Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17

over night. Then take out, put to soak IN
cold water, changing three times day
until ready to cook. Christmas eve cook in
boiling sailed water just twenty minutes,
and serve with mustard gravy made like
drawn butter sauce, with the addition of
mustard to season. The fish with this
treatment swells and becomes light and
delicate
Risgrigingror or Christmas Rico.-Boil the
rice first in boiling salt water then add
milk as much as you desire and cook for
two hours on the top of the stove, stirring
often. so that it will not stick. Add two
pieces of whole cinnamon to flavor. This
should be done when the milk is added.
When the two hours have expired put in
one beaten egg, sugar to Sweeten and one
almond. Pour into a dish and mark in
checkers with powdered cinnamon. AS it
is deemed a great stroke of luck to find the
almond prodigious quantities of the rice
are eaten with that in view, though the
rice itself, according to my informant,
tastes better than anything you have ever
eaten
Christmas Gifts for the Foreign Mall
Thousands upon thousands of Christmas
gifts daintily wrapped and laden with mes
sages of cheer for friends on the other side,
never reached their destination last year.
The trouble? Ignorance on the part of the
sender as to postal regulations, governing
the United States mail in its relations to
foreign countries. When the address of
the sender was on the outside of the pack
age 1t was returned from the dead letter
office but not until along in the early
spring. Where there was no address, the
packages put up with such loving care. at
ter reposing a certain length of time in the
dead letter Office, Wee sold at public auc-
ton.
To insure the safe delivery of foreign
mail certain things must be borne in mind
for there is no evading the law. Every
parcel or printed matter or merchandise is
opened and its contents carefully inspected
al the home office, and all that are disqGali-
fed by insufficient postage, over weight,
prohibited matter, gifts how over small
marked samples" when they are not,
packages so wrapped that they cannot be
opened. are all thrown out Any article ad-
missable to the domestic mails of the
United States may be sent in unsealed
packages by parcels post to most of The
West Indies, to portion of the South
American and Central American states,
Mexico, Newfoundland New England. Hong
Kong and Germany; but to those and a
few other small islands only. Even news
paper sent TO England must he so wrapped
that the cover can be slipped off and the
paper opened for inspection.
Printed matter, with the rate of postage
one cent for each two ounces or fraction IS
supposed to include photographs, pictures,
albums containing pictures. books stitched
and bound, maps and pamphlets. Yet,
strange TO say, a diary for the new year,
even one with maps, Is thrown out. because
1t contains more blank pages than those on
which there is printing. On that account 1t
is classed as merchandise and must be paid
for at letter rates.
A book sofs pictures goes under printed
matter. Those same pictures cut out and
sent as paper dolls alone come under the
head Of letter postage. Any small article
sent in a letter and paid for at letter rates
is sent out If prepaid in full. but is liable