The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-12-16
NOMAN'S COLUMN |
EDITED BY MRS. II. NJ. BARTLETT

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The old proverb, Demonstration is
the thief of time" is one that 1 am sure
every woman in our town has tested to
the utmost limits, but never to any
greater degree than just now at Christ
mas time. Probably there is not one of
us who is in the habit of making Christ
mas gifts, who did not, as last Christ
mas was with us, resolve to begin maxi
| ing her next seasons presents Fright
away" and not be so far behind with
them again: but I will venture to say
that very small proportion Of us did
anything of the kind. How easy it
| would be for each of us, with months
before us, to see all our Christmas pres
ents finished and prettily tied up, at
least week before the time for sending
them. But the months slip by rapidly,
seeing very little accomplished, and
again the 25th of December finds us
rushed to death, spelling eyesight and
temper by sitting up half the night to
make something for a friend. If we
knew that one of our friends were doing
that, we would surely say, Please don't
do it; and yet we 60 on just the same,
and let procrastination make giving al
most to cease being a pleasure. There
are so many suggestions about charming
little inexpensive gifts given the public
in the various papers, that not knowing
what to make need not be the cause of
the mot doing" The charm of the
gift is in the spirit of remembrance, and
not in its value, and yet l fear we are
apt to forget this. OF course it is very
well to say that we should give chiefly
to those who need our gifts most and
who cannot give us anything in return.
We are but human, however, and we
cannot help giving to those to whom we
are under some obligation, either by ties
of family or friendship, and this necessity
is apt to crowd out the possibility of CIV
ing to others. If we had not procrasti-
mated, " should have had plenty of time
for all. We all have the conviction that
we should give to the poor, and we all
wish that we just had the time to do it,
and if Christmas were only two weeks
further off, we would then remember and
have time to do for our less fortunate
friends. can only speak from expert
ence and say that those Christmas sea-
sons were the happiest when had spent
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who, perhaps but for my small remem-
brance, would have had nothing. There
is still time for us to do this. There are
quite enough about us to whom we could
give little Christmas cheer, making
them feel that the spirit of Christ is in
the land, taking the glad tidings to all.
With such opportunities it is truly more
blessed to give than to receive.
Some easily made fancy cakes. What
pleases child more than to find some
thing good to eat hidden in his stocking,
and how difficult it is sometimes to spare
the money for buying little dainties of
this kind. To make them at home re-
quires only little time and less money.
KIssEs.-Beat the whites of six eggs
to stiff froth. They should be beaten
until so light and dry that they begin to
fly off from the beater. Stir in cup
full of powered sugar gently and quickly.
Spread paratine paper on three boards
which measure about nine by twelve
inches, and drop the mixture by spoon
fuls on the boards. Dry in a warm mot
hot) oven for three quarters of an hour,
Lift them from the paper and stick them
together at the base by tows. This guam
tity makes dozen and half.
A delicious variation can be made by
blanching half pint of bitter almonds
and pounding them to paste. mixing
this little at time with the whites
and sugar and adding two table spoon
fuls of cornstarch. Butter the bottom
OF fiat baking pan, and drop the MKT
ure on in spoonfuls. Spread it very thin,
especially in the middle, and bake in a
quick oven. The moment the cakes are
taken from the oven, roll into the shape
OF a cornucopia. If allowed to cool they
cannot be rolled, so it is best to bake
only half dozen at time.
CoCoANUT CoNEs-tirate a cocoanut:
add to it half its weight of sugar; then
stir in whipped white of one egg. Roll
the mixture into balls or cones, and bake
in moderate oven for twenty or thirty
minutes. If the mixture is too soft to
hold its shape, add very little -four.