The National tribune., 1907-12-19
By SENIOR SAARA.t

the medicines ever invented. Wherever
there exists a sorrow let us try, even
IL We can do ever so little, to wipe it
away for the day. II ingratitude has
come to US, let us believe that there
must exist cause of which we know
not II the spirit of unforgiveness has
come to any of US. let the Christmas
joy soften our hearts. In mercy let Us
remember our enemies, never forgetfui
of the fact that life is too short to har-
Dor i'll feelings. No matter what we
have borne during the year. or what
we feel We may be called upon to bear
during the year to come, let us be mer-
ry on this anniversary of the natal day
of Christ. who, it Is promised will
mend every wrong. who will set all
things right, tho His ways are not our
ways, and His blessings sometimes seem
slow in coming.
The Pleasure Of Childhood.
And whatever may be our trials, let
us not show them to our children.
Christmas is their day. If 1t be not for
us, il is cruel for US to take 1t from
them. Before them at least let US car
ry smile. Let us be young again, IL
but for a day, renewing our youth in
their games and romps. And in the in
nocent pleasure of childhood, perhaps,
we shall forget the world and the hard
side of our lives. The happiest hearts
arc HeNti OIL ITODf d nome Hlleu
with the love of a good wife and the
merry laughter of children, but chill
dren are not in every home, and not
everybody has a home, so the next
best thing is to find somebody else's
home and somebody else's children to
make happy. Failing that, try the ef-
feet of Christmas cheer on the Chill
dren older grown"
Here is a whole Christmas sermon in
a little verse that Rose has written in
book for a friend of hers:
'What is the thought of Christmas?
Giving.
What is the heart of Christmas?
Love.
What Is the hope of Christmas?
Living.
What is the joy Of Christmas?
Love.
If you feel at all skeptical about It
you might put the second line into
that the last two lines will come to you,
and Love is the fulfilling of the law"
ISABEL wORRELL-BALL.
Baked bananas with orange or lemon
sauce make a good dessert that is cas-
lily prepared. Peel the skin from one
side Of the bananas. and loosen It all
around, but do not remove, and lay
the fruit in a long baking-dish Dust
each one with sugar, and bake 20 min
utes at moderate heat. To make the
sauce mix a teaspoonful of cornstarch
with a fourth of cupful of sugar. Heat
the juice of three good-sized tart
oranges, add the sugar and cornstarch
and cook until it thickens slightly. Pour
over the bananas when ready to serve.
Ouitp often on riSipo in Tho morning
a dull, heavy headache is felt for an
hour or two. which is not severe enough
to make one i'll, but quite enough so to
make one miserable. A half a tea
spoonful of table salt in a half wine
glass of water viii often remove the
ache in less than half an hour. 1t seems
to sweeten the stomach, from which
most headaches come.
To keep clothing looking well is an
art and requires time. Never put a gar
ment away after wearing till you have
cleaned it thOroly. If you have worn
at night that is to be put
away again, hang the garment care
fully over the back of a chair or your
clothes rack till morning; then go over
it with a brush and soft silk cloth,
taking out every bit of dust. and if
there are any spots, cleaning them be-
fore dust has a chance to settle in
mem. II DlndlnSS are ripped buttons
gone, trimming pulled loose fasten it
all in shape, then hang the garment
away SO that it will not be in wrinkles,
and when you need to put it On again
in hurry your temper will not be in
evidence for whole day over a badly
gown that you had not time
to fix. The same is true of hat, gloves
md shoes. vive minutes care of them
when laid aside will add weeks to their
freshness. A well-groomed man or wo-
man is known by the absolute neatness
Of the garments worn, rather than the
latest cut in style or weave in fabrics.
Somebody Is always saying to use
lamp tea leaves on your carpet to lay
he dust in sweeping. I wouldn't do it
f I were you. Tea leaves will stain,
,arpet is very dark it might do, but
hey will be sure to ruin a light car
pet. Salt is a shade worse than tea
caves, for 1t makes the carpet sticky.
Damp sawdust is clean, and will take
Up the dust, but can't always be pro-
cured. A cheap substitute is to tear
paper into small bits and dip in cold
water till wet, then squeeze dry and
sprinkle over the carpet To brighten
Up faded colors, wiring cloth out of
gallon of water in which you have
put two tablespoonfuls of OK gall.
Coal oil is an excellent tonic for the
lair but is Objectionable on account of
is odor, which I cannot tell how to
overcome. But if the oil is rubbed well
nto the roots of the hair with a soft
iponge in the morning. the odor VIII
,e almost gone by evening, and you
AN further dissipate it by a liberal ap-
'licatiOn of bay rum rubbed in the
anne way. The coal oil cleans the
calp beautifully. and softens the hair.
Fried banana is a palatable dish for
breakfast. and gives that fruit flavor
Ill its own, and to many tastes much
'etter than when eaten in the natural
tate. Take off the peeling and split
he banana in half. Have hot frying
'an with half an inch of melted butter
n the bottom. Into this put the banana,
icing careful not to let il burn. but
rown we'll on both sides Just before
fitting out sprinkle with sugar, and set
Il the oven to crisp over the top. Serve
n a hot dish.
Did you ever try apples baked in
his way? Select all OF a size. and peel
icely. then remove the core leaving a
ound hole straight thru the apple.
lake a paste of sugar, butter and
tile grated nutmeg. and fill the hole in
ach apple with ii and set in a butreryd
udding dish. Then put a dozen little
its of butter over the outside Of The
pples, sprinkle literally with sugar
nd Set in a hot oven to bake. Very
,rt apples are best