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Near-Candies. 
Often one wants “something different’’ 
to mix with candies- when offering them, 
to the casual guest, or when filling boxes 
of sweetmeats for gifts, and the follow¬ 
ing suggestions for easily made near¬ 
candies will, perhaps, prove helpful. It 
may be said, in passing, that these have 
proved "best sellers'’ at the candy count¬ 
ers of church fairs and similar places. 
Fruits and nuts form the basis of these 
near-candies, and being able to prepare 
them quickly in case of need implies, for 
the woman on the farm, keeping a sup¬ 
ply of the kinds best liked on hand. This 
is no drawback, however, as they keep 
in perfect condition for a long time— 
under lock and key. 
Stuffed dates are the simplest, per¬ 
haps, and are made by washing the 
dates; drying them.on a towel; splitting 
one side; removing the pit and replacing 
it with half of an English walnut meat. 
This done, press the edges of the slit 
together and roll the date in fine granu¬ 
lated sugar. Raisins may be prepared in 
exactly the same way but, with them, a 
blanched almond will work better than 
the walnut meat. A fine fig split in 
halves with an extra fine walnut meat 
pressed into each half needs nothing 
more—not even the sugar coating. 
Any preferred nuts and fruits in com¬ 
binations to suit the maker’s taste (or 
supplies on hand) may be made in this 
way or something like these chocolate 
dates may be liked for variety. Prepare 
the dates as already described but in¬ 
stead of filling the center with a nut- 
meat use chocolate—in this way. Dis¬ 
solve a quarter of a pound of unsweet¬ 
ened chocolate and an equal weight of 
granulated sugar, with two tablespoon¬ 
fuls of water. Put over fire and stir un¬ 
til dissolved but do not let it boil. Set 
the bowl containing the mixture in a 
dish of hot water to keep the chocolate 
soft. With a small spoon fill the dates 
with the chocolate. Fill full enough to 
let a brown ridge show where the split 
in the date is. Lay on plates to dry. 
These are no more work than the nut- 
filled ones as preparing the chocolate is 
as quickly done as preparing the nuts. 
For something similar in material, 
but different in form toss together equal 
quantities of stoned dates, figs, raisins, 
and nut meats. Put them through the 
food chopper twice. Add a few drops of 
flavoring and then knead until smooth, 
on a board dredged with pulverized 
sugar. Roll into sheet a quarter of an 
inch thick; cut into small pieces and 
roll in granulated sugar. The kind of 
flavoring used may depend on taste, or 
on the flavoring of other things served 
as variety is desirable. 
Candied fruits, too, are fine though a 
little more trouble to prepare. Boil a 
pound of sugar and a cup of water to¬ 
gether until almost to the caramel stage. 
Put into this any preserved fruits, thor¬ 
oughly drained from their own syrup. 
Stir gently until the sugar crystalizes on 
the fruits, then put on plates and dry in 
oven, being careful that it is not hot 
enough to discolor the fruits. A. delight¬ 
ful surprise is to find among these near¬ 
candies a bit of preserved ginger that 
has been cut small; rolled in sugar, and 
allowed to dry. Any of these may be 
prepared and stored away, in layers be¬ 
tween waxed papers, ready for use or 
they may be made ready in case of sud¬ 
den need with the assurance that they 
are good to eat without any waiting to 
cool—or any other waiting that goes 
with many of the real candies. 
EVA RYM AN-GAILLARD. 
Every good cause is most hindered 
by the peop’e who are unfaithful in lit¬ 
tle things.—Ram’s Horn. 
Thoughtfulness for others, generos¬ 
ity, modesty and self-respect are the 
qualities which make the real gentleman 
or lady, as distinguished from the ve¬ 
neered article which commonly gos by 
that name.—Flerbere Spencer. 
THE RURAL 
The Rural Patterns. 
The tucked blouse shown is a hand¬ 
some lingerie model. The daisy embroid¬ 
ery ( for which pattern Xo. 483 is used, 
6565 Tucked Blouse, 34 to 42 bust. 
price to cents) may be omitted, if de¬ 
sired. Handkerchief lawn with banding 
of lace are the materials illustrated but 
any banding that may be preferred can 
be substituted. The waist is made with 
front and backs and with tucked 
shoulder straps. The sleeves are cut in 
one piece and the stock collar finishes 
the neck. The quantity of material re¬ 
quired for the medium size is 3% yards 
21 or 24. 2(4 yards 32 or 2 yards 44 
inches wide with 4(4 yards of banding. 
The pattern 6565 is cut in sizes for a 34, 
36, 38, 40 and 42 inch bust measure; 
price, 10 cents. 
The skirt Xo. 6552 is an excellent 
Spring model. The skirt is made in eight 
gores and those at the front and back 
are extended to full length and overlaid 
to give a box plait effect. The side pan¬ 
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over the narrow centre gores to form 
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ness over the hips is preserved. The 
quantity of material required for the me- 
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dium size is 7(4 yards 27, 4(4 yards 44 or 
52 inches wide, when material has figure 
or nap; 6(4 yards 27, 4(4 yards 44 or 3(4 
yards 52 inches wide when material has 
neither figure nor nap. The width of the 
skirt at the lower edge is 3(4 yards. 
The pattern 6552 is cut in sizes for a 
22, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 32 inch waist meas¬ 
ure; price 10 cents. 
When Dr. Wu Ting-Fang, the retir¬ 
ing Chinese minister, left this country 
recently, he told his interviewers cheer¬ 
fully that he intended to pay us an¬ 
other visit in 1959. He added politely: 
I hopo I’ll find you all here, but I fear I 
won't. The trouble will be with you—not 
with me. And your trouble—the trouble of 
Americans—-is too hasty eating, loo little 
attention to the proper mode of living in 
not only eating, but in many other things. 
Ilefore departing now, I would like to call 
attention to three things which you should 
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pure thought. Without them you cannot 
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doubt most of you would like to have. 
Without expressing an opinion as to 
the possibility of Dr. Wu being in a 
position to visit us again in 50 years’ 
time (we believe he is already a grand¬ 
father) there is no doubt of the wis¬ 
dom of his advice. Unfortunately mod¬ 
ern civilization has not been developed 
in a way to bring those three essen¬ 
tials of a long and contented life with¬ 
in reach of everyone. We should, 
however, find them in every farm 
home. Just how is your family situ¬ 
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