Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22

ROM London comes the statement
| - that the royal family have their
| Christmas cards ready To send
out and in their choice those
who have a large number Of
friends to remember and little time 10
get something different for each one. MAY
find an inspiration. Inset on all the royal
| cards are reproductions OF famous pie
lures on the cover of the kings card is
the rose of Lancaster and on the hrst
page are the thistle and shamrock sur
mounted by a crown. In the center Is an
exquisitely colored picture of the Prince
OF Wales and Princess Mary at the coro-
nation. while the simple greeting runs.
with every good wish for happy
Christmas and a bright New Year"
| II is also quite the custom here now to
| have ones own Christmas cards printed
with an original message suited To any
one. IL preferred, or some apropos quo
! tation. Where one wishes to send mes
| sage OF good cheer to a hundred or more
! friends this simplifies the matter without
! encroaching too much. at this busy sea
son on ones strength or time. 1t is poor
| policy to try to do so much that one
|
| of the holidays. 1t is the kindly thought
/ that counts with most people. and as for
those who look at Ii a simple barter
| Of gift for gift with no love thrown in
| they do not count
What to Do With Old Post Cards.
And right here comes suggestion for
utilizing pretty post cards after they
have brought their message to yoG
| nj
together. which disposes of the ad-
dresses. then send them to some Of the
hospitals or missions where they are sure
| of a warm welcome from the sick, the
| friendless or the little ones who love
pretty things. but seldom get them.
For the Birds Christmas.
| A little girl who lives near a Jersey
woodland sends Sc. raj shutting each
Christmas a birds Christmas tree TO set
on the window sill. Bits Of sweet and ap-
pie are tied TO the branches, and more
| appreciative colony of birds privileged
! witnesses to their feast it would be hard
| to find.
Sand for the Birds or Foot Warmers.
Other children OF my acquaintance. who
| summer on the seashore, make a point or
bringing home bag of clean, white sand
This is later attractively rebagged or
boxed. appropriately dressed or addressed
| for Christmas greeting, and sent out TO
the near neighbors who have birds or in
valids who like bag Of clean white
| sand to be heated and serve In front or
the inyalid'S chair as a foot warmer.
A Present From the Woods.
Gather leaf mold and fill Japanese bowls
or baskets. If the latter. fit them into a
tin pan, arrange in each the gay little
partridge vines tiny ferns or other treas
ures that may be found in the woods even
| in December. Keep the plants moist ana
| they will make most acceptable gifts 10
| city friends.
Gifts From the Woodland.
| Still other delightful gifts that come
J from woodland, desert or meadow each
| Christmas, and that make a brave show
| ing all the season through are the lovely
scarlet-fruited pepper branches from Ari-
IONA and California, the fragrant pine
branches with their attached cones from
the Jersey coast. punches or featherF
marsh. rosemary or gay bittersweet IRON
the eastern coast and mountains, or deat
| little evergreen trees that can be planted
| and used all winter on window silis or
newell posts.
| Christmas Marmalade.
! Shave one orange one lemon and one
grapefruit very thin. rejecting all seeds
and cores. Measure the fruit and add
| three times the quantity of water. Let IT
stand over night in an earthen dish, and
| in the morning boil just ten minutes, let
| stand another night, and the second
| morning add pint for pint of sugar. Boil
until il jellies into a limpid mass, with
| the strips of fruit well defined. Stir as
| little as possible
The cooking will take about two hours.
This Will fill twelve glasses.
Homemade Marzipan.
Blanch one pound Of shelled almonds
by pouring boiling water over them, then
immersing in ice cold water until the
skins will slip off when rubbed between
the thumb and forefinger. When per-
fectly dry place a few at "A time into a
meat chopper. When all are chopped put
into a mortar little at a time. adding
rose water orange flower until three
ounces altogether have been used. BRAY
and pound till of thick, smooth CON
sistency. remembering that the longer
grinding gives the finer result. Two or
three bitter almonds are sometimes added
to the sweet almonds To give little
tang that many are partial 10. or a few
pistache nuts may be combined with the
almonds. which gives the confection AN
pounded as fine as possible add an equal
amount of confectioners sugar. and put
over the fire in porcelain-lined sauce
pan. Stir smooth and press with a wooden
spoon until il becomes rather moist but
compact mass that will not adhere to the
pan. Take from the fire, cool slightly and
turn out on the kneading board dredged
lightly with powdered sugar. Add enough
more sugar to enable You TO roll o9t Ia"
mass until about an inch i'm thickness,
then cut into any shape desired-usually
some vegetable or fruit shape, though
squares, diamonds and circles or bars will
answer-and lay on the reversed bottom
of the dripping pan. which has been COW
cred with wax paper. Set in the warming
| oven long enough to harden, but not 10
| lose its pure coloring
Holly Pudding.
| Dissolve four tablespoonfus of corn
starch in a little cold water, put on the
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