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with a design more original than the
inevitable holly Of the shops. The red
border and the mistletoe wreaths and
stars make n pretty pattern.
With your gift send some pretty
card expressing your affection for the
recipient. A good idea, especially
with a book or some other gift of the
sort, is to send instead of Il card a
little blotter calendar. 1t consists of two
or more blotters tied together with
Il bow of holly ribbon, a calendar pad
for 1922, and a picture Ca post card
will do, but the subject must be suited
to your friends t~astes) fastened to 1t
on the other side. The fastening may
be done by clips or by sealing wax.
A slip of paper with a Christmas
greeting should also be added. The
blotters may be red and green or
they may give the colors of some club
or college in which the donor or re-
cipient is interested.
Finally do lot forget to weigh all
packages you mail. Nothing Is more
annoying than to have to pay for n
package sent out by some careless
friend, And keep a card catalogue
of your Christmas presents. Then you
will avoid the two pitfalls Of forget
ting some one or duplicating a gift
botf, horrible to contemplate.
Above all, wrap your presents with
a kindly thought-or do not give any
at all.
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with earth and enrichment and wa
tered 1t from day to day. His frequent
inspections did not much reward his
hope; indeed, the tree seemed to be
whitening, and yet, on Christmas
morning, there it was, all adorned and
well supplied with gifts as beautiful
as a barberry bush.
1t was strange, however, that withal
there did not seem to be much happi-
ness among the branches. Indeed, be-
fore long, Peter seemed as dissatisfied
and fretful as though his tree had
borne him nothing more than its wild
cones. His mother felt n good deal
disappointed, for she had hoped that
50 wonderful a surprise would be as
happy a thing for him as it had been
for her; but she could think of nothing
better, so that the Christmas celebra-
ton began to seem like a failure. Mr..
Cadwalader, however, had a sugges-
ton to make. He said that he thought
thai the tree had not been cultivated
enough, and that if Peter would invite
some of his young friends in he
thought they might get a good deal of
pleasure out of things even yet.
When the little company had assem-
bled and Mr.. Cadwalader had dis
tributed some packages that he had
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I've seen that lady before" volun-
teered the Heavenly Messenger.
"What?" shouted the travelling man.
"Where is she?"
81 just took a letter to her over at
the opera house." explained the boy.
shes a lady in a show"
And I've looked for her for nineteen
MONTHS" said the travelling man
slowly. "How strange that I should
find her on Christmas Eve. 1t is sure
the glad tidings' they tell us about"
And the mex moment he had his coat
and hat on, and was rushing for the
elevator, on his way to the opera house
and the girl he had sought unayailing-
ly for nineteen months.
The Heavenly Messenger whistled
softly as he plodded through the drift
ed snow and pulled the knob which
caused Il bell to ring in the interior
of an old-fashioned house. Light
shone from the ~frost-coated windows
of the front room, though it was now
far past midnight. An old gentleman
came to the door and pulled the Angel
into the room abreast of a strong gust
of wind and n binding furry of snow.
make yourself right at home, my
little friend" he insisted warmly.
'"Take that chair up close to the fire.
Emily! Emily! here's a letter from
the British consul In New York. What?
as l live, Charles is safe. He was
shipwrecked off the coast of France,
but he is not seriously injured and is
on his way home"
The motherly woman who had come
into the room cried a little oyer the
news from her son, but she did not for
get to turn to the bearer of the good
tidings and say: poor boy, it Is q
bad night for such a little fellow to be
out. Are your feet wet? Take your
shoes off and we will dry Them"
More warmth came from the old
gentleman than came from the fire.
place, as he pictured to the boy Christ
mas time In England. The wife brought
Il plate of cookies shaped like animals
and covered with pink and white
frosting.
merry Christmas she called soft
ly, holding n lamp high over her head,
as the Christmas Angel slowly made
his way down the walk, and out into
the night. "Giff my huff to your ma"
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MT Al thihb hiSiSoo
could never be so forceful and power
full as cabbage, even in its last mo
mentS."
Cabbage soup, a great Partisan del
icacy, Won Its favor, according to ira
dition, in a singular way. 1t was in
1880 hat a play was produced called
1.-THE Soldier Worker" The author in
sisted on realism, SO when there was
d soup scene, he obliged the manage
ment to serve a steaming dish of cab
bage soup on the stage every night.
The audience was more impressed with
the soup than the play the aroma
waited out Owe the people and made
them hungry. The consequence was
that they stormed the restaurants for
cabbage soup and the proprietors were
obliged to call upon the theatrical
managers for the recipe. Hence the
famous cabbage soup. In Perigord
the goose stuffed with truffies Is,
say those who have eaten 1t, the cD-
max Of French cookery. The story
is told Of an epicure searching for new
dishes who travelled all over France
and died with an empty pie dish be
fore him at Perigord. He ~hadseaten
a goose pie and there vas nothing left
to live for.
Cream of Cabbage Soup.-Take one
half of a medlum-slzed cabbage, chop
fine and measure; to me quart of the
chopped cabbage take one quart of
milk. Cover the cabbage with one
quart of water boiling hot, add a tea
spoonful Of salt, a slice of onion, and
a sprig of parsley. Just simmer, not
allowing the cabbage to boil, until 1t
Is transparent the fireless cooker is
a good place to cook it. Press through
a colander, saving the water. Add to
this a quart of milk, rub one-half cup
full of butter with three tablespoon
fuls of flour. stir into the soup and
cook. Season with Eult and pepper
and serve with squares of bread or
small cheese balls. Red cabbage Will
give a violet shade to the soup; 1t Is
often used when serving a violet
luncheon.
Cream of cauliflower may be used
for soup in the same way, using a
head of %cauliflower.
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was now going to let them have them.
The first of the three gifts was a
small box, all done up in tissue paper.
When Dorothy had taken off the paper
and undone the box there was another
little box, and when she opened this
box there was another little box in
that, then there was another little
box, then there was another little box,
then there was another little box, then
there was another little box; and so
1t went on until, In the last box, she
found Il gold dollar. The second gift
was a bayberry candle, with these
words on n piece of paper:
Set me In the window some dark night,
Many will not see me, someone might.
Madeline got this second present
and seemed very glad Of 1t. Then the
third gift was taken down and pre-
scented to Peter. 1t was only a note,
all done up in an envelope, but 1t
helped him to see why the party had
made him happier than he had been
when he was all alone with his tree,
for he could not only read the note,
but also the sweet meaning when 1t
said:
All trees are Christmas trees that bear
The care of love and love of care.
To cultivate a Christmas tree
Plant 1t in love and let 1t be.
Gold for misfortune it will keep,
Light in the darkness It will give,
Its truth will blossom while you sleep,
Its happy kindness while you live.
So Peter found out all that the old
woodsman had meant when he told
him about %cultivating trees.
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were the parting words the Angel
heard, as he turned the corner of a
street and lost sight of the little house
of the kindly German folk.
When the Special Delivery Angel
awakened Christmas morning or
rather Christmas noon-his mother,
sitting at his bedside, and stroking his
hair, said to him In a regretful tone,
81 had planned to have a turkey for
dinner today, but / could not quite
manage it. You have your fathers
eyes, dear. My, but he would have
been proud of you!"
"Pd rather have chicken than
turkey" answered the boy. ''The
gravy is better"
Tell me about last night"
Nothing but glad tidings, ma.
Everyone seemed to be almost tickled
to death at their mail. | guess folks
don't send any other kind of letters
but cheerful mes on Christmas Eve"
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Christmas Trees and Stocking
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Christmas Trees and Stockings.
Two Christmas practices, both old
and very pretty, that have come down
to us are the Christmas tree and the
hanging up of children's stockings on
Christmas eve. Each provides a way
Of making gifts, and the way provided
by the stockings Is especially pleasing
to children. Perhaps it is going out,
but in homes where it Is still followed
there are delighted children on Christ
mas morning when the mysteriously-
filled stockings are examined in some
thing like awe blended with great
pleasure. The Christmas tree sur
wives, and no Christmas school festl-
val is complete without one, brilliant
with lights and loaded with presents,
presided yer by a merry yet veneer
able Santa Claus.
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ihtPi tont J'Ph 49,
In doing up" our parcels us in making
or buying them in the first place.
Let us be practical, however, first
of all. Let us wrap the parcels, espe-
clally the ones which have to go by
mail or express, very securely Indeed,
registering them If they are valuable.
Tissue paper first, and then good,
strong wrapping paper, tied with stout
cord Or heavy elastic, Is the best
method. Reserve ribbons and fancy
cards for the inside of the package,
and remember that putting II seal over
the fastening of a parcel prevents its
being sent third class. For perishable
objects use cardboard boxes.
As for the packages which are to be
delivered In person, however, or the
inside of those to be sent by mail or
express, you may exhaust your in
genuity to make them pretty. With n
box, of course, it Is always easy to
use holly tissue paper and green and
red ribbon and a sprig of holly or
mlstletoe but a wrapped parcel al
ways looks more clumsy.
Wrap the gift first i'll white tissue
paper; then roll it in white bristol
board; and then cover it with green
or red crepe paper. Tie around it a
bow Of ribbon in the contrasting
shade, stick through this a sprig of
holly and a card of good wishes,
fasten ut the ends with Christmas
seals, and there you are!
These seals, by the way, although
they may be purchased very cheaply,
still have Il further touch Of individual
ity when made at home. Do them
on glazed paper and coat them, before
cutting out, with mucilage hat can be
allowed to dry and then wet again
when necessary. Three suggestions
for designs are the bell and star, the
Christmas tree with presents and
Santa Claus with his pack. Many
more to be drawn, touched up with
Watercolor and cut out, will suggest
themselves to the reader.
The very ribbon with which
your gifts are tied can be stenciled
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placed on the tree there was a merry
time over the games that he knew
how to play, and a wondering when
he disappeared into the hallway, prom
Using to come back all dressed up in a
minute and take the three gifts off
that We're left on the tree and see
what they were and who they were
for.
They hardly knew the jolly man
who came back, after a little, all in
red, with white whiskers and paper
s%nowiakes in his hair and on his coat,
as though he had come in out of II
snow storm. Little Dorothy Avery, the
smallest of them all, jumped up and
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And there were shepherds abid-
ing in the field, keeping match over
their foch by night, and 10, the
angel of the Lord came upon them,
and the glory of the Lord shone
round about them; and they were
sore afraid.
And the angel of the Lord said
unto them, Fear not, for, behold,
I bring you good tidings Of great
joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the
city of David a Saviour, which is
Christ the Lord.
And suddenly there was NTH the
angel a multitude of the heavenly
host, praising God and saying. Glory
to God in the highest, and on earth
peace, good WiU towdrd men"
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rents eddEing off into the side streets
and alleys.
In the stores could be heard the
crisp wrapping of paper, the continu-
Gus blare Of horns, and tinkling of toy
pianos, and weary shop girls serving
patrons equally weary. outside was
wind and snow, and j~ostling people
loaded down with bales and bundles
of Christmas purchases.
In the p~ostoffice the wheels were
turning fast, while a steady stream of
letters and packages poured in through
the mailing-chutes, on every hand.
Clerks at the various windows were
busy handing out stamps, weighing
bundles and making change.
In the center of the room a man was
pushing a long, horizontal row of let
tiers along a table into a ~cancelling
machine; three others were steadily
pounding packages with a rubber
stamp. Still another man, nervous and
working under pressure, stood just
within a horseshoe railing of iron
pipe, on which hung anvas mail sacks.
With swift, trained hands he tossed
letters and packages, from his central
position in the horseshoe, into the
open mail sacks, with unerrlng GER
tainty.
Suddenly scooping up a small hand
full of letters, a clerk called out,
Especial |" A small boy arose from a
pile of mail sacks with a jump. Rub
bling the sleep out of his eyes, he went
across the room and entered the adj
dresses of the Specials in his book.
Gee, but my feet hurt" he confided
to one of the clerks. 1t was an oft-re-
peated story to the clerk, but he
stopped his hurried work and regard
ed the boy with kindly eyes as he said:
Last trip, son; 1t is after ten
O'Clock now, and If anything should
come in later, we will hold it until
morning. l know how 1t is; used to
carry them myself"
The boy went out into the night, and
made his way towards the outskirts
Of the town, where there were no street
cars; where the way was often dark,
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past our nose. The way the old cooks
made such doughnuts was to remove a
cupful or two Of the bread sponge, add
sugar, egg and shortening to it and
mix well, set away to rise, knead, roll
out. cut and then let rise again. For
frying, good sweet lard Is used, and
when you bite into one of these crisp.
brown, tasty cakes they are not at
all of kin to the kind you buy.
Norwegian Meat Balls.-Put three
pounds of round steak through the
meat grinder nine times, add a spoon
full of cream ut n time to the pulp,
working 1t in well when moist enough
to shape, make into balls, season with
salt and pepper and drop into boiling
broth to cook five minutes. Skim out
and serve with a little of the broth
thickened with flour and butter mixed.
Pour around the balls. The broth is
prepared from the meat trimmings
and stringy portions left from the
meat grinder. Cover with cold water
formed.
Bread Griddle Cakes.-Tak w o or
three slices of stale bread, soak In
cold water until soft, then squeeze
dry. Place In a bowl and cover with
sour milk. In the morning add soda,
just flour enough to make a good bat
ter and fry on a hot griddle. If a
tablespoonful or two of melted fat Is
added to the batter no grease Is need.
ed to fry them.
Fatiman BakeIs.-Beat four eggs
until very light, add one cupfu. of
sugar. one cupful Of cream, one table
spoonful Of vanilla. Add flour to roll
very thin, cut in diamond shapes or
tear off the pieces, fry in deep fat.
sprinkle with powdered sugar. Other
f1avoring may be used, such as orange.
nutmeg or lemon.
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At the right time of year Pete want
ed a Christmas tree, so he went to the
woods to get 1t. Selecting a mountain
ash tree, he vas about to cut 1t down,
when a flock of starlings disputed with
him, claiming 1t as their Christmas tree
and all its bright berries as their own
Then he considered a nut tree, but the
squirrels were furious and wanted to
know where their Christmas would be
If he took it. So the boy concluded
that no one else would want the ever
green tree, with nothing on 1t but
cones, and took that.
Rejecting, however, that his tree did
not seem likely to have anything on
1t worth while, Peter remembered
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OLD LEGEND OF THE MHsTLETOE

The treacherous Loake Immediately
procured u branch of the mistletoe,
and entering the assembly of gods pre-
sented IN arrow made from it to blind
Heda, with the words-"Balder is be-
fore thee. Shoot y He shot and Balder
fell, pierced and slain.
And countless thousands have since
been slain and will be slain for ages
to come with darts from the thistle
toe bOugh.'
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NaNT


Some silks and woods are spotted by
water. A satisfactory method for re.
moving such spots is TO dampen the
entire material evenly and press il
while still damp. Either sponge the
material carefully with clean water
or shake 1t in the steam from a briskly
boiling tea kettle until it is thoroughly
damp, then press 1t.
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time, the messages are messages that
carry comfort and gladness-that
bring peace and good will. But
there are heavenly messengers who
are always speeding somewhere, not
only at Christmas time, but all the
time, for that matter-and so this story
has to do only with the small, red
checked boys of the postoffice Especial
Delivery" service, who go and come
far into the night on Christmas Eve.
Darkness had fallen and shifting
crowds of people hurried, good
naturally, through the packed shop
ping district of a large Western city,
on one of the Great Lakes. The crowd
flowed like a human river with cur
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Christmas Gifts
700
LII wrapped in tissue paper and tied
with ribbons bright,

a LII wrapped in tissue paper and tied
"A with ribbons bright,
Hidden in my bureau drawer-the
one that's locked up tight
Are Christmas gifts for all my folks,
how surprised they'll bel
Course they're only little things, I'm not
quite eight. you see.
A handkerchief for Grandpa, I hemmed
il ev'ry bit;
A bag for Grandma's worsted, you know
she likes to knit;
Some armlets for my father, pink lasuc'
with a bow,
A crocheted mat for Mother with seal
oped edge, you know;
%Scrapbook filed with birds and beasts
for little Brother Don;
Reins for Baby Eleanor with jingly bells
sewed on.
They're wrapped in tissue paper and tied
with ribbons bright,
Hidden in my bureau drawer-the one
that's licked up tight.
Elsa Gorham Baker in Successful
FarAing.
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what an old wood
man had once
told him about q
wild tree that had
responded Won
derfully to Guilt
walton. and re-
solved to see
what could be
done in his wv
case. His mother
smiled when he
made his plan
known, but of
fered no objec-
ton as her son
set the tree up in
a hoy eunpIfo1 II
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leaned on her crutch- 40 she exclaimed !:
Il know him, he's a friend of mine,"
mistaklng him for Santa Claus, but
the older ones did not correct her mis-
take.
Whoever he was, he made them a
little speech and wished them a merry
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To say that resides in the
old. the unusual. n the remote. will
do well enough for young people: for
them 1t does so. But as we
grow older, supposing that we nave
not given up the search for 1t as IN
profitable. We come more and more. I
think, to seek 1t In the near. the pres
ent and the familiar. And sometimes
We discover 1t in the most unlikely
places.-Robert Gay.
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Raisin Quick Candy.

One and one-half cupfuls sugar, n
cupful chopped r~aisins, u cupful
roasted almonds.
Heat the sugar in frying pan over
a low fire, stirring constantly until it
becomes a golden brown strip. Re
move from fire and quickly stir in
raisins and nuts. Pout on inverted
to harden mark into squares.
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remaining gifts.
In his speech he
said that he felt
sure that there
must be a good
deal Of happiness
on that tree, be-
cause God had
made 1t, hope had
planted 1t In the
box, faith had wa
tered it, affection
had filled it with
fruit, but, as they
had not yet had
the best things
[ N n I
could produce, he
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6CABINETI

The making of money, the accumula-
ton OF material power, is not all there
is to living. Life is something more
than these two things. and the man
who misses this truth misses the
greatest joy and satisfaction that can
come into his life-that is, from serv-
Ice to others.-Edward Box.
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N1a. nL4 peaQ.
Mannet,s I-iftinn Power.

A piece of hardened tool steel In
the shape of a horseshoe can be mag.
netized to lift approximately ten
pounds per square inch. AS the cross
section is increased, the length mus,
be increased proportionately to retain
this strength per unit area.
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Why the. Devil Wanders.

az reckon de reason oil Satan don't
stay al home much is 'kase de worl' has
a way of lookin' lonesome wen he
amt hangin' aroun' Atlanta Constr
tuition
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CHRISTMAS DAY In ICELAND
Natives Still Cling to Old Customs and
Songs; Day Is One OF Great
Happiness.

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far north, where the short
est day is four hours long, and where
at Christmas time the sun does not
rise above the horizon for a week.
Christmas is a great day with the
people of Iceland and they still cling
to all their old customs and songs and
the day to them is n of great hap
piness.
One Of their favorite old songs Is
filed with simplicity that is toucfi4ng
and yet gives a glimpse of a philos-
ophy of life that is pretty fine:
When go good and think Alright
At peace with man, resigned to God.
Thou lookst on me with eyes of light,
Tasting new joys in joys abode
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GIFTS WITH CARE
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS SHOULD
BE WRAPPED WELL.
Parcels to Go by Mail and Express
Need the Careful Attention of
the Sender.

T is all very well just to wrap
an ordinary package in paper
and tie 1t securely with
string, but with Il Christmas
gift it's different. Somehow
the Christmas sentiment
oozes out even to the out
side of the package, and we
n..rt 4n1.n inct No mnnh 90 rn
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BY CHRISTOPHER G. HAZARD

NOE there was a boy named
Peter Mephibosheth Onon-
daga Cologos Cadwalader.
1t was such a long name
that he would get out of
sight before his mother
could finish calling him, so
she shortened 1t into pete"
ooh patnv or MYou patn -
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ND so, down through two
thousand years heavenly
messengers have been going
to and fro In the earth, car
rying good tidings of great
joy; sometimes, of course,
there are messages of sor-
row. hut In the Christmas
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and light? The
average d~oughout
bought in the
market is tough.
ndigestible and
usually fried In
S o m e compound
that makes it Inn.
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