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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12

ing with the subject, such as ''Toilers
OF the Sea" or The Wrecker."
Sometimes the views used for book
covers or calendars or for blotters are
improved by being delicately tinted
with water colors. Photographs OF
flowers also. if you have made any
during the summer months. can be
colored in this way, and the result is
sometimes altogether charming
The woman with camera also has
an opportunity to make her own
Christmas cards. She will first pho
tograph a wreath of holly or ever
green which she has fastened into an
oval shape When she has made a
clear print of this she will cut 1t out
carefully around it's inner edges, and
into the oval frame thus formed she
will ht any pictures she may have on
hand which she thinks will be attract
i've for the purpose; she will also add
her lettering or writing, Merry
Christmas" or other appropriate word
ing. Then she will copy this card with
her camera. reducing 1t TO ht COM
fortably on the postcard size. 51zx315
inches. When she has printed this on
the sensitized postals sold for photo
graphic purposes she can tint her
cards in coIors. There is a ready sale
for attractive postal cards at station
ers' or art stores. and In this way the
mas pin money If desired
Another use to which photographs
can be put is for book plates. Take
one of your pretty views or any pic
ture you may have that seems particu-
IarIy appropriate to the person for
whom the book plate is designed Trim
this picture and mount il on piece Of
white bristol board. Surround II with
one or more ink lines as a frame or
use any decorative design that you
may desire in pen and ink or In wash
drawing Do the necessary lettering.
"Ex Libris" and the name OF the per-
son. or use the form John Smith. His
Book" or any motto or wording pre-
ferred.
When your book plate is completed
place 1t in front of your camera in a
good light. focus sharply and make a
Photographic copy of it. The size OF
this copy should not exceed AZ by 6h
inches. dimensions that will Mt on the
fly leaf OF an octave volume. but pho
tograph book plates are more attract-
i've if they are smaller than this as a
rule. Make your prints on paper that
has the mat surface and black and
white tones
-0hildren's book plates are especially
satisfactory done In this way. and if
the work is well executed II Is worthy
of use even in the library OF the book
lover who has a valuable collection Of
volumes
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T. 6E time for the making Of Christ
mas gifts is growing short. and peo-
pie are now planning those that can
oe put together quickly, as elaborate
pieces Of work must be nearly finished,
or at least wei under way, by this
time in order TO be ready for Christmas.
It is double pleasure in receiving a
gift TO know that it has been made by
the one who has sent it, and for this
reason many women Ike a large pro-
portion Of their gifts themselves each
Christmas.
For those who can embroider. little
Jabots and rabats are among the favor
ite smaller articles used for the pur-
pose They are always acceptable. for
no woman can possibly have too many
OF them.
A few embroidery designs in working
size are given in the illustration as a
convenience for those who wish to mako
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some of these little gifts The lawn or
linen can be placed over the paper, and
the design, which will show through
plainly; can be traced with a hard lead
pencil; or a sheet of transfer paper can
be placed face down on the material
and the design laid on top of this and
traced with a pencil. The scallop marked
No. in the illustration can be used for
the edge of a square jabot or for a
pointed one by turning it TO suit the
outline, and it can also be made to serve
for any length by simply moving it
along. One of the dainty and popular
scalloped handkerchiefs can be made
with this design, using the little wreath.
No. 2, in one or all of the corners, or a
turnover collar could be arranged in the
same way.
One of the prettiest and most quickly
made of jabots has for it's foundation
hemstitched handkerchief center about
eight inches square. This can be
bought, but II it is made at home only
three sides of the square will need to be
hemstitched. A piece of two inch baby
Irish lace is sewed across the bottom
and a narrow (half inch) edging of the
same lace goes down each side, extend
ing to the bottom of the wider lace. In
the center of the linen a little design
like that marked in the illustration is
worked in French and eyelet embroid
cry. The design runs straight up and
down, coming to within half an inch of
the hemstitching at the bottom. Then
the jabot is laid in fan shaped pleats,
turning toward the center. The mate
rials for one of these will cost about so
cents, and the value of the finished
jabot viii be several times that Quarter
Of yard of wide lace and half yard
of the narrow will be needed for each
jabot, and possibly these materials, or
others that will answer, may be found
among the odds and ends at home.
great many of the most attractive
jabots have an upper embroidered por-
ton, and an under portion made of net
and lace which comes down two or
three inches below it. like the one
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illustration is suitable for embroider-
ing on a veil or handkerchief case or
on both sides of little lingerie work
bag lined with pale colored silk on
where a rather spreading design is
needed Nos 2, and 4 can all
be used together as parts of one de-
sign if desired arranging them in any
way that will suit the purpose best.
Those who can not embroider or
who wish to make their Christmas
gifts by still quicker methods will find
that they can construct many pretty
and useful articles of pasteboard COW
cred with the charming figured French
cretonnes. To make portfolio in this
way take two pieces of the cretonne
a quarter of an inch larger all around
than the finished portfolio and placing
the two right sides together stitch on
the sewing machine along one long and
two short edges. Then turn the pieces
right side out and slip into each end a
heavy piece of pasteboard. allowing
about half an inch between them in the
middle Then turn in and closely over
hand the long remaining edge or the
material and at the center. to keep the
two pieces of pasteboard from slipping
out of place, either stitch through the
cretonne close up to the edge of the
cardboard on the machine with white
silk or else work q line OF feather
stitching, or, If preferred tack it
through the two pieces invisibly. If
the portfolio is to have pockets first
hem these along one edge and baste
them in place with the wrong side
against the right side of the cretonne
for the inside of the portfolio. Do this
before the portfolio is stitched up
around its edges. so that the pockets
will be stitched in at the same time.
strap for a stamp book can be fast
ened to one of the inner sides and the
portfolio can be tied together with
ribbons tackled at each OF Its front
edges. Veil cases are made in exactly
the same way, omitting the pockets.
Among the other articles which can
ha made of cretonne stretched tight
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First Prize
Sterling Silver Sugar Tongs
Fondant Cream for French
Candy

Mrs. S. Nj. Snyder, 17s Highland avenue,
San Francisco.
Two cups granuiated sugar, half
cup water stirred till the sugar is well
wet; place on the stove to melt and
bubble slowly. Add quarter teaspoon
full of cream tartar. Have glass of
cold water and before the sugar has
boiled five minutes drop some in. 1t
will separate at first, but as soon as
1t seems at all "gummy" when dropped
into cold watertor the drop seems in
clined to retain its shape, remove from
the fire and pour on a large platter
which has been wet with, cold water.
In five minutes 1T will be ready to
commence stirring with a wooden
spoon. This should continue until the
cream seems quite stiff and ready to
crumble. Lose no time in gathering
the mass in your hands and working
well until the cream seems pliable
The cream should be packed In deep
dish and covered with wet cloth, and
the next day 1t may be made into a
variety of toothsome sweets by using
different havorings and filings. A
clear cold atmosphere gives the best
results when making fondant, as
dampness in the air has bad effect
Peppermint, lemon, oranges, pounded
almonds, brandy, coffee, chocolate and
vanilla havorings can be used, and
nuts of all kinds, besides figs, dates,
citron, candied fruits or preserved
ginger can be combined with the fon-
dant.
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cretoune covered hat boxes, which make
especially acceptable gifts, and boxes
for all sorts of purposes. handkerchiefs.
gloves. collars. jabots, and so on
A gift which is almost sure to be
useful is a telephone directory, as IL
is a great convenience to have the
numbers most frequently used ready on
the wall beside the phone for quick
reference. The directory is very
heavy piece of pasteboard. or better
yet. a light piece Of wood "a inches
long by 10 inches wide. This Is covered
front and back with cretonne. The
cards for the names are blank visit
ing cards fastened in place with gilt
or steel headed thumb tacks, which
can be purchased at an artists supply
store. A row of extra thumb tacks
stuck into the board across the bottom
would be a convenience In case any
should be lost and extra ones needed.
For this directory as well as for any
of the other articles which have been
mentioned plain linen or leather can
be substituted for the cretonne, and
the decoration can be of stenciling-
For this work directions are given in
another article on this page.
A set OF six lingerie sachet bags to
be used in the bureau drawers would
be a gift which most women would ap-
preciate. The bags can be made with
any outline, round. square or heart
shaped. about four inches in diameter.
Sheer lawn or linen Is the most suit
able material for the purpose, and the
little wreath, No. g can be worked
in the center OF each They may either
be made with scalloped edges and fast
ened together with narrow ribbon run
through eyelets. or the edges may be
buttonholed together or hemstttched.
except at the top. where the bag can be
fastened together with a tiny button
hovu of ri
through eyelets. The sachet itself
should be encased in a bag OF silk In
pink or blue or some other light color
and when this is slipped into the lin
gerie cover it will show through the
sheer linen and the embroidery.
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be worthy to be enlarged and framed
artistically, as a special gift for some
one, whom she wishes particularly to
honor. 1t should be taken to some re-
liable photographer who makes a spe-
cialty of this work. and he will advise
her whether it will look best in sepia
or the gray tones. A good size for an
enlarged photograph OF scenery is 8
by 10 inches. or If a little larger size
is wanted, IL by IA inches.
Some of the other pretty scenes in
their original size. probably by 5
or perhaps even smaller, will make
very artistic calendars and blotters.
Persons wishing to make these
should get the gray or brownish
mounting cards from the place where
they buy their Photographic supplies
and then should trim their picture to
the desired size and shape and mount
1t with photo paste on any part of the
card where they think it will look
best, leaving space for the calendar
pad and for any lettering or other
decoration tnat they may wish to have.
Very pretty calendar pads can be
bought at stationery stores. and In
selecting them IL is better not to get
those that are too small. as they are
not apt to make as good an effect.
If you who are doing this work are
not an expert at lettering select some
large, We'll designed print from a DOON
or from among the advertisements in
a magazine and trace them off, then
transfer them to your card by means
of carbon paper. You can put simply
good wishes for Christmas and the
New Year or some appropriate quota
ton or text. or IL you prefer you can
omit the lettering altogether and use
a little stencil decoration in water
color or drawing ink in it's place.
Your picture will probably look bet
ter If after you have mounted il you
will draw a heavy line around it on
the card exactly parallel with it's outer
edge, whether that happens TO be an
oblong or curved outline.
For your blotters use about the
same methods as for the calendars.
Place a pad of dark green or white
blotting paper under your mounting
card when it is ready and fasten all
together firmly with round headed
brass staples.
If you have succeed in getting pic
lures of the children or other members
of the family that would answer for
Christmas gifts first decide whether
you think the picture would be i'm
proved by retouching. and IL you con-
clude that it would write out explicit
directions as to what you wish to have
done. what spots or imperfections you
want taken out. and give this to the
photographer who is to do the re-
touching when you give him the pic
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Fruit Candy

MIS-. ID. r.. BeardsIey, Pacific Grove, Cal.
one eocoanut grated. Take one and
q half pounds granulated sugar, wet
with the milk from the cocoanut, put
q a saucepan and let it heat slowly;
then boil rapidly I'VE minutes Add the
cocoanut and boil 10 minutes longer.
STIRRING constantly. Try little on. a
niafe. IL # forms a firm paste. take
from the fire. Pour half OF II on a
large tin lined with paraf1ne paper !
then add TO the remainder a quarter o.
blanched almonds (sliced), one pound
OF pecan nut meats chopped, half cup
ful Of hickory nut meats chopped, mix
well and pour this over the other cream.
Cut into bars
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ture. Then get some really artistic
card mounts. as simple as possible and
made of good material, and print, trim
and mount the photos as carefully as
you can. so that they will not be in
ferior to professional work.
II you have had access TO art gall
leries or have had opportunity in any
way to make Photographic copies OF
good pictures. a set of six of these.
mounted uniformly on large cards and
inclosed in a leather case or portfolio,
would make really valuable present
And some of these copies Of paintings
might be suitable for enlarging and
framing.
Little sea views make exceedingly
attractive pictures. and IL they are
quite small they can sometimes be
used to decorate the covers of plainly
bound books. when they are in keep
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French Cream
sarn M. bunker, Min valley, Cal.

A fondant for candies without cook
ing. Put the white of an egg and an
equal quantity of gum arabic water
into a bowl, Beat until thoroughly
mixed; flavor with vanilla and add
gradually one and a quarter pounds of
confectioners' Xxx sugar. This paste
should be stiff and elastic and mold
readily in any desired form.
Cream CherTies-Make a small. round
candied citron the size of a cherry
stem and put the ball of cream. on one
end Take a maraschino cherry and put
one-half on each side of the cream ball.
Honey Nougat-Three,fourths OF a
pound each of sugar and honey; place
In a saucepan and boil until little
dropped into cold water will be very
brittle; then add three-quarters of a
pound of blanched almonds that have
been dried and cut into strips, and the
well beaten whites of two eggs; stir
we'll and cook until 1t will not adhere
to the fingers; turn into buttered pan,
smooth with knife, cover with waxed
paper: place a small board on top, on
which set a weight; when cold and Arm
cut into squares and dust with pow
dered sugar.
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IF the woman who possesses a cam
era has looked ahead a little and
kept Christmas In mind earlier in
the season she may have great many
pictures on hand which will make the
most attractive of Christmas gifts and
will save her both expense and trouble
at the holiday season.
During her summer outings II she
has come across any picturesque
scenes, like the mountain stream shown
in the illustration, and has brought
back photos of them with her, as she
is likely to have done IL she is at all
an enthusiastic camera user. she will
find that she has some very useful ma
terial for the making of gifts at
Christmas and for other times as we'll
II among her pictures there is one
particularly fine bit of scenery 1T may
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In order TO use the stencil given in
the Illustration first transfer it TO stem
ell board which can be bought at art
or stationery stores, or use ordinary
thin pasteboard. shellacking 1t on both
sides and then hanging it up for day
70 dry Cut out the stencil with
sharp knife before applying the shellac.
Designs for stenciling can be OBJ
tained from many sources Almost any
pattern with simple lines and masses
can be made suitable for the work
by cutting across the pattern at
frequent intervals with ties" or
little straps The background must be
connected in all its parts by means of
these ties, and they must not be too
small or too scattered, as that would
make the stencil weak and liable to
slip and twist in working.
oil colors in tubes are best to use in
a majority Of cases. Mix them with
naphtha for work on delicate mate
rfaIs. but for heavy fabrics turpentine
IS better. Not many colors will be
needed Yellow ochre and Prussian
blue make an excellent green when
combined. burnt sienna and Van Dyke
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Chocolate Caramels

Mrs. A. v. Sherry, Berkeley, Cal.
Reat two cups of molasses. one cup
brown sugar, one cup cream (rich milk
will do) and half pound of chocolate
all together. When boiling add piece
of butter the size of an egg and boil
until 1t thickens in water. Turn into
large fat tins we'll buttered and when
nearly cold cut into small squares.
Chopped nuts or raisins may be added
if liked for variety.
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Peanut Brittle

Mrs. j. E. Curtiss, San Jose, Cal.
Put three cups granulated sugar in
frying pan without butter or water.
Begin to stir as soon as set over the
FIRE First it will get hard, then melt,
then brown when it is a light chocp--
late color stir In two cups shelled and
broken peanuts, flavor with maple ex-
tract or vanilla; pour into buttered
pan to cool. Great care must be taken
that 1t does not burn.
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Turkish Candy
Mrs. NJ. j. Brady, San Mateo. Cal

Mrs. NJ. J. Brady, san Mafeo, Cal.
Two tablespoonfuls of powdered gel
atine, one cupful of water. two cupfuls
citric acid, or Juice OF a lemon, and half
a cupful of almonds and coloring. Bring
gelatine, sugar, water and acid slowly
two deep plates in cold water, put red
coloring and vanilla In one, and in the
other lemon extract. yellow colorlng
cold and firm cut into squares with
knife dipped into boiling water and roll
in powdered sugar.
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and three squares of chocolate, with
tablespoonful of vanilla. Set the sugar,
glucose and water to heat until melted; !;
wash down the sides of the vessel with
a wet cloth so no sugar grains stick;
cook rapidly for four minutes, keeping
covered; then uncover and cook to the
soft ball state, SO when you drop DIT
in water it balls Add the molasses and
butter and stir until it brittles the min
ute you put drop in water. Remove
from fire and add the chocolate, whicn
the vanilla Pour over the corn when
1t is warm and press into ball shapes.
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Christmas Maple Nut Fudge

Mrs. A. G.. Mccoy. 1881 Golden Gate
avenue, San Francisco
One pound maple sugar, two-thirds
cup milk, two level tablespoonfuls but
ter, one teaspoonful vanilla, one cup
English walnut meats broken into
pieces. Add the milk to the sugar,
which should be broken into small
pieces Stir until the sugar is melted.
Add the butter and boil until soft
ball is formed when dropped into cold
water Remove from the fire, add the
vanilla and nuts and beat until it be-
gins to thicken. Pour into buttered
pan, and when nearly cool cut into
squares. If desired, dip each piece in
melted chocolate.
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shown in the illustration. Sometimes
the upper portion is square and tho
lower portion pointed sometimes the
upper portion is pointed and the lower
portion is square, or both upper and
lower may follow the same outline. In
this way one can get a great variety
of effects from the same design or ma
terials A quarter of a yard of linen.
half a yard of net and a few yards of
valenciennes, cluny or Irish lace will be
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Rules for Making Candy

Mrs. f. Gerber, s131 Pierce Street, San
Francisco
Granulated sugar is the best to use.
Candy should not be stirred while boil
ing. Cream tartar should not be added
until syrup begins to boil. Butter
should be put In when candy Is almost
done. Flavors are more delicate when
not boiled in candy. but added after
ward.
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Second Prize
Sterling Silver Bonbon Spoon
Marshmallows
Miss AdeIia Grasshoff, 357 Scott street
sam ErancfscO.

San Francisco.
Soak two ounces white gum arabic
in eight tablespoonfuls of water one
hour. Place the vessel containing the
mixture in a pan Of boiling water on
back of range, stirring occasionally
until the gum arabic is dissolved,
strain through fine sieve. Add seven
ounces best granulated sugar put into
thick and white. Take from the fire,
flavor, beat hard with quick motion
five minutes. then pour Into bowl
containing the whipped whites OF four
whole thoroughly and turn out into a
pan busted with corn starch; when
cool cut into squares and dust lightly
with corn starch.
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Chocolate MarshmaIIow
L. NJ. Gard, Palo Alto. Cal.

Two cupfuls of sugar, three table,
spoonfuls of chocolate or cocoa, one
teaspoonful of butter; mix we'll and add
a half cupful of sweet milk. When
boiling drop in the marshmallows Ca
10 cent box is SUFFICIENT When done
beat well and add one teaspoonful Of
vanilla extract. Pour into a buttered
pan and when cold cut In squares
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over pasteboard foundations are scrap
baskets, such as the one shown in the
illustration and others in a great va
riety of shapes, all finished with a
narrow gilt or silk gimp around their
edges. Desk calendars of cretonne are
very attractive, and for these little
separate piece of pasteboard is glued
TO the back, easel fashion, in order TO
make them stand up. Then there are
work boxes and baskets of many kinds.
desk pads and blotters. large folding
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Chocolate Chips
Mrs. L. Gravel, Davis, Cal.

Stir together in saucepan one cup
lasses. one teaspoonful of butter and a
pinch of soda; boil as for taffy when
It hardens in water put on buttered
plates to cool; pull to a light brown;
out In small squares and while warm
roll with a creased rolling pin into
very thin strips; set aside to become
firm before dipping each strip of tafy
in melted and sweetened chocolate:
place on oiled paper to cool and become
hard.
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Fudge

Mrs. C. v. Lenvitt, Palo Alto, Cal.
One cup granulated sugar. one cup
medium brown sugar, one cup sweet
milk, butter size of an egg. two table,
vanilla; boil until it forms soft ball in
cold water; beat until nearly cold; add
one cup chopped wainuts; pour on but
tered platter. Seeded raisins can be
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Panoche

Mrs. w. X. Rinehart, 1116 Seventh
avenue, Oakland
Four cups brown sugar; one cup Of
milk; piece of butter the size of an
egg Let boil until 1t will form ball
in water Add a cup of chopped nuts
and beat until creamy. Turn in plat
ters and let cool. Keep in covered dish
till used
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sufficient for four or five jabots. and ex-
ceedingly pretty ones, too. One of the
newest things is to put three or four
tiny buttons or nail heads of jet, pink
coral or mother of pearl down the mid
die of the jabot. Sometimes little bows
consisting of two or four bow ends of
the same materials and general design
as the jabots are made to accompany
them.
The pattern numbered 8 In the
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