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Evening star., 1924-12-19
Christmas Symbols for the Mantel
BY LYDIA lie BARON WALKER,

Dressing up the house fer Christmas
offers opportunity for some of the
pleasantest bits of interior decora-
tion ever open to the homemaker. 1t
need not be expensive, and may be
delightfully."- artistic. If the decora-
tion carries with it suggestion of the
beauty of its origin it holds a sig
nificance beyond the mere trimming
of rooms with green and red,
something that savors of the mys-
teries as well as the gladness of the
festival.
1t would be difficult to combine
these two elements in a more effect
i've way than in the overmantel
decoration suggested today. The
mystery of the star of the east shin
ing gainst the blue of an Oriental
sky with a hint of green trees on far
hills. is combined with the Victor's
wreath of laurel and the glimmer Of
lighted candles. forming an arc be-
meath. Beautiful as is the decoration,
it can be easily made and at d small
cost
To Make Decoration.
The sky can be simulated by two
widths of gray blue cloth so neutral
that it will harmonic with any color
scheme of a room, or any kind of
wall paper. Fasten this cloth to the
picture moulding, to which it should
reach, and from which it should fall
evenly to the shelf. Cut a great star
from gilt paper and faSten it with
library paste to the center of this
hanging. Encircle this star with a
large laurel wreath. At each edge
have ropes of the laurel or other
evergreen border the hanging from
ceiling to mantel Stand Candlesticks,
holding deep yellow candles of vary
ing heights on the Shelf, so that they
form an arc beneath the wreath. The
entire decoration should be carried
out in mellow, almost neutral tones
of blue, yellow and green.
Use of Table.
If there 81 no mantel in the room.
the identical decoration can be used
above a console table, drop-leaf
table or a gate-Ieg table with the leaves
down, or any rather long narrow
table. Place the table against the
wall and have nothing on it excep
the candles, unless it is a handsome
table cover, preferably in scarf style.
CLOVIS and TwinkIeS.
Whether the decoration is above a
mantel or table, be sure to have the
candles lighted during Christmas eve
and on Christmas night also. The
shimmering candlelight will give an
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Cooking For Two.

With characteristic Gallic skill the
French have a way of producing just
the right word or words to describe
anything, from a food to an emotion,
and they have their own special ap-
Dellation for those tempting bits of
1norsels that sometimes introduce a
meal. "Hors D'Oeuvre" reads the
chapter heading in a French cook
hook. We of more downright ma
tion and vocabulary are content to
call these Introductory dishes appe-
Tiers, and it is the part of the kitch-
en- genius to see that this unpreten-
tious term is not a misnomer.
Strictly speaking, the only soup
permissible at a formal or even an
informal dinner IS a clear broth or
Consomme, and such soup may
properly be Classed with the apDe-
Tiers. Only small portion is served
and the aim is to provide a stimulant
10 both appetite and gastric juice,
other dishes in the menu being de-
pended upon for actual food value.
BY way of attractive variation of
this soup course we are beginning
of late years to copy our continental
cousins, and to serve an occasional
Canape or cocktail, the latter, since
Mr.. Nolstead took over the direction
Of the liquid portion of our cuisine,
being composed either of fruit or of
sea food.
To return to the canapes.
These are bits of crispy Drowned
toast, cut if desired in fancy shapes,
and topped with dabs of highly sea-
soned fish pastes or anchovy, plus
minced olives, caperS or pickles.
There is real opportunity here for
the exercise of artistic taste as well
astronomical, for it is in the ar
rangement of these combinations on
the bit of toast that ones skill is
evidenced.
Even the butter with which the
toast bits are spread is no ordinary
spread" but rather a glorified mix
ture and blending of fish paste lemon
juice, mustard and other spices. Then
comes a layer of the chief ingredient
hard-cooked eggs, pimientoes, or
whatever the hostess prefers. Try
making canapes that are distinctly
yours, so that your guests will look
forward to feasting their eyes while
they are stimulating their stomachs.
The fruit cocktails may be made
just as attractive and they lend them
selves with far better success to the
schemes of the home dictitian, who
sees all food in terms of nutritional
NalueSi
A word of caution:
Do not allow yourself to fall into
the way of certain lazy folk, who
scoop up bit of canned fruit,
peaches or pears, dash one lone
cherry on top, and call the tiny pyra-
mid a fruit cocktail.
Use canned fruit by all means as
one ingredient but do not depend on
its unadorned and sometimes in
sipid flavor to provide the zest, the
FLIP, the snap that makes cocktail
a cocktail and not a dish of canned
fruit.
Sprigs of mint, judicious blending
of tart and sweet juices-these are
just two examples of the many pos
sible additions that prove the poet
correct when he sings, ''Oh the little
more and how much it is, the little
Jess and what worlds away :"
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Evening star., 1924-12-19
Adapted for boys and girls from the
famous story by Charles Dickens
THE SECOND SPIRIT

For out of the room next to his
bedroom a costly light was stream
ing. Very timidly Scrooge went to
peep in at the door. A voice doomed,
Come in, 1 am the Spirit of Christ
mas present" A very humble Scrooge
obeyed his invitation. Soon the two
were off on another journey-all over
the world-having the present Christ
mas enacted before their eyes.
SCrooge saw the Spirit touch men
and women and saw these men and
women gladden-even though they
were poor and miserable they be-
lieved in Christmas. The Spirit led
Scrooge to the house of his clerk,
Bob Cratchit, where preparations for
a great Christmas feast were going
on in spite of Bob's poverty. The
whole family was gathered. Martha
had come home and Mrs. Cratchit
was there and the two young Crat-
chits and Peter. Bob was not there,
but he soon came in carrying some
one on his shoulder
Evening star., 1924-12-19
Finds Queer Trail.
Who seeks shall learn,
And knowledge earn.

Peter Rabbit likes snow. That is,
he likes it if there isn't TOO much of
it. Sometimes when it is very deep
Peter has a, hard time getting enough
to eat. But when it isn't too deep he
likes it. You see, Peter is full of
curiosity, and when there is snow on
the ground and it isn't crusted over
lie is able to learn many things about
his nefghbors. All he has to do is
to follow their tracks in the snow
to find out where they have been and
what they have been doing.
SO with the coming of the first good
snow Peter hurried over to the Green
Evening star., 1924-12-19


ninth street, New York City.
| would like to submit a few ques-
tions which l hope you will answer
with careful consideration. / am IA
years Of age, weigh 125 pounds and
am feet inches tall. I should like
to know If | am overweight, and If so
l would like your suggestions in re
gard to 1t. l should also like to
know If coffee for breakfast and tea
for dinner are harmful to me, which
| have every day.-R. w. +.
First of all, let me say how fine it
is to find a boy of your age inter-
ested in his weight and diet and
health; you stand a far better chance
of growing up to be the kind of man
the world needs most than would
be the case were you Indifferent to
these important matters.
Yes, you are overweight. A lad
of your height and age should weigh
103 pounds. You need not be dis
couraged, however, for you can prob
ably get yourself down to normal
with comparative ease.
In the first place, don't worry
about the overweight to the extent
of breaking into your natural
growth. You are just at the age
when you must be careful to keep
your body well fed so as to meet
the demands Of the next few years,
and any extreme in the matter of
dieting is inadvisable.
The next most important point is
to be sure that you are eating
we'll balanced diet; that is, one which
win furnish all the food your grow
ing body requires. The next is to
ask yourself whether you are letting
your appetite get the better of you
and make you eat very large guam
titles at a time; boys of your age are
apt to do this.
Next pay close attention to the
regularity of your meals. A lunch
after school is all right; in fact, you
should have it, but be careful about
overeating at any one time.
Now about your diet. Leave out
tea and coffee entirely until you are
81 or over. You will miss these at
first because you are accustomed to
them, but stop tn EN- gradually until
you are down to a small cup of hot
milk just favored with tea or coffee,
and finally stop them altogether.
For breakfast eat some kind of
fruit. a dish cf cereal, such as
shredded wheat or wheatena or oat
fakes; plain buttered toast, an egg
or a bit of fish and a cup of cereal
coffee or hot milk or cocoa.
At noon have a good meal of fresh
vegetable soup, with a lean chop or
Evening star., 1924-12-19

elusive charm to the "sky," foliage
and star which will seem to twinkle.
Long Candles.
thrifty way to manage so that
one candle makes two is to cut all
but the long ones in two, not in half,
but so that one part provides a longer
and the other part one of the shorter
candles. The short ones will need
to be renewed more often than any
of the others, of course. Do not omit
to have candles handy so that putting
in fresh ones is simplified. The long,
partly burned candles from Christmas
eve can be used for shorter ones on
Christmas night
Evening star., 1924-12-19
Bayberry Trees.

Other delightful little trees are
made from sprigs of bayberries, so
arranged in pots that they have the
right shape, preferably triangular,
like pointed evergreens. An occa-
siunal sprig of holly introduced
among the gray berries adds decid-
edly to the ornamental effect. Such
trees are unique decorations. They
are also used for Christmas gifts, in
place of the more usual baskets of
Christmas gI eens, combined with pine
cones, red-dyed everlastings, bay
berries, etc. A city friend will de-
light in one of the bayberry trees,
which are not cheap, by any means
to buy, but which can be made, at no
expense. by any one who can gather
the bayberries. Such a gift will be
ornamental in a home long after the
Christmas decorations have been
taken down.
Evening star., 1924-12-19

CRoHTOAN WAS THE NAME OF
A TRIBE OF NEleA5oRlNe INDIANS
GUT THOUGH a TouSoME SEARCH
WAS MADE NO TRACE OF THE MISS
ING CcLoNiSTS WAS EVER FOUND.
RAlEloAs COLONY WAS a SAD
FAILURE 9UT IT POINTED THE WAY
FOR FUTURE ColoNiZAItON.
7cA1oI2eopJ- TuE Two GcA4RAMES
Evening star., 1924-12-19

number of men and women
l suggest that you go 10 your pub
lie library and ask for the books ou
this subject, and then you can decid.
which ones you will care TO pur-
chase. Your bookseller will ordel
any Of them for you.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1924-12-19

Answers to readers questions regarding
diet will be given by Wnifred Stuart
Gibbs. food specialist, writer and lecturer
on nutrition. Questions should be accom-
panied by self-addressed. stamped en-
yelope, as only those of general interest
will be answered in this column; others
will be answered through the mail. Every
EFFORT Will be made to answer questions
promptly but we bespeak the indulgence OF
our readers for any unavoidable delay.
The number OF letters received is large
and each must take its turn. Address.
Winifred Stuart Gibbs 81 West Thirty
ninth street, New York City.
Evening star., 1924-12-19

HE HURRIED LIPPERTY-LIP-
PERTY-LIP, FOLLOWING THE
TRAIL OF JUMPER.
Forest. and as soon as he got there
he began to look for tracks The first
he found were the dainty little foot
prints of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse
They were almost as dainty as the
Evening star., 1924-12-19
Wee Trees.

Little evergreen trees add decidedly
to Christmas decorations. If you do
not have the genuine trees, you can
have them in effect. Use two very
small branches Cor ends of branches)
from an evergreen tree. Bind them
together with wire so that the foliage
is full all about and the contour is
fairly symmetrical. Fill a large
flower pot or a small flower tub Ca
painted butter tirkin will do admir-
ably) with soil, or stuff it with paper
and cover the top with earth, if the
latter is not easy to get at the time.
plant" the improvised tree firmly in
the pot, and you will find the effect
excellent. The tree will probably
need pruning to make its shape all
that could be desired. One of these
,rees at each side of the mantel,
above which is the wall hanging, will
be just the right touch to make the
decoration complete.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-12
Will Observe
Children's Day,
Sumpter Church

Chiidren's Day will be observed
Sunday at the NJ E. church in
Sumpter.
Miss Celeste Kellogg of Reeds
burg is visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Celeste Kellogg, Mrs. Sher-
man Squires, Mrs. Wisenman of
Reedsburg and Arlie Promo of
Gary, Ind, visited at S. Premo's
home Friday afternoon.
The Home Circle club win meet
with Mrs. Irwin Waterbury, We'd
nesday, June II.
Miss Seamans closed her school
in Sone's Pocket Friday and Miss
Du Bots closed the school in the
waterbury District Tuesday with a
picnic.
The G. r. Promo family visited
Lewis Steidtman in Madison re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Fredel and
four children of Zion City visited at
the Garth Promo home and called
at the j. P. Stedtman home Thurs
day and Friday.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-12
CasseH Folk
LIBERALIZATION

Cassell was well represented at
the commencement exercies in
Prairie du Sac, Friday evening.
Principal r. S. Darlington and
family OF Prairie du Sac have come
to spend the summer at their cot
tage here.
Mrs Hannah Talbot, Mr.. and
Mrs. Phillip Hess of Lloyd, Mrs.
w. H. Cortelyon and two children
Of Boscobel were Memorial day
visitors at w. S. Pierce's. They re-
turned Saturday.
Mary Darlington, Violet Diehl,
Nellie Braun, Raymond and Miles
Meng are home from the Prairie du
Sac high school.
The Cassell school closed with a
picnic May 49, Miss Irene Rowson,
who completed here second year as
teacher gave excellent satisfaction.
w. G. Patterson and little Martha
Apker of North Freedom were
guests at the Darlington cottage.
Sunday.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-12
School Closes In
Pleasant Valley


School in district No 3 closed
Wednesday evening with pro-
gram.
The Reedspurg qaart"r song
several songs which were enJayeo
by ALL Ice cream a-l1 cake were
Sc wed.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Span:ltng and
family ate dinner w.sl Mr.. ana
Airs. Douglas in Reedsburg Sun
uay
Mrs. Otto Dahlke entertained
relatives from Barahoo g. her home
last week.
Mr. and hrs. Ernest Hanger and
family spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. Stackman near Alderman.
Mrs. Rhr of Ablen1an is spend
ing the week at the William Rehr
home.
Miss Angelo Hammer Of South
Freedom is guest at the Loranz
Klein home during this week
Mr. Arthur Ahrensmeyer and
wife from Madison spent Friday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Ahrens-
meyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Klein of
Maple Hill were guests of their
son a few days last week.
Mrs. Steinhorst spent several
days last week with her daughter,
Mrs. G. Rhode.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-12
u. ". STUDENTS
INAUTOCRASH
Charles Gallagher, Jr.,
Catherine Davis, are
Seriously III ur t;
Tried to Avoid Col
lision 3N

Charles GallagheFraJr, 10, SUI
periors Wis, a student at the Uni
versity suffered The Joss of his
right leg and Martha S. Cowan, of
Kansas City, Mo-, also student,
sustained a severe scalp wound
when car inewhfch they were
riding with John MI Murphy, su.
perior, and Catherine Davis, Oak
Park, H., left thee*oad at the sharp
turn one mile north Of Mcfarland
Wednesday night and crashed into
q tree.
Gallagher's leg was broken and
crushed and the limb was removed
at the Methodist hospital by DR..
James Jackson. Both are expected
to recover. ,aap
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-12
Ne,U Officers;
Loyal Worker
Of A. Church

The Loyal Workers of the A. G.
church met in a business session at
the church Tuesday evening. The
meeting was opened by the presi-
dent and a prayer was also offered.
The following officers and commit
tees were elected:
President Perry Loomis.
Vice President Ed Bump.
Secretary-T Treasurer Mimi e
Jones.
Organist Vida Holmes.
Assistant Organist-Irene BUMP.
Junior S superintendent Lucy
Hendricks.
Devotional Committee-Rev. E.
o. CooHtz, owen Prothero, Hazel
Trussel.
Mercy and Help Mrs. Charles
Rooney, Mrs. D. D. Jones, Mrs. Ed.
Bump.
Lookout Marabeth Rooney,
Irene Bump, Mrs. Marion Douglas.
Social Mrs Charles Watkins,
David Loefnis, Vida Holmes.
Collector Perry Loomis.
An eight weeks contest was put
on, Marabeth Rooney and Irene
Bump leaders. At the close an en-
tertainment will be given by the
loosing side.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-12
X. MINSTREL
SHOW REPORT

The committee in charge Of the
X. C. Minstrel show, given for the
benefit of st. Mary 's-Ringling hos
pital, has made complete report
Of the show, which netted total
profit of sS4S.0S, all of which goes
to the hospital
The total receipts were $1,22S.50
and the total expense. $SS0.47.
The expenses for the two nights
the performance was given were as
follows:
Theatre rental, 5000; advertising
and printing, $14s15; orchestra,
$50; stage hands, SIS; music, extra,
$14; Harrington Adams, Inc,
$2S6l0; expense aof director,
$11s,36; rent for rehearsals, $50;
and miscellaneous expenditure,
$4.S6.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-12
Baraboo Group
ToChicagoI In
Shop Interests

A joint committee from the Bar
aboo Advancement association and
KIwanis club, representing the in
terests of Baraboo people, went to
Chicago on Wednesday afternoon
to consult with c. & N. w. rail-
road officials with regard to re-
opening the roundhouse shops
here. Those on the committee are
j.. Van Orden, Orriel Philbrick, Al
torney E. #. Dithmar, Mayor
Adolph andre, Justice Fl. L. Hal
sted, and Paul Gust
The matter is of considerable inn
portance to Baraboo people and
those organizations working for
the betterment of the city are de-
termined to do all in their power
to help the cause along.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-12
Fairfield Team
Wins First Game

The Russell Corners nine OF
Fairfield Played baseball SatuI:'-
day afternoon with the Buttef
field bridge nine and won a score
of 10 to 5. The nine from rere had
done no practicing and in fact
had never played together pefore
as team.
4 The Helpers Hand Society which
met last Thursday with Mrs. Jes-
sic Ballinger WAS well at
tended and very much enjoyed
by all.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Kryer and two
children and Win Wagner and two
children of Winfield visited their
brother, Louis and family, Sunday
afternoon.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-12
Farewell For
Bride-To Be

A larger, and consequently mer-
rier, group than usual gathered at
the home of Miss Gretta Koch at
supper time Wednesday evening.
All the ladies of the high school
faculty joined with Miss Koch and
the other members of her house
hold in a farewell party for Miss
Dora Ingraham. The current be
lief that women cannot keep Il
secret was refuted on this occasion,
for more than twenty women knew
of this in advance, yet it was a sur
prise which really surprised! Mu-
sic and games were enjoyed dur
ing the evening, and the guests left
with Miss Ingraham a gift for the
new home. Very soon after the
close of school Miss Ingraham is
to be married to Carroll Roach, now
student at the University Of Wis
consin.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-12
Large ChariiUari
On BarQboo Bluffs

On Wednesday evening some
fifty automobiles were lined nj
near the. John Marquardt home.
The occupants gave Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Youngbeck some real char,
vari music. The groom very gra
ciously thanked the seranaders and
invited them all to an informal rg-
ception the following evening AZ
which time he treated the boys and
girls to twenty-five gallons of les
cream and a quantity of waters.
Long live Mr.. and Mrs. Youngbeck
A young man recently drove into
the Bittrick yard on. the Baraboo
Bluffs in quest of minnows. He W IS
driving his car It such a rapid
clip it knocked Off two steel posts
of the windmill tower before he
could stop his lizzie" The driver
was unhurt but other occupants OF
the car were somewhat injured
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-12
ADDRESS IS
MADE ON TIT:
HOLY Land
Mrs. Alice Bleyer of
Madison Tells XII
wants Members of
Trip Through Pal
estine

On Wednesday at the regular
meeting of the Kiwam club Mrs.
Alice Bleyer of Madison told Of her
trip to the Holy Land some
months ago. She said she. did not
bring back much Information, she
went to see how the country
looked today. Since going to the
land of Sampson and Daniel she
had been a greater reader of the
Bible.
Saw But Few Types
In the Holy Land she expected
to see types of men like Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob but met with bit
few Eighty per cent Of the in
habitants are Arabs, leaving but
few Hebrews in the population.
One day she saw boy using a
sling just as David used it. This
she purchased and brought home
with her The dress of many is
like the days Of the Bible, fiowing
robes, turbans, and back Of the
neck covered for protection.
There is a new English news
paper IN Jerusalem and it is callei
the New Jerusalem" There were
only four advertisements and these
were from other countries.
Fine Roads Built
The English government has
built fine roads and this makes
easy travel. Where the English
rule there is order but where other
governments have control life is
worth but little.
In many places where there
should be an air of reverence there
is commercialism selling of SOU
venirs. This Mrs. Bleyer did not
approve.
She visited the two seas, Jerico
and many other places. Strange to
say but few spots can be definitely
identified as the actual places
where Bible events took place
Time and change has abliterated
the exact locations.
The Arabs do not want the Jews
to come there to reside, and the
political situation is not harmonic
Gus, neither is the religious.
Other Items
Rev. w. w. Moore and T. F. Ris-
ley will tell of their trip to the
east, at the next meeting.
The ministers of the club will SCI
lect a candidate for queen of the
pageant.
Thanks was expressed for the
cars used on Memorial Day.
Superintendent A. G. Kingsford
proposed a farm institute for next
winter. A committee will decide.