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have  either  lay-down  collar  or  standing  and  continue  until  the  dishes  are  filled, 
band  edged  with  braid.  Some  are  bound  Cover  the  tops  with  fine  cracker  crumbs, 
with  silk  ribbon,  and  fastened  with  silk  add  a  sprinkle  of  grated  cheese  and  dot 
frogs.  Another  style  in  heavier  flanel-  with  bits  of  butter.  Bake  in  a  hot  oven 
ette  includes  yoke  models  with  colored  until  the  crumbs  are  brown-  Serve  in 
embroidery  designs  at  $1.30.  Outdoor  the  dishes  in  which  it  is  baked, 
sleeping  gowns  of  heavy  quality  striped  With  turkey  at  3S  and  40  cents  a 
flannelette  with  hood  and  feet  pockets  pound  an  economical  housewife  may  feel 
are  $1.10;  they  are  very  desirable  for 
wear  in  unheated  bedrooms.  Special  tute  this  year, 
styles  in  colored  stripes,  all  white,  or  Christmas  dinner, 
white  with  colored  trimming  are  $1.69;  delicious  than 
some  are  surplice  style  trimmed  with 
satin  ribbon,  others  scalloped  and  fin¬ 
ished  with  pockets. 
WOMAN  AND  HOME 
GENUINE  MARACAIBO 
From  Day  to  Day 
The  Oxen 
Christmas  Eve,  and  twelve  by  the  clock, 
“Now'  they  are  all  on  their  knees,” 
An  older  said  as  we  sat  in  a  flock 
By  the  embers  in  hearthside  ease. 
Hot  Off  the  Roaster 
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From  Importer  Direct 
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Bean  or  Ground  I  := 
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within  300  mile'-  llOC.  extra  if  sent  C.  O.  D.) 
Satisfaction  guaranteed  or  money  reliuided. 
Order  from  nearest  point. 
that  she  must  furnish  a  cheaper  substi- 
oven  though  it  is  for  her 
.  There  is  nothing  more 
a  duck,  stuffed  and  roast¬ 
ed,  or  a  well-made  ohieken-pie,  An  ex¬ 
cellent  filling  for  a  duck,  which  is  a  lit¬ 
tle  unusual,  is  made  with  one  cup  of 
chopped  celery,  one  cup  of  stewed  prunes, 
and  one  of  softened  bread  crumbs.  Melt 
two  tablespoons  of  butter  in  a  saucepan, 
add  the  mixture,  cover  and  cook  until  the 
celery  is  tender,  then  uncover  and  brown 
slightly,  cool,  and  fill  the  duck.  Sew  up 
the  openings,  and  roast  upside  down  from 
one  to  one  and  one-half  hours.  Serve 
giblet  sauce  with  it. 
A  chicken-pie  is  deliciously  flavored 
made  in  this  way-  Get  two  good-sized 
fowls.  Dress,  clean,  and  cut  up.  Put 
in  a  stev'  kettle  with  one  small  onion,  a 
sprig  of  parsley,  and  a  piece  of  bay  leaf; 
cover  with  boiling  water,  and  cook  slow¬ 
ly  until  it  is  ready  to  slip  from  the 
bones.  Take  up,  remove  the  meat  from 
the  large  bones,  and  lay  the  backs  and 
necks  aside.  Wash  and  drain  one  quart 
of  large  oysters.  Cook  the  chicken  stock 
down  to  one  pint,  then  add  the  oyster 
juice  and  thicken  slightly  with  one  small 
tablespoon  of  flour  rubbed  smooth  in  one 
of  butter,  and  season.  Arrange  the  chick¬ 
en  in  layers  in  a  large  round  baking  dish, 
with  a  layer  of  the  oysters  between,  pour 
the  stock  over  all,  and  cover  with  a 
rich  biscuit  crust,  and  hake  in  a  moder¬ 
ate  oven  until  brown.  This  can  he  pre¬ 
pared  and  baked  the  day  before,  and  re¬ 
heated  when  it  is  needed. 
The  salad  is  both  pretty  and  decora¬ 
tive.  Separate  one  large  grapefruit,  and 
one  large  seedless  orange,  into  small 
sections,  remove  the  seed  from  the  grape¬ 
fruit,  and  all  of  the  thick  white  skin 
from  both.  Arrange  crisp  white  lettuce 
cups  around  a  large  shallow  salad  dish, 
and  put  three  sections  of  the  grapefruit 
in  one,  then  three  of  the  orange  in  the 
next,  and  continue  in  this  way  all  around 
the  dish.  Just  before  serving  cover  with 
a  good  French  dressing,  using  lemon 
juice  instead  of  vinegar.  Like  every  other 
salad  this  should  he  served  very  cold. 
As  for  the  Christmas  pudding,  in 
grandmother’s  day  this  meant  hours  of 
preparation.  First  the  fruit  must  be 
carefully  selected,  washed,  and  dried. 
This  was  usually  made  ready  the  day  be¬ 
fore,  so  that  the  pudding  could  he  put 
together  as  early  as  possible  the  next 
morning,  for  it  must  be  boiled,  in  a  pud¬ 
ding-bag  for  several  hours.  One  old- 
time  recipe  calls  for  10  hours  of  steady 
boiliug.  'This  grand  old  sweet  was  al¬ 
ways  very  large  and  very  rich ;  from  a 
dozen  to  16  eggs  were  considered  neces¬ 
sary  to  give  it  the  right  texture.  Hap¬ 
pily  it  could  be  made  days  ahead  of  tune, 
requiring  only  an  extra  two  hours’  boil¬ 
iug  to  reheat  it.  Even  its  serving  was 
We  pictured  the  meek  mild  creatures 
where 
They  dwelt  in  their  strawy  pen, 
Nor  did  it  occur  to  one  of  us  there 
To  doubt  they  wTere  kneeling  then. 
So  fair  a  fancy  few  believe 
In  these  years!  Yet.  I  feel, 
If  someone  said  on  Christmas  Eve 
“Come ;  sec  the.  oxen  kneel ! 
51  Barclay  St.,  New  York 
431  Market  St.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa, 
“In  the  lonely  barton  by  yonder  coomb 
Our  childhood  used  to  know,” 
I  should  go  with  him  in  the  gloom, 
Hoping  it  might  be  so. 
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If  asked  what  was  the  very  nicest  and 
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special  needs  or  likes,  rather  than  merely 
the  taste  of  the  giver.  For  w'e  don’t  all 
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frivolous  chiffon  scarf  is  not  going  to 
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things  that  some  foolish  people  select, 
but  we  think  that  Christmas  giving,  be 
it  little  or  much,  should  he  planned  with 
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Books  always  take  a  leading  place 
among  Christmas  gifts,  and  it  is  a  pity 
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spur  of  the  moment.  Sarah’s  aunt  sees  a 
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