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The Irish standard., 1914-11-21
CHRISTMAS CANDIES.

In making out your Christmas list,
there is sure to be some one for whom
a suitable gift is hard to find. 1t may
be an elderly person who has sweet
tooth, or a wealthy friend who would
delight in box of homemade sweets,
or perhaps a new acquaintance whom
you want to remember. You cannot go
far astray by sending them all a box
of candy which you have made your
self. Line inexpensive baskets with
paraffin paper or a crepe paper dolly,
or, If you can paint, decorate heavy
water color paper boxes in some pleas
ing way, and arrange your candies at
tractively in them.
In all the following recipes use a
measuring cup marked in quarters and
thirds and regular measuring spoons,
and try always to be as exact as pos
sible.
Fudge to be good must not be
sugary. When dipped in cold water,
If it remains together so that small
ball of it can be handled with the tips
of your fingers, it is ready to be taken
from the fire. Then a long beating
will make it smooth and creamy, but
watch it or it will get so thick you
cannot turn it out on the pan. Have
the pan we'll buttered, and cut into
squares at once. 1t may be kept per-
fectly for a week or so If put in COW
cred receptacle unused china
sugar bowl, teapot, or tea box.
Plain Fudge.
Three cupfuls of granulated sugar,
two cupsful of milk, four squares of
unsweetened chocolate cut in small
pieces, one tablespoonful Of butter.
Boil, and test in cold water. When
taken from the fire add two teaspoon
fuls Of vanilla. Beat until creamy.
Delicious Maple Fudge.
One pound of maple sugar broken
into small pieces, one pint Of cream
(half milk may be used), small lump
of butter. Boil, stirring constantly.
When cooked, add one.half teaspoon.
full vanilla.
Penochi.
Two cupfuls Of light brown sugar,
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Another Instance,


(Translated from the Spanish by c.
H. K.)
Master-Well, Pope, how did you
like the theater last night?
Servant-1t is beautiful building.
The decorations are gorgeous.
Master-1'm not asking about the
building, but about the play. Did you
take notice of the speaking and act
ing?
Scranton, about that cannot
tell, was taken to seat and was
enjoying looking about me when pres
emily screen at the end of the room
was raised and some people came out
and began to talk about some specula-
lions they wanted to make and mar
rage they wished to arrange and
some other private affairs of theirs
and, as I don't like to pry into any
body's business, leaned back in my
chair and took nar until somebody
reused me and told me the building
was going to be closed.
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Order for Hearing Petition tn Se,r
Lands.
PROBATE NOT1cr

PROBATE NOTICE.
etn tt OF Minnesota. County of Henne.
LII Inc matter Of the guardianship of
FRANCES V. johnson. minor. Va
On receiving and filing the net;t;o,
-, - ooHh ". johnson, guardian OF ahove
hi ,'eu ward, praying that license be 70
thnnE granted to sell the real estate
. ,,1 described belonging to said
70 70 the court. that it is necessary fo.:
the maintenance and education ~ saill
ward. and that it would be for say tha
Dcneht OF said ward to sell said raj
1t is therefore ordered. That al, nav.
SONS interested in the estate ~ soia
ward appear before said Probate Comrt
~ specia! term thereof to be held m.
I Mn99hhday' the goth day Of November
~ tpSa4' at ~ O'Clock in the forenoon. AZ
a are t Gourt House. said county, then
PEI why license should not be sranted
TO said guardian to sell said reai 60
n .ate according to the prayer Of saiF
And 1t is Further Ordered Thai -,
ice OF such hearing be given to All
Psssons interested, by publishing this
oaaer once IN each week for three smco
bbessve weeks prior to said day OF
nener nr;n. me !rish STANDARD. q news
county. IN salo
nd Dated at Minneapolis. this 18th d.x Y - -
BY the Court: B, !.
G. ). cA1i 1xHdEs Of the Probate Court
Attorney for Guardian. !;
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Order for Hearing Petition to Sell
Lands.
PROBATE NOTICE.

PROBATE NOTICE.
state of Minnesota, County Of I1onro.
pin. Probate Court.
IN the matter OF the guardianship NJ
fierce Van Doren. minor.
On receiving and filing the petition
OF Joseph l.. Van Doren, guardian ~
above named ward. praying that IL
cense be to him granted to sell the real
estate therein described BELONGING II
snid ward and 1t appearing by said ne
tition. to the court. that it is neces-
shfy Tor the maintenance and educa-
non or said ward and that it would he
real estate. ~ @'A o"io
1t is therefore ordered, That all nor.
sons interested in the estate OF said
ward appear before said Probate Court
At special term thereof to be held IN
Monday. the 3Oth day Of Novemher
1914. ut 10 o'clock in the forenoon ~
the Court House. in said county, then
ana there to show cause (if any thera
PEI why license should not be Eranted
70 SAID guardian to sell said real 90
tate according to the prayer OF said no.
And 1T is further ordered. That notice
~ sucn nearing be given to all persons
Interested. by publishing this order
weeks prior to said day Of hearing in
the Irish Standard, a newspaner nrint
| cd and published In said county
Dated at Minneapolis, this 4th dav
OF November, 1914. -" ""S
BY the Court:
JOHN A. DAHL
Judge OF the Probate Court,
C. J. CAHALEY.
Attorney for Guardian.
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OUR DEAD.

Nothing is our own: we hold our
pleasures
Just a little while, ere they are fled;
One by one life robs us of our treas
ures;
Nothing is our own except our dead
They are ours, and hold in faithful
keeping,
Cruel life can never stir that sleep
ing,
Cruel time can never seize that prey.
Justice pales; truth fades; stars fall
from heaven;
Human are the great whom we re-
we're;
No true crown of honor can be given
Till we place II on funeral bier.
How the children leave us, and no
traces
Linger Of that smiling angel band:
Gone. forever gone; and in their places
Weary men and anxious women stand.
Yet we have some little ones, still
ours;
They have kept the baby smile we
know,
Which we kissed one day and hid
with flowers
On their dead white faces long ago.
When our joy is lost-and life will
take it.
Then no memory of the past remains;
Save with some strange, cruel sting
to make 1t
Bitterness beyond all present pains.
Death. more tender-hearted, leaves to
sorrow
Still the radiant shadow, fond regret;
We shall find. in some far, bright to-
morrow
Joy that he has taken, living yet.
Is love ours, and do we dream we
know II,
Bound with all our heart strings, all
our own?
Any cold and cruel dawn may show 1t,
Shattered, desecrated, overthrown
Only the dead hearts fOrsake us
never;
Deaths last kiss has been the mystic
sign
Consecrating love our own forever,
Growing it eternal and divine.
So when fate would fain besiege our
city,
Dim our gold, or make our flowers
fall,
Death, the angel, comes in love and
pity,
And, to save our treasures, claims
them all.
| BY Adelaide A. Proctor.
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! several times at the top to make the
gathers fall easily and gracefully. AT
the bottom of this skirt is six-inch
ruffle gathered over thick cord. The
edge is not hemmed, but finished with
machine-made picot. The waist is
composed of net and lace founda-
ton. over which is draped a wide
piece of the bias velvet with picot
edges, giving the effect of low waist
line and reaching as high as the point
of the V neck At the back the velvet
dropped lower than the front, show
ing the latest line around the hips.
Another dress worthy of note is
made on an underslip of white char
meuse and metal net. The lower Sec
tion is of heavy golden yellow net
with heavy design all over it in
long, narrow gold beads. Above that
is a t1ounce of Chantilly with waist
of brocade Over this waist is worn
chemise of the tan-and-gold lace
through which the outline of the un-
derwaist is visible.
Cloth of gold is used for the second
illustration with bodice of shell pink
panne velvet, which divides in the
back, the lower portion extending into
sash. The sleeves and flounces on
the skirt are of the shimmering cloth
Of gold.
The artificial flower is feature of
almost every gown. 1t adds the note
Of contrast, the brilliant touch that
gives zest, or the depth of character
necessary to the successful completion
of any gown.
These flowers are made of silk and
velvet in colors natural or unnatural.
The important thing is not how near
to nature they can be made, but to
have the color contrast which tells, on
the dress it is to be worn upon. Roses
made of cloth of silver and tied with
streamers of dull blue picot-edged rib
bon are worn at the waist Of dress,
with bodice of white satin having a
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS AND HELPS.
Practical Suggestions For House
keepers.

FTdCttCdI suggestions for rouse.
keepers.
In preparing bread for sandwiches
and for trimming the edges of toast
keep small scissors in the drawer
with my bread knives. Not only does
it accomplish the work in one.half the
usual time, but the edges are always
much neater looking.-Miss Gladys j.
Partelow, Massachusetts,.
Serve your creamed chicken in small
cream puff cases. A little cooked
macaroni cut in half inch lengths is a
very tasty addition if chicken is lit
tie scanty.-Marie Hall, Connecticut.
A little lemon juice should be added
to pies that are baked from apples,
such as Sheep Noses or Russets that
have little flavor of their OWL. M.
Thornton, New York.
A prominent manufacturer of wool.
en- goods tells me that the proper way
to launder and dry woolens, flannels,
etc., is to wash them in lukewarm wat
er and pure soap and hang the gar.
ments on the line dripping wet with
out wringing at all. If dried in this
way the shrinkage will be so slight as
to be almost unnoticeable.-S. c.
Clarke, Rhode Island.
When doing dishes, cleaning pota-
toes and performing other similar
tasks about the kitchen, high chair
to sit in will greatly relieve the feet
Lucia Bosley, New York.
To clean ostrich feathers easily and
effectually, place in paper bag half
a cup of powdered borax and cup Of
flour. Mix, and after placing feathers
in bag, shake about until thoroughly
clean-Marie Hall, Connecticut.
Original place cards for a turkey or
game dinner, such as one usually has
at Thanksgiving, Christmas, ETC., may
be easily made by putting each name
on end of a blank card in gold or COL
ored lettering, and on the other end
fasten tiny feather from the fowl by
means of two Sits in which to stick
the quill.-Lee McCrae, Alabama.
One teaspoonful of beef extract add
ed to meat pie will give it rich and
delicious flavor, even If made from
dry, tasteless pieces Of cold meat
Laura R. Talbot, Michigan.
The rolling castors Of my bed at the
end Of years using refused to turn
at all. They had become rusted by
being in a room with windows open
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Order for Hearing Final Account and
Petition for Distribution.
PROBATE NOTICE.

iNob.A Il 4\O1
state of Minnesota. County of Henne-
pin. In Probate Court
In the matter Of the estate of Bernice
I; Johnson, neccdent.
On receiving and filing the final ac-
count of the administrators OF the es-
tate of said dccedent, and his petition
praying for the allowance of said ac-
count and for Il decree assigning the
residue OF said estate to the persons BY
law entitled to the same.
1T Is Ordered. That all persons in
tcrcsted In said estate appear before
the said Probate Court on Monday, the
3oth day Of November. 1914, at ten
o'clock In the forenoon at the Probate
Court in the Court House at Minneap-
oils. in said county. then and there to
show cause. II any there he, why said
account c, should not be allowed and said
prayed for in said petition.
And 1t is Further Ordered That no.
tice of such hearing be given hy pub
| ,ishing this order once in each week
for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing. in the Irish Stand
ara. newspaper printed and published
In said county.
Dated ut Minneapolis, this 4th day
Of November. 1914.
BY the Court:
JOHN a. DAHL.
Judge of the Probate Court.
e. j. CAHALEY.
Attorney for Admr.
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through the night in all kinds OF
weather. BY putting them in basin
and applying kerosene oil, followed by
a rubbing off and generous amounting
with sewing machine oil, they whirled
as when new.-Emma Sanderson, New
York
When running brass rods through
window draperies, pue an old glove
finger over the end of the rod that is
being pushed through the hem. This
prevents the material being torn, and
also lessons the trouble which every.
one who resorts to the old way has en-
perienced.-Myra Cannon, Rhode Is
land.
Slice a couple of hard-boiled eggs
into your next meat loaf for tasty,
decorative feature.-Marie Hall, Con-
necticut.
In searching for a cleanser to re-
move the stains from the bath tub,
lavatory and sink, a plumber told me
to use mixture of wood ashes and
kerosene. 1t cleans Immediately, and
will not injure the enamel.-Mrs. w.
E. Grimes, South Dakota.
For a Christmas chimney center
piece use a box about foot square
at the base and foot and half tall,
open at the top. Cover this with the
red paper which represents bricks, and
have doll dressed like Santa Claus
climbing over the top with his pack on
his back. Inside the chimney, place
dinner favors, one for each guest. Red
ribbons attached to the favors extend
to the plates, and are attached to place
cards. At the close of the dinner, each
guest in turn draws with his ribbon
his favor from the chimney. If rhymes
accompany these and are read aloud,
much merriment may be caused.-F.
B. Phipps, Massachusetts.
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Order for Herring Final Account and
Petition for Distribution.
PROBATE NOTICE.

PROBATE NOTICE.
state of Minnesota. County OF Iienne-
pin. In PrOnatc Court.
In the matter of the estate OF Hilma
M. johnson. Decedent.
On receiving and filing the flnal ac-
count OF the administrator OF the es-
tate OF said decedent. and his petition
praying for the allowance OF said ac-
count and for decree assigning the
residue of said estate to the persons by
law entitled to the same,
1t Is Ordered. That all persons inter-
estcd In said estate appear before the
said Probate Court on Monday. the Goth
day Of November 1914. at ten O'Clock in
the forenoon. Mt the Probate Court in
the Court House at Minneapolis. in said
county. then and there to show cause, II
any there be. why said account should
not be allowed and said estate should
petition. " "''
And 1t Is Further Ordered. That no.
lice OF such hearing be given by pub
liShinE this order once in each weele
Tor three successive weeks prior to
"hid day OF hearing. in the Irish Stand
,rd. q newspaper printed and published
dated at Minneapolis, this 4th day Of
N"""mher. 1914.
BY the Court:
JOHN A. DAHL,
Judge OF the Probate Court.
g. j. CAHALEY,
Attorney for Admr.
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1AIETY AND GRACE IN
GAIETY AND GRACE IN
EVENING FROCKS
Chic Combinations of Velvet and Lace in Black
or Contrasting Colors
The Gay Touch of Artificial Flowers

New York, Nov. 19.-With fluffy
fiounces and full skirts, of materials
light and airy, the evening gown OF
the season seems sparkling with gal.
ETY. and life. Flounces of lace, chit
fon or fine net are tastefully com
bined with velvet, thus giving what
might have been heavy a delicate
breezy touch.
Cloths of gold or silver are strong
features of the seasons novelty fab
RIGS. These are entirely different
from metal cloths which we have pre-
viously used; they are warranted not
to tarnish and are as light as silk
and as transparent as chiffon. On
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The Home Circle By f iii.

one cupful Of milk, one tablespoonful
of butter, one cupful of chopped wal
nut meats. Boil, and then beat like
fudge until creamy.
Opera Creams.
One and one-half cupfuls of granu
lated sugar, one cupful of cream, two
tablespoonfuls of butter, three squares
of unsweetened chocolate. Boil and
test in cold water like fudge. Take
from fire, add one teaspoonful of vanil-
la. Let it cool without stirring, then
beat we'll, and drop from spoon on
paraffin paper like bon-bons.
MoIasses Candy.
One cupful of sugar, two cupfuls of
molasses, two tablespoonfuls of vine
gar, two tablespoonfuls of butter, a
pinch of soda. Stir constantly and boil
until very hard, when tested in water.
Put in buttered pan and let cool
enough to handle. Pull until light
colored and until it can be cut in
pieces with the scissors. Sprinkle
with powdered sugar to prevent candy
from sticking together.
Stuffed Dates.
Stone one pound of good dates. Beat
the whites of two eggs, and mix
enough powdered sugar to make a
cream filling. Add one-half teaspoon
full of vanilla or finely chopped nut
meats. Stuff the dates, and then roll
each one in fine granulated sugar.
Chocolate Covered Candies.
The above filling can be used for
chocolates or nuts alone, as hazel nuts,
piece of Brazil nut, an almond or
pecan. Purchase of confectioner
one-half pound of dipping chocolate,
melt it in pan set in boiling water.
When creamy use hatpin previously
dipped in boiling water, and dip the
center of the candy into it, and set the
chocolate covered confection at once
on plate covered with paraffin paper
in a cool place.
Peanut Fudge.
Three cupfuls of brown sugar, one
cupful of milk, one-half tablespoonful
of butter. When taken from the fire
add two tablespoonfuls of peanut but
ter, and beat until creamy.
Cream MINIS.
Three cupfuls of sugar, one-uuarter
teaspoonful of cream of tartar, one
half cupful of boiling water, one-half
teaspoonful of vinegar. Let it boil
rapidly until brittle in cold water. Put
on buttered platter. When cool
enough to handle pull it until white.
When about ready add two drops of
oil of peppermint. Cut off in small
pieces; shake over it powdered sugar.
See that each piece is coated. Put it
into a covered glass jar for week or
two to make it soft and creamy.
Chocolate carameIs.
One cupful of sugar, one cupful of
molasses, one cupful of thick cream,
one and one-half tablespoonfuls of but
ter, four squares of unsweetened
chocolate. Stir frequently while boil
ing. Cook until it will harden in cold
water. Pour into shallow pans, well
buttered. Put in very cold place to
harden, and when nearly cold mark
into squares.
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gowns of shell pink the silver is most
attractively used as tunic, or as a
long and graceful sash. Cloth of gold
on white is dainty and charming be-
yond words. 1t also combines with
almost any of the other colors, dark
or light.
A combination of black panne vel
vet and cloth of silver is stunning in
its simplicity. The three-fiounced
skirt is of silver, each flounce bound
with a bias strip of itself, with the
edge impressed, that it may look al
most like cord. The bodice is made
of a strip of panne velvet, which is
placed basque fashion over an under
bodice Of net. The edges of the w.
shaped neck and the extremely short
sleeves of the net are outlined with
a narrow passimenterie, composed al
ternately of one long bead and a
rhinestone. In the front at the point
Of the V-neck bright red rose gives
life and zest to the entire costume.
The gown of black lace and velvet
which is used for the illustration is
made over a slip of white charmeuse
having an outer lining of gold metal
net. The bodice of black chiffon vel.
vet is made in surplice basque ef-
feet. The plain net across the front
is over the metal net. The sleeves
are a mere ruffle over each shoulder
The wide skirt of lace through which
glimmers the metal and white is rath-
er short, as is the style for the dresses
for day or evening wear. A rosy,
colored flower is used at the closing
of the waist.
A gown simple and wonderfully ef-
fective is made of salmon colored chit
fon velvet. The skirt is full shirred
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HOUSEHOLD COOKERY.

0OOoE7OlO VOON6hY.
Few cuts of meat are as susceptible
to various methods of preparation as
the inexpensive shank of beef, often
bought for a soup bone. Two or three
of them, selected with the small
cylindrical bone surrounded by real
meat, not gristle, will yield material
for substantial meal, admitting of so
many different styles of serving that
monotony is easily saved. Boiled over
night in the fireless cooker, with just
enough water to cover it, the flavor
occasionally varied by a little spice.
the meat will become so tender and
savory as to be quickly adaptable to
all the various ways of serving minced
beef-meat and potato balls or GRO
quotes, the taste varied by the addi-
tion of a stirred-in egg before mould
ing, and served on lettuce as dainty
garnish. Pressed into beef loaf or
turned into homely onion hash, seal
loped and baked or turned into scram-
bled eggs as substantial omelet dec.
Grated with parsley garnish, differ
ent combinations suggesting them
selves, it requires, of course, more
skill and more careful treatment than
the quickly fried chops or steak.
Therefore, let the poetic muse be in
voked in verses meant to fire the
housewives ambition, to-wit:
Ode to Soup Bone,
Cooks galore, thy good mistaking,
Rank thee less than cells or frogs,
And shall I, thy worth forsakiug,
Cast thee out to hungry dogs?
Fates forefend, for thou concealest
Toothsomeness for princes fit;
Savors rare to skill revealest,
Succulence if sauced by wit.
All! the cook of steak or sturgeon
Gladly decline with thanks
When he comes who, though no sur
geon,
Can excel in dressing shanks.
Conundrum.
The doctor took my second
To cure me of my first,
But when l said, I'd take my whole,
He said for nerves it was the worst
Thing 1 could think of drinking;
So guess me if you're good at think
ing.
Answer (don't read aloud), Coffee"
G. H. K.
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Only one-half of the graduates from
women's colleges marry.
Active mining of pitchblende, the
chief source of radium, has been be-
gun in India near Bombay.

A silver medal has been awarded to
Miss Phoeba Briggs, a Vassar College
student, by the Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission for her bravery in saving
the lives of four classmates from
drowning in an icy lake.
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ENcLANp's NAVAL LOSS.

Following is a list of the British
ships destroyed, captured or interned
since the war began:
Aboukir, tonnage, 1920; Hogue,
12,2O0; Greasy, 12,2OO; Warrior, 49,.
$50; Hermes, $500; Monmouth, $500;
Good Hope, 14,1O0; Arethusa, $500;
Hawke, 1890; Gloucester, 1900; Fear.
less, $500; Pathfinder, 5000; *Glas.
gov, 1890; Amphion, $500; Druid,
TO; Laertes, $50; Phoenix, ITO;
Speedy, 800; Fishguard II, =; sub
marine DIS, 600; submarine E-3, $40;
total tonnage, 120,43O.
*Bottled up in Chilean harbor.
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hrocaded velvet pattern in hazy pink,
green and dull blue, and skirt of pink
taffeta, which was caught up on one
side by these roses, making one side
of the dress perceptibly shorter than
the other.
An entire dress of cloth of silver
would have been cold, indeed, without
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"The light is dead" said a little
boy when his mother put out the
lamp. C. H. K.
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REAL STORIES OF LITTLE Chill
nREN

Four-year-old Herman was giving an
animated description to lady visitor.
He was describing something that he
imagined. This was lake boat ride
with two ladies. After various Incl
dents his story came to a climax by
relating that the boat upset, throwing
the ladies into the lake.
well, leave the rest of the story
till tomorrow" said Herman's mother,
fearing the lady visitor would be tired
by it's length.
But 1 can't leave them in the
WATER" quickly answered the gallant
Herman, whose realistic narration
was so vivid that it had to be carried
to safe conclusion.
Three-year-old Frederick was taken
by his mother to see one of her
friends. Having been promoted only
recently into knickerbockers he was
still wearing over them his not yet
outgrown baby cloak, which reached
to his shoes.
why, you are girl" said the
friend, loosely, you are dressed
like girl and think your name is
Isabel"
Next day Frederick was ready with
a rejoinder expressed to his mother.
"My name isn't Isabel" said he, II
haven't got anything inside of me
that rings. My tongue doesn't ring"
Rob said he was going to be so
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Rob said he was going to be so
good that he wouldn't need to say any
more prayers.