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RURAL ^EW-YORKER. 
their slumbers about one or two o’clock 
on Christmas morning by a company of 
singers, male and female, perhaps accom¬ 
panied by violins and other instruments, 
singing a hymn which begins 
“Christians, awake ! salute the happy morn 
Whereon the Saviour ot mankind was born,” 
This hymn is invariably sung to one tune 
only. After it other pieces are sung and 
played, and then the minstrels pass to an¬ 
other house, and so on till noon almost. 
It is a shame that this pretty custom, 
which had a religious origin, has largely 
degenerated into a mere money-seeking 
matter, as the singers expect gifts, though 
not always. Sometimes a band of young 
people belonging to a certain church will 
sing carols before the houses of their friends 
purely to please them. Another way, too, 
is now becoming frequent: a company of 
really excellent singers will go about sing¬ 
ing, accepting the gifts offered them, and 
with the money thus obtained, a treat is 
given to poor old people—perhaps a sub¬ 
stantial dinner or tea, followed by an enter¬ 
tainment. 
I think y u have not the mistletoe plant 
in Virginia.* It is a very singular plant, 
not growing out of the ground with a root 
of its own, but out of oak and apple trees. 
It has a long, narrow leaf of a dull olive- 
green, and bears round, white berries in 
the depth of winter. This strange plant 
was held in great veneration by the ancient 
Druids, who were priests when our British 
ancestors were heathens. Itisnowan ob¬ 
ject of peculiar interest to young people at 
Christmas time. Sprays of it are hung up 
in the house, usually over the center of the 
room, either alone or mixed with other 
evergreen branches, and any gentleman 
who can catch a “ lady under the mistle¬ 
toe ” has the right to kiss her. If a lady 
catches a gentleman under it, and has the 
courage to avail herself of the privilege, 
she wins thereby a pair of gloves. 
C. BOOTH. 
* The writer is mistaken : the mistletoe 
plant is found in Virginia though in no 
great abundance. “ VIRGINIA GIRL.” 
TO PARENTS. 
N OW is the time of year when the pub¬ 
lic school teacher wishes most hearti¬ 
ly that mothers understood better the civ¬ 
ilizing influence of the pocket-handker¬ 
chief. Having suffered, I must ask you to 
famish your children with an unlimited 
supply of these necessary articles. You 
need not provide the finest linen, or the 
daintiest fancy cambric ones. Squares of 
soft muslin neatly hemmed and well laun- 
dried, will answer nicely. I once knew a 
poor Bohemian woman with eight or 10 
youngsters, who made handkerchiefs for 
her boys of Turkey red calico. Made with 
inch-wide hems stitched twice on the ma¬ 
chine with white thread, they did not show 
the effects of close contact with the other 
contents of the boys’ pockets as soon as 
white ones would. Besides, they will boil. 
Really, mothers, if your little boys and 
girls are not now furnished with handker¬ 
chiefs, by all means provide them each with 
a half-dozen in a pretty box—which you 
can get at any store for the asking—and 
see that they are well ironed and returned 
to the box each week. 
These are dreary, trying days, so short, 
and dark and lonesome. Therefore fill 
your homes with the blessed light and 
cheering warmth of love and unselfishness. 
Be to the boys and girls great round suns 
of smiling, quiet content. When they look 
in your faces let them feel the uplifting in¬ 
fluence of happiness—happiness born of 
love and interest in life and its homely 
duties. But you can not exert this influ¬ 
ence unless your inner life is as it should 
be. You must really love and cherish your 
home and family : your whole heart must 
be in your work ; your best efforts must be 
put forth for the true success of the home- 
folks. And through and through all, over 
all, and within all, must be love and un¬ 
selfishness. MRS. L. H. NILES. 
A SATCHEL. 
size, with bright pictures on the covers. 
The two covers they fastened together with 
small screws to form the partition of the 
satchel. (I think glueis better than screws). 
Next two pretty straps for handles were 
tacked on what had been tne iront of the 
boxes, but was the top of the satchel. A 
clasp was made of a smaller strap fastened in 
the middle of one box and provided with a 
tack at the other end, which fitted in a hole 
made to receive it. When the dollie’s gar¬ 
ments were folded and snugly packed in 
this satchel, the imitation proved very sat¬ 
isfactory. AUNT SUSIE. 
KEEPING ACCOUNTS. 
I T MAY require five minutes’ time to 
read the account of the expenses in 
some family for a space of 10 years. But, 
my friend, if you wish to realize the work 
of keeping such an account, just try it one 
year; yes, one month. And after you have 
ransacked your brain to find what this 
dime or that quarter was used for; after 
you have been forgetful for a week or 10 
days to “set down” the receipts and dis¬ 
bursements, and can’t possibly make the 
account and the pocket-book agree, my 
word for it, you will have genuine respect 
for the one who has kept a true record, and 
you will read that record over again with 
new interest and broader views. 
ONE WHO HAS TRIED IT. 
MRS. CLEVELAND’S PUDDING. 
Beat the yelks of twelve eggs lightly, 
and mix with four table-spoonfuls of flour 
and two of corn-starch. Stir in the beaten 
whites, and bake, and serve immediately. 
Sauce : Cream one cup of butter into one 
of sugar, add a tea-spoonful of corn-starch, 
and a grated nutmeg. Stir into a pint of 
boiling water, let boil 10 minutes, and 
flavor with lemon. The delicacy of this 
pudding is symbolical of the refined del¬ 
icacy of its fair namesake. 
CHRISTMAS WHITE FRUIT CAKE. 
Whites or 18 eggs, three-fourths pound 
of butter, one pound of sugar, one pound 
of flour, a pinch of citric acid, bake in jelly 
cake tins. Make an icing of one pound of 
sugar, one cup of water, let boil until it 
threads and pour into the well-beaten 
whites of three eggs. Take raisins, figs, 
citron, nuts and almonds, blanched and 
pounded, and two cocoanuts grated, and 
cut all fine. Mix well and put on each 
layer of icing on cake; the last layer of 
whiting must be garnished with Malaga 
Grapes. The figs in it came from Tusculum, 
and Lucullus served its like, in the “ Ap- 
pollo.” CAROLYN CRAIG. 
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“ Mamma, if I had money, I would buy me 
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