The Arvada enterprise., 1917-12-20

IrlnSeu. IT then rcScnDIeu the Olu-inSIlOnCu
motto candies. That the motto or couplet might not
be lacking, the following lines written and
inserted:
'rhosc Jell girls may be tart and sweet.
But I've heard that they lack spice.
If of me youl deign to eat
am you'll vote me nice"
Grandma made a wonderful fruit cake-the
kind that lasts n year. and Improves with age
This was surrounded with white parchment piper.
and covered with white paper dolly, and fancy
edges. This was laid carefully over the waxcd
paper, which covered the frostIng studded thckly
with whole hickory and butternut meats. The
whole was packed into round box, made by
Myrtlcs skillfu fingers. To make II she cut two
disks of cardboard of the required size. and two
long strips of the cardboard, one the height Of
the cnke the other narrower, for the cover. She
bound the edges together with gunmcd tape, and
covered their junction with narrow strips Of gold
paper. Then she neatly covered top and sides
with Christmas piper, all holly and mstletoe.
Lastly, she tied two bright scarlet ribbons about
the box each way. She made plump bows.
and. gathering the ends Of the ribbons, sewed tiny
sleigh bells on them SO that the box. when moved
give forth sweet musical sound.
Myrtle surveyed the box with satisfaction, her
head on one side
you ought to pease," she said. "YOu appeal
to the eye. the ear and the palate"
The box certainly did present mn imposing up.
pearance. On the inside Of the cover appeared
the lines:
"Of course this cake wns made by mother;
She says II 1t don't suit she'll make you another"
A great generous ball Of cottage cheese was
wrapped in paper and packed In square box
with plenty Of tissue paper In the corners Ac.
compnnylng It was the legend:
sVS Euou huIk ~ tho HAD ttau
He'd have traded for that instead Of the pOttnge."
There were two generous loaves OF bread one Of
"salt rising" the other yenst rnised On card
were the lines:
"Grandma says. when you were boy
And eating salt rising you never could stop:
But In you tire Of the old fashOned kind.
Here's another loaf, raised with tho hop"
Packed about the loaves and neatly wrapped.
each by itself. In parchment paper. were a dozen
little Individual butter pats. nodded In the form Of
a rose. Myrtle wrote:
1--WE wonder II. when you eat. yOull mutter:
Aha! That tnstcs like Old Home butterr"
The mncc pie WINS concoctcd with immense care.
from the careful choosing and mixing Of the In.
gradients to the construction Of the faultlcss haky
crust Just touched with the fnintest hint OF golden
brown. This carefully packed between two
wooden patcs tied firmly together. On the top
plate was written:
"When Is II true TINT n mans a mince piei
Cannot you take the hint7
Why. mans Mint Spy Of course. you know.
When he acts ~ q Spy In the mint"
The duck was. Of course. the chef d'oeuvre Of
the whole undertaking. When II wns ready. lying
on Its back, with tS tut legs composed ut Its plump
sides. II surely did look appetixing. The "Poet
Lariat." a. Tim called her. wrote tho following:
mot n porcInc sucking. but n nice fat ducklins
You draw for your Christmas dinner.
You neer duck
That WINS nicer to pluck:
We hope you will vote him Q winner"
Some beautiful red Brother Jonathan apples
were tucked In the corners. md n glass Of elder.
berry Jelly. These were gnndInn's contribution
and she wrote In n somewhat trembling hand the
following note:
Dear Johnny:
"These apples cnme On from the trcc where you
fell and broke your lex that time. DO you re.
mcmbcr1 ! wouldn't let them cut Il down when
they cut tho others. The cldcrbcrry Jelly was
mnde from the cldcrbcrrics that grow ON tho
bushes by tho old swimming hole.
MOTHER"
When everything was uhlshcu ana tue UOX
about rcndy 10 60. there still remained two things
10 be done Ono was 10 put In tho Old.fnshOncd
dngucrrc0typc Of grnndmn. with Aunt Myrtle
unkcn nj sixtecn) stnndlng on one side Of her.
md Uncle John on the other. This had been
taken mnhy ycnrs before. for u relative. md lind
been sent away, md iis existence forgotten. Myr.
tie Ind been mined for her nun,. md she looked
very much ms the latter Ind done Mt her ngc. Aunt
Myrtle Ind died nj eighteen. No Myrtle never saw
her. The other thing 10 DO incioscd WINS the ninn.
tcur photograph Of grnhdnn md tho present
Myrtle. She Ind posed In imitation Of the pose
In the curly picture. with her nrm around grind.
mns neck. The resemblance between her picture
md That Of Aunt Myrtle was almost startling
When Ernndmn looked nj the two pictures to-
gcthes shs shook her head:
"DO really look M old nj thntT she sighed.
y hnts to send TINT 10 Johnny. tn sfrnd II will