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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
CHRISTMAS DAlnilro
Several Trusty Recipes of Unusua'
uDepU

Several Trusty Recipes of Unusuai
"Pep."
Devonshire Sandwiches.-Cut gra-
ham bEead Cor entire wheat) in one
quarter inch slices. Spread sparingly
with butter and then with orange mar
malade. Put together in pairs, remove
crusts and cut in fancy strips. Arrange
on plate covered with dolly. To
offer variety the marmalade may some
times be sprinkled with chopped pecan
nut meats.
Note: If the hostess prefers to have
the marmalade made at home here Is
good recipe, and since 1t is delicious on
buttered toast for the winter breakfast
1t is well to make quantity at time:
Orange MarmaIade.-Nine oranges,
four lemons, eight pounds sugar, four
quarts water. Wipe fruit dry and cut
crOsswise in as thin slices as possible,
removing seeds. Put into preserving
kettle, add water, cover and let stand
thirty-six hours. Place on range, bring
to boiling point and let simmer two
hours. Add sugar and let simmer an
hour. Turn into sterilized jelly tum-
blers and cover each glass with cir
cular piece of paraffin paper, then
with large circular piece Of letter
paper, fastening paper securely over
edge of glass with mucilage.
Scotch Five O'Clock Teas.-Work cup
of butter, using wooden spoon, until
very creamy; then while beating con-
stantly gradually add sugar. Work in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Roast Shoat.

A shoat is young pig. How to pre-
pare it: Have the eyes and toes remOv-
ed, the rind scored in One-inch cuts,
liver and heart removed. Wash the
outside; the inside is wiped with a
piece of damp cheesecloth. Put piece
of corncob in the mouth before roast
ing. Season the inside with pepper
and salt by rubbing it in. Put the pig
in a pan so that it will sit on its feet :;
brace it with four handleless cups; put
in hot oven until well scared; then
basic with two cupfuls of cold water
and reduce the heat. Roast two and
One-half to three hours, basting fire.
quently. Remove from pan, place on
center of platter, put cranberries in
the eyes and q small red apple in the
mouth. Serve on bed of watercress or
cooked kale.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Frozen Apricots.
inexpensive Fruit Cake.

This Southern recipe for cake Is
made without eggs, which Is a decided
advantage at the present prices. Mix
together one cupful of light brown
sugar. moiasses and butter, pinch of
salt. heaping teaspoonful each of Gin
namOn. cloves and ginger, half nut
meg grated, one teaspoonful of lemon
Juice and teaspoonful of soda dis
solved Ia little hot water. Add two
cUpfuls OF Toured raislns, a cupful of
currants. quarter cupful Of citron cut
In small pieces and the same quantity
OF chopped almonds. Mix all together
thoroughly and add one cupful of boil
ing wafer and then add -four enough to
make 1t so stiff that il will hold the
mixing spoon upright and bake In q
moderate oven for one hour.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Disperslnu a Crowd.

81 have just come back from forty
eight hours duty in Paris" writes an
officer in a Highland regiment. my
servant and l, both in the kilt, were
buying some stuff outside shop, as
one does in Paris, when a crowd of
about twenty people gathered round,
and simply stared-some amused, some
open-mouthed, and some doubtless in
admiration. / was amused at first,
but 1t got a bit too much Of a good
thing, and my servant, who is a wag,.
said: Shall I hand round the hat,
Sir?'
So, not thinking he would, I said:
Yes, do and-if he didn't whip off his
Balmoral and take it round perfectly
seriously, with a childlike expression
on his face. They cleared off all
right, some grinning, and others look
ing very sheepish. But we got moth
ing"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21

Twist each of these strips slightly and
leave as stick candy, or, should you
prefer it, cut the mixture into small
squares when cool and pack in that
shape like taffy drops.
Golden Sirup Taffy.-Ingredients: A
pound of graduated sugar, dessert
spoonful of gOlden strip, one-half pint
Of water, two ounces Of butter, vanilla.
Melt the sugar and water slowly and
then add the strip, stirring carefully
all the time. When the whole has
melted and Is well blended add the but
ter, putting it in in small pieces, and
bring to boil. Boil until little drop
ped into ice water becomes brittle, pour
into buttered tin, mark into squares
when cool and leave to harden. This
is particularly delicious taffy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21

base of which might be banked with
green's, with either fruits or flowers in
terspersed. A sprig of holly or mistletOe
might be put into each parcel or knot
ted along the length of the ribbons.
And the rest of thereon ought really
to be decorated, too, with holly or
green's draped over the pictures and at
the doorway, for the custom of bring
ing green things into the home at Yule
tide dates back to very beautiful Gus
tom of the old Druid worshipers, who,
at festival which to them was much
like our Christmas, brought into their
house branches of trees and mistletOe,
which was the sacred flower, and they
believed that the spirits of Druids driv
en- away from their tree homes by the
cold would come and take up their
habitatiOn in these branches and that
as long as this spirit remained good
luck would be with all the members of
that household. So from this pretty
pagan custom has come ours of deco
rating our homes at Yuletide.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Interesting Experiment.

Experiments just completed by two
French scientists have reopened the
controversy whether rudimentary man.
ifestations Of life can be produced in
inorganic matter. These men took q
glass tube containing a solution of col
loidal silica, sealed it By melting the
glass and subjected tube and contents
to a high temperature long enough to
sterilize them thoroughly, according
to all current ideas of sterilization.
The tube was then kept moderately
warm for two months, and when
opened the contents were full Of living
bacteria. Directors contend that the
colloidal silica probably operates to
protect bacteria originally in the So
luton from the effects Of the heat
sterilization.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
WOMAN PLEADED FOR cANDoR
Matron Announcing Nearness Of Birth
day Found Truth Not SO Attrao-
tive After She Got II.

A woman with birthday In sight
spoke earnestly to three men who were
her friends, writes Ella Randall
Pearce, In life.
Tomorrow will be another BIRTH
day for me-" she said, II know thel
freshness of my youth has departed
but / should like to know just how
old appear in the eyes of the world,
Tell me, my dear friends, If you were
looking on me for the first time what
would be your impressions?"
Said the first man glibly: Il have
known you for several years, and you
appear the same as when I first saw
you. Your beauty is undimmed; your
charm Is undimihished. II l did not
know otherwise, / should say tomor-
row would be your twentieth BIRTH
day."
Said the second man more slowly 81
Il. too, have known you for severall
years, but 1t seems to me you have
been favored by time. Your beauty
has ripened and deepened until now
you. who were once lovely bud, are
lovelier rose in bloom. I should
count tomorrow as the beginning Of
your twenty-fifth year."
And you," queried the woman of,
the third man, who had been regard
ing her with clear-eyed frankness.
Between friends there should al,
ways be TRUTH" he replied gravely.
Il acknowledge your beauty and your
charm and both have been wonder!
fully preserved in semblance of YOUTH
But you ask for candor and you SHALL
have it. Looking at you closely, Il
should not expect you to see thirty
after tomorrow"
The woman faced the three men
who were her friends, and her eyes
were cleaning while her cheeks pink!
turned crimson. She pointed an ac-,
cusing> finger.
You have lied," she said tremulous-
ly, "and you also. But will forgive
you both because you lied to please
me. But yOu"-she whirled toward
the last speaker-"you are barbarous
egotist. You have wounded me in cr-
der to maintain your own reputation
for veracity. Truth, indeed! Your
honesty offends me. We are no longer
friends. Go-and quickly"
"Whew" exclaimed the third man
as he strobe through the outer dark
ness. 81 wonder what would have
happened to me if I had really told
her the TRUTH"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
cround Moles Are Bio Eaters.

A Scotchwoman has just announced
the results Of an Interesting series of
observations on the common mole. The
most striking point to the layman is
the inordinate appetite Of this tiny
creature. A mole will eat its own
weight in earthwOrms in "a hours. An
ordinary man eating In the same RAJ
ito would require $50 pounds of food
day. IF the human race were con-
stituted like the moles, comments an
exchange, Mr.. HoOver's task would be
hopeless from the outset. One Of the
noles which was subject for study
weighed four ounces and devoured 100
ounces Of food in single month.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
A WHITE TREE
Why Not Have GIistening Evergreen
Thia Xear7

Why Not Have cIistening Evergreen
This Year,
A suggestion for an original trim
ming for the all-important tree comes
from traveller in Russia. Instead of
tree with colored ornaments, this
scheme remains all in white. To carry
1t out requires white trimmings, as fol.
lows: 50
Asbestos snow.
White glass icicles.
Powdered mica snow.
Silver tinsel and silver thread.
Large white silver paper star about
eight to ten inches in diameter.
Silver glass ornaments, particularly
balls and small Novelties.
Silver paper candy containers in
form Of animals, dolls, etc.
White candles In plain, inconspicu.
Gus holders.
The usual fir tree is the basis, but at
once the trunk is carefully wrapped
with the asbestos snow to make it ap-
pear white. This Is also done part way
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Sweet Cider Sherbet.

Four cupfuls of cider. one table
spoonful of mixed whole spices, one
cupful of brown sugar, one and one
half cupfuls of water.
Boil the spices in the one and one
half cupfuls of water ten minutes; then
add the sugar. Boil five minutes.
Strain when cold; add to the cider and
freeze same as ice cream. only it must
not be frozen hard, but must be like a
punch. This is very attractive if serv-
ed in red apples which have been hol-
lowed out and small pieces cut from
the bottoms, so they sit flat on plate
with dolly under it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Fla and Nut Strips.

Chop a few figs and cook with lit
tie water and sugar until reduced to a
thick paste. Roll out sheet of good
fondant cream, sprinkle with chopped
nut meats and spread with the fig
paste. which should be cold. Cover
with another sheet of the fondant,
press lightly together. and when the
fig paste is firm, in about twenty-four
hours, cut into short strips.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21

Drain. saving stock for the tomato
soup. Brush bake dish with butter;
sprinkle with breadcrumbs; put in
onions. pour over the cream sauce,
cover with breadcrumbs and bake in
hot oven until light brown.
Sauce-Melt the butter, add flour and
stir until smooth add milk slowly, stir
ring constantly until it is smooth and
creamy; add salt and pepper and boil
two minutes.
Tomato Stars on Lettuce.
Four cupfuls strained tomatoes, one
teaspOonful finely cut onion. one-half
teaspoonful salt, two tablespOonfuls
granulated gelatin, one teaspoOnful
sugar q dash white pepper, dash
paprika.
Put the tomatoes and onion in sauce
pan boil ten minutes; add the season
ing and strain through fine strainer.
Soak the gelatin in two tablespoOnfuls
cold wat r and add to the hot strained
tomatoes: stir until dissolved. Pour
out on plate or platter which has been
rinsed with cold water. When firm cut
into small stars with fancy cutter. Put
lettuce leaf on salad plate, lay the
small stars on and serve with the
French dressing.
Frozen Apricots.
A can of apricots quart of water, a
cupful of sugar, tablespoonful lemon
Juice. Mash the apricots through col
ander or strainer. Add water and sug-
ar. Pack ice cream can with three
parts ice and one part salt; then put
mixture in. Let stand five minutes;
then turn until stiff.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
UNIuUt DECORATIONS
A Pretty Pagan Custom Revived to
Vary Holly.

A Pretty Pagan Custom Revived to
Vary Holly.
For table decoration a doll dressed
as Santa Claus or as an angel could
be put in the middle of the table.
and tied around it's waist may be
lot Of narrow ribbons. one for every
guest. Each one of these should run
from the doll to plate, where should
lie tied to it tiny parcel with some
trifiing gift or mock present. If definite
places are assigned to each guest some
little things which "knoCk" at some of
their foibles would make lots of laugh
ter around the table as the parcels are
opened, care being taken, however, not
to touch upon some sensitive point, for
that would most effectively spoil any
further attempt at fun. For this ar
rangement the table could be decorated
in almost any desired way. The doll
might be perched upon a. tall vase, the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Christmas Chimes.

Ring out ring out. o Christmas bells,
{: Across the starlit, frosty night!
Proclaim the message of good will,
The story of the Prince of Light
The centuries roll on and on,
And yet. returning Christmas time
kvakes in each responsive heart
Remembrance of the love sublime.
Then keep the feast With hearty cheer,
che feast Of merry Christmastide,
While faith and hope and love. these
three,
Within the heart OF each abide.
wv. c. Park in Good Housekeeping.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Good Cheer
For
Dau

Grapefruit
Roast Turkey, Bread Filling With
GibIet Sauce
Celery
Cranberry jelly
Broom Mashed Potatoes
Dreamed Onions or Vegetable of Choice
Frozen Pudding, Hot Maple Sauce
Coffee
Roast Turkey, Bread Filling With Glib
let Sauce.
Clean, draw and truss the turkey, fill
with bread filling. sew up and place in
well scared. Dust with tablespoonful
of salt, one-quarter teaspOOnful white
pepper and haste with cupful of wa
ter. Reduce the heat Of the oven, in
twenty minutes turn the turkey over
and haste with cold water. You will
have to haste the turkey two or three
times. For seven to nine-pound fowl
allow one and three-quarterS to two
hours for roasting. After the turkey is
scared turn it over on the breast; then
the juice will go into the white meat
and it will not be dry. Remove the
turkey and make the gravy.
Filling for Turkey.
Four cupfuls stale bread, two table
spoonfuls drippings or butter, two ia
blespoOnfuls finely cut onion, two TIA
blespoonfuls chopped parsley, table
spoonful salt, one-half teaspoonful pep
per, one-half teaspoonful paprika. The
liver and heart can be used to make
very good dressing by putting them
through the meat chopper. Put the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21

the tree. 10 do this it must be divided
and not used thicllly in one strand.
The largest star at the top should be
almost buried in the thread, the effect
being to get it to resemble a star which
wrinkles" or which is seen through
misty light.
When finished the tree should look
like a silvery, snowy fir tree standing
in it's own environment, but lit up and
made Respondent by some inner Christ
mas glory. 1t is indeed novelty and
a soothing, peaceful tree of beauty, by
which some of the OyerdresSed and
cOlOrful trees suffer by comparison.
Its whole success lies in the careful
symmetry of the trimming and the use
Of small ornaments of similar size.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Oyster Cocktail.

person and season with three-fOurths
teaspoonful of lemon juice, one-half
teaspoonful Of tomato ketchup, one
half teaspoonful Of finely chopped shall
lot, three drops of tabasco sauce and
salt to taste. Chill thoroughly and
serve in cocktail glass. Sprinkle with
finely chopped celery before sending to
table.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Personal Work in India.

Each one teach one; each one reach
one" is the motto of the Madras coun-
Gil in India as an Outgrowth of the
Evangelistic movement. A sentence
quoted from Sir Rabindranath Tagore
in this connection: II shall ask the
king to make me one of his pOstmen
that may wander far and wide, de
livering his message from door to
door, ~
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Yvyno's First BIunder.

Louis Yvyno was born in sunny
Italy. When entering a Winnipeg
school at the age Of fifteen he was re-.
quired to fill out an information slip
giving name and other personal facts.
ae was bright boy and made no
Mistakes until he came to the line
marked "born," followed by a blank
space. In this Louis wrote down very
neatly the one word, eyes,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
He Gives up.

Fathers purse is much depleted.
SOoth to say, is almost fiat.
Mother says she won't be cheated
Out of Christmas joys and that
She'll keep buying, buying, buying
Till her strength has failed her quite.
Consequently fathers signing
Something that sounds like, "Good
night!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21

three-fOurths pound of suet, four
ounces of flour, three-fourths pound Of
sugar, five eggs, brandy if desired.
Mix well, fill creased basins two
(allowing water to come halfway up
the basins) at least six hours. To
serve, steam again about two hours,
turn out, stick holly sprig in the top,
pour little brandy in the dish and set
fire to 1t.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
No Friends Whatever.

"a writer in New York newspaper
says the Christmas cigar has been
malsgned."
"1n other words, it Is not as bad as
it aas been painted?" :
Exactly. But I have yet to hear
OF anybody speaking a good word for
the campaign cigar"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Brown Gravy.

To the drippings add tablespoonful
flour; mix well and add two cupfuls Of
cold water or enough water to make
two cupfuls of gravy, tablespoonful
caramel and seasoning to taste; serve
with goose or duckling.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Not Accountable.

whats the trouble here?'
"One belligerent person is threaten.
Ing to give another belligerent person
a Christmas souvenir"
That's nothing to fight about"
what he means is a black eve"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Back.Handed comfo~,

Back-Handed Comfort.
"They say men of brains live longer
than others" sax
f''Don't worry about that, dear boy:
voa may be one Of the exceptions 10
he rule"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
CHRISTMAS CANDIES
Homemade Sweets for the Children
This Year.

This Year.
Barley Sugar Drops.-Ingredients:
Half a pound of loaf sugar, a large
teaspoonful of white of egg, half tea
spoonful of lemon juice, half gill Of
water. Boil the sugar, water and egg
until it thickens, then add the lemon
juice. Bring to the boil again and cook
quickly until the mixture begins to
candy, then pour into shallow butter
ed tin, and when cool cut into strips
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Christmas Time.

All beautiful the march of days,
AS seasons come and go;
The hand that shaped the rose, hath
wrought
The crystal of the snow;
Hath sent the hOary frost Of heavens
The flowing waters sealed,
And laid silent loneliness
On hill and wood and field.
Ger white expanses sparkling pure
The radiant mOurns unfold;
The solemn splendors of the night
Burn brighter through the cold.
Life mounts in every thrObbing vein,
Love deepens round the hearth,
And dearer sounds the angel-hymn
'GOod will to men on earth !"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Can There Be pouht7

How can anyone doubt that there
ia Santa Claus when they see what
20 brinGs? ar s~@e -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Filling the Stocking.

Many a stocking will be most SAT-
isfactorily filed if left to It's owner.
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drippingS, onion, heart and liver in a
pan over a slow fire and cook until the
onion and liver are thoroughly cooked
but not brown; stir constantly. Add
the bread, which has been pressed be-
tween the hands until all the water is
out then add the salt, pepper, paprika
and parsley. Mix well together while
it is on the stove. 1t must be cooked
through before filling in the turkey.
GibIet Sauce.
Boil the gizzard, put through food
chopper with the raw liver and heart,
put into pan after removing the turkey
and part of the drippings, add table
spoonful finely cut onion. Fry until
tender. Add enough water to make
two cupfuls, add tablespoonful flour,
wet with little cold water; table
spoonful caramel and seasoning to
taste; boil five minutes, add table
spoonful chopped parsley.
Brown Mashed Potatoes.
Wash and pare a quarter peck of
eFeH-oiZcu poldloOo, quai lci anu put OH
with enough boiling water to cover,
Boil twenty to twenty-five minutes or
until tender. Drain and mash add a
teaspoonful salt, one-eighth teaspoon
full white pepper and One-quarter cup
full of hot milk. Beat with wire spoon
Put into bake dish, rough the surface
with a fork, add a teaspoonful of but
ter in small pieces over the top and
bake ten minutes in hot oven or until
the edges are brown.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Hints For
Your
Christmas
Menu
Pineapple Appetizer
Clear Tomato Soup

Pineapple Appetizer
Clear Tomato Soup
Celery
tRoGsf Duck With Potato Filling and
Broom Crazy
Apple Sauce
CGndied Stoeet Potatoes
igsonIoped Onions or other Vegetable
Fruit Salad
Charlotte Russo
Coffee
Cream Mints
Pineapple Appetizer.
Pare aud CRATE half pineapple and
set In Ice cold place until ready to use
Add two tableSpOonfulS sugar to the
pineapple and serve in cocktail glasses
with little shaved ice. Garnish with
b half of maraschino cherry.
Roast Duck With Potato Filling and
Brown Gravy.
Clean the duck same as any other
fowl and ill with potato filling made as
follows: Three cupfus mashed pota-
toes. one cupful breadcrumbs, one tea
spoonful of salt, one and one-half tea
spoonful grated nutmeg. one-eighth tea
spoonful paprika, two tablespoonfuls
poultry seasoning, one tablespoonful of
chopped celery top. two tablespoonfuls
bacon drippings, three tablespOonfuls
-four
EscaIoped Onions.
One quart of onions, one tablespoon
full butter, one tablespoonful -four, one
cupful milk. one and One-half tea
spoonful salt, dash white pepper, one
half cupful breadcrumbs.
Put onions into pan of cold water,
peel and cut into quarter-inch rings.
Put int saucepan of boiling water and
boil ten minutes or until tendL r.