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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-19

II EMININE minds are filed with
T. thoughts OF holiday gifts just now,
with plans for making dainty and
attractive trihes which have their
decorative as well as their useful
value and which embody a few of
the pleasant wishes of the donor. The
day OF the homemade gift has by no
means waned. On the contrary, the field
OF handicraft has widened and fingers
have grown more and more deft In the
fashipning of exquisite novelties which
were once the pleasure and tasks OF
artists. NeedIework in all its branches
is popular for the gift scheme this sea-
son, but there is another kind OF handi-
work-one which is equally old and as
attractive as embroidery and which
makes the most delightful OF presents
and that is Danish leather carving.
The beautiful designs. the delicate tool
ing and the rich coloring of a port
folio or a photograph frame done in
leather work can not fail 10 please the
most fastidious and TO strike a spark of
interest in the mind Of the most blase
person on the Christmas gift list.
Although leather carving looks in
Ilcate and oifncult TO the beginner, II
really is one OF the simplest and cas-
lest Of decorative arts. One feature of
leather carving which commends it TO
women with nerves is its soothing ef-
feet, the way il has of making them
Forget their own worries and indispo-
siuons I'D become absorbed IN their
work Frequently il is taken up by
men as well as women Just for the
pleasant and improving effect it has
on the nervous condition Two hours
Is long enough for the beginner 10
work at carving, though professionals
Keep the tools going all day and feel
no IL effects from their steady en-
ployment
Almost any woman can master the
art OF leather carving with a little
practice II she has fairly steady hand
and an accurate eye. The slightest
slip OF the tool may spoil a design or
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Stewed Hare
Mrs. B. f.. Nayna

Mrs. b. E. Maynard, San Jose. Cal.
Get a young hare or wild rabbit;
small pieces; cut a slice OF salt pork
into bits and fry with a medium large
onion, chopped; when a light brown
rolled them lightly in -four. Cook for
about Is minutes, turning the pieces
constantly; then add two quarts OF
clear soup stock Cook very gently
for an hour and half or two hours.
thicken the gravy and serve. Season
ing of salt and pepper, and. IL liked, a
little lemon juice should be added
about half an hour before serving.
A delicious pie may be made with
this rabbit stew. When the stew has
cooked for about an hour line a deep
pan or dish with a good pastry: thicken
and season the stew; place il in the
pan and cover with a thick pastry
about half an inch thick. Cut few
Sits in the cover of pastry and put In
the oven. 1t will take about an hour
in a rather hot oven and is delicious.
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fetal holly is slipped under the bow OF
cord or of ribbon when the package is
to be delivered by hand.
Among the Christmas novelties are
the little Santa Claus stamps, on which
the head of the children's patron saint
takes the place of that of the father Of
his country or any OF the other
WORTHLESS In Uncle Sans picture gall
lery. These are intended to be affixed
in the manner of the others to the
Christmas parcels, but 1t is hardly
necessary TO say if they are to be sent
by mail the. common everyday stamps
viii also have to be used.
Pretty boxes for containing Christ
mas gifts can be made very simply by
covering the ordinary pasteboard
foundation with holly or mistletoe
paper. Either the smooth or the crepe
paper can be used for the purpose. but
If you use the latter lay 1t first on some
fat surface and smooth it out with the
hands until all the superfuous crinkle
has been taken out of 1t. Use the
paste made especially for tissue paper,
as this is dryer than the ordinary gum,
or IL you can not get this, make a very
stiff and dry -four paste Use the ut
most neatness in fitting your corners
and in turning under your edges and
line the inside of the box with plain
paper. Water color paper is also very
good for covering these boxes and upon
this a little decoration of hand painted
sprays of holly can be applied or
poinsettia bloom or sprig Of holly can
be cut from crepe paper and carefully
pasted on.
One of the novel ways of wrapping
small gifts for distribution from the
Christmas tree is to cover them with a
layer of cotton, forming ii into a ball
and then wrapping white tissue paper
around this, tying 1t inconspicuous1y
at one end with narrow white ribbon.
These, of course. are to represent snow
balls
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First Prize
Sterling Silver Gravy Ladle
Mrs. NJ. vickars, 1880 Ellis street

Put a large can of mushrooms
(drained) into chopping bowl Add
half a can of truffies and a tablespoon
full of parsley and chop, but not too
fine. Add teaspoonful of onion Juice
few drops of tabasco and a cupful of
bread crumbs. Mix and add heap
ing tablespoonful melted butter, pinch
of black pepper and salt to taste and
a well beaten egg.
Fill turkey, but not too full. sew up,
then slit the skin in about dozen
places; then rub turkey all over with
two tab1espoonfuls of -four, mixed with
two of melted butter. few drops of
tabasco, half a teaspoonful salt. Lay
turkey on back in brazing pan, put in
a cupful of water or stock, sliced onion,
bunch of parsley and the liquor from
the mushrooms. Cover tightly, put in
hot oven and leave for half an hour.
Then see II it needs more water and
let 1t cook for another hour. Remove
cover and let brown half an hour.
basting every 10 minutes. Remove
turkey from pan, thicken gravy and
serve with currant or cranberry sauce.
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sprays Of holly and mistletoe and is
tied with bright red satin ribbon. A
big Christmas seal is pasted at the
intersection of the ribbons and another
holds down one end of the bow
The cheerful red of the poinsettia
and sprays Of mistletoe are to be seen
on the crepe paper which wraps an
other OF the parcels, and this is tied
with green satin ribbon matching
The third package is inclosed in plain
white tissue and is tied with white
satin ribbon decorated with holly ber-
ries and leaves. The Christmas seals
are used on all three of the parcels.
There are crepe papers to be had
with Santa Claus decoration and a
number Of other designs suitable for
Christmas, and there are plain tissues
in the Christmas colors, red and green
and white. and crepe papers in the
same tints
Then besides the seals which are
made in a number of different designs,
Christmas bells. and trees, and Santa
Claus heads, holly and mistletoe and
the gay scarlet poinsettia. there are
tags Of all kinds on which one may
write the name of the person for whom
the gift is intended, and then these
may be tied to the parcel with a bit
OF ribbon or gilt cord. For the little
message OF good wishes which gem
orally accompanies a gift and for the
name of the sender there are artistic
ally decorated cards which can be
slipped inside Of the package.
Gummed address labels are a con-
venience in sending parcels by mail or
express, and these are also embellished
with Christmas devices which carry
the holiday spirit and message with
them wherever they may go.
Sometimes gold or silver cord is used
instead Of ribbon for tying up the par
GELS and occasionally a sprig of arti-
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TRACING THE DESIGN ON
THE WET LEATHER.

carving, but for ordinary purposes any
table which stands at a comfortable
height will serve we'll enough. It
should be arranged so that the entire
forearm rests on the table. otherwise
the tracing will not be firm and even.
European leather caryers who have
worked in this country-and there are
many of them giving lessons in this
attractive work-speak with delight
and praise of the excellent quality of
the leather as it is treated here and
prepared for carving. 1t is, so they
assert, far superior to the European
leather and works up much more
beautifully. Russian calf skin is the
kind generally used, though other va
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Hoarhound Candy
Miss f. West, 131 Wood Street, San
Francisco

Boil two ounces of dried hoarhound
in pint and half of water for about
half an hour; strain and add three and
a half pounds of brown sugar boil
over q hot fire until sufficiently hard;
pour out In fiat. well creased tins and
mark into sticks or small squares with
a knife as soon as cool enough to re-
tain its shape.
Lemon Drops-Upon a coffee cupful
of finely powdered sugar pour just
enough lemon Juice to dissolve it and
boil 1t to the consistency of thick
syrup. so that. 1t appears brittle when
dropped in cold water. Drop this on
buttered plates in drops; set away to
cool and harden.
Grilled AImonds-Blanch a cupful of
almonds; dry them thoroughly boil a
cupful of sugar and quarter OF a cup
fuf OF water TIL it hairs" then throw
were. in this syrup, stirring them oc-
casionaly; they will turn faint yell
low brown before the sugar changes
color; do not welt an instant once this
change of color begins or they will lose
flavor; remove them from the fire and
stir them until the syrup has turned
back to sugar and clings irregularly
to the nuts. They are delicious, as
they are to alternate at dinner with the
salfed almonds now SO fashionable.
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on quite we'll az first with even a
smaller outlay-four instead of five or
six tools. If only plain designs are at
tempted. The steel tracing pin, both
ends Of which can be used. costs 81;
the small knife, which has a wooden
handle and a blade cut in an angle,
can be bought for rs cents; the model
ing pin costs twice this amount, while
the background tools sell for so cents
each, and the small jewelers. hammer
can be bought for dollar or SO.
Brushes oil paints or dyes, a table and
a glass of water complete the leather
carving outfit.
Many leather workers prefer a glass
or marble slab on. which to do their
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Steamed Chicken
Mrs. r. Jordan, Napa, Cal,


Clean and carefully wash in several
cold waters a nice fat chicken. Allow
all the water to drain out, rub half a
teaspoonful of salt on the inside, then
stuff with the following: One pint OF
fresh oysters without their juice. one
pint of bread crumbs; butter. size OF
an egg; cut in small bits; half tea
spoonful of black pepper and one leaf
Of sage crushed and sprinkled over the
mixture Mix all well together and
moisten with half cup of the juice
taken from the oysters After stuffing 6
the chicken fix same as for roasting
and rub a teaspoonful of salt and as
much flour as will stick to 1t all over
the outside, then drop 1t in a deep ket-
tie in which has been Drowned and
is still sizzling hot half cup of but
ter. Turn the chicken often until
well Drowned, cover tightly and set on
back of stove to simmer and steam for
two hours In its own juice. To make
the gravy chop fine and boil heart.
liver and gizzard In three-fourths of a
quart of water and pour it into kettle
after the chicken has been taken up,
thicken and salt and pepper to taste.
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WRAPPING CHRISTMAS PARCELS

NVFHEN you receive a gift at Christ
M mas, or at any other time for
that matter. IL gives you far
greater pleasure II 1t IS daintily
wrapped in tissue paper and tied with
ribbon. or II It is placed in an attract
paper and tied with brown string. just
as II It had been sent from depart
nent store It is a compliment which
you pay to the recipient OF the gift to
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-19
Chicken Saute
Miss AdeIia Grnsshoff, 357 Scott Street,
San Francisco

Clean and prepare a chicken; cut
into pieces; cut quarter OF a pound of
bacon in small pieces, put into a
saucepan FIVE minutes, add your chick
en-, turn now and then until brown;
pour off the surplus grease, add a gill
of Spanish sauce and cIaret glass Of
white wine. Peel one dozen little on
ions, brown in little olive oil; add TO
chicken few minutes before serving;
add pinch OF pepper, salt and nutmeg.
to IL mushrooms cut into quarters:
sremove all floating grease. Serve.
Spanish Sauce-Melt two ounces but
ter In a saucepan, add two ounces OF
-four: stir until colored a nice brown;
mix -four and butter thoroughly, add a
pint of stock, one and half ounces Of
lean, raw ham, a carrot, an onion, a
piece of celery, two cloves, a pinch of
salt and pepper, and stir until 1t begins
to boil Remove saucepan to back OF
range, allow to simmer gently an hour (;
skim Off grease and strain.
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Hot Cross Buns

Mrs. w. e. Brooks, watsonviIIe, Cal.
A quarter cup butter. quarter cup
sugar, a quarter teaspoonful salt, one
cup milk, one yeast cake dissolved in
quarter cup lukewarm water; add suf-
fcient flour to make a stiff batter and
beat we'll; let rise over night and in
morning add half teaspoonful cinna-
mon. quarter teaspoonful nutmeg, two
beaten eggs. half cup raisins; knead
until elastic; let RISE mold, rise and
bake; make cross of icing on buns.
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Cheese Fondu

One cup of stale bread crumbs, one
egg, one cup Of milk, butter the size
Season the bread crumbs with a quar-
ter of a teaspoonful of salt. same of
pepper, one speck of cayenne, one salt
butter, cheese, beat egg and milk.
Bake 20 minutes in small pudding dish
or in small dishes 10 minutes. Serve
immediately.
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AMONG THE ARTS AND CRAFTS DANISH LEATHER GA@VN

with its right side up and model the
design making veins and lines where
they improve the design. You must de-
pend on your own Interpretation OF the
design for this part of the work. as few
of the paper patterns can help here.
Now press down the outside line OF the
design with the fiat side OF the model
ing pin, and thus raise the center so
that ii stands out clearly and effective
" from the background. To heighten
this background effect two or three
small tools. which Danish leather
carver calls punzles. are employed
Each tool is short and about half the
thickness of pencil The tip end Is
flat, and the other one. which Is pressed
against the leather. is cut in tiny star
like designs The outline may be oval,
circular or almost heartshaped- This
tool is used with the hammer, and It
should be held firmly between the
thumb and index finger, with the carved
end pressed fat against the surface
of the leather, so that when 1t Is given
a quick. firm tap with the hammer the
impression OF the design is left clear
cut upon the surface Of the leather. II
the tool leans a tribe to one side. or
the hammer does not strike 1t evenly.
the design viii come out heavier on
one side than the other. The back
ground tool must not be allowed to
swerve in the least or the hammer to
falter In the process OF tooling- A
quick. Arm, decisive blow IL ths only
one to give good results.
~OLORS can be applied after the
carving is done. Chair seats. cush-
ions and table mats-an articles
which should be rather 1st-are seldom
embossed, or II they are. the embossing
is slight. and when handsomsr ecrscs
IS desired dyes or oil paints can be ap-
piled 10 enhance the design You do
not need 70 be an artist, or rather Q
painter, to be able to put on this color
effectively II Is done with nat brush.
and very little paint Is used. 1t being
the effort OF the leather worker to
allow the rich tone OF the material to
show through as much as possible
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Bread Sticks and Rolls
Mrs. c. A. walker, Larkspur, Cal

One pint scalded milk. quarter cup
butter, two tablespoonful sugar, one
teaspoonful salt. one yeast cake In
quarter cup water, white of one egg,
and butter to scalded milk When luke
warm add yeast cake. white of egg
well beaten and flour to make batter.
Beat thoroughly and let rise an hour,
double its bulk in raising. Make into
sticks or rolls and let rise again. Start
baking sticks in hot oven. and reduce
heat that they may be crisp, as freshly
baked crackers.
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SELECTED RECIPES FOR MODERN

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N/oU need very simple set of tools
for carving leather The outfit can
be bought in this country, or it can
be made to order. but some of the best
carvers of Danish. leather work prefer
the excellent little tracers and knives
OF German manufacture The entire
kit costs less than $5. and you can get
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Fried Chicken With GibIet
Gravy
Miss Flora Davis, Kingsbury, Cal

Prepare young fowl for frying:
place in a paper bag, sift flower over
Il and shake gently until each piece is
coated Place in patent roaster or fry
ing pan two teaspoonfuls butter or
other fat: when hot add chicken. cover
and fry nice brown; salt while cook
ing. An hour before wanted cut glib
lets fine and run through food chopper
Cover with three cups cold water and
boil When chicken is brown sift over
little more flour, stir and add giblets
and liquor. Put in oven for 15 minutes
and serve on layer of tiny hot bis
cults split and turned crust side up.
Pour gravy over all. Deliciousl
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The first step in the process. of carv-
ing is to moisten the leather thor
oughly, just where the design is TO
60 Do this with water and bit of
cotton wool. The leather will not take
the pattern, neither will 1t work up
we'll when insufficiently dampened. Lay
on the right side of the wet leather
the traced paper design to be trans
ferred and follow each line with the
tracing pin, pressing down firmly
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rieties serve for certain kinds of ar
ticles. Calf skin comes in several
sizes and shapes and is really the most
expensive part of the carving outfit.
However by planning economically
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cut through the leather. A few les
sons will familiarize the pupil with her
tools and place her where she can turn
out ornamental chair seats, embossed
blotting pads and wall panels much
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Stuffing for Turkey or Chicken
Miss Elmira storm. 2615 Russell Street.
Berkeley

For one medium sized turkey take
about one dozen soda biscuits or crack
ers, heat them in hot oven, but don't
let them brown; this will make them
roll fine much quicker and give them
OF OYSTERS half a cupful of melted but
ter, pepper and salt, I'LL the fowl with
this
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Artichoke and Asparagus Sauce
Miss j. n. Pfnson, 2967 California
Street, San FraucfscO

pan; add one tablespoonful flour Place
over flame. until very light brown, stir
continuously, adding boiling water un-
Add half a teaspoonful salt, half q tea
spoonful paprika, one teaspoonful lemon
Juice. Boil five minutes. Serve hot or
cold.
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quicker than she can embroider cen
terpiece or weave lace, and the great
point about this leather work is that
it lasts a lifetime, even the color work
retaining its beauty when properly
laid on.
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enough with the point TO make a dis
tinct outline on the leather. These de-
signs can be original ones or they can
be bought from leather carving teach
ers. Many workers in this attractive
field choose old Nordisher designs.
which are excelIently adapted to the
decorating of photograph frames. desk
sets. panels, etc Magazine cuts. wall
papers and rugs offer suggestions which
can be utilized with charming results
and at the same time they viii produce
unusual effects.
After. the design has been traced
with care remove the paper and begin
to cut the outlines, letting the point OF
the knife go half way through the
leather Be sure to hold the knife in
a vertical position, with the broad side
of the blade toward you. Then take
the tracing pin and enlarge the cut line
by running the point of the pin through
each separate cut This makes the de-
sign assume greater prominence,
which is even more emphasized by
using the modelling pin.
TO model the leather bring the piece
over the edge of the table. resting
one section of it on the top and
having the design free for tooling on
the under side. Press each flower petal
and each line in the center and model
each Sut line so that. the sides are
pressed open. This is all the work to
be done on simple pieces, but where
the design is more elaborate and re-
quires modelling on the right side as
we'll as filing in proceed as follows:
Turn the leather with its right side
fiat against the table top and NIL IN
the flower petals and spaces you want
embossed with paste made of equal
parts of flour and sawdust mixed with
boiling water and cooked until thick.
This paste must be used at once, as 1t
hardens quickly and can not be modelled
afterward. A little practice Is required
to determine just the right amount Of
paste to use in each part of the de-
sign and to know how to regulate the
quantity of paste. When all the cor
ners and flower tips have been filled
with the paste turn the leather work
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one skin can be made to supply num-
Der of foundations for articles of diff
ferent styles.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-04
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses issued
in san Francisco Tuesday. August 5, 1909:
STANDARDIZATION F. Brennan. 81
81 S63 Fillmore 81.
ES-HEINZAiANN-0rrin Y. Eccles. "a
2s9 Marshall St. and Bertha A. Heinzmann
o. Il Falcon ave.
N-McdILIsAN -JOhn D. FeldmaB, 26
1915 Masonic ave- and Mabel l. Mcmillan
- 12sA Carl St
FISHER-ALLEN-W Beverly Fisher. 21
Berkeley. and Ruth ?. Allen, p, sl4 Cor
bert
GRIFFIN BLANcHARD-Frsncis n. Griffin
s. East Boston, and Alice II. Blanchard, 81
Benicis
OL-SCHNIDT-George n. ". MacCool
S. oakland, and Alice d. Schmidt, "a, Sar
LereuZo.
KEOWN-o'GARA-Felix J. 7. McKeown
26 500 Twenty-ffth St. and Catherine z
O'Gars, IS 523 Arkansas 81.
NENGULA-S TASLEY-Lsurence J. Mengula
p. ISs Arlington ave. and Msbe c. Stanley
ls 302 Lily ave
PITTO-CAVAGNARO- J. Pitto, 81
2160 OnODdaga ave, and Cornelia J. Cavas
marc. 20 246 ocean ave.
sMITH-DAVIDSON-w william h Smith. &c
Mineola Tex, ard Helen Davidson, p. Louis
Vile, ny
T-REN-DEMPsIER- 7. C'Ren. so. SsI
Francisco, and Agnes Dempster, ., Ottumwa
Iowa
TIER-LARsEN-Arthur 2. Whittier, 81
1874 Market ST, and Hortensia Larsen, p
$50 Eleventh 81.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-04
CARGO LEFT ON WHARVES
WILL BE WAREHOUSED
Harbor Commission Decides to
Abolish Old Penalty

The harbor commissioners had con-
ference yesterday with some of the
prominent steamshipmen and local
shippers at which it was decided TO do
away with the penalty imposed on
freight left on state wharves beyond
a certain time Hereafter the cargo re-
sponsible for the congestion of wharf
which is wanted for other purposes will
be warehoused by the chief wharfinger.
W. r. Wheeler, manager of the traffic
bureau of the Merchants exchange, was
an interested participant in the confer
ence, and complimenLed the board on
the work it is doing along the water
front.
President Stafford said that the con-
gestion of which the shippers COM
planned would never De permanently
remedied until the ports facilities for
handling freight could be placed on a
modern basis.
IF we make this change in our regu-
lations. gentlemen" he concluded. and
a congestion of freight follows. 1 want
you to agree not to come here and pro-
test if we select the company that
seems to be responsible and do some
wholesale warehousing to clear our
wharves. To speak fguratively, from
now on there will be no more fines, but
every now and then a spectacular
hanging"