive,  according  to  your  means. 
This  is  an  excellent  old-fashioned  menu, 
inexpensive  and  easy  to  prepare : 
Cream  of  Oyster  Soup 
Pickled  Peaches.  Salted  Butternuts 
Celery 
Fresh  Ham,  Stuffed  and  Boasted 
Cider  Apple  Satire 
Creamed  Onions,  Sweet  Potato  Cro¬ 
quettes,  Mashed  Potatoes 
Cabbage  and  Green  Pepper  Salad 
Mince  Pic,  Cheese 
Almond  lee  Cream,  Cakes 
Assorted  Nuts,  Raisins 
Coffee 
Oyster  soup  is  really  the  simplest  of  all 
soups  to  make;  to  nave  this  extra  good, 
get  a  quart  of  small  oysters  and  sim¬ 
mer  them  in  their  own  liquor  until  their 
edges  ruffle,  then  strain  out  and  set  aside. 
Measure  the  liquor,  and  add  one  quart 
of  milk  to  each  cup,  heat  this  in  the  dou¬ 
ble  boiler,  and  then  thicken  it  slightly 
with  one  tablespoon  of  flour  rubbed 
smooth  iu  one  of  butter,  season,  strain, 
and  serve  with  it  hot  toasted  wafers. 
The  oysters  are  not  to  be  added,  but  can 
be  used  for  the  Thanksgiving  tea,  either 
creamed  or  scalloped. 
If  one  likes  to  add  a  course  of  fish  to 
this  menu,  get  some  small  fillets  of  hali¬ 
but  or  cod ;  dip  them  iu  beaten  egg  and 
then  in  very  fine  seasoned  bread  crumbs, 
and  fry  in  deep  fat  until  brown  on  both 
sides,  drain  on  soft  paper,  aud  place  on 
a  heated  platter,  with  parsley  aud  slices 
of  lemon.  This  may  be  served  with  or 
without  a  fish  sauce. 
An  old-fashioned  Virginia  recipe  is 
used  for  preparing  the  ham.  Select  a 
small-sized  ham,  one  weighing  about  six 
or  seven  pounds.  Have  the  butcher  bone 
it,  and  make  small  incisions  over  the 
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top.  Huh  salt  and  pepper  inside  aud 
brush  the  outside  with  olive  oil.  Wash 
two  pints  of  red  beans,  put  them  in  a 
stew  kettle  and  cover  with  two  quarts  of 
water,  add  a  little  salt,  one  onion  and 
three  whole  cloves,  and  cook  two  hours, 
drain,  remove  the  onion  and  cloves,  and 
press  half  of  the  beans  through  a  sieve. 
Cook  two  chopped  onions  in  one  rablc- 
Pine  Pillows 
Will  you  tell  me  how  to  make  a  pine 
pillow?  Do  yon  gather  the  green  nee¬ 
dles  and  dry  them,  or  how?  Do  you  put 
them  alone  in  the  pillow?  A.  m.  w. 
Gather  the  fresh  green  twigs,  put  in  a 
basket  or  canvas  sack,  and  hang  in  the 
shade  in  a  dry  airy  place.  As  they  dry 
the  npedles  will  shatter  off,  and  the  twigs 
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over  a  black  background.  Hope  floss  is.  used  on  all  parts  of  this  design 
slumped  and  tinted  on  flue,  oyster  linen,  size  34  inches,  and  with  14  skei 
floss  costs  00  cents. 
spoon  of  blitter  four  or  five  minutes, 
then  add  to  the  puree,  with  one  table¬ 
spoon  of  finely  minced  parsley,  season 
with  salt  and  pepper.  Stuff  the  ham 
with  the  mixture,  and  sew  up  the  open¬ 
ing,  and  bind  around  it  a  piece  of  nar¬ 
row  cotton  tape  to  keep  it  in  shape. 
Sprinkle  salt  and  pepper  over  the  outside, 
and  put  in  a  roast  Jug-pan,  Surround  with 
a  pint  of  stock,  and  roast  iu  a  moder¬ 
ate  oven  two  hours,  then  add  the  romain- 
aud  any  other  rubbish  are  carefully 
picked  out.  The  fallen  needles  that  have 
dried  and  dropped  naturally  should  not 
be  used,  as  they  lack  fragrance.  The 
pine  needles  alone  are  used  to  fill  the 
pillow,  which  should  not  be  stuffed  hard, 
but  filled  enough  to  make  it  plump.  We 
gather  the  twigs  when  opportunity  pre¬ 
sents,  then  dry  them  and  make  them  up 
at  leisure. 
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ing  bpitnft  :md  cook  onp-half  hour  longer. 
Place  on  a  liot  plalter,  remove  the 
.strings',  arrange  the  beans  around  it,  aud 
garnish  with  parsley  or  watercress. 
Many  of  you  who  still  reverence  your 
grandmother’s  cook  book  know  how  cider 
apple  sauce  is  made,  but  for  those  who 
have  only  a  modem  one  to  refer  to  I 
am  giving  this  old-time  recipe.  Pare  and 
core  an  equal  portion  of  sweet  and  sour 
apples,  using  only  perfect  fruit.  Put 
in  a  porcelain  stew  kettle  and  cover  with 
pure  sweet  cider,  and  allow  them  to  sim¬ 
mer  until  thick  and  rich,  no  sugar  is 
needed  to  sweeten  them.  Press  through  ' 
a  sieve,  and  cool.  Ground  cinnamon  and 
doves  may  be  added  to  suit  the  taste  if 
one  likes.  This  is  delicious  with  roast 
pork,  and  an  excellent  change  from  the 
usual  apple  sauce.  Or,  instead  of  cider 
apple  sauce,  serve  with  the  pork  a  cider 
ice,  made  with  one  quart  of  new  cider 
that  is  just  beginning  to  work,  one  cup 
of  lemon  juice,  one-half  cup  of  ginger 
syrup,  and  sugar  to  sweeten  it.  Freeze 
this  soft,  and  serve  it  in  glass  sherbet 
cups. 
For  the  croquettes  add  to  two  cups  of  hot 
mashed  sweet  potatoes  one  tablespoon  of 
butter,  the  beaten  yolk  of  two  eggs,  and 
a  tablespoon  of  cream  or  rich  milk,  aud 
season  with  salt  and  pepper.  Set  this 
aside  until  cool,  then  shape  into  cro¬ 
quettes.  Dip  these  in  beaten  egg,  and 
then  in  fine  crumbs,  and  set  away  in  a 
cool  place.  They  may  he  prepared  sev¬ 
eral  hours  before  they  are  needed.  F<’y 
in  a  frying  basket,  iu  deep  f  it,  and  drain 
on  paper  or  a  napkin. 
There  is  no  dessert  that  can  quite  take 
the  place  of  a  good  rich,  wholesome  mince 
pie.  and  for  a  delicious  frozen  sweet  to 
finish  the  meal  with  make  a  plain  ice 
cream,  by  scalding  a  quart  of  thin  cream 
or  rich  milk  with  one  cup  of  sugar;  then 
add  the  beaten  yolk  of  from  two  to  six 
eggs,  and  cook  in  a  double  boiler  until  it 
coats  the  spoon ;  add  a  little  salt,  strain, 
and  when  cold  flavor  with  a  few  drops 
of  almond  extract,  and  add  the  whites 
of  the  eggs  beaten  to  a  froth.  Freeze, 
and  when  partly  frozen  add  one,  cup  of 
cream,  well  whipped,  and  one  cup  of  al¬ 
monds,  blanched  and  pounded  to  a  paste. 
Serve  with  a  sprinkle  of  freshly  chopped 
nuts  over  the  top  nf  each  dish. 
BOSAMOMD  LA  MEM  AN . 
Warm  Feet  Mean  w 
More  Work  and  Comfort 
When  you’re  out  in  this  cold  weather,  wading  through 
snow  and  slush,  don’t  forget  to  wear  Durable  Durham 
Fleece-Lined  Hosiery.  You  can  do  your  day’s  work  and  the 
chores  without  getting  cold  feet.  The  fleece  keeps  the  warm 
in  and  the  cold  out  But  don’t  stop  with  yourself.  Buy 
Durable  Durham  Fleece-Lined  Hosiery  for  everybody  in  the 
family  and  they’ll  get  more  warmth  and  longer  wear. 
DURABLE 
DURHAM  HOSIERY 
FOR  -MEN,  WOMEN  AND  CHILDREN 
is  built  to  stand  rough  wear  and  strain,  because  it 
is  made  strongest  where  the  wear  is  hardest. 
The  heels,  soles  and  toes  are  heavily  reinforced ; 
the  tops  are  knit  on  to  stay;  the  fit  never 
changes,  and  the  famous  Durham  Dyes  give  fast, 
sanitary  colors.  The  Mrs.  will  realize  these  su¬ 
periorities  because  she’ll  have  less  darning  work. 
The  storekeeper  sells  Durable  Durham  Hosiery 
for  10, 15  and  25  cents .  When  you  are  there 
look, at  the  25-cent Mercerized,  Durable  A 
Durham  Hosiery. 
DURHAM  HOSIERY  MILLS  M 
Durham  N.  C.  M 
