Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-06

hours in advance, as It Improves 4,
to remain in the Ice box for some
time Bread and pies can well be
made the day before Christmas. The
| nuts may be cracked and the apple
and cranberry. sauces or Jelly will
| be better for having become thor
oughly chilled. On Christmas eve
each house should be dressed in holi-
day attire and Christmas trees should
be prepared for Santa Claus.
How to Decorate the Tree.
To make little dangle ornaments
little balls, thread with dark-green
silk. dip into gum arabic and cover
with any of the colored dye powders.
Silver or red gold dust may also be
| used. A few cents worth of dye in
blue. yellow or red will make a great
! pended in a glass jar containing
water and 10 cents worth of alum
the alum will adhere to the threads
and make little icicles for the tree,
Continue to add alum until the
strings are the desired thickness.
dry. White cotton or wool slightly
smeared with mucilage and sprinkled
with common salt or diamond dust
makes the best wintry effect.
Powdered mica will give a snowy
appearance If sprinkied over wool.
produced by taking branches and dip
ping them in gum arabic water and
sprink1ing with flour. Colored pine
cones are useful as Christmas tree
decoration, giIded, silvered or colored
bright scarlet, and they will last for
years.
For pinning gifts on the tree, dress
clothespins in fancy tissue paper as
dolls, flowers or like Santa Claus.
Little tinsel toys which were broken
last year may be used again. FIJI
them with cotton and paste the
broken parts to the cotton, then hang
Much Of the beauty Of a tree de-
Ponds upon its lighting, but when
small children are present 1t is often
dangerous to use candles. An ordi-
nary lantern may be used for light
ing purposes. Cover with red tissue
paper or crepe paper and tie with a
lantern. A wide margin of paper
may be left and pulled out to form a
huge flower. Tie the lantern secure
ly to the trunk of the tree as near
the center as possible. A smaller
lantern may be hung at the top of
The new way of illuminating the tree
with tiny electric lights Is pretty
and safe.
Your Christmas tree will keep fresh
if you stand 1t in bucket of coal,
stones, sand or dirt to serve as a
bucket with water to keep the trunk
moist as long as it stands. By doing
this the tree will not become dry and
will not shed its needles before you
are ready to throw it away. Decorate
the bucket with green crepe paper or
leaves and lay a piece of dark green
cloth or crepe paper on the carpet
under the tree.
The Christmas Table.
a Christmas tree table delights the
children. Paint pot red and plant In
it small Christmas tree. Choose
nice shaped tree. A branch of ever
green, if of the right shape and pref
lilly trimmed. will serve the purpose.
Decorate with t!nse1, cranberries.
popcorn, tiny toys, stars and little
tarlatan. Tiny candles can be used on
the trees. Place at each plate small
spray of evergreen and stick the END
into spool that has been colored or
painted red. Fasten on the top gilt
star a little Santa Claus or a tiny red
candle. =.
A wreath, of holly with little candles
all around it makes a delightful CEN
terpiece for the table. Little candle
holders such as are used on birthday
cakes can be used to hold the candles.
A green wreath with red candles
gives the Christmas colors. A wreath
suspended over the table by means OF
red ribbons or evergreen ropes with
little red bells attached at intervals
all around it is pretty, or gilt stars
may be used instead of the bells.
1t is delightful idea to have for an
extra guest at the Christmas dinner
an acquaintance, who is away from
home or who has no home. The guest
might be a young man. whose home Is
hundreds of miles away. or girl who
is in war work in the city and can
not go home for the day.
Hidden favors for the children at
the Christmas breakfast table may be
arranged in this manner. Have a
bell hung above the table and inside
place the paper favors. They may
consist of Christmas caps and odd
toys, which, when blown up, take the
form of some animal. They can be
held by FASTING narrow strips be
meath the bell. At the right time
these strips can be pulled and the
shower OF favors will fall upon the
table. OF course. there should be
nothing on tho table when this deluSe
occurs.