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fermented.
~ RACTICALLY every old cookery book
"a contained Q receipt" for making sylla-
bub. This what Susannah Garter
says in her Frugal Housewife Complete
Woman Cook" (1T72):
ITO make nne syllabub from the COW:
sweeten quart Of cider. with double refined
sugar and crate . nutmeg into it; then milk
the COW into your liquor. When you have thus
added what quantity Of milk you think proper,
pour half pint. or more Gin proportion to the
quantity Of syllabub you make) Of the sweetest
cream you can get. all over It."
mas hospitality bring that age before Us With
almost unbelievable reality. Theophius Brad
bury, in . letter to his daughter, tells OF .
delightful Christmas eve dinner, given at Phila-
delphia In 1705 by George and Martha Wash-
ington
Last Thursday" writes Bradbury, II had
the honour Of dining with the President In
Company with the Vice President, the Senators,
the Delegates Of Massachusetts,, and some other
members Of Congress. about 20 IN ALL
I'm the middle Of the table placed p
piece Of table furniture about feet long.
and feet wide, rounded at the ends. It was
either a wood gilded. or polished metal. raised
only about an inch, with silver rim round 1t.
like that around teaboard: In the center was
q pedestal Of plaster Of paris with images upon
1t, and upon each end figures, male and female.
Of the same. It was very elegant and used
for ornament only. The dishes were placed
all around and there was an elegant variety
of roast beef. veal. turkey, ducks, fowls, hams,
etc.. puddings, jellies, oranges, apples, nuts,
almonds figs. raisins and variety Of wines
and punches We took our leave at 8, more
than an hour after the candles were intro
No LODI Init Washir0tov, dir1ed
with us. We were waited on by four or i've
men servants dressed In livery"
For his comments on Christmas celebrations
In the Old Dominion, we are most grateful to
Philip vicke3 Fithian, young theological
student from Princeton. who. in 1773 and 1774.
WAS tutor at Nomini Hall. In Westmoreiand
County, Va, m the family Of "ComcinoF
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BY HOPE RIDINCS~ MILLER.

HRIsTDGAs- time of the year when
VII the devotion OF the children OF CnrS-
Oi< tendon manifests itself throughout
- many nations' And yet In this en-.
lightened age 1t Is season wnen anc'enS
and curious superstitions are observed. Hencs
of ideas that had their root in the days OF
long ago. legends survive partly because they
have long been associated with Christmas and
partly because they are picturesque and simply
good fun.
For instance, the traditional English idea OF
kissing under the mistletoe IS one Of the COM
moneSt relics of antiquity. 1t dates back to
primitive times and Is connected with the ldea
that the mistletoe was at one time tree but
a very naughty one. In order to punish 1t.
therefore, the high gods transformed 1t INTO
a parasitic plant and ordained that 1t would
always have to look on while pretty girls were
being kissed So whoever kisses a girl under
the nnistletoe will be lucky" for he Is helping
70 punish the plant and thereby pleasing the
gods.
In some parts of England it Is considered
bad luck to begin any handwork on Christmas
eve This Is an echo OF superstition OF the
middle ages when women never ventured 70
leave any max on their wheels. under the
apprehension that the evil one would assuredly
cut It of before morning.
The boars head which even today graces
some tables in England, is relic Of the times
when the boar was regarded as the only de-
the rites of Bacchus and Osiris. In England
the boar's head has always been regarded as
especially good omen.
In some parts Of England, and also on the
Continent, candles used on Christmas must
burn all day. otherwise they portend evil to
the family for the coming year. In fact the
use of candles is Of pagan origin. In 354 A. D.
aiberius the Roman bishop. designated De-
cember IS as the birthday of Christ. Up to
this time the Roman feast Of Saturn had been
observed, and candles were used both for the
purpose Of illumination and as gifts They
were supposed to be kept burning at the feast
OF Saturn IN order that the god be appeased.
Greek Catholics still call Christmas 1.-THE Feast
of Lights" and candles play an important part
in Christmas celebrations throughout the
world.
In England ana Scotland the Yule log laid
on the fire on Christmas eve must, II possible,
be kept burning all the following day or longer.
Self-extinction Is portentious Of evil In Bull
garia large log is put on the flre early on
December "a. For luck everybody sits up until
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pass before she will wed Or she may throw
her shoe into the street. The direction In
which the toe points is supposed to indicate
the way her husband will come. Or at mid
night she may walk into the street and ask
the first man she his name Her future
husband will have the same name.
An ancient Greek superstition Is the basis
for rite still observed by Greeks at their
Christmas-January 6. The old Greeks be-
lieved that evil spirits troubled the sea during
December and January. So at Christmas these
people go in great crowds to the nearest body
Of water. There a priest throws . wooden
cross into the water and the young men plunge
in after it. The one who finds 1t then carries
1t from house to house, thereby blessing the
members Of each family. After that the sea
Il considered safe for travel during the year.
In some parts of Germany lights kept
burning all night Christmas In order that
the spirits Of the dead, returning to the world,
may warm themselves. This Is observed less
and less each year, however, and win prob
ably be discontinued In the future.
No fishing is done in Sweden at Christmas,
but the nets are set on Christmas eve for
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and roar. and for the most part as unharmon-
ious Is an affronted."
And 50 we leave merry Christmas guests
IN Colonial days, intensely sure Of the fact that
1t no other time In our countrys history have
there been such elaborate feasts or such jolly
Christmas celebrations
(Copyright. 1880
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ITO Crandma's For Christmas .


it burns out on Christmas eve. In fact, the
Bulgarian word for Christmas eve, when trans
lated into English, means "eve when you'll stay
up until the log burns out"
I'm SCOTLAND the person who first opens
4 the door on Yule day expects to prosper
- more than any other member Of the fam
ily because. as he says. Il let in the Yule.
I deserve good luck all the year"
The head of an Ukranian household carries
q large sheaf Of wheat into the house on
Christmas eve and puts 1t in place OF honor
where it stays until the New Year. The shear
represents the spirits OF his ancestors and in
this way he pays respect to the dead. Also
he insures luck for himself and his family
Three nights during the Christmas season.
December "a, December 81 and January 8
are dear to Russian girls, because they believe
they can foreten their fate. OF the many
ways Of doing this the favorite with the
average Russian girl Is to throw grains OF
corn to the chickens and then to count the
number eaten to see how many months must
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I'm THE western part of France it is be-
II neved that adults may find out how many
y years they will live by opening the Bible
at the Book of Psalms. The number Of the
first Psalm on which their eyes fall will indi-
cate the length of time before they are to die.
On January (Which is still part of the Christ
mas season in France) the young people usu-
ally have a cake containing a little sugar king.
After the cake has been cut the person who
finds the sugar king may choose his queen-his
future mate.
In Switzerland Christmas Is an unusually
romantic season. An unmarried person, after
he has drunk three sips from nine different
fountains while the bells are tolling for mid
night mass-may walk to the church door and
there find his future mate standing at the
door, Since this superstition is universally OBJ
served In Switzerland, young man is not uSu-
ally surprised to find his sweetheart standing
ut the church door waiting for him.
In the meantime the head of q Swiss house.
hold is often making tour of Inspection
around his fruit trees. Having shoveled snow
and tied bands Of straw around the trunks
during the day, he makes this final round,
assured that the trees WIN yield an abundant
CROP
The swiss grandmother also has something
to keep her busy at this time. She may cut
an onion In half peel of layer for each of
the IL months and place them in a row. with
January designated by the layer on the left
and December by the last layer on the right.
The other layers of course. represent the re-
manning months, N order. Then she fills each
layer with salt. The next morning the layers
which contain dry salt will indicate the fair
months in the year Damp salt, likewise fndi-
Gates rainy months
Such superstitions In various countries are as
innumerable they are interesting. Even
though pagan in origin, and relics of antiquity.
they will continue to be observed because they
are quaint and enjoyable. And certainly they
help to make Christmas a season when all
people, despite age, may become children again,
with credulous zeal for doing various things
"for luck"
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plantations of honey locust? To make methegin
the long beans Of the locust were ground and
mixed with honey, herbs and water and
'fermented.
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luck. Also in Sweden and other scandinavian
countries 1t is considered unlucky for all If one
member Of household is unhappy at Christ
mas Therefore each person goes to great
pains to that everybody else is happy. Even
the servants profit by this belief.
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u EEP the weight back on the
~ heels Is the advice handed out
by Macdonald Smith. This allows
the body TO turn just enough to pre-
vent retarding the arm movement
as the clubhead is swept down and
through with the arms. The shOul-
ders are held back instead OF COM
ing around to the left running con.
troll and power. To Offset too rigid
legs in this position the knees should
be bent slightly. A slight give here
also keeps the golfer from stoop-
ing too far. A fault of golfers In
general Is that they bend forward
too far with the weight on the toes,
position in which it Is difficult to
pivot properly. One reason for this
is that the ball is often too far
away. necesSitating leaning forward
TO reach it. With the body back on
the heels, better balance is main
tained and the weight can be trans
ferred smoothly. BE sure the weight
is back on the heels at the start of
the swing and that foot which bears
the weight during different stages
of the stroke should be firmly plant
ed on the ground
q 1898 Bell syndicate.-wNU Service.
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watch while he hurried over to that
patch of clover and get a bite or
two. Sammy agreed at once. But
Sammy is just brimming over with
mischief, as you know. Johnny was
only half way to that patch of clio.
yer when Sammy screamed. Back
scrambled Johnny Chuck as fast as
he could. When he found II was
just a joke he scolded as only he can
scold. That tickled Sammy Jay and
he flew away laughing. You see
Sammy didn't know how very, very
hungry Johnny Chuck was.
BY the time jolly. round Mr.. Sun
went to bed behind the Purple Hills.
hunger and fear had quite cured
Johnny Chuck OF Obstinacy. He
would start for home the first thing
In the morning.
@. 1888. by T. W. Burgess.-w Service.
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CRIBBAGE
BY DOUGLAS MALLOCH

HALF OF the game is what you
u throw away.
And what you keep, before you start
to play.
And life's the same,
Same sort of game
Much like a game of cribbage that
you play.
Count up your cards, not after but
before,
Keep what will likely make the best
score.
Some Joy denied
And thrown aside
May, at the finish, make you even
more.
Discard the useless from your heart
and mind,
The plans unworthy and the thoughts
unkind,
Old hurts, old hates.
And selfish traits,
And winning will be easy, you will
find.
Yes. keep the right and throw the
wrong aside,
The little jealousies, the foolish
pride,
Consider, too.
The things you do,
The evil habits from the good divide
For they will win who wisely will
discard
The useless action and the useless
card,
Watch life the same,
Then play the game
And you will find the winning not
so hard.
@ 1898. Douglas Malloch.-wNU Service.
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of Sark
Is Feudal State
Once Haunt of Pirates,
Now Peaceful Place With
Quaint Ancient Customs.
Prepared by National Geographic Society.
Washlngton. D. C=WNII SerYice

Prepared by National Geographic Society.
Washington. D. C.-wNU Service.
wv THEN the Dame of Sark re-
w Gently went shopping in Lon
W don, the event was news in
at least two continents; for La
Dame De Sark is the first lady of
the only purely feudal state remain
ing in the world, the island of Sark
In the English channel.
Sark is the fourth largest of the
Channel islands. 1t lies 20 miles
south of England and 30 miles from
the coast of France. 1t Is three and
half miles long and one and a half
miles wide; and yet, because of its
numerous bays and coves, it has 80
miles of coast. 1t is the highest
land in the Channel islands.
The cliffs, rising on all sides al
most perpendicularly, are covered
with innumerable varieties of rock
plants and flowers, while below are
sandy bays and wonderful caves,
whose Sea-hewn walls are covered
with seaweeds and sea anemones
Of every color of the rainbow. On
the beaches may be found semi
precious stones, such as amethySts,
cats-eyes, and moonstones. The is
land Is not without minerals; at one
time mines were worked which pro-
duced copper, silver, antimony, and
galena.
The interior of the island is un-
dulating with valleys full of wild
flowers, and in the spring the whole
is covered with a blaze of golden
gorse, blue bells, and primroses. No
venomous beasts live in Sark, not
even a toad!
On landing at the Sark harbOr,
which Is one of the smallest in the
world, the visitor finds himself en-
tirely surrounded by steep cliffs, and
the only means of access to the is
land from there Is by road pass
Ing through tunnel 200 feet long,
pierced in the cliff, and thence by a
steep. winding road which leads to
the center of the island, where there
are few small shops and four ho-
tells.
The highway continues to La Cou-
pee, where the island is divided into
two parts, Great Sark and Little
Sark, joined by huge natural
causeway Of rock nearly 300 feet
high and 415 feet long, across
which runs road just wide enough
for one cart and horse to cross at a
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Bedtime Stor 10
NJ Thornton w BURGESS ~ = a;s

there. II there had been no one
there he wouldn't have minded, but
Polly Chuck was there and Johnny
just couldn't make up his mind to
go back and confess that he had
been wrong in the first place. OF
course, no one feeling that way
could be in a very happy frame OF
mind.
But what made him most unhappy
OF all was 9he fact that he was hun
cry and all the time growing hun
grier. He didn't go far enough
away from his doorstep TO get his
breakfast, and he hadn't had much
to eat the day before. nothing al
all after the great fight. With long
ing eyes he looked over TO the dis
tant clover patch. After his expe-
rience of the day before he didn't
dare go so far from his home. If
he had been feeling all right he
wouldn't have dared to. Stiff and
sore as he was 1t was out of the
question. He couldn't run and he
couldn't fight.
He tried to eat some Of the grass
near his doorstep. 1t was thick with
dust and so gritty and unpleasant
TO the taste that he managed TO
swallow only a little of it. SO the
morning passed and afternoon came.
Late in the afternoon Sammy re-
turned to see how Johnny was get
ting on. An idea came to Johnny.
He would ask Sammy Jay to keep
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time. On one side of this cause
way is a sheer cliff; on the other a
sloping way down to beautiful
sands. In spite Of its minute size,
Sark has a history of no little in
terest, as its written records begin
in A. d. 565, and there is ample evil
dence of occupation in the Stone
age. In the Sixth century Saint
MagiOire. bishop of Dol, In Brittany,
established monastery here, the
ruins of which, including an old wall
and two chapels, stand just beside
the Danes house. Here an order
of 60 monks f1ourished until 1412,
when they were withdrawn TO the
Abbey of Montebourg, in France.
Once Pirate Haunt.
Years rolled on and Sark became
the haunt of pirates, said to be from
Scotland, who were constant men,
ace to shipping in the channel and
against whom expeditions from Eng
land were sent out. The island was
cleared of their presence, but ruin
was left in their wake. 1t was Oc-
cupied by the French some time
early in the Sixteenth century, and
it was wrested from them by ruse,
the details of which were recorded
by Sir Walter Raleigh himself. who
was governor of Jersey some fifty
years later, as follows:
A Flemish vessel arrived off the
coast, and the sailors pretended
that their captain was dead and
asked leave to bring his body ashore
for burial. On permission being
granted, they carried the coffin up
the hill to the little church of Saint
Magioire, and there, closing the
door. they opened the coffin. which
was full of arms, turned on the
French garrison and surprised them,
killing some and taking the rest
prisoners.
Soon after this the island was
again deserted, until from the is
land of Jersey arose a man who was
finally to establish the future consti-
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This TickIed Sammy Jay and He
Flew Away Laughing.

or three minutes to make sure that
all was safe behind him. That stone
wall which had seemed such a splen-
did protection when he built his
house. In the corner of II now
seemed constant danger. Johnny
imagined he heard enemies creep
ing up on the other side of It. He
expected to see the head of Reddy
Fox or Mrs. Reddy bob up over the
top Of that wall any minute. No
one as nervous as that can be in
very happy frame of mind.
Also Johnny was beginning to be
quite honest with himself and to
admit that he wished he never had
thought of leaving his fine home in
the far corner of the Old Orchard.
He wished he was back there. He
knew now that it was the very best
place in all the Great World AT
least, 1t was the very best place
for him. But he was still too obsti-
nate to make up his mind TO go back
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MotheryG6@Book
APPETIZING DISHES

IN THE spring and early summer
L green foods-fresh vegetables and
fruit - are more appealing than
more complicated foods. There are
some roughage foods that are need
ed all the year round and an Occa
sional use of bran In food, or taken
in water as drink, will keep the
elimination good. For the children
the bran may be given in small
cakes. cookies and macaroOns.
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Bran Date Mullins.

Break two eggs into a mixing bowl
and beat with an egg beater for two
minutes; add two-thirds of a cupful
of milk, one-half teaspoonful of salt,
one-fOurtth cupful of sugar and one
fourth cupful of softened shorten
ing. Add two teaspoonfuls of bak.
ing powder to one cupful of -four,
add one cupful OF bran, one-half
cupful of dates cut fine, and one
half cupful of nutmeats cut fine.
Mix all as usual and beat well. Bake
in well creased muffin pans for
twenty-five minutes.
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A CURE FOR OBSTINACY

Johnny CHUCK was stiff and
~ sore. 1t was the day after the
great fight. Johnny sat on his door
step and he was in anything but a
happy state of mind. In the first
place, each separate wound made
by the teeth of Reddy Fox had a
separate and distinct ache. No one
who aches all over can be In a very
happy state of mind.
Then, too. Johnny was nervous.
He kept turning his head every two
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Calls Liver Sandwich Spread.

Rub cooked liver with hard cooked
eggs through a sieve. using to one
pound of liver three hard cooked
eggs. Add one grated onion, salt
and pepper to season. Mix well and
spread on buttered bread. A layer
of thinly sliced sour pickle will add
to the sandwich.
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Shrimp and Liver Sandwiches.

Take one cupful of cooked shrimps
one cupful of cooked chicken livers,
one bermuda onion and one green
pepper. Remove the seeds from the
pepper and grind with all the other
ingredients: mix with little may
onnaise or chill sauce. Use on but
tered white bread for filling.
Co. 1893. Western Newspaper union.
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Liver Sandwiches.

Rub cooked liver while hot
through sieve. season with salt
and pepper and mix with three.
fourths the amount of thlnly sliced
olives. Spread on buttered rye
bread.
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Identify Dido.

Identify Dido.
Dido means the same, and usually
is represented by Dido marks.
Angrily. sorrowfully and unfortu-
nately the man ran rapidly on to
catch the train.
A cortege Is what you buy your
girl when you take her to dance.
What was an outstanding achieve.
ment OF Pasteur?
When a COW died he cut Ii open
and discovered 1t died of silk worms.
The worms got into the cows stom-
ach and tickled her to death.
A yokel Is a part of an egg.
Caesar, being completely bald,
liked best of all privileges the pres.
ent OF a wreath which he wore to
cover up his top. as he found hair
tonics unavailable, because they
were invented later.
Gideon is travelling man who or
ganlzed the Sons OF Gideon.
q. 1898. Bell Syndicate.-wNU Service.
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BONERS are actual humorous
tid-bits found in examination pa
pers, essays. ETC.. by teachers.
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IutHLIIy DUO.
Dido means the same, and usually
is represented by Dido marks.
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Angrily. sorrowfully and unfortu.
nately the man ran rapidly on to
catch the train.
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A cortege Is what you buy your
girl when you take her to a dance.
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Mats So Near Big Series Feast
They Can Almost Grab Melons:
Tribe Testing Its New Talent

left in the second inning was a note
worthy bit of work.
At bat. though, FerreH still Uas
unable to produce the punch for
1Dhich he 1Dds famous Dhen he
performed solely as pitcher.
Facing Weaver four times, he
1oent Uithout hit
Fred Schultz is about the best out
fielder in the league when it comes to
rushing in for catch. He gave a
splendid demonstration Of his ability
in this respect in the third inning,
when he tore In from deep center to
get Porter's low liner.
Weaver recorded four strikeouts as he
scored his victory, and his softest victim
was Averill in the fourth frame. After
looking foolish with weak swing for
second strike, Earl stood quietly be-
side the plate as Monte chucked one
through for the out.
Porter ow-bridged Weaver with
line drive in the fifth inning,
but as he ducked the pitcher
raised his bare hand and there
the ball landed smack. What
catch.
New Talent With Tribe.
"HORNTON LEE, left hand
pitcher, and Hal Trosky. a first
baseman, fresh from Toledo,
joined the Indians shortly before the
game and Trosky was hustled into &C
ton. He is big boy who throws right
handed, but bats left. Trosky did well
enough around the initial sack. but in
his four trips to the plate he got moth
ing more than one pass from Weaver.
From an authoritative source it has
been learned that the Cleveland club
has asked for waivers on Spencer, Boss
and Hale. with no claimants thus far.
Maybe the names of these players were
included in the waiver list as "feelers"
only. trick often employed by the
magnates when they hope to dicker for
deals. j. B. K.