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DisIikes Hard TO Change.

I might draw out the shameful record
into an indefinite series Of definite griev-
ances-au entirely unJustihabIe in the opin-
ion of the injured party-resentment OF
which is as justihable.
After more unsuccessful experiments in
the role OF peacemaker than self-respect al
lows me to record. write down, as my de-
Hberate and sad conviction, that the bless
ing assured to the class in holy writ
They shall be called the children of God. -
will not be pronounced by those upon whom
they have practiced their profession. No
matter how intimate I may be with you.
dear Preside companion, on this snowy De-
cember night, should peril my standing
IN your affections were I to attempt to
argue you out of a settled dislike for the
person who, you conceive, has done you a
wrong. The approach to the painful subject
would throw you behind your defenses of
self-justifcation. Were your own mother
or your husband-to endeavor to set the
matter in a different light from that in
which you view It. you would strengthen
your position by recapitulating the causes
that had brought you to the present fixed
state of mind.
Yet you covet peace on the birthday OF
him who was betrayed by one disciple and
forsaken. In the hour of sorest need, by
eleven, such peace as is the portion of
the men of 3" good Will"
Do not delude yourself or try to delude
me with the specious stock phrase: II
wish him well. If 1 know my own heart.
I cherish no i'll will although he has
wounded me sorely. All I ask is that he
should go his way and leave me to go
mine.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Grapefruit Oatmeal porridge and cream.
Fish balls. Corn bread Toast.
Coffee and tea.
LUNCHEON.
Celery soup in cups
sardines. picked. seasoped with white pepper
and lemon juice. put upon buttered toast
and heated n the oven.
Baked potatoes Bread and butter.
Canned beet salad. Crackers and cheese.
Rice pudding. Tea
DINNER.
Black bean soup.
Calls liver a la mode. Mashed potatoes.
Canned spinach. Canned pumpkin pie.
Black COFFEE
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MONDAY CcHRIsTAIAs DAY)-BREAKFAsT
Grapefruit Cereal and cream
Broiled ham. Popovers- Toast
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
BouiIIon in cups Cold cairs liver. Potato pun.
Crackers and cheese
Cookies and cocoa.
Tomato soup with whipped cream on each plate.
Roast turkey. cranberry sauce.
Stewed chestnuts with gravy.
Canned green peas. Canned asparagus
Nince pie with cheese. Black coffee
(E4ors d'oeuvres-saIted nuts and olives Bon
bons. Black conee.)
TUESnAY-EREAKFA
Oranges Cereal and cream
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THE CHRISTMAS TREE-The idea of
giving miniature representa- ton of the
scene in Bethlehem so many ages ago is
not new. 1t is always attractive. and should
call to every mind the significance of the
symbol
Mothers who find the trouble and ex-
pense of getting the tree too heavy for them
may be glad to hear how we arrange ours
large candle with holder is fastened
by wires to the top of the tree. Just below
the candle, concealing the holder and the
awkward fastening. is a large star. Below
this are the figures Of angels and smaller
stars. and underneath these the figure of
Santa Claus is cozily tucked away among
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Anent Number of Wise Men.

Apropos Of the anniversary comes this
query from a girl who reads the Bible. and
who would learn ali she can of the story
of Bethlehem:
I have always believed that there were
three wise men who came from the east
with gifts for the Savior. Our teacher told
US last Sunday to find out this week how
many there were, and let her know the day
before Christmas. When she asked the
question firm. of course we all spoke up and
said ." three" How do you know? /" said
she. Why. everybody knows said one
girl and another gave their names. They
were Kasper. Melchoir. and Balthasar'
She found the names in the dictionary one
day. Then another girl repeated part Of
the hymn we had sung last Christmas;
We three kings of orient are.
From the east we've Travelled far.
Westward speeding, still proceeding
Following yonder star
The teacher just smiled and told Us to
look up the three kings or the wise men.
and tell her all we had found about them
next Sunday. as I said
Now. I've looked and looked for some
thing to tell how many there we're, ard
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-sinced chicken from yesterday morning.
Potato cakes. Toast
Coffee and tea.
LUNCHEON
salnli Of calfs liver "a Ieftover) with chestnuts
chopped in he gravy.
Roast sweet potatoes Peanut butter sandwiches
Doughnufs and cheese.
DINNER
Combination soup 6green peas. asparagus. etc,
upon beef stock. a leftover)-
Cold turkey and cranberry sauce.
Rice croquettes. Fried satisfy.
Mince pie. Riack coffee.
Hs Il
"WEDNESDAY -BREAKFAST.
Hawaiian pineapple. Cereal and cream
Bacon and fried peppers Hot buttered scenes.
Toast. Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Cheese pudding Breakfast scenes.
Fruit salad with crackers and cheese
Crullers and cocoa
DINNER.
Turkey rack soup.
Stewed carrots. Canned beets
Nuts and rafsfns. Black coffee.
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THURsDAE-BREAKFA
Baked apples. Cereal and crenm- Clam friEters.
Mullins Toast
Tea and coffee
LUNCHEON
CneIette With rest OF mushrooms left from yes
teFday. minced. seasoned. and folded within it.
Tomato toast (baked).
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leet salad upon Romano. Crackers and cheese.
Junket. Cake. Tea.
DINNER
Yesterdays soup.
Rolled beefsteak with onions
Canned Lima beans. Riced potatoes
Cottage pudding. Black coffee.
FRIDAY-BRE AKFAST
Oranges Cereal and cream
Bacon. Griddle cakes and sirup- Toast
Tea and coffee
LUNCHEON
Sausage Potato souhie "a leftover.
Lettuce sandwiches. Crackers and Swiss cheese
Cream puffs. Tea.
Potato roup-
Oyster pie.
scalloped tomatoes. Fried hominy.
Cranberry tart Black coffee.
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sATURDAY-BREAKFA
Oranges Cereal and cream
Salt rnackerel with cream gravy. Quick biscuits
Toast. Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
stew Of beefsteak and onions "a leftoverl.
Stuffed potatoes. Celery and apple salad. with
heated crackers.
Cream cheese Cake and tea.
DINNER.
Vegetable soup.
Boiled oorned beef with sa uce tartare.
Ladies cabbage Canned string beans
Apple brown Betty. Black coffee.
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HARLAND'S HELPING HAND

crust and I find it makes a good one. With
butter al IS cents a pound, pies come rather
high made of butter. I might add / use
pinch of salt. but that may be one
wishes.
Please send me address Of child that
wants dolly dressed warmly. as I have
plenty of new appropriate pieces. Also ad-
dress of Charles D. W as 1 can take him
some good current magazines I have
scarcely been sick day and have ever been
watchful of afflicted ones.
g And again. address of mother of eight
children. My married life has been mother
less, so I must look after those that need
help. VIII inclose clippings so you will find
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- WOULD consider IL a signal favor IL
some one Of your readers would give
me formula for taking out nico-
4 tine stain from a valuable Mexican
drawn work lunch CLOTH Some care
less person laid pipe upon T. III What
can I put into liquid soap to keep it from
5ellying?
In exchange for this Information. ten
der e recipe which consider well worth
having It has been tried with success:
~sAc Chefs FOR pertaining
CIOTHES-Six ounces Of gum benzoin,
four ounces OF cinnamon and the same of
cloves. sandalwood. sassafras, wood of
Rhodes. orrit root, cascarillas rose leaves.
lavender flowers pimento. and lemon peel
Twenry-four grains Of musk.
:. All the ingredients must be mixed thor
oughIy together. having been first reduced
to powder. Put into little silk bags for
use. A small quantity laid upon live
coal viii perfume q room The odor arts
ing from 1t is as sweet and pervasive as
that from the finest French pastiles- This
= a nice way of pertaining holiday gifts.
MRS J. J. F.
Cover the stain with cream OF tartar after
wettlng It. Rub in all the powder the
threads will hold. Then stretch the linen
faat over a vessel of boiling water SO that
the steam Will rise through the stained
rinse in clear water, and repeat the whole
process.
salts Of lemon may be used instead OF
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find the Bible does not say whether there
were three. ten, or any other number
So told my mother how puzzled we we're.
and she advised me to write 10 you about
it. Won't you please let us know in sun
days paper how people got the notion that
there we're Just three wise meu7 I hope
you don't mind my bothering you IN this
way. but we don't know where else to find
out. II the Bible doesn't tell us-why
should every body take # for granted there
were that number. and put It into SER
mons, and hymns. and Sunday school
speeches7 Seems to me all the preachers
and teachers and speechers ought to
know what they are talking about
EMMA J.. c.
As early as the second century the church
had tradition that there were three
eastern kings who brought Gifts 10 ths
manager in Bethlehem. although the nanea
applied to them-as repeated by Emiua'a
ciasslnate-do not appear in church history
until perhaps q century or more later
The idea that there were three NAV haw.
arisen from the fact that three gifts are
named as their Offering to the infant king
gold. fraukincense. and myrrh. or he
cause the psalmist had prophesIed thatths
kings Of Tarshish Tspainl and OF sheoa.
and Seba would OFFER gifts. In early paint
ings Of the nativity one of the three kinrr
OF the orient is represented as a Moor
Our young Bible scholar need no+ b.
moFiaed that she dc not know the right
answer to the teachers question Nine otrt
or ten Erownups-Bible readers and sunde-
school teachers-wouid have declared that
there were three OF the magi. and been sure
that the Bible asserts this Catechise ~.
members Of your respective families. ana
see If this be not true
s X
hSCALLOPED POTATOES Csubmittes
ny Mrs T. McK.J-Six large potatoosI 49,.
tablespoonful OF salt two tabiespoonf,,i-
hour two tabiespoonfuls butter. one-haif
cup grated cheese. one and one-half cups
scaled milk. one-fourth cup buttered bread
crumbs Boil potatoes until tender Mako
a white sauce OF the butter. flour. and milk.
add seasoning Slice the potatoes and ar
range them in layers IN the bottom Of "a
outtered pudding dish. sprinkle with
cheese. add more potatoes. and more cheere
Pour the white sauce over all. cover with
bread crumbs, and bake for twenty min
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Self-Deceit Worst of Al.

II the offense has been, heinous, you add,
=" hope our ways will never cross!"
one sanity creature said to me of sn
ahenated friend, If she goes to heaven.
as of course I hope and believe she will, I
hope that her abode in the many man
sions' won't be within sight Of mine
In none OF these cases-and I am bold
to affirm in none that chafe your own spirit
as I TALKS there any question of Christ
mas giving AS boldly 1 affirm that for
giving is the essential condition to good
will" You cannot cherish grudge against
one for whom you in your heart desire
prosperity and happiness. Dismiss the
self-deception at once. and acknowledge
the ugly truth that dislike is linked to the
wish-maybe unconfessed even in your
prayers-that some time and somewhere
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cream of tartar. Rinse thoroughly between
the applications.
L2l Suppose the soap does Jelly. 1t will
be none the worse for it. The addition of a
little boiling water win make it iquefy
again.
Why Gales STICK TO Pans.
- Can you tell me why my cakes stick
to the pans? They are invariably good,
but the bottom of each layer adheres to
the pan. 1t causes me no end of worry
Last week I bought a set Of new pans, but
the result is the same. Mrs F. o.
Your new pans are more likely to stick
than those which have been seasoned by
heat. Boil them in hot water to which
you have added a little baking soda. Wipe
them dry and set in the open oven for an
hour. When you are ready to use them,
grease thoroughly with cold butter. The
pans should likewise be cold. The heating
in the oven is only to season them.
If you still fear sticking, set each pan
when you take the cake from the oven
into a shallow dish of cold water, leaving
it there but half minute The sudden
contraction of the metal loosens the hot
cake. The same process will enable you
to turn boiled pudding from cloth or
mold easily and neatly.
Some cooks do not take the cakes from
the pans until they are cold. They insist
that they will not stick if left alone until
they shrink naturally from the tins.
X *
Recipe for Pie Crust
little hcusekeeper who signs herself
Nellie asks for recipe for a pie crust.
She does not like to ask the neighbors'
She is keeping house for her father. can
fully understand the child's ambition and
her reluctance to confess ignorance to
gossiping neighbors ready TO criticise the
folly OF setting chit like that at the head
OF a house
{. You gave her recipe for pun paste,
warning against what goes by the name
OF family pastry Perhaps the incIosed
may be what she wants:
pie CRUST.-One cupfui of -four. one
big tablespoonful Of lard. Nix well to-
gether either with hands or fork. add
little cold water at time to make right
stiffness; divide into halves, roll to suit
pan. The trimmings viii make shell
for a soft pie the next day or SO.
Ny mother taught me to make such
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Keeping Christmas.

it easier to get the correct addresses.
Mrs c. ]. F.
I call yours model communication. You
inclose stamps for addresses (all of which
have gone by maid, and to make assurance
trebiy sure you send the clippings to which
the letter refers.
If the bulk of our correspondents would
initiate your example our duties would be
lessened and our perplexities reduced to a
minimum.
= -
The Christmas rec.
hope these suggestions are not too
late to help some belated homemaker in
preparing for the great festival:
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the sinner may be rewarded according to
his works far as those works AFFECT
you unpleasan1ly- Good people deceive
themselves in this direction more often
and outrageously than avowed sinners
The reprobate who has Crouch" against
another-be he saint. or sinner-hopes
aloud that the rascal may get what's
coming to him, and that plaguey quick.
Our good man or woman in whom the
leaven of Observation-Disclosures is working
quite as actively hopes to himself and
audibly to neighbor and friend that the
Lord may forgive him. as I do. .
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Plain Speaking Rightly Meant.


Dear " Constituents" children OF my
love ana care and pride, who are daily
and weekly growing more like my own.
will you not take this plain spea king as it
is meant2 Hearts are soft and spirits
attent at this glorious season. How many
acts of oblivion shall the angel of Christ
mas record in this year Of our Lord? How
many can frankly claim the blessing guar
anteed to :" Men Of Good VIII 2?
F'orgiving one another. as God. for
Christ's sake, hath forgiven you.
The words fall so naturally into place
upon the page that I cannot but write them
down. You can bear me witness that l am
not given to sanctimonious cant. It is
because my heart is full to overlooking with
affectionate solicitude for the welfare of
our big family that I press the question
home. I should be tolerably well acquaint-
ed with the mysteries of our common hui
man nature by now. I hardly know a fam
ny in which there is not a feud of some
kind.
There are varying degrees of bitterness.
but in every instance each party to the dis
pute is wholly convinced that he or she is
entirely in the right. It is a somewhat
optimistic theory of mine-and one that
begets largeness of charity-that not one
person in 10000 sins Intentionally and
deliberately. One and all we convince our
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even better than you love yourself. Let
the . Act of Oblivion " include all. and
then forget in deed and in truth.
cannot resist the temptation to set
the seal upon my homely talk by quot
ing what great thinker of our practical
age says upon the same key TO which my
plea is pitched.
Henry Van Dyke writes OF keeping
Christmas = in contradistinctiOn to . keep
ing Christmas day
" Are you willing to trim your lamp so
that it will give more light and less smoke,
ard to carry it in front so that your shadow
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Lei Us End All Hypocrisy.

Tonight we viii have done with hypocrisy,
conscious unknown to the hypocrite
who voices the prayer. Nor will we set
the offenses of our open or secret foe in
order for our justification and his con
domination. The more we have to forgive
the stronger and purer will be the - good
will which beats down the Satan of i'll
will under our feet You are not called
upon by the right exercise of the true
Christmas spirit to exculpate the offender
and thus to whitewash him into fitness to
be once more your friend and chosen as
ISOLATE. Take him as he is, and forgive
hinl Moreover. forget the past and set
your face resoIutely toward a better fu-
ture.
II could persuade every family into
which this sheet viii go at Christmastide
to write out and sign an '''act of oblivion -
of transgressions against the members
thereof. individually and collectively, and
to consider the same binding now and
rorevermore should reckon the achieve
ment as the highest of earthly honors
Like devout Simeon in the glad day so
near that first Christmas time, should be
ready to chant a Nunc Dimittis that mine
eyes had seen salvation from our self
ishness." For selAshness it is, and or an
ignoble sort. Wounded self-respect. rasped
self-conceit, and mortified pride lie at the
root of grudge ana spite and rancor.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE

- z ca USE Of The enormous
- number of letters sent to fhe
department must ask con-
frfbufors to limit their co71u7unicd-
fio7ls to 100 words, except in cases
Of formulas or recipes which require
greater space. / want all my cor
respondents to have showing in
he Corner, and if my request IN
This respect is complied with it ss'iH
6epossible to print many more letters.
Attention. is called to the fact
that Marion HorInld cannot receive
money for patterns, as she has no
connection with any department that
sells them. Marion HarlaFld.
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Hope You Forgiven Enemies?

Ny confidential chat in the soft radiance
or the Yule fire and four feet upon the
fender intimacy is direct, and, perhaps to
your way of judging. brutally frank You
have given royally-and of that which has
probably cost you more than your nearest
and dearest suspect-to those you love
much. What have you forgiven of those
YOU do not love at all. whom you have good
reasons for disliking2
heard a woman declare yesterday that
she had not an enemy upon earth, so far
as she knew" In the next breath she
lamented that her sister-in-law. with
whom she used to be intimate. had sighted
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will fall behind you to make a grave of
your ugly thoughts and a garden for your
kindly feelings with the gate wide open?
Are you willing to do these thinks, even
for day? Are you willing to believe that
love is the strongest thing in the world
stronger than hate. stronger than evil.
stronger than death-and that the blessed
life which began in Bethlehem nineteen
hundred years go is the image and bright
ness of eternal love?
Then you can keep Christmas. And
If you can keep it for day-why net al
ways?"
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'COMCDOfGOOdWln'

re hrst and most sublime OF Christ
mas carols will be sung IN miliioD~
OF churches on the coming 18th of
December. The chapter embodying
It viii be read reverently and ten
SerFy py millions OF devout Christians and
viii be the keynote Of the Bible lesson in
every Sunday school in the Christian
world. Each one OF US could chant It
without book or prompting
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST,
AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL
TOWARDS MEN"
Thus it sings Itself in memory and In
heart
ScEe OF Is have never known, and most
OF those who have learned Of the correct
reading Of the last clause seldom bethinz
themselves OF Il. Yet majority of English
Bibles with marginal readings contain the
annexation: To men OF good WILL
Read the latter section OF the chorus as
scholars tell Us It should be interpreted:
Peace on earth to men Of good will
Then. close your ears to the chime OF
Christmas bells and yolr eyes to the glory
Of holiday decorations, and sit down With
me In Imagination. before the Pickering
Tule fire and let US take the deep mean
ing CT the carol to heart
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selves that we are either altogether right,
or entirely excusable. whether it be a hu-
man life that is taken. reputation be-
fouled. or a pocket picked. or a savage word
uttered that cuts into the listeners heart
like poisoned dagger.
:: *
Keeping Christmas.
Forbear to 5udge, for we are sinners
air. said the wronged monarch at the bed
side of the dying cardinal. My plea is for
the living sinner against your self-interest
your pride of place. most of all, for him
who has offended against those you love
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Spirit of Christmas. I"


We have read and talked and sung Of tbs
=. spirit of Christmas . until we would say,
o1bsnd. that nothing new can be said on
the topic. In every household personal
likes and longings have been sacrificed to
the greater Joy OF living. Children have
boarded pennies for months beforehand.
taxing pocket money and foregoing
.. treats Of divers kinds, that father and
mother. brothers, sisters, and playmates
may be the richer on Christmas morning
for the grit bearing the name OF the IN
selfish schemer. That must be in the sight
OF the Lord and his angels more precious
than the costly oblations OF those who
give OF their abundance. Hospitals and
prisons have visible proof that the broth
ernood Of man is no mere courtesy title;
Sums and settlements and Sunday schools
II missionary regions are redolent Of tur-
key and plum pudding and ahiuent in
candy bags. On this one day OF the year
a thousand touches OF nature. cunningly
applied make the whole world kin.
We have taken for granted all our lives
that the Christmas spirit is presminently
the spirit of giving. The assumption and
the conviction are all right as far as they
20 The literal rendering Of the text We
have quoted does not shake our compla-
cent belief. The open heart and the open
hand. unlocked and thrown wide open by
ire shirt aforesaid, testify to the good
will" the reward or ~ hieh is exceeding
=. peace"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-13
the absence Of Mrs. Lewis in Minnea-

Reports from Johnstown in Grand
Forks county convey the news that
Miss Sophia Miller OF Russell and Roy
Carpenter of Johnstown were Joined
in the holy bonds OF wedlock Thurs
day afternoon. They viii make their
home at Johnstown where Mr.. Car
penter has business interests.