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[NOTE.—Miss Knapp is ready to an¬ 
swer any questions about those or other 
simple gifts which girls may ask. As an 
expert teacher of sewing and domestic 
work she can help in many a household 
problem.] 
HINK first what the recipient would 
enjoy, not so much what you want 
to make. - Choose something simple 
enough so that. you can do most of the 
work. If you can earn or save the 
money to buy the material, so much the 
better. 
Grandfather would like something to 
clean his glasses, large enough so he can 
handle it easily. Better make two, as 
he sometimes mislays one. See diagram 
I. Cut one piece of chamois by the pat- 
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Half of Eyeglass Cleaner. 
cover. Cut three leaves of white flannel 
a little smaller than the case, and 
notch the edges, sew in place. Oversew 
the covers across the narrow end. Put 
a bow of one-half inch ribbon on the 
middle of the casing and close the covers 
with ribbon strings. For the scissors 
sheath, cut four pieces of bristol board 
like diagram and four of the silk one- 
quarter inch larger all around. Cover 
tern and one of fancy silk. Lay the silk 
over the chamois, baste both together 
close to the edge. Now buttonhole the 
edge with embroidery silk, the stitches 
one-eighth inch apart. Take out bast¬ 
ings, fold double with the silk outside 
and sew a bow on the fold; use ribbon 
to match the embroidery silk. 
Grandmother still wears dainty mus¬ 
lin ties in the morning, and cannot buy 
them now. Take a strip of fine lawn 
3*4 by 40 inches, cut the long way of the 
goods, you can make a narrower hem 
this way. Fold a narrow hem on each 
long side, use fine thread, about No. 120, 
so the stitches will not show. Mark scal¬ 
lops across the ends and buttonhole with 
white floss. Mark little circles .Love the 
scallops with your thimble and feather¬ 
stitch these. Father has a sweet tooth, 
so make him some candy by this recipe. 
“Father’s Candy.” —Two cups light 
brown sugar, two-thirds cup milk, one 
scant cup cocoanut. Boil to soft ball stage, 
remove from stove, add two heaping tea¬ 
spoons butter. Flavor with wintergreen 
and beat like fudge. Make an envelope 
box like diagram II to hold the candy, 
of bristol board. Mark around all the 
edges with red crayon, then trace a line 
inside this with green crayon. Print the 
word Bonbons with both colors and tie 
at the corners with red and green Christ¬ 
mas ribbon. 
Mother could use a sewing set. Choose 
some silk that is especially pretty, but 
will not soil easily. This set will take 
five or six hours to make. Cut four 
pieces of bristol board like diagram above. 
Cut one piece of silence cloth, also. Then 
cut four pieces of silk one-half inch 
larger- all around than the pattern. Cut 
one piece of silk for the pocket. Cover 
the bristol board pieces with the silk 
ones and oversew, inserting the silence 
cloth between one pair. These make the 
covers of the needlebook, the thicker one 
holds pins stuck in its edges. Turn down 
ihe hem on the pocket piece, make a 
casing and draw up with narrow elastic. 
Turn under the edges, laying pleats at 
the bottom and oversew to the other 
the bristol board with the silk, then over¬ 
sew the two covered pieces again, leaving 
the scalloped end open. Add bows of 
ribbon at each side of the top; 1% yards 
of ribbon will do for the sewing set. 
Big sister likes sachets to put among 
her clothes. Get a pretty lace-edged hand¬ 
kerchief, cut it in quarters and hem the 
cut edges. Make sachets from squares of 
violet silk the size of the hemmed squares 
by folding diagonally across the middle. 
Lay the handkerchief section over the 
sachet, tack in place at the corners and 
add ribbon bows. Half violet sachet 
powder and half orris root is a sweet and 
lasting odor. 
Aunt Ella is always wanting a pin. 
Cut six pieces of bristol board like dia¬ 
gram below, cover with fancy silk and 
oversew. Hang from ribbons of varying 
lengths with a bow at the top. Buy a 
pin cube and arrange the pins from it 
in these hearts. A girl of 12 made this 
in three hours. 
Big brother uses piles of blotters. 
Take a dozen blotters, separate a calen¬ 
dar pad and mount one leaf on each blot¬ 
ter. Cut a piece of bristol board or 
water color paper the size of the blotter, 
make slits in it like those in your post 
card album. Insert a Christmas post 
card, paint one yourself if you can. Lay 
the cover on top of the blotters and tie 
at each end with holly ribbon. 
Little brother loves to color pictures 
but cannot handle a paint brush well, 
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Drawing Paper 
ruled to give margin 
for picture 
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For The Sketch Book. 
and most drawing books are too hard. 
Get the easiest set of light and shade 
studies from any school supply house, 
buy a thousand sheets of drawing paper 
(30c.), and have a sheet of mounting 
board (Sc.) cut into pieces 6x0 inches; 
you will have seven pieces. The extra 
ones can be used to mount pictures and 
calendar pads. Now rule a number of 
sheets of drawing paper like diagram 
below. With an eight color five-cent box 
of school crayons, copy as many of the 
studies as you have time and patience 
for. Follow the printed directions that 
come with each. On an equal number 
of ruled sheets, draw as many of the 
studies, but do not color them. You will 
find there are very few lines to put in. 
Lay your copies in pairs, a colored one 
facing an uncolored one. Punch holes in 
four places, punch holes also in two 
pieces of mounting board and tie into a 
book with narrow ribbon. Do a small 
sketch on one-half of drawing paper, let¬ 
ter it “Beginner’s Sketch Book,” and 
paste onto the cover. Your book will 
look something like diagram below. An 
The Beginner’s Sketch Book. 
older girl I know colored 12 crayon 
sketches, one for each month in the year, 
copied a dozen suitable hymns and tied 
all into a pretty cover. She called it a 
“Year Book,” it was a gift for an invalid 
friend. 
Daisy’s fairy godmother has everything 
heart can wish for, but is growing old. 
So this year Daisy will lend her clever 
fingers in making some of the hundred 
gifts this dear lady uses. 
The Little Peacemaker. 
LL sorts of human tragedies and com¬ 
edies are worked out in this great 
city—a wonderful spot for the study of 
human nature. Last week a little child 
of three stopped the strife between her 
father and mother, and led them joyfully 
out of court for a new start in married 
life. There was trouble between this 
couple. It was the old story of the 
sensitive young woman trying to live with 
her husband’s family. They would prob¬ 
ably have made a good start and got on 
well could they have gone into a home of 
their own to begin with, but they started 
in with the old folks, and fault finding 
led to criticism until the too common end 
was reached. The man and his wife 
went into court, asking for a separation. 
Justice Weeks, with a good knowledge of 
human nature, saw the real trouble be¬ 
tween these young people, and he tried 
to bring about a reconciliation. When 
the woman gave her testimony on the 
stand the judge saw that her grievances 
were not too serious to be mended by a 
little tact and self-control, and so he 
stopped her in the midst of her story, 
and said that he would adjourn the case 
for one month, to see if these young peo¬ 
ple could not forget their differences and 
start over, and this was what the good 
judge told them : 
I believe the fires of love can be re¬ 
kindled in this case. Why don’t you both 
take your little girl and "o to some quiet 
suburb to live where you will be alone? 
Let the wife take off her kid gloves and 
do the housework and let the husband 
devote himself to his home exclusively. 
The lawyers, too, must forget the words 
that have been said and not permit them 
to stand between their clients and their 
future happiness. The motto of young 
married couples should be, “lie who gives 
most gets most.” 
The woman left the witness stand in 
rather a. bewildered frame of mind, and 
just as she reached her seat, little Miri¬ 
am, the daughter, slipped off the lap of a 
woman who was holding her, and ran up 
to her mother’s side. The New York Sun 
tells the rest of the story. It is to be 
hoped that this little peacemaker will 
have her way, and that these young peo¬ 
ple after their quarrel will find that the 
judge is right, and that it is for them to 
forget their differences and start over. 
“Are you and papa going to take me 
home now?” asked Miriam. 
Before Mrs. Wodiska could answer the 
child led her across the room to a chair 
where Wodiska was sitting with lr's at¬ 
torney. When the wife faced her hus¬ 
band she put her handkerchief 1o her 
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eyes and sobbed. Wodiska jumped up 
and embraced her. Then he kissed both 
his wife and little daughter, his own eyes 
filling with tears. The child looked from 
one parent to the other with a puzzled 
expression. She didn’t understand that 
she had been a successful mediator. 
But Justice Weeks understood. 
“Adjourn court,” he said. Then he left 
the bench and patted the curly head of 
the little peacemaker. 
Snowy, Puffy Doughnuts. 
<{YT7’HAT delicious doughnuts! If I 
VV thought I could make such good 
ones, I’d be a happy woman. All my 
men-folks are doughnut eaters, and I fail 
at every attempt, so the baker reaps the 
benefit Mm—hm, but they’re good,” and 
Mrs. Ray again helped herself to a crisp 
brown ring, hot from the kettle. “I never 
saw such puffy homemade ones. 
Mrs. Patt smiled. “I’ll tell you the 
secret if you wish.” 
“Do begin from the beginning,” begged 
Mrs. Ray, “and I’ll take notes.” 
“Take any good recipe for doughnuts,” 
began Mrs. Patt, “and cut them out be¬ 
fore putting the fat on to heat.” 
“Why, why, my mother-” expos¬ 
tulated Mrs. Ray. 
“Yes, I know our mothers,” laughed 
Mrs. Patt, “but any mixture to be fried 
in deep fat is improved by standing, even 
hours, and fries much easier, too. In 
fact, one may fry one-half the quantity 
one day, and the remainder the next day, 
if it be kept cool, and covered.” ■ 
“And then one could have hot dough¬ 
nuts for breakfast!” exclaimed Mrs. Ray, 
delightedly. 
“Surely; and cut them out with a ro¬ 
tary cutter, a great time-saver, and costs 
only 12 cents by mail.” 
“I am glad to know about that, and 
now for the secret of the puffy doughnut. 
How do you accomplish that?” asked 
Mrs. Ray, eagerly. 
“That’s easy,” encouraged Mrs. Patt. 
“Simply keep the kettle in which the 
doughy rings are frying covered, and 
they will rise to double their original 
size. When all are cool, put two table¬ 
spoonfuls of confectioner’s sugar in a 
large bag, put in three or four doughnuts 
at a time, and shake bag gently till 
doughnuts are coated with sugar. Con¬ 
tinue till all are sugared, then put away 
in covered tin, and the last one will be 
as good as the first.” 
Mrs. Ray hurriedly arose. “I’m going 
home to try my luck this minute!” 
c. II. WEEKS. 
Grape Juice From Whole Grapes. 
NOTE on page 1164 a note on un¬ 
fermented grape juice. Fairly good 
unfermented can be made in the way 
there described, but I would like to tell 
your readers how the very best unfer¬ 
mented can be made. In our town is 
situated the largest unfermented grape 
juice plant in the world, where hundreds 
upon hundreds of carloads of grapes are 
made into juice. It is not their plan, 
however, that I would describe, but a 
plan that is easier than the. most simple 
canning operation, and that gives a juice 
that is without comparison, clear as 
crystal, tastes just like fresh grapes and 
has no cooked or burned flavor. 
Use ordinary two-quart glass cans. 
Place the can tops and rubbers in boil¬ 
ing water. Pick the grapes from the 
stems, wash them and in each can put 
one pint of the grape berries and one 
half pound of granulated white sugar, 
then fill the can with boiling water and 
seal. That’s all there is to it. Care 
must be taken to see that the water 
used for filling the can is boiling hot 
and that the can itself and the top and 
rubber is also boiling hot until sealed. 
If larger or smaller cans are used, use 
grapes and sugar proportionately. 
Do not crush the grapes or try to sep¬ 
arate the juice from the pulp, do not 
cook or even heat the grapes. There 
are enough heat units in the rather more 
than three pints of boiling water to bring 
the whole content of the can up to the 
point necessary for sterilization, but not 
enough to leave a cooked taste. Place 
the cans in a cool cellar and do not dis¬ 
turb till ready to use. If the work is 
carefully done it will keep a year, two 
years or more. The water dissolves < ut 
the flavor and coloring but none of the 
cloudiness of the berries leaving them 
about full size but without much sub¬ 
stance or flavor. a. i. loop. 
Pennsylvania. 
