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| quarters of an inch and check in squares
If you like the flavor of cinnamon or va
nilia, add scant teaspoonfu1 while beat
| ing, Just as it begins to get cool.
| Cocoanut Fudge-Use the same rule as
Tor the chocolate, but instead of putting in
| the cocoanut with the other materials cook
| the fudge first, then add a cupful of pre-
pared cocoanut just before taking from the
1lre Fresh grated nut is too moist. Beat
very thoroughly, so as to have the fudge
creamy and delicious
Butter Scotch.-Put into a saucepan one
cup OF brown sugar, a scant half cup of
water and tablespoonful of vinegar Boil
ten minutes and add two ounces of butter,
and continue boiling until drop becomes
brittle in cold water. Pour in creased tins
and break into irregular pieces when cold.
Deviled Chestnuts.-Put one pound Of
large shelled chestnuts in a saucepan of
boiling water and parboil. Then plunge
easily removed. Dry thoroughly. then put
into frying pan with two tablespoonfuls
or olive oil or butter and shake until good
colored. Sprinkle with salt mixed with
cayenne and serve cold or hot
Mulled Cider.-Put one quart of cider on
to boil in granite saucepan. Beat three
eggs well and add sugar enough to tone
down the acfdfty Of the cider about to be
added. When the cider reaches the boiling
point pour over the beaten eggs stirring
briskly. Return to the pan, stir until It
boils again and serve hot in glasses
Acknowledge Gifts Promptly.-With all
the rush of the Christmas week don't for
get to take time to acknowledge gifts.
Your note of thanks need not be long, but
naturally the sender will be glad to know
that amid all the uncertainty of the
Christmas mails the package has been re-
ceived. If you do not know for what pur-
pose the article is intended, say SO frankly
and beg enlightenment There are always
SO many new things in the market, espe-
cially in the line of small silver articles,
that she would be bright woman indeed
who could always surmise what each new
spoon, fork other article was primarily
intended for.
I know a woman who received a silver
pen extractor a few years ago. but never
learned it's use until months afterward.
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CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

had an awful lot of chimneys some rickety.
There was one small boy and one small
girl The year before ST. Nicholas had
brought them useful presents-new clothes.
This year the boy desired Punch-and-
Judy show that he would himself cause to
"act''-and charge admissions; and the girl
desired "menage," i.e., housekeeping
made up Of any quantity of tiny dishes, and
SO on.
We've got to get word to st. Nicholas
without papa and mamma knowing it,"
the boy said.
Then we must write to the Little Jesus"
the girl answered. Writing to the Infant
Jesus the week before Christmas is a thing
done by all conservatively brought-up
French children. They know that 1t is
really the Infant Jesus who sends the pres
ents, st. Nicholas being only his white
whiskered messenger boy Before they
learn to write, even, little girls write .'ba-
ton" pot-hook, letters to the Child-pages
covered with lines of straight marks and
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New Last for Women's Shoes.
From the Shoe Retailer.

From the Shoe RelaIIeF.
A new style appears to be coming along
In lasts for the better classes of ladies'
goods. It's lines are not unlike a last such
is used for moderately high Louis heels.
inasmuch as there is somewhat of a drop"
waist. the forepart of the last being clearly
defined on the bottom and somewhat fiat
from the waist forward.
The forward part OF the last is somewhat
slight I'm measurement and the instep is
rather high, but not increased in measure.
a medium toe is the favored style, and this
has been introduced to replace the mannish
shapes.
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such houses. Petroleum tricycles have
gone out, and petroleum bicycles are never
given to boys, being too dangerous. He is
also delivering ponies, saddle horses. real
petroleum boats, dog carts and fat checks
on the bank. But when st. Nicholas sees
that the house has four or five chimneys,
very broad, of fine brick, each terminating
in eight or ten or dozen handsome and
regular chimney-pots, he takes down smart
fur Jackets talking and walking dolls. gold
watches, long chains for the girls, model
mot read petroleum boats, trains of cars
drawn by practicable locomotives, big
easels and paint boxes like those of sure
enough artists, piles of extensively Illus
trated books and checks on the bank not
quite so fat-the French are great on Civ
Ing money to their children. Every child
has his account in the savings fund.
st. Nicholas makes no mistake with pres
ents like the above, because the chimneys
show it to be an apartment house of the
SWEETEST description, inhabited by parents
when the little girl puts on her gray SPUR
rel coat and the boy pulls out his gold
watch. Mamma has an otter coat and papa
has watch that rings the hours and
quarters.
In an Apartment House.
And SO on. When ST. Nicholas comes to
roofs with fifteen or twenty chimneys
sticking out all over them, new chimneys,
repaired chimneys enlarged chimneys, shut
up chimneys, some terra Gotta, some iron
stovepiping, some long, some short, he
knows he has got to be careful. This is
an ordinary apartment house, with a
great many families living in apart
ments of small rooms, which must not
be Uttered up with great big presents
The parents are not throwing away
money on themselves; and consequent
ly they would not thank ST. Nicholas
presenting their children with expensive
presents that, all the same, are not useful.
When st. Nicholas sees chimneys of this
kind he gets out new suits of clothes. boxes
of collars and cuffs, shoes, hats, overcoats
and books and subscriptions to magazines
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Marked According to Order.

From the Philadelphia Record.
story of British stoldity is going the
rounds A certain wealthy American IN
London dropped into shop to purchase a
set of decanters.
AS the purchase represented more money
than he had on his person at the time, he
gave his address at the hotel and instructed
the assistant to mark them c. o. ID. The
assistant made note of the request, but
the purchaser was surprised to find the
goods left at the hotel without demand for
payment When the parcel was unpacked,
however it developed that each decanter
had been beautifully engraved in twining
letters &C. O. ID"
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What Happened to Young Billups.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Mary Coles Darlington of Richmond
sends us the following:
.'One of the curious characteristics Of the
old-time darkies is their ability to make
themselves always Ineligible, no matter
how twisted the long words, which are
their delight.
AUNT Dilsey, what has become or
young Tom Billups| 1 asked my nanny
recently.
".De Ian sakes Miss Baby she replied
with uplifted hands and ewes like saucers,
he dun run off to de Lewis imposition, but
we amt heard from him, nary line, cept II
tits one o. desc sump'n n'er picture cards;
an 1 jes believe, Miss Baby, dat he's dun
hin catnipped! I"
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and illustrated weeklies. In this way he
makes not only the children happy, but
their parents also-because 1t saves them
from the need of buying such useful arti-
cles in the ordinary course.
have known cases in which this admira-
BILE delicacy Of ST. Nicholas was neverthe-
less misunderstood by children. I give you
the example also to show that children, too,
may have delicacy Of mind-what is called
tact-and at the same time be practical.
They say that we Americans are practi-
cal. They actually throw 1t up to US.
Well, our children are not in 1t with Paris
children.
What They Really Wanted.
It was a family living under a roof that
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SOOH DIS IL lulckeHS on TOAST OF
Sausages and Celery-Prick as many
sauSageS as are desired so they will not
burst in the cooking. Put in the blazer
pour on them a quarter cup of boiling
water, cover and cook until the water is
all evaporated. Uncover and brown, add
ing little butter or bacon fat If necessary.
Two or three minutes before they are done
add two tablespoonfuls of chopped celery
and cook just long enough to be tender,
but not to lose the taste of fresh celery.
Serve on slices of brown bread or toast
Grilled Sardines-Drain the sardines free
from oil and remove the skins. Heat a ia
blespoonful of butter in the chatting dish,
lay in the sardnes, heat through one side.
then the other, and serve on toast or
crackers.
Chatting Dish Mince .Pie-If any one is
given over to the mince pie habit, the holt
days are good time to try this English
recipe for one made without crust in the
chatting dish. Chop fine three large sour
apples, peeled and cored, and cook tender
in tablespoonful of butter, adding two ia
blespoonfuls of water If the apples seem
dry. AS soon as the apple Is tender, add
one cup of sugar, one-quarter cup Of mo-
lasses, one-half cup of cider. one table
spoonful of vinegar, the juice Of one orange
with the thin yellow rind of a quarter, one
cup of raisins, one-half cup of currants. two
Boston crackers rolled, one tablespoonful
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Idyl.

Hugh Macnaghtan, In the Spectator.
In Switzerland one idle day,
AS on the grass at noon we lay,
Came a grave peasant child, and stood
Watching the strangers eat their food.
And what we offered her she took
In SILENCE, with her quiet look,
And when we rose to 20, content,
Without word Of thanks, she went.
Another day, In sleet and rain.
l chose the meadow path again,
And, partly turning, Glanced to see
My little guest friend watching me
With eyes half hidden by her hair.
Blowing me kisses. unaware
That had seen. and stin she wore
That same grave aspect as before.
And some recall for hearts delight
sunrise, some q SNOWY delight,
And l little child who stands
And graveiy kisses both her hands.
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The Christmas Tree.

Alice Ward Bailey, in the Outlook.
Now time doth bring the night to thee
When thou must plant thy Christmas tree
Sing low. my heart, sing low!
Beneath thy feet it's roots shall spread,
Its branches reach the sky o'erhead--
Sing low, my heart, sing lowi
Then let thv shepherds come from far.
Thy wise men follow with the Star
Sing low. my heart, sing low
Let every beast kneel in his STALL
And Mary's Child be Lord of all
Sing low, my heart, sing low!
Tomorrow shall the Tree be bare,
A naked Cross IL shall be there
Sing low, my heart, sing low.
Tomorrow eometh Calvary,
But this one night be peace to thee
ains Low. haart. sing l0Wl
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CHRISTMAS IN PARIS
st. Nick Runs No Risk of
Making Mistakes
IN GIVING PRESENTS
KNOWS BY THE CHIMNEYs JUST
WHAT TO. DO.
Can Tell the Exact Social and Financial
Rank Of Each Family-Some
Modern Luxuries.
IN GIVING PRESENTS
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PARIS, December II, 1904
In Paris st. Nicholas runs no risk of mis-
taking rich children for poor children. He
can tell the exact social and financial rank
of each family by simply glancing at the
chimney.
There are twenty times many chimneys
In Paris as in any other city of the world
When you go on the roof it looks like a
forest Of chimneys.
This is because Paris houses are so big
and hold SO many families. Only few of
the very richest, SWEETEST people live by
themselves as we do at home. All the rest
live in apartment houses five and six
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Full Directions for Use,

From Golfers Weekly.
The inventor of a new feeding bottle for
infants sent out the following among his
directions for using:
when the baby Is done drinking it must
be unscrewed and laid in cool place under
the hydrant If the baby does not thrive
on fresh milk 1t should be boiled"
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Makes No Mistakes.

Makes No Mistakes.
When st. Nicholas glances at the CHM
neys of a house he knows what style of
gifts to leave. st. Nicholas is delicate and
tender-hearted He would consider it a
terrible break to leave $25 talking doll
with hair that docs up for girl whose
papa is so hard up that he has to- have
his hair cut by her mamma; or to leave
$40 automobile yacht burning heavy oil
like the real thing for boy whose mamma
is turning her last winters skirts. Papa
and mamma might feel hurt and Jealous.
If the house has only two big hand
some chimneys Of decorative brick or
swell people living alone in it. Probably
they have steam heating for the living
and reception rooms and electrical heating
for the bed rooms.
7 know two children of enormously rich
Paris parents. They undress in room
that has a shining brass drum" standing
under the mantelpiece, with long glass
tubes radiating like fan from bottom to
top You touch a button and the glass
tubes become hot and shin1ng-they are
nothing but long electric light bulbs OF
thick ground glass.
It heats the room beautifully and can be
stopped off the moment you don't want it..
In very cold weather the children have
only to touch another button and their
feet are warm.
They touch button, and that very min
ute their feet get warm. This is because
the carpet has sewed into it everywhere a
lot of copper discs and such machinery, all
connected by silk-covered wire with the
electric-lighting system. When the current
is turned on the discs heat up-that is to
say, they walk on an electric heating
Garnet.
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An Oriental Answer.

From December Lippincott
1t was in a Maine Sunday school that a
teacher recently asked a Chinese pupil she
was teaching to read If he understood the
meaning of the words IAN old cow
Been cow long time, was the prompt
answer.
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''Do you care for Browning?" asked the
with the painted cheeks, at the reception.
Not SO loud. please" whispered the wom-
an; my husband has an awfully jealous
disposition. "-Yonkers Statesman.
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why so little is known of what the many
express packages contain.
Christmas day the President will spend as
he does every Sunday. He will attend
services in the Dutch Reformed Church. In
the afternoon he may - for a drive or
horseback ride. Monday he will not be in
his office and will go horseback riding with
personal friends. During all Christmas
week he will spend no more time in his
office than public business requires. AS
often as he can he will be out in the fresh
air on his favorite horse, and Mrs. Roose-
welt will accompany him when she is able
to get away from her household and social
duties. Mrs. Roosevelt is a splendid rider
and enjoys the outings with her husband.
All the children enjoy horseback riding.
Miss Ethel has a beautiful and spirited
pony that she often rides, while Archie has
calico pony of the Shetland variety that
he is frequently seen riding.
Generous Giving.
Mrs Roosevelts charities during the
Christmas season are said to be numerous,
but, like the President, she says nothing
about these things and allows nothing to
be said about them. What she does for
charity must be known to herself only.
Mrs. Cleveland was most thoughtful as to
the poor children of Washington. The
Cleveland children received hundreds of
presents each Christmas from various parts
of the country. Mrs. Cleveland would put
some of them on q Christmas tree and the
others she would send to Washington or
CARNATIONS doing charitable work among
the poor children.
By direction of the President fine dressed
turkeys were distributed today among the
married employees and servants of the
White House. The distribution was at
tended to by Steward Pinckney and the
Presidents best wishes went with each
bird. This was a custom of President Nc
KInley also He gave every married en-
ployee a turkey and every single man a
stick pin for his scarf or some small piece
of jewelry of this kind
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Other Judges and candies suited to the
taste of young and old are these:
Chocolate Fudge.-Scrape or CRATE two
squares of unsweetened chocolate, and mix
with two and one-half cups fine granulated
sugar Add one cup rich milk or cream
and stir we'll Put over the fire, add a
heaping tablespoonful of butter and boil
hard five minutes after 1t begins to boil.
Stir all the time it is cooking, then take
from the fire and continue beating until the
fudge is smooth, heavy and cool enough to
hold itself perfectly in shape. Pour on
well-buttered tin to the depth Of three
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good when the young people come In from
exercise in the open.
Cream Oysters with Celery.-Have ready
one cup of crisp celery cut into small pieces.
Put three tablespoonful of butter In the
chatting dish blazer. add the celery and
cook five minutes. Next add half cup Of
oyster liquor. half a cup of cracker crumbs
and salt and paprika to taste. When this
comes to scald put in half cup Of
cream and as soon as 1t reaches the boiling
point again, a pint of oysters. Leave in
only long enough to have~the edges curl,
then serve at once on toast or crackers.
Little Pigs In Blankets.--Dust large oys-
ters with pepper and salt, and Wrap each
one in a thin slice of fat bacon. Skewer
with a toothpick and cook in the blazer
just long enough to make the bacon brown
and crisp.
Lobster a la Newberg-There is only one
objection about serving lobster in this way
to young people-it cannot be made without
the use of little wine. If compounded
with other sauces it is not the Newberg
variety. Cut lobster in large or small
pieces, enough to make two cups. Put a
ger. add the lobster cover with half cup
of sherry and simmer ten minutes Beat
the yolks of three eggs thoroughly add to
them a tablespoonful of cream, so they
will not curdle when added to the hot lob
ster. Set this one side while you stir one
cup Of cream in the stew. Season tG taste
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Latest Household Luxury.

It is the latest Paris household luxury.
should not wonder If 1t came from America.
It permits these children to sleep in an
otherwise unheated room, to purify their
blood, prevent their catching colds and
make them hardy. Each sleeps underneath
a sky-blue silk coverlet; and each one of
these coverlets has those queer copper discs
sewed everywhere inside 1t. Nurse tucks
them in, touches button-and the cleo
tricity does the restl
This year st. Nicholas is delivering a
great many 25a-horsepower automobiles to
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hooks and smears OF ink. which He can
read as well as print. This is the way the
Little Jesus gets to know exactly what the
children want for Christmas.
when we write our letter mamma will
tell us we ought to ask for clothes again.
the girl said. I'VE will write one on the
quiet first. asking for the Punch-and-Judy
and the housekeeping"
So they wrote: Dear Little Jesus-If we
ask for clothes. please don't send them.
We don't need them. But please tell st.
Nicholas to send a housekeeping and a
Punch-and-Judy." They got them on
Christmas morning-in their shoes.
Put Out Their Shoes.
When say they got them in their shoes
1t is way of speaking. French children
never hang up their stockings. When we
tell them that the children of America hang
up their stockings they think it extremely
funny. why don't they put out their
shoes, we DOR they ask laughing So
each Paris child on Christmas eve takes
his or her best pair of shoes and solemnly
places them beside the chimney. They
know that st. Nicholas will crawl down
silently in the night. put the smaller pres
ents in them and the larger ones around
them.
1 do not know Of any Paris child who has
seen st. Nicholas at work though many
have waited up for him, even pretending to
be asleep. st. Nicholas is, however. so
-
experience of this kind happened to child
know, who lives next door to the Amer
lean Church of the Avenue de rAlma.
He and his little sister knew perfectly
well that st. Nicholas hates being watched.
So when the boy said to the girl, I'm go
ing to lay for himr' she replied. you'd
better not!' Girls have these premonitions.
He said:
Kept st. Nick Away.
"Pshaw. I'm as foxy as st. Nicholasr'
So while his little sister slept he lay
awake and watched. The clock struck ten,
eleven and twelve. Midnight. No Sc
Nicholas. He was sleepy. sleepy; but he
still watched. One o'clock struck Moth
ing. Still he watched. a little after The
door opened and he saw his papa and
mamma enter on tiptoe with packages of
all kinds in their arms
He saw them undo the packages. They
were full of toys and other presents
What's up?'' the boy whispered to them
from his crib; where is ST. Nicholas? Why
are you thereT
Rash boy" his father answered. after a
moment of reflection. Were you not told
to sleep2 By your curiosity you kept ST.
Nicholas from coming. Your mother and L
learned the fact a little after midnight
and 1 assure you we should not have lifted
a hand had it not been for your innocent
little sister Hush, don't wake herr
My siSter?'
Hush! Yes. not so loud. st. Nicholas
was very much put out that you laid for
him. He would have passed you both by
if | had not gone to the roof. [ said: ''Sr.
Nicholas, don't go off like that. / have
little daughter who has done nothing. She
is sleeping Give me her presents"
Did he give them to you, papa?" whis-
pered the boy.
Sure, don't you see them?" replied his
papa.
But I saw you undoing store bundles"
said the boy.
"Oh, they were your presents. We went
out and bought them for you" said his
papa. STERLING HDILIG.
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on up into the air by means Of a high
terra Gotta pipe topped by what they call
mushroom cap-in order to prevent wind
blowing down the chimney.
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Walnut Fudge-From the same frater-
nifty comes this recipe for fudge: Mix to-
gether one-half cup of brown sugar. one
and half cups of graduated sugar, half
a cup of milk-cream is better-and butter
the size of a ping-pong ball Cor smaller).
Cook over a medium fire until it will hard
en- slightly in cold water. Add one cup of
chopped nuts, take from the fire and stir
vigorously until cold. Pour into a but
, tered pan and let it harden. Eat until sat
iSfied"
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Of cinnamon, one-half teaspaonfu1 cloves. a
ea and m oa Heat thoroughly and serve
on unsalted seafoam biscuit
Beaten Biscuft-This is a seasonable time
also to utilize the splendid muscle Of some
of the foot ball fellows In trying this recipe
givep by young California cellegian.
flour, and shake well through a sieve, hav-
ing previously sailed and treated with q
thimbleful of baking powder. Now meas
ure out a shortening equal tostwo turtle
doves eggs. Work this thoroughly through
the sifted flour with the fingers! Place this
white heap on the biscuit board. and mix
with sweet milk until a stiff rough dough is
produced. Do not become discouraged If it
sticks to the fingers Finally lay the dough
upon a solid foundation, take rolling pin
securely in hand, and continue to whack
until three hundred and twenty licks have
been struck Roll the dough to the thick
ness of half n inch, and then cut into bis
cult. Bake to a golden brown. The result
will be firm but delicious article"
The daily Alaskan., 1904-05-17
JOHN i. HID IS OUT TOR
 THE GOVERNORSHIP Juneau Lawyer Will Oppose John G. Brady For disappointment as Alaska's Chief
 Exeoutive-To Make Hard Fight

candidate for the governorship of Alas ka to succeed Gov. Brady, whose term expires June 6. Mir. Held will, his friends say, make determined fight for the position.