The Portland daily press., 1894-12-22
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THE HON E.
Christmas Candies.

The choice in wholesome candy lies
the confectioner's and the home made.
The latter with little care may be
made as tempting in appearance as 1t IS
toothsome. The following recipes have
been contributed
Butter Scotch. -One cupful of brown
sugar, one half cupful of water, one
tablespoonful of vinegar and generous
teaspoonful of butter. Boil for thirty
minutes or until it threads, pour on
square tins buttered, and when partly
| cold cut in squares.
| White Vinegar Candy.-Two cupfuls
of granulated sugar, one-half cupful
OF water and four tablespoonful of
vinegar. Stir before putting on the
fire but not after. Boil until it threads
when dropped from a spoon. Flavor
with lemon and pour on buttered patters
until cool enough to pull. Use cool
spoon to test with; not the spoon that
| has been in the saucepan.
| Sugared Pop Corn.-In a large kettle
put one cupful OF granulated sugar, three
tablespoonful of water and one table,
spoonful of butter. Boil until almost
ready to candy, then add three quarts
popped corn and stir until cold. Each
kernel will be separate and well sugared.
If preferred the candy may be favored
before adding the corn.
| h Nice moIasses candy is made by boil
| ing together one pound of sugar and two
| tablespoonful molasses till it will stand
! the test before mentioned. If you wish
it favored do this as you pull it by now
and then dropping the tips of the fingers
! in the desired extract. The candy made
by it will not grow soft like that made
| of clear molasses.
Delicious Corn Candy.-This is made
by crushing freshly popped corn with a
rolling pin, rejecting all hard parts, If
any, and then packing in creased tin
to the depth of one half inch, and
pouring over it the candy made of the
&C sugar boiled little less than when
it is to be pulled, with half teaspoon
full dry soda stirred in after it is taken
from the fire. Cut In squares before it Is
quite cold.
Peanut Candy.-This candy requires
the meats from four quarts of these
nuts, fresh and but slightly baked, one
pint molasses, one tablespoonful of
vanilla extractsand one teaspoouful of
soda. Boil the molasses and test in cold
! water. When of proper consistency stir
in the vanilla, then the dry soda, and
lastly the nuts. Pour into shallow but
tered pans of such size that the candy
| will be about one inch thick. Whcn it is
partially cooled cut in squares or sticks,
smoothing the edges with knife. or
cross and snap off when cold.-N. E.
| Farmer.
| Christmas Hints.
Here is hint for those who are max
ing Christmas presents and who do not
feel that they can afford to pay for hav-
ing things stamped. You can make very
pretty patterns by taking cent and a
quarter, or dollar for larger pieces of
work, and drawing circles with them,
letting them overlap one another.
A pretty brush pocket may be made
by cutting two strips of white duck or
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long; the length should be proportional
to the brush for which it is intended.
| The piece which you use for the back
| should be nearly square. the other
| should be about six inches wide.
Stitch the narrow piece upon the other
so as to form pocket, and bind all
rough edges with ribbon to match the
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pattern.
| The same design may be used on the
end of bureau scarfs. all over sofa pillows
and on anything upon which lutte
en- broidery is an addition.
| The girl who is old enough to replace
the buttons on her shoes will appreciate
the quaint little com bina ton of
threads, needles and buttons called
Miss P;per.n Take common clay pipe
and insert the handle in a spool of
| coarse black linen thread. Make a cap
dress, shawl and white apron to cover
| the spool and pipe skeleton. Paint the
eyes and mouth on the bottom of the
bowl of the pipe, the little probe ;tion
there furnishing the nose. Hang by
her side from under the shawl a little
| bag filled with shoe buttons. Pin her
shawl with coarse needle. On her
apron write these words.
My name is Miss Piper;
Pm not pen wiper;
| But if from your shoes
| Your buttons you lose
Just bring them to me,
And quickly you'll see
With what delight
I'll sew them on tight.
Whoever wants to make most accep-
table Christmas or New Year gift
at small expnse should construct
a Friendship Calendar. Make of smooth
! note paper slips for calendar of 365
| pages Block them and gum them to a
cardboard illuminated to taste and
punched to hang upon the wall. The
separate slips should have been filled by
marking on them the days of the month
and week, distributing them among as