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THE KliKAL NEVV-VUKKER 
December 4, iyi5, 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 
Christmas. 
White is the frost upon the fir, 
And white the rime upon the thorn; 
An nshen cloud, with threat of snow, 
Has veiled the eyes of morn. 
The wind is like a burdened heart 
That may not still its plaintive moan, 
And sobs behind the wooded hills 
In eerie undertone. 
And yet within the chimney’s throat 
The back-log sings with lyric glee, 
And there is sound of children’s mirth, 
And buoyant minstrelsy. 
And down the spacious aisles of air 
Triumphant music sinks and swells; 
Their “peace on earth, good will to men !” 
Peal out the Christmas bells. 
—Clinton Scollard. 
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Before packing away a rubber bathing 
cap for the season, dust it well with tal¬ 
cum powder, inside and out. The film 
of powder keeps it from sticking together 
and cracking in the folds. The same 
plan should be used when packing away 
rubber gloves, the inside being well dust¬ 
ed with powder. 
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A TESTED recipe for chocolate cake calls 
for two squares chocolate, one cup sugar, 
one-half cup butter, one full cup flour, 
one-half teaspoonful cream of tartar, one- 
half teaspoonful soda, three-fourths cup 
milk, two eggs. Put chocolate in bowl, 
stand over hot water until melted, then 
put all ingredients in and beat with Dover 
egg beater. Bake in a loaf. 
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One of our readers asks how to mend 
an agate kettle which has had a hole 
burnt in it. The only method we know 
for mending agateware is to put a rivet 
through, hammering it perfectly tight 
on each side. If any of our readers 
have other light on this subject, we hope 
they will share it with the inquirer; a 
leaky agate kettle always seems the most 
hopeless of household derelicts. 
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Beans are especially useful among 
Winter vegetables, and furnish plenty of 
nourishing and savory dishes. A useful 
bulletin issued in the Cornell Reading 
Courses (Food Series No. 1(5) is “Beans 
and Similar Vegetables as Food.” Among 
the recipes given is the following for 
baked bean loaf: One pint cold baked 
beans, one egg, beaten, one cupful bread 
crumbs, one tablespoonful finely minced 
onion, two tablespoonfuls tomato catsup, 
salt and pepper. Combine the ingre¬ 
dients, and shape mixture into a loaf. 
Bake for 25 minutes, and serve with 
strips of broiled bacon on the top. With 
a garnish of parsley this is an attractive 
dish, and it is very nourishing. Excel¬ 
lent for supper in cold weather, and lit¬ 
tle trouble, as it could be prepared in the 
morning, when doing other cooking, and 
then set away until time to put it in the 
oven. 
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The dark days and lack of sunlight 
bring out some defects in house furnish¬ 
ing that we never realize during the 
Summer. Take, for example, a room with 
a northern exposure that has been pa¬ 
pered in grayish tones—one of those 
good sensible papers that will not show 
dirt. How chill and melancholy it looks 
in the Winter, even though well warmed 
and lighted. If the gray paper were re¬ 
placed with buff or soft yellow the room 
would have a cheerful look at all seasons. 
In such a room ecru curtains are pre¬ 
ferable to pure white, as they give a 
sunny tone to the room. A small room 
is always made smaller by an elaborate, 
heavily patterned wallpaper, that seems 
to project right out into the room and 
when dark colors prevail in the heavy 
pattern the effect is very unrestful. Mod¬ 
ern taste is shown more and more in 
wall-coverings of simple or restful design 
and coloring, in textures that will not 
harbor dust. The Winter gives a good 
opportunity for studying such improve¬ 
ments, if they are to be made at the 
time of the Spring cleaning. 
Christmas Fare. 
The Christmas season is a time for 
good things and as good things cannot, as 
a rule, be prepared in a hurry to begin 
a week or two beforehand is none too 
soon. One of the many good things to be 
seen at the Christmas feast is a dish of 
the old-fashioned mince pies. To make 
the mincemeat take a pound and a quar¬ 
ter of lean round steak, put it in a sauce¬ 
pan, just cover it with hot water and let 
it boil slowly for half an hour. Take it 
out and put on one side until cold, then 
chop the meat up finely and put it into 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering patterns, always give 
number of pattern and size 
desired. Price of each 
pattern 10 cents. 
£2 and 26 inches high. 
Youth’s Pajamas, 32 8827—Combination 
or 34, 3(5 or 38, 40 Corset Cover and 
or 42, 44 or 4(5 Envelope Drawers, 
breast. 34 to 42 bust. 
Hereafter all patterns numbered 8772 and 
higher will be cut with a SEAM ALLOW¬ 
ANCE, basting line being shown by a line of 
small perforations. Those who do not want a 
seam allowance may trim it off along the 
basting line. Directions as to basting line 
are given on envelope containing the pattern. 
Embroidery Designs 
' 1 No. 658 is a design for embroidering a 
"towel 15 inches in width. Transfers for 
" two ends are given. Price of transfer pat- 
' < tern 10 cents. 
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a large bowl. Chop one pound of beef 
suet, pare, core and chop one dozen rus¬ 
set apples, one pound and a half of seed¬ 
ed raisins cut in small pieces, one pound 
of currants, half a pound of mixed can¬ 
died peel sliced very thin, and then 
chopped, the grated rind and strained 
juice of two lemons, one pound of good 
brown sugar, two ounces of mixed spice, 
one grated nutmeg, a saltspoonful of 
pepper, and a scant teqspoonful of salt. 
Stir all these ingredients well together 
with a wooden spoon. When thoroughly 
mixed put the mincemeat into a crock 
and press down with the spoon. Then 
pour over it half a pint of cider to blend 
the flavor of the various ingredients apd 
also to keep it. Cover the crock with 
thick paper, put it in a cool place, and 
the mincemeat will be ready when the 
time comes. 
Make a light paste, line the patty-pans 
with a thin layer of paste, put in one 
heaping tablespoonful of the mincemeat, 
cover with a thin crust and bake in a 
quick oven. An English housewife who 
was celebrated for her mince pies used 
to boast of how many she had made from 
one pound of flour, showing her skill in 
rolling the paste out thin. Cover a plat¬ 
ter with a doily or folded table napkin 
and place about a dozen of these pies on 
the dish. There is a pleasant saying that 
every guest partaking of one secures a 
happy month. 1 . a. g. 
The Christmas Dinner. 
For the Christmas table decoration 
there is nothing more effective thon holly. 
Brighten the leaves by rubbing them with 
a little olive oil, then get a small round 
basket, one about eight inches high will do, 
gild it, and fill this with the holly, and 
place it in the center of the table on a 
white embroidered centerpiece, and if 
the dinner is to "be at night illuminate the 
table with four or six tall red candles in 
brass candlesticks, and have red silk or 
paper shades. 
Another simple decoration, which is 
quite a new idea, is an eight-inch doll 
dressed to look like a poinsettia blossom. 
Petals are cut from crepe paper in three 
sizes, there is a row of large ones around 
the waist, another of the smaller ones 
about the neck, and a crown of tiny ones 
on the head, only the face of the doll is 
visible, peeping out from above and be¬ 
low the scarlet petals. She looks exactly 
like a full blown poinsettia flower turned 
upside down. A thick holly wreath is 
placed in the center of the table and the 
doll stands just inside this. 
Then there is the big decorated Christ¬ 
mas cake, with, candles, that the children 
like best of all other decorations. This 
is an old-fashioned fruit cake baked in 
a square tin, iced a glistening white, with 
poinsettia decorations in red icing, put 
on with the pastry tube. 
We always like to have our Christmas 
dinner a little more elaborate than any of 
the other festivals of the year, and if pos¬ 
sible a little different from the preceding 
one. Although goose is not as popular in 
this country as the traditional turkey, it 
is really the proper thing to have for 
Christmas dinner, and »since we had tur¬ 
key for the Thanksgiving dinner why not 
"I've always 
Wanted a pair 
for every suit — 
and these are 
the real 
Shirley 
Presidents' 
You will make a man’s 
Merry Christmas last 
thewhole year through 
if you give him REaL, 
original 
SHirl 
Presi 
Suspenders 
“A pair for every suit ” 
will make him bless you every time he dresses, 
if you give him the real President kind that 
are easy on shoulders, clothes and temper, 
too. Three million men wear them for com¬ 
fort’s sake. We guarantee them to please 
him —the money back if they don’t. 
Nine charming holiday boxes from which to choose 
make the gift beautiful as well as thoughtful and use¬ 
ful. But he sure the word PRESIDENT is on the 
boxes and the buckles. It makes you sure of getting 
the kind that nearly all men know and like and want. 
You’ll hear him say “just what I wanted!” if you 
give him a pair for every suit, and— 
Remember PRESIDENT! 
PRESIDENT SUSPENDER CO. 
SHIRLEY. MASS. 
LooK for the Buckle 
You set the hour: 
he'll wake you up 
If it’s two-thirty to get 
the milk to town, he calls 
you right on the dot. If 
it's five o'clock when work 
is light, Big Ben lets you 
get the extra sleep. 
Dodge him around— 
two today —five tomorrow 
—give him a thorough 
try-out. Any hour you 
say suits Big Ben. Just 
arrange it with him at 
bed time. 
It’s his business to get you 
up on time and he does it 
loyally—punctually—cheerful¬ 
ly. He stands seven inches 
tall; has great, strong keys 
that make him easy to wind; 
a big, deep-toned gong that 
makes him pleasing to hear— 
a round, jolly face that makes 
him easy to read. 
If your dealer hasn’t him, a money 
order addressed to his makers, 
Westclox, La Salle, Illinois, will bring 
him postpaid. $2.50 in the States— 
in Canada, $3.00. 
Handsome Toy Kitchen Set 
18 enameled and nickel plaled leal toys, consisting of—flour 
sifter, wash boiler, coal hod and shovel, washlub and board, 
pail and flower spade, wateringpot, teapot, teakettle, dish- 
pan, kettle with cover, cups and saucers—will last forever. 
Price, 9 1.65 
With safety Christmas tree holder, $2.00 prepaid 
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