Arizona republican., 1907-12-09
DOMESTIC SCIENCE
EMMA PADDOCK TELFoR
BY


 Vanish. ye clouds in the skyl For the time of peace. good will to men
 On earth is drawing nigh. Sing O worker, over your tasks, Carol. O heart that is glad and freel For the Christmas joy and the CrrIsr. mas bell
 Are for thee, for thee. for theei Cheer. c life that Is sad and dark. Heal, O soul that Is torn and sorel For the manner Babe. and the living God
 Are loving and calling thee evermore. Faith Bradford. At Christmas tide We pile the board With flesh and fruit and vintage stpr- ed.
 And mid the laughter and the glow We tread a measure soft and low And kiss beneath the mistletoe
 At Christmas tide. Oh God and Father of us all, List 10 thy lOwliest creatures calli Give of they joy to high and low; Comfort the sOrrowing in their woe; Make wars to cease and love to grow
 At Christmas tide. Time to bake the Christmas fruit cake and boil the Christmas plum pud- ding. Time to get the bulk of your Christmas shopping done so as not to get caught in the last mad rush. Time to lay in a stock of wrapping paper twine and soft tissue paper or the
 
 Christmas gifts. Time to plan the Christmas decorations and festivities. Time tc take account of stock, physi- cal and financial. and having found just how far you can go without over doing in either direction. make up your mind to stop just there. IL is a poor Christmas celebration that leaves one with unstrung nerves. a physicial col lapse or an aftermath of debt A di- rect violation this of the rtal spirit of Christmas.
 INEXPENSIVE CHRISTMAS RE
 MEMBERANCES
 Even with the stringenCy In the money market. there is no necessity of cutting out all Christmas remember ances. It is the thoughtful that counts and not the money value of the gift.
 A little souvenir just received from Sweden may offer a suggestion for some little girl with delft fingers. IL Is simply a piece of hempen rope about five-eights of yard in length. This is doubled in the middle. making a op two inches long; then the ends are frazzled out, strand by strand. making a wavy, fluffy tassed a quarter .F r.e Txl ,zs,. .ly or scarlet ribbon is wound around the loop. finished with a little bow. Hang up by the dressing table by the loop, and you have a most convenient recep- tacle for holding all combs and shell pins. with no danger of their falling off and no trouble in the dusk of a winters morning in hunting around the top of the dresser to find them. More over the fine threads of flax keep the combs clean.
 A small novelty is a bit of embroid- cred linen which is intended to band and secure a napkin of a transient guest. A piece of linen five inches long and one-half inch wide has spray of flowers embroidered upon it and the edges buttOnholed. The ends are tied together around the napkin with a bit of ribbon.
 A postcard calendar is another inex- pensive. vet dainty. gift Select three or six-post cards with appropriate views and at the bottom of each card glue two or four small calendar leaves. On the one intended for the outside put January, February. March and April If but three cards are to be st-ffh months. Punch a hole in back of the upper corners and tie together with a scarlet and green ribbon. leaving a loop to hang up by. These are just a nice size for a desk or bedroom call endar.
 A BLUE PRINT CALENDAR.
 Where one has had a summers out ing with a camera a charming present is made by mounting the blue prints on gray cartridge paper printing the titles of the pictures in old English by each one and pasting a calendar leaf at the bottom of each page. A camping trip to the Grand Canyon with scenes en route made a delightful souvenir when arranged and mounted in this way. Holes were punched in the upper cor ners and ribbon in the Christmas col ors were run through to hang it by.
 RED RAFFIA
 And here a suggestion. A great saw ing in the price of the ribbons used so freely in tying Christmas packages can be effected by using raffia in red or green. or a twist of the two colors- It is quite as "Christmasy." and possibly a shade more artistic than the ribbon.
 MASSAGE CREAM
 Aoman who has a special recipe for making wonderful massage cream with ripe cucumber juice as its foun dation. makes up a large quantity every autumn from the cucumbers gone to seed on her country estate. and presents 1t to her friends at Christmas in little white stone crooks tied up with holly and red ribbons. While few of us have cucumbers left in oud gar dens at this stage of the game. ! will give you the recipe. and if you cannot make it this year cut out and save in your scrapbook for next. To get the cucumber juice cut large yellow cu cumber in thin slices without removing the peel, and put into a porcelain saucepan with a very little water. Sim mer gently until all the pulp is soft, then squeeze through a fine cloth. For one ounce of this juice allow two ounces of this juicetpn-uceas etaoin ounces almond oil, One-half ounce