New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-28
BAYBERRY CANDLES.
If Fruit Is Gathered Now They Can Be Made
at Any Time.

All over the country at this time OF the year the
bayberry bushes dropping with fruit an incon-
spicuous little gray berry, once despised and for
gotten. but coming to be highly valued for its
sweet smelling This is made with candles.
which add to their distinctive merit OF giving off
delightful odor they burn: the further attraction
of a lovely pale green color the substantial
virtue of remaining perfectly hard and smooth in
hot weather
To make hayberry candles is a work Of tne, 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 indefinitely in a dry
place. and the candles be made at any convent
ent time.
To prepare the wax the berries should be placed
in a preserving kettle, with an equal quantity of
cold water and boiled steadily for four hours. the
kettle being filed up with hot water as 1t ools
down. After the boiling should come an hour OF
smmering and then the kettle should be set back.
where the contents will keep hot for while before
being away for the night. the berries should
not be removed from the kettle nor disturbed IN any
way, as this causes the TO sink to the bottom.
IN the morning. If these directions have been care
fully followed the will have formed firm
hard cake on the top OF the water 1t must then
remelted and strained TO free It from impurities
Melt slowly and pass through wire strainer Let
It become quite cold again. remelt and strain
through cheese cloth or lawn
While all this is going on the moulds may also
be In process OF preparation. These are made by
several
the desired size. taking care to keep the edges
perfectly even glueng it securely and closing the
lower end with disk of paper slashed to a circle
which Just fits the end OF the mould. Tho mould
is placed upon the circle, and the laps OF the
slashed border turned up, folded over one an
other IN regular order and carefully glued. The
circle may be traced by using another candle OF
the size as that around which the paper Is
wrapped The candle is taken from the mould,
melted. poured back again. and then emptied out at
once This gives coating OF wax, which prevents
the paper from absorbing the precious bayberry
wax. After this the bottom OF the mould may be
perforated exactly in the centre 10 admit the pas
sage OF the wick.
which comes in balls for the purpose. One end is
waxed and threaded through the hole in the bottom
of the mould from the outside. The other end is
separated, and the three strands spread out
glued Another disk, slightly larger than the first
with a 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
box, and. after they have been placed in II the
wcks should be drawn up taut and secured by
means of a hatpin passing through them and rest
ing in notches cut on either side of each mould.
The moulds ready for the wax. which
should be melted slowly, and not allowed to get
1t will settle little leaving hollow. which should
be filed up each time il 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 penknife
and, the rest of the paper peeled off spirally The
bottom end of the wick should be cut off close TO
the candle and the top to within an inch OF II.
1t takes a quart Of bayberries for each candle.