The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-02
Of remaining perfectly hard and
smooth in hot weather.

smooth In hot weather.
To make bayberry candles is a work
OF time, but most interesting to the
woman who has leisure and taste for
It, The proper time to gather the
berries is now, but they will keep in
definitely in dry place. and the
candles can be made at any convent
ent time.
To prepare the wax the berries
should be placed in a preserving ket-
tie. with an equal quantity of cold
water, and boiled steadily for four
hours, the kettle being filled ND with
hot water as it boils down After the
boiling should come an hour of SIM
mering, and then the kettle should
be set back, where the contents will
keep hot for while before being set
away for the night. The berries
should not be removed from the ket-
tie nor disturbed in any way, as this
causes the wax to sink to the bottom.
In the morning, If these directions
have been carefully followed, the wax
will have formed firm hard cake on
the top OF the water. 1t must then
be remelted and strained to free it
from imurities. Melt slowly and pass
through wire strainer. Let it be-
come quite cold again, remelt an,
strain through cheese cloth or lawn
While all this is going on the
moulds may also be in process of pre-
paraticn. These are made by rolling
paper several times around a wax
candle of the desired size, taking care
to keep the edges perfectly even
glueing it securely and closing the
lower end with disk of paper slashed
to circle which just fits the end of
the mould. The mould is placed upon
the circle, and the laps of the slash
Ell border are turned up. folded over
one another in regular order and care
fully glued. The circle may be traced
by using another candle of the same
size as that around which the paper is
wrapped. The candle is now taken
from the mould, melted, poured back
again, and then emptied out at once.
This gives coating Of wax. whicl
prevents the paper from absorbing
the precious bayberry wax. After this
the bottom of the mould may be per-
forated exactly in the center to adj
NIT the passage of the wick.
The wick is made by braiding the
candle wick which comes in balls for
the purpose. One end is waxed and
threated through the hole in the bot
tom or the mould from the outside
The other end is separated, and the
three strands are spread out over the
bottom of the mould on the outside
and glued. Another disk, slightly
larger than the first, with slashed
border, is placed over them. and the
laps are turned up and glued.
A frame to hold the moulds can be
made by cutting holes of suitable size
in the bottom of boz, and after they
have been placed in 1t the wicks
should be drawn up taut and secured
by means of hatpine passing through
them and resting in notches cut on
either side of each mould.
The moulds are now ready for the
wax, which should be melted slowly,
and not allowed to get hot enough to
smoke. AS it cools in the moulds it
will settle little leaving a hollow,
which should be filled up each time it
appears.
The candles should be left in the
moulds until they are hard but not
quite cold. Then each layer of the
bottom should be removed with a pen
knife and the rest of the paper peel
ed off spirally. The bottom end of
the wick should be cut off close to
the candle and the top to within an
inch of it.
1t takes quart of bayberries for
each candle.