The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

Kennedy win be present at the msst-
ing. n
Misses BERTHE Heard and Mary Nc
Bride. who are students at the Judson
College. will arrive Wednesday to
| Anderson. Miss Heard will leave sun
day for Rochester. N, r, to attend the
students conference at which she will
represent Judson College.
Mr.. ana Mrs. John Pirrong will
spend the holidays with her mother.
Mrs. Fannie Brown.
Mr.. Guy Phelps. who is q student at
the A. p. l.. has returned home to
spend the holidays with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Phelps.
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| Mr. Paul b. Hausman. who has been
| the guest OF his sister. Miss Pauline
Hausman. has returned to his home
In Peoria, Ill. i
Misses Fannie Pickett Dagma
Holmes and Mary Mullen. who are
taking q library course In Atlanta.
will return home for the holidays.
Miss Kitty Rhodes. who has been
the guest of Mrs. J. M Winchester.
will return Wednesday to her home In
Natchez, Miss.
Mrs. ID. r Munk will spend Christ
mas with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
s. A. Powell. at Hurtsboro.
Miss Aileen Jones, OF Greenville. Is
the guest OF Miss sadie Hood on Hull
Street.
| ~ 80 A.. xv,i,tar. ptttvnan Redd
and their two little daughters, Tor
rance Redd and Katherine Redd. VIII
leave Thursday for Montgomery TO
pass the holidays with Mrs. Redd's
parents, Judge and Mrs. J.. b. Castor.
Birmingham Age Herald.
cHrLDREN,s GAMEs--ro HAVE
THEM PLAY AT PARTIES.
There are a number or oid-fash-
Toned games to which the present gen
GRAFTON has never been introduced.
They are worth trying at your next
Juvenile gathering. and as this Is
season which the young folks deltgh
In, they may serve as suggestions to
| busy mothers who are anticipating
Christmas frolics.
For instance, there IL what your
mothers used TO call Hitting the
Pig" most inelegant title, but a
| enjoy. Spread upon the foor q big
square Of canvas or q sheet and sus-
| pend from the ceiling OF the centre OF
an opening for folding doors, directly
over the middle of the covering. an
ordinary paper bag filled with tiny
| pretsels and animal crackers. popcorn
and broken or clear candies. Have
the string long enough so that the
bag will swing easily Place chill,
/ ais ffA q urs nit hi
eyes biindfolded. Place In his hand
a stout canes turn him around ithree
times and. bid him take four steps
forward and then hit the .pig." Nine
chances out OF ten he viii strike in
directly the opposite direction and all
the children VIII shout with giee.
He has three chances and falling T.
burst the bag, must yield the stick to
some other child. When the stick
finally strikes the bag, the latter will
burst and the children are permitted
to scramble for the shower OF good
things. sayerai OF these bags will be
required aud they should be low
enough for all the children - have a
lfair chance.
A game 'nssusiske RI spy.: s. ..non-
key ia stght = the lit$ie guests
or living ROOM and then the child who
[
seen by sharp eyes. yet It is In q
shadow or on a self-tone surface, q
dark penny or very fiat, dark button.
The children are then instructed not
to pick up the penny when they see
1t. but to walk far from II or look in
another direction after eaying mon
key In sight" All must eventually
| md the monkey" or acknowledge de-
feat. which draws the game out better
ar&xte 1tha anraa usfa aa1d stfnOu :
key in sight" frst Is '1t'' for the next
turn
ELIMINATING THE MAID.
| How to keep house with minimum
of hired help 10 problem whose solu-
| ton depends to n considerable degrees
upon individual conditions; yet the in
| geniousness OF certain housewives may
/ well be turned to the advantage Q.
many others. A writer in The Out
look. for example. tells how an EN-
pioyer eliminates the need at table OF
| the services OF a waitress.
1 This houaekeeper has devised "a
! piece OF furniture, the height OF the
dining table. with ends and back I'M
| closed. and consisting Of four shelves
| counting the top. It stands at the
| side of the hostess, with the open
| front toward her. and into this serv-
| ing table are put the different courses
OF meal. which are entirely out OF
| sight of the guests, Ono shelf is re-
served empty for the soiled plates OF
the first course.
After the meal is over the house
| wife or the maid, II there should be
| one, puts the entire remains of the
| meal into this serving table. which
/ being on casters. can be wheeled to
the Kitchen or buffers pantry.
| Vary attractive and convenient serv-
| ing tables for the same purpose. after
the English idea can be bought ready
In this family gas exclusively Ia
| used for cooking at less cost than was
/ formerly incurred by coal. The house
| wife has found q bakery. which she
| has personally investigated. which
| supplies satisfactory bread. only q
| part of the washing and ironing II
done in the house.
| Thus she has in q measure solved
the problem of living well without
herself becoming q household slave
/ Good Housekeeping.
TYING UP THE
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
When sending plants TO your friends
| be- very careful how yon pack them
| Plants like azaleas and Jerusalem
cherries should be nrst tied IN: Put
| a string around the outside OF the
plant and draw the branches in to-
ward the centre,
To wrap them, first cover the top OF
| the plant with tissue or oiled paper
which is held in place by string or
| pins. Then lay the plant down on a
| table and roll II up In a single or
| double sheet OF cotton batting. Out
side OF this comes the wrapping paper.
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