December 14, 
010 
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Woman and the Home £ ZT is f0,dcd and ’ aid 
From Day to Day. 
CONSTANT CHRISTMAS. 
The sky can still remember 
The earliest Christmas morn. 
When in the cold December 
The Saviour Christ was torn. 
And still in darkness clouded, 
And still In noonday light, 
It feels its far depths crowded 
With angels fair and bright. 
O never-fading splendor! 
O never silent song! 
Still keep the green earth tender, 
Still keep the gray earth strong; 
Still keep the brave earth dreaming 
Of deeds that shall be done, 
While children’s lives come streaming 
Like sunbeams from the sun. 
No star unfolds its glory. 
No trumpet wind is blown, 
But tells the Christinas story 
In music of its own. 
No eager strife of mortals 
In busy field or town 
But - sees the open portals 
Through which the Christ came down. 
O angels, sweet and splendid, 
Throng in our hearts, and sing 
The wonders which attended 
The coming of the King, 
Till we, too, boldly pressing. 
Where once the angels trod, 
Climb Bethlehem’s hill of Blessing, 
And find the Son of God. 
—Phillips Brooks. 
A recipe for popped corn pudding is 
given by Fannie Merritt Farmer, in the 
Woman’s Home Companion, which is 
new to us. Scald three cupfuls of milk 
and pour over two cupfuls of popped 
corn which has been finely pounded, and 
let stand one hour. Add three eggs 
slightly beaten, one-half cupful of 
brown sugar, one tablespoonful of but¬ 
ter and three-fourths of a teaspoonful 
of salt, and stir until well mixed, then 
turn into a buttered pudding dish. 
Bake in a slow oven 35 minutes, 
or until firm. Serve hot with thin 
cream or maple syrup. The same au¬ 
thority gives a recipe for foamy sauce, 
which we consider especially good with 
boiled or steamed puddings. Beat the 
whites of two eggs until stiff, add grad¬ 
ually one cupful of powdered sugar, and 
continue beating while adding one- 
fourth of a cupful of hot milk, having 
the bowl containing the mixture over a 
kettle of boiling water. Flavor with 
one teaspoonful of vanilla. 1 he suc¬ 
cess of this sauce lies in adding the su¬ 
gar slowly and beating thoroughly and 
well before adding the hot milk. 
The handsome silk waists this Win¬ 
ter owe a good deal of their style to the 
Sets of breakfast china, for use when fine hand-made trimmings and little 
breakfast is served in bed, include a “fixings” which give individuality, and 
tray from 24 to 30 inches square, either t j iese toU ches will add style to a simple 
of china or white enamel, the set often g arm ent. One noticeable feature is the 
being decidedly expensive. One of our use Q £ little silk tassels, as a finish to 
friends, who has to serve breakfast to applied straps or braids. Wide Her- 
an invalid, found that she could buy a cu j es b ra id is often enriched by little 
tray of white enamel separately foi appliqued disks or diamonds of silk or 
$1.75, the tray being strong and well ve i ve t, couched on with silk or tinsel, 
enameled. With a few pieces of rose- j t j s not hard for one who sews neatly 
bud china, which can often be bought to ma k e a little trimming of this style, 
cheaply when part of a broken set, a w hich greatly enriches a simple garment, 
very pretty breakfast service was pro- Another ornament easily made is a disk 
vided at a moderate cost. There is no f orme d by sewing plain or fancy braid 
need to spread a napkin over the en- roun d an d round into a flat little mat, it 
ameled tray, and this is quite a saving ma y h e only an inch across, or when trim- 
in washing, as tea or coffee are almost m j ng a c i oa k, several times that size, 
invariably spilt, and even when but a Sometimes the disk is perfectly plain; 
few drops, the stains need special treat- somet i mes there is a tiny little rose of 
ment in the wash. satin in the center, or, in the case of a 
* larger disk, little silk or velvet balls, 
Collar and cuff sets of striped per- a ttached to silk cords, swing from the 
cale, the edge finished with a scallop in center. These little balls, called grelots, 
buttonhole stitch, the same color as the appear in many trimmings, some being 
stripe, are very pretty. Fine percale 0 f silk wound over a wooden ball, while 
with a decided stripe is used, the collar the handsomer are made by gathering 
and cuffs being of the turnover style, up satin or velvet like a little bag, stuf- 
interlined, and attached to bands. In f, ng firmly and attaching to a cord. A 
washing stocks, some of the newest g rcat deal of this class of trimming is 
are of plain, linen, curving up much use d upon evening wraps, which we 
higher in the back than the front, al- used to regard as a luxury of the 
most the same shape as 10 years ago. wealthy; nowadays a great many wo- 
A silk tic passes around this linen foun- men whose means hardly justify the ex- 
dation; in some cases the silk is folded penditure, indulge in these extra wraps. 
quite narrow, and passes through a lit- ■- 
tie buckle in front; in others the folded Wholesome and Inexpensive Cakes, 
silk is gathered into a full little shirred Cakes that are simple of construction, 
rosette, instead of the usual how. The inexpensive, so plain that the children 
silk tie is attached to the linen founda- may cat Q f ti iem freely, and yet so de- 
tion by tiny hooks and eyes at the back, ]i c j ons , that they may be set before the 
so that it may be removed when the unex p ec t e d guest with perfect confi- 
linen is washed. dence. 
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The ordinary sewing table, while a Sponge Cake.—One and one-half cup 
great convenience, is too low for stand- soft sugar; three eggs; two teaspoons 
ing work, and too small for some bast- baking powder sifted with one and one- 
ing operations. An extra table may be half cup flour; salt; one teaspoon lemon 
made by adjusting a larger top to a flavoring; one-naif cup boiling water 
folding ironing board. This adjustable put in last. After adding each ingre- 
top should be three feet wide and five dient beat mixture three minutes. Bake 
feet long, made of light boards, cleated in very moderate oven, 
across the back. It should be sand- Spice Cake.—One cup sugar; one- 
papered and varnished, and a yard meas- f our th cup butter; one-half cup sweet 
ure fixed along one side will be an ad- m ilk; one and one-half cup flour; one 
ditional convenience. The carpenter t eaS p 00 n baking powder; one egg; one- 
can, no doubt, arrange some hooks and j ia jf teaspoon each of nutmeg, cloves 
screw-eyes at the back which would an( j c j nnam on. 
prevent the top from sliding while in 
use This tabic will be found very use- Cream Cakea.-One cup soft sugar; 
ful* in basting skirts or other large one cup sour cream; one egg; one tea- 
pieces. and as it is a comfortable height spoon soda; one cup rats,ns; salt; nut- 
for standing, it will give the seamstress n.eg; one and one-half cup flour; bake 
a change of position when desired. When ]I * P att Y P ans - 
not in use the top can be removed and Cream Sponge Cake.—Two eggs; one 
stood against some vacant wall space, cup sweet cream; one cup sugar; salt;! 
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three teaspoons baking powder; one and 
one-half cup flour; one teaspoon vanilla. 
Bake in three layers and use a cream or 
custard filling. 
Chocolate Cake.—One and one-half 
cup sugar; one-half cup butter; one 
whole egg and yolk of another; one- 
half cup sweet milk; one square choco¬ 
late dissolved in one-half cup boiling 
water; two cups flour; one teaspoon 
soda and two of cream of tartar; one 
teaspoon vanilla. Bake in loaf. 
Sponge Molasses Cake.—One-half cup 
each of lard and sugar; two eggs; one- 
half cup molasses; one teaspoon soda; 
one teaspoon each of ginger and cinna¬ 
mon; two cups flour; one-half cup 
boiling water. alice m. ashton. 
Household Congress. 
Tomato Soup. —One quart of milk, 
heat very hot. Season with butter, pep¬ 
per and salt. In another basin, heat one 
cupful canned tomatoes or an equal 
amount of fresh ones. Just before add¬ 
ing the tomatoes to the milk stir in them 
one-fourth teaspoonful of soda. If de¬ 
sired run the soup through a strainer be¬ 
fore serving. Roll two crackers and 
add to soup. helen c. Andrews. 
Potato Salad With Cream. —Pour 
a cupful of vinegar into a deep bowl, 
mix slowly with it half a cupful of 
cream, a saltspoonful of salt, a little pep¬ 
per, and a teaspoonful of sugar. Chop 
a large onion and a stalk or two of 
celery together. Boil in their jackets 
tight potatoes; while hot skin and slice 
them into the dressing. The hot pota¬ 
toes absorb the dressing, and if shccd 
rather thickly they will not be so apt 
to break when mixing. Garnish with 
chopped parsley and hard-boiled eggs 
This is nice for lunch on Sunday, as 
it can be prepared the day before. 
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Sentimental 
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Who doesn’t enjoy the dear 
old songs of heart and home! 
Such melodies as “Home Sweet 
Home”, “The Old Oaken 
Bucket”, “Auld Lang Syne” and 
“Old Black Joe”, with their 
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Canadian Distributors. 
